PALM CITY, FL--Sunday, August 30th, will mark the first time The Humane Society of the Treasure Coast’s Thrift Store is turning to the World Wide Web to raise money to benefit the animals. From August 30 to September 6, the HSTC store will host its first annual eBay auction trunk sale, making it one of the only if not the only local nonprofit organization to organize such an online event. The auction will feature more than 50 donated items including Lilly Pulitzer clothing, an antique coal box from the 1800s, a parasol from the 1890s, a brand-new Bric’s handbag and many other items both old and new.
The bidding will begin at 3 p.m. To see all of the buried treasures, click the eBay link on the Thrift Store’s page at
www.hstc1.org <
http://www.hstc1.org> , or search eBay for humanesocietytc. Log in or create a new account and begin bidding.
“Instead of just having a couple of items per week, we’ve been saving things for over a year and we’re doing it all at once through eBay,” said Thrift Store Manager Terry Picciolo. “We want to make a big impact.”
Picciolo mentioned that eBay auctions are popular among large, major nonprofits including the American Cancer Society, the American Red Cross, the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, and the American Heart Association.
To accommodate nonprofits, eBay developed MissionFish, which helps nonprofits raise money through its interface. Once nonprofit organizations register with MissionFish, they receive 100 percent of the auction item proceeds, where as eBay charges for-profit account users a certain percentage of the total sale.
“Essentially, we’re using this as a tool to help the animals, help the Humane Society, and reach more people,” said Picciolo.
For more information about the auction, contact Terry Piccolo at 772-286-6909 or visit
http://www.hstc1.org.
Since 1955, the Humane Society of the Treasure Coast, located at 4100 SW Leighton Farm Avenue in Palm City, has been the leading advocate for animal welfare in the Martin County area. A 501©3 private, nonprofit organization, the Humane Society relies on donations to support its programs and services. As a local Humane Society, HSTC is independently run from any national welfare or humane organization with no financial assistance from these groups. For more information, visit
http://www.hstc1.org or call 772-223-8822.
