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 The auction opens at 6:00 pm and guests can begin making Item #1: A long weekend @ Cape Cod Vacation Home their bids at any time. Description: Enjoy a relaxing long weekend (Friday-Monday) in September or October on the bay side of Dennis in a sweet three-  Please write your name and contact information legibly on the bedroom Cape house that sleeps 4-6 (a queen, a double, and a set of bidding sheets. bunk beds). Fully equipped kitchen. About 1 mile from two terrific beaches (Corporation Beach and Mayflower Beach) and a stone’s throw from the Cape Cod Museum of Art. Sorry, no pets allowed.  Items with a “Buy it Now” price can be purchased at any time Valid Sept. 12-Oct. 27, 2014. during the auction for the specified price. Take the Bid Sheet Donor: Wes and Becky Blair and your payment to the check-out desk. Value: $500 Minimum Bid: $300  The bidding on auction items #1-20 will end at 8:30 pm. No Item #2: Get Away to the Great Outdoors bids will be taken after that time on those items. Winners of Description: Get away from it all at the Appalachian Mountain Club those items can begin to pay for and pick up their items at Highland Center in New Hampshire for a 3-day, 2-night stay. Lodging 8:45 pm. and meals for four people included. Includes an annual AMC Family Membership and guide books. Expires 4/30/2015  Bidding on items #21-40 will end at 8:45 pm. No bids will be Donor: Appalachian Mountain Club taken after that time on those items. Winners of those items Value: $668 Minimum Bid: $250 can begin to pay for and pick up their items at 9:00 pm. SPORTS  Winning bidders can pay for and pick up their items at the Item #3: Race to the Row close of the auction. Description: Four race entries to the Somerville Road Runners 5K “Race to the Row” on Sunday, August 24th at Assembly Row, Somerville. Run  Bidders do not need to be present at the end of the auction, in style with new gear you buy with a $100 gift card to a Nike Store. but if they are not present they will be responsible for picking Donor: Somerville Road Runners, Federal Realty Assembly Row up their items from the SHC offices in Davis Square within 7 Value: $220 Minimum Bid: $100 days. Item #4: Tailgating and Soccer  Your bid is binding – do not bid if you do not intend to go Description: Cheer on the Boston Breakers, the longest-running through with the transaction. professional women’s soccer team in the U.S. Two regular individual game tickets to any 2014 regular season game, played at Dilboy Stadium,  Payment can be made with cash, check, MasterCard, Visa, or Somerville. Included is a basket of wine and gourmet treats suitable for AmEx, or any combination of those. If at all possible, please a great pre-game tailgating party, and a glass water bottle. pay by cash or check, so that SHC does not have to pay credit Donor: Boston Breakers, Stealth Construction, and Federal Realty card transaction fees. We want as much of the money as Assembly Row possible to go to supporting our direct-service programs. Value: $75 Minimum Bid: $30 RED SOX FEVER! #11: Red Sox vs. Houston Astros, Sunday, August 17th, 1:35pm Attention all Red Sox Fans! We have ample opportunities for you to view 2 seats: Section F54, Row K, Seats 1 & 2 the game from an ideal vantage point. Donor: Marc Canner Value: $290 Minimum Bid: $90 #5: A HOME RUN! Red Sox vs. Seattle Mariners, Sunday, July 6th, 1:35 pm #12: Red Sox vs. Seattle Mariners, Saturday, August 23rd, 1:35pm 4 Seats: Field Box 52, Section 24, Row E, Seats 1-4 4 Seats: Field Box 42, Row L, Seats 1-4 Donor: Brookline Bank AND an autographed baseball from Dustin Pedroia! Value: $560 Minimum Bid: $250

