Online Bidding with Greater Giving


What You Can Expect

This year’s auction will use Greater Giving Online Bidding – allowing for a paperless bidding system. You will bid using your smartphone or tablet on silent auction items. Also, you can easily track Packages by “following” their activity without having to continuously return to a table or bid sheet. 

Online Bidding laptop and mobile side by side with menu.

How to Mobile Bid with Greater Giving Online Bidding

  1. Register your mobile number and credit card information on our registration page in advance of the event or upon arrival.
  2. When the auction is open, you will receive an automated ‘Welcome’ text with your bidder link.
  3. After clicking the link in the text, begin searching for packages by name, number, or category
  4. Select the package you wish to bid on.
  5. You can Bid the next increment or Bid More than the next increment
  6. If you choose to Bid More you can choose to set your Max Bid. If your max bid is the highest, the system will automatically bid in your favor until you are outbid or until the silent auction closes. If your bid is lower than the highest max bid on that package, you will be prompted to enter a higher bid.
  7. To purchase a package at the Buy Now price, select the Buy button.
  8. To "watch" a package, select the star icon on the package.
  9. To make a donation, select the Donation button on your home screen and choose a preset amount or select the Custom Amount button to enter the amount you wish to donate.
  10. If you’re out-bid at any point before the silent auction closes, you will receive a text message.
  11. To view packages you are bidding on, click the menu button and select Bids.
  12. To view packages you are watching, click the menu button and select Favorites.
  13. Once the auction closes, the guest with the highest bid will win.
  14. Under the Bids area you can check your winning packages.


About Special Spaces:

The mission of Special Spaces is to provide dream bedroom makeovers for children with cancer.  Our goal is to provide a space for the child to heal, recover and find peace in the comfort of their own home.  We are able to transform these bedrooms into dream rooms through generous donations of time, talent and treasure.  Thank you for helping to make dreams come true!  

Together, we truly are...

Changing Children’s Lives One Bedroom at at Time!

 

How Can You Help:

We are actively seeking sponsors of our Dreaming Big Under the Stars Event.  We are also accepting auction items and in-kind donations, as well as event volunteers.  Please contact Lori McSpadden, Event Director, at lorim@specialspaces.org for more information.

If you are interested in getting involved with Special Spaces beyond the Dreaming Big Event, please contact Kelly Knox, Director of the Illinois Chapter, at kellyk@specialspaces.org. We are always accepting donations of time, talent or funds!

 

Auction Details:

Auction winners will be notified via text or email after 8pm on Sunday June 6th.

Physical items will be available for pickup in Naperville, IL

 

Gala Chairpersons

Scott and Kristi Atwater

Sean and Kristin Dailey

Gene Khalimsky and Edan Gelt

Todd and Laura Schreiner