Donor: Cambridge Savings Bank; Boston Red Sox Value: $740 Minimum Bid: $300 Item #13: Sixty Days of Sailing on the Charles River Description: Summer time and the living is easy with this 60-day #6: Red Sox vs. Baltimore Orioles, Sunday, April 20th, 7:05pm membership to Community Boating, entitling you to instruction and boat 4 seats: Bleacher Section 36, Row 11, Seats 5-8 usage for sailing, kayaking, paddle boarding, and windsurfing on the Donor: Leader Bank Charles River, through October 31, 2014. Value: $120 Minimum Bid: $60 Donor: Community Boating, Inc. Value: $219 Minimum Bid: $100 #7: Red Sox vs. Baltimore Orioles, Sunday, April 20th, 7:05pm 2 Seats: Loge Box 123, Row CC, Seats 3 & 4 Item #14: Round of Golf and Lunch at Spring Valley Country Club Donor: Rockmont Management Description: You and two friends will join SHC board member Jeffrey Value: $198 Minimum Bid: $100 Waxman at Spring Valley Country Club in Sharon, MA for a great day on the green and lunch at the club house! Date to be selected, Tuesday- #8: Red Sox vs. Baltimore Orioles, Sunday, April 20th, 7:05pm Friday. 2 seats, Right Field Grandstand, Section G7, Row 10, Seats 15&16 Donor: Jeffrey Waxman Donor: East Cambridge Savings Bank Value: $ 400 Minimum Bid: $200 Value: $64 Minimum Bid: $40 Item #15: “Learn the Ropes” of Being a Great Climber! #9: Red Sox vs. Oakland Athletics, Saturday, May 3rd, 1:35pm Description: Attend an introductory basic skills and safety course for 2 seats: Grandstand 17, Row 6, Seats 18 & 19 two people. Learn how to fit a harness, tie basic knots and manage the Donor: Trinity Management Company ropes for another climber. Afterwards, you will be free to take a climb! Value: $140 Minimum Bid: $70 All gear included. Donor: Brooklyn Boulder #10: Red Sox vs. Cleveland Indians, Thursday June 12th, 7:10pm Value: $128 Minimum Bid: $60 2 Seats: Field Box 10, Row D, Seats 1 & 2 Donor: Marcus, Errico, Emmer & Brooks Value: $250 Minimum Bid: $125 ACTIVITIES and ADVENTURES

Item #16 & 17: Private Boston Harbor Cruise with Captain Tom Cornu Item # 21: Discover your inner Picasso Description: A delightful evening cruise of Boston Harbor with cocktails Description: Admission for four to any Paint Nite event (choose from aboard a 36- foot power boat hosted by Tom Cornu and Lorraine over 20 events planned each month at various locations). A Master DiMuzio. For a party of 6-8. Artist will guide you and your friends through a step-by-step process to Donor: Tom Cornu paint your own masterpiece. Value: $650/Priceless Minimum Bid: $400 Donor: PaintNite Value: $180 Minimum Bid: $90 Item # 18 : Make a Splash at the Holiday Inn Description: The Somerville Holiday Inn Swimming Pool is the perfect Item # 22: Climbing Camp Fun place to have a party. The newly renovated space includes an indoor Description: Become the envy of parents everywhere by sending your heated swimming pool, climbing wall, basketball court, ping pong table child to MetroRock Gym; “New England’s premiere climbing and more. Pool party includes two hours of facility use, including destination.” One full week summer camp, includes equipment and lifeguard and lunch buffet, for up to 20 people. instruction. Based on availability, June 23 – August 29. Donor: Holiday Inn Boston/Bunker Hill Donor: MetroRock Gym, Everett Value: Priceless Minimum Bid $200 Value: $350 Minimum Bid: $150

Item # 19: Family of Four USS Constitution Cruise Item # 23: Climb the Walls at this Birthday Party Description: This 45 minute Boston Harbor boat cruise will bring you Description: A Birthday party at MetroRock Gym for six kids. All right up to “Old Ironsides”, the oldest commissioned warship in the instructors and equipment rental is included, as well as use of a party world. Learn about Boston history with a unique view other landmarks room. Bring your own food and decorations and let the fun begin! such as Bunker Hill, the Old North Church and the Boston Tea Party site. Donor: MetroRock Gym, Everett Cruise leaves from Boston’s Long Wharf. Value: $185 Minimum Bid: $100 You will also receive admission passes for 2 people to the newly renovated New England Aquarium. Item # 24: Jump for Joy at this Trampoline Park! Donor: Boston Harbor Cruises and the New England Aquarium Description: A great gift for the kids or the young at heart, SkyZone is Value: $114 Minimum Bid: $50 literally a trampoline court-- the one place that you can let the kids bounce off the walls! One hour reservation for five people. Item #20: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Donor: SkyZone Everett Description : 4 tickets to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. The Value: $65 Minimum Bid: $30 museum and beautiful inner courtyard house an art collection of world importance, including significant examples of European, Asian, Item # 25: Have a Blast! and American art, from paintings and sculpture to tapestries and Description: Blast your way to fun at LaserCraze with five passes, each decorative arts. good for one session of Laser Tag OR admission to the “Adrenaline Zone” Donor: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum at the North Andover or Woburn LaserCraze locations. Value: $60 Minimum Bid: $40 Donor: LaserCraze Value: $70 Minimum Bid: $40 Item # 26: Calling all Spies! Item # 29: Wine and Dine at Home Description: A 5 Wits adventure is a cutting-edge, live-action Description: Enjoy a delivery of a “Once a Week” meal package from entertainment venue that immerses participants in realistic, hands-on Cuisine En Locale. They use local ingredients to cook 7-10 dishes which adventure. You can choose between two different adventures. In you can use as you please. One delivery is enough food for eight average Espionage, you'll be trained as spies, infiltrating and taking down an evil sized meals when used with fresh salad, rice, vegetables, etc. That could corporation determined to stop you at every turn. In 20,000 Leagues mean a lot of lunches and a few dinners for one person. Or it could mean you'll get caught up in the riddle of Captain Nemo's lost ship when your 2 meals for a family, or a pot luck dinner party for eight! It is up to you to "tour group" accidentally discovers the Nautilus. This auction item use the food however it works best for you. You won’t know what food includes four Admission Tickets. the chefs have planned for your delivery, but it is sure to be fresh and Donor: 5 Wits delicious. One local delivery or pick-up. Choose your own beverage with Value: $72 Minimum Bid: $40 a $25 gift card to Ball Square Fine Wine. Donor: Cuisine En Locale, Ball Square Fine Wine Item # 27: Stay on Track Value: $170 Minimum Bid: $80 Description: F1 Boston offers the ultimate indoor kart racing experience. Two European-style tracks offer plenty of racing thrills - Item # 30: Eat your vegetables! sharp turns, a corkscrew and tunnel, rolling hills and off-camber corners. Description: Receive two deliveries of an organic produce box from “Arrive and Drive” for two people will have you suit up, receive a driver Boston Organics, an independent organic produce and grocery delivery briefing, and pit yourself against other drivers scored by a computerized, service that works with farms and organic wholesalers to deliver boxes split-second timing system – the same system used in professional of fresh organic produce to your door. Options to receive all fruits, all racing. Must be a licensed driver, 18+ vegetables or mixed boxes. Donor: F1 Boston Must live within the delivery area and have internet access. Value: $76 Minimum Bid: $40 Donor: Boston Organics Value: $58 Minimum Bid: $30

RESTAURANTS and FOOD Item # 31: It’s Tea Time Description: Host your own tea party with a MEM tea gift box of Item # 28: Eat Local with Somerville’s Finest assorted black tea and glass teapot, $25 gift card to 3 Little Figs, and a Description: Enjoy some of Somerville’s finest local cuisine. A certificate gift basket of gourmet food items. for a gift box of handmade cheese from Fiore Di Nonno, certificate for a Donor: MEM tea, 3 Little Figs, Stealth Construction Cider Tasting for two at Bantam Cider, Taza Chocolate gift box and a tour Value: $200 Minimum Bid: $100 for four people of the Taza Chocolate Factory, and a bottle of maple syrup from the Somerville Growing Center. Add to the fun with two Item # 32: Have a Second Cup of Tea tickets to the East Somerville Main Streets Foodie Crawl on September Description: A wonderful assortment of MEM Chinese green and Oolong 9th, and a package of East Somerville note cards. tea and cast iron teapot, $25 gift card to 3 Little Figs, and a gift basket of Donor: Fiore Di Nonno, Bantam Cider, Taza Chocolate, Somerville gourmet food items. Growing Center, East Somerville Main Streets Donor: MEM tea, 3 Little Figs, Stealth Construction Value: $200+ Minimum Bid: $70 Value: $250 Minimum Bid: $100 Item # 33: Catch of the Day Item # 38: A Euphoric Experience Description: If you love seafood, this is the package for you! Description: Look your best with this gift certificate to Salon Euphoria, Gift certificates for $75 at Pescatore in Ball Square, and for $100 at Out one of the top rated salons in Boston! Choose from a myriad of services, of the Blue in Davis Square. all guaranteed to make you feel your finest. Donor: Kim Takvorian @ Mortgage Master, Donor: Salon Euphoria, Boston Brian Holmes @ B.M.Holmes Plumbing and Heating Value: $100 Minimum Bid: $50 Value: $175 Minimum Bid: $100

Item # 34: Eat Like a Local Item # 39: Find your Center Description: Dinner and Drinks at Somerville’s favorite bars. Gift Description: One month of classes at the Bow Street Yoga in Davis certificates for $25 at Spoke, $25 at Flatbread and $50 at Daddy Jones. Square will have you feeling more relaxed, more flexible, and more Donor: Spoke, Flatbread Company, Daddy Jones Bar grounded. You can also practice right in the comfort of your own home Value: $100 Minimum Bid: $50 on this Gaiam yoga mat and accessories. Donor: Bow Street Yoga, Laura Gitelson Item # 35: A Plate for Every Palate Value: $135 Minimum Bid: $50 Description: Take out or eat in with gift certificates for $100 at Guru the Caterer, $100 at Out of the Blue, and $100 at Hungry Mother. Donor: Guru the Caterer, Kim Takvorian @ Mortgage Master, Brian Item #40: Pamper Yourself Holmes @ B.M.Holmes Plumbing and Heating Description: Pamper yourself with a $25 certificate for handmade soap Value: $300 Minimum Bid: $150 from Savon Salon, a gift basket of body care products from Cambridge Naturals, and an eyebrow wax from Skin & Body Works in Davis Square. Donor: Savon Salon, Cambridge Naturals, Skin & Body Works PAMPERING and ENRICHING Value: $75 Minimum Bid: $30

Item # 36: You Deserve Some TLC Description: Enjoy a 90 minute massage at Centering Touch Massage from Katrina Piehler, a licensed and certified massage therapist, who has THEATER been offering holistically therapeutic massage and body work for over nine years. Item # 41: As You Like It Donor: Centering Touch Massage, Teele Square, Somerville Description: Two tickets to the Actors’ Shakespeare Project production Value: $120 Minimum Bid: $60 of As You Like It, which runs from April 17th -May 18th at the SpringStep building in Medford Square. Item # 37: Relax in Davis Square Donor: Actors’ Shakespeare Project Description: Breathe out a sigh of relief and get rid of that tension with Value: $100 Minimum Bid: $50 the help of a one hour massage service at Massage Therapy Works, up to a $100 value. Donor: Massage Therapy Works, Davis Square, Somerville Value: $100 Minimum Bid: $50 Item # 42: Two tickets to Blue Man Group Item # 45: Boston Philharmonic Description: Two tickets to see Blue Man Group at the Charles Description: Two A-level tickets to the Boston Philharmonic. Attend the Playhouse in Boston. Blue Man Group combines music, technology and last performance of the current season with Mahler’s Symphony No. 9 comedy to create a form of entertainment that defies categorization and on April 25th (subject to availability, must book 48 hrs in advance) or save appeals to people of all ages. Sunday-Thursday performance. Expires the tickets for any performance in the 2014/2015 season (reservations 10/5/14. begin in September). Donor: Blue Man Group Donor: Boston Philharmonic Value: $150 Minimum Bid: $75 Value: $200 Minimum Bid: $100

SERVICES Item #43: Boston Ballet performance of Jewels Description: Jewels is a brilliant overview of ballet history and style. Item # 46: Basic Family Estate Plan Each piece uniquely encapsulates the complex history of classical dance Description: Preparation of a basic family estate plan, for a non-taxable through the opulence of 19th century France, the imperial style of estate, which may include the preparation of reciprocal pourover wills, Russia, and Balanchine's own neoclassical take on the art form. Jewels is revocable family trust, durable powers of attorney, health care proxies, a vibrant and elegant performance featuring Emeralds, set to music by HIPAA releases, advance directives, emergency guardianship, and a Gabriel Fauré; Rubies with music by Igor Stravinsky, and Diamonds set declaration of homestead. Taxable estates are billed on an hourly basis to Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 3. with a credit of $850 towards legal fees. If you don’t plan your estate, Voucher can be redeemed for two tickets to performances on May 22 the Commonwealth will plan it for you. @ 7:30, May 28th at 7:30 or Saturday, May 31st at 1:00. Donor: Jay S. Rudolph, Attorney at Law Donor: Boston Ballet Value: $900 Minimum Bid: $400 Value: $ 208 Minimum Bid $100 Item # 47: Basic Family Estate Plan Item # 44: Handel & Haydn Society Description: Preparation of a Simple Will and accompanying documents Description: Enjoy two B-level seats to one Handel & Haydn Society such as power of attorney and health care proxy. Does not include tax concert in the Bicentennial Season. Choose from: planning, complex estate planning matters or preparation of Trusts. -Baroque Fireworks! H&H turns 20 - Oct 10th & 12th Donor: Susan Goldstein, Attorney at Law -Haydn: Symphonies and concerto - Jan 23rd & 25th Value: $1,000 Minimum Bid: $400 -Mendelssohn Elijah - March 6th & 8th -Vivaldi L’Estro Armonico - Oct 31st & Nov 2nd Item # 48: Home Maintenance Consultation with Alex Steinberg -Mozart & Beethoven - Feb 13th-15th Description: Alex Steinberg from JBS Home Inspections will inspect your -Haydn The Creation - May 1st & 3rd house and help you draw up a list of priorities for maintenance items Donor: Handel & Haydn Society, Harry Christophers, Artistic Director and replacement items. Do you have questions like, what should Value: $ 136 Minimum Bid $70 happen first: a new heating system, or a new roof? How do I spend less on heating and cooling? Expect to spend 2 hours going over and through your house. Donor: Alex Steinberg Value: $450 Minimum Bid: $200 Item # 49: Walk all over this! Please thank our generous donors: Description: Give any room a new look with $500 towards any hardwood flooring, any size job by Boston Premier Flooring. 3 Little Figs Donor: Dan Nguyen, Boston Premier Flooring 5-Wits Value: $500 Minimum Bid: $250 Actor’s Shakespeare Project Appalachian Mountain Club Item # 50: Let there be light! Ball Square Fine Wine Description: Now is your chance to remodel that bathroom, get an Bantam Cider electrical service upgrade or retrofitting, or even to install radiant floor Wes and Becky Blair heat, to keep the chill off in the cold winter months. Blue Man Group Three hours of electrical work by Gibbons Electric. Boston Ballet Donor: Gibbons Electric Boston Breakers Value: $420 Minimum Bid: $200 Boston Harbor Cruises Item # 51: If I had a Hammer Boston Organics Take care of your to-do list with 4 hours of carpentry work by Colin Boston Philharmonic Hamell. Boston Premier Flooring Donor: Colin Hamell Boston Red Sox Value: $500 Minimum Bid: $250 Bow Street Yoga Brookline Bank MISCELLANEOUS Brooklyn Boulders Cambridge Naturals Item # 52: Let’s Go Ride a Bike! Cambridge Savings Bank Description: Avoid the pain of parking in Somerville with an Annual Marc Canner membership for Hubway Bicycles. Simply pick up a bicycle from one Centering Touch Massage station, ride to your destination, and return it to any other Hubway Community Boating, Inc. station. What could be easier? You’ll save gas money doing all those Tom Cornu pesky errands. With an annual membership, the first 30 minutes of Cuisine en Locale every trip are free. Daddy Jones Bar Donor: Hubway East Cambridge Savings Bank Value: $75 Minimum Bid: $30 East Somerville Main Streets F1 Boston Item # 53: “Wheels when you want them” Federal Realty Assembly Row Description: Two $100 certificates towards a new or existing Zipcar Fiore di Nonno account. Drive cars by the hour or day. Gas and insurance included. Flatbread Company Choose from a variety of vehicles in neighborhoods, cities and airports Gibbons Electric around the globe. Expires 1/1/2015 Susan Goldstein Donor: Zipcar Guru the Caterer Value: $200 Minimum Bid $100 Colin Hamell Handel & Haydn Society Holiday Inn-Somerville Brian Holmes Holmes Plumbing & Heating Hubway Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Laser Craze Leader Bank Marcus, Errico, Emmer & Brooks Massage Therapy Works MEM Tea Imports MetroRock Gym New England Aquarium PaintNite Rockmont Management Jay Rudolph Salon Euphoria Savon Salon Skin & Body Works SkyZone Somerville Growing Center Somerville Road Runners Spoke Stealth Construction Alex Steinberg Taza Chocolate Kim Takvorian Trinity Management Jeffrey Waxman Zipcar