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	Ron Harke Professional Fundraising Auctioneer A NEW SURVEY REPORTS $16.2 BILLION DOLLARS RAISED IN BENEFIT AUCTIONS LAST YEAR THE SECRET TO MUCH OF THIS SUCCESS WAS WORKING WITH THE RIGHT BENEFIT AUCTIONEER Many factors comprise a successful fundraising auction. We offer a comprehensive service, to help plan and conduct your auction and ultimately increase your revenue. Silent auctions that can return as much as 150% of value, lighting, sound, arrangement of oral auction items, supplies, on line posting of your auction and the post auction meeting. Rather then idly presenting numbers to your audience, I interact and establish a personal rapport. I believe in entertaining the audience, which creates a more memorable event. The audience appreciates this focus and tends to elevate the generosity of their bidding. We have discovered that guests react differently to the style of auctioneers, whether a professional auctioneer or a guest MC is calling for bids. I am very aware of the fact that my results reflect on the sponsoring organization and volunteers. At each fundraising event, I am aware of the dynamics of connecting with the audience and motivating bidders. After all the work to prepare for the event, do you want a Celebrity or Volunteer showing up an hour before the auction to call for bids? We take pride in working with you throughout the planning process, meetings, consultations, outsourcing, a total planning package. Put your trust in a Professional Benefit auctioneer who can work with you, to reach your goal.    Contact Harke Auctioneers & Appraisers. We are eager to meet with your Development Director and committee to review your next benefit. Here are just a few of the organizations we have worked with.                                                                                      St. Louis Cathedral Basilica, Mosaic Dinner                         Judevine Center for Autism Backstoppers Inc St. Angela Merici Church Bishop Dubourg High School St. Alban Roe Catholic School LaSalle Middle School St. Louis Basket of Hope Epiphany of Our Lord St. Louis Learning Disabilities Assoc. Wildwood Christian School                                Ron, Moolah Shrine                                                      I can't thank you enough for your services at our Ursuline Academy                                                annual auction. You did a phenomenal job in working Greater St. Louis Day Lily Club                           to draw out the bidders. World Affairs Council of St. Louis                     We appreciate your continued support to create a St. Francis of Assisi Church                                 successful fundraising event for Ursuline Academy. Little Flowers Catholic Church                              Sue Thomasson St. Louis Effort For Aids                                        Associate Director of Advancement Fenton United Methodist Church                        Admissons Ursuline Academy Jeff Rigman/Mike Mulligan Golf Tournament Archdiocese of St. Louis, Dept of Special Education        Dear Ron, Kirkwood Officer McEntee Benefit Auction              On behalf of the BackStoppers, I want to Police benefit for officers Keithley & Sloan                express our sincere appreciation to your for St. Louis County Police Officers Auction Relief Fund  generously donating your auctioneering talents Ladue Rotary Club                                                               at our annual dinner. Your enthusiasm St. Margaret of Scotland                                                      professionalism and skill helped us launch a Something for Julie-Benefit for Julie Gundlach                 great start toward raising, $1,000,000, for Life Christian Church School                                               the David C Pratt Challenge Campaign. We Sperring Middle School-Lindberg School Distict             appreciate time you devoted on that evening Jess/Jobs & Employment Support Services                  and in the planning of the evening                                                                                                          Sincerely,                                                                                                                   Chief Ron Battelle                                                                                                                    Executive Director
	Dear Ron
	We beat our event goal and topped the previous auction's net. This may be a school record. Thank you so much for all you did to make the event a great sucess.                                                                                                                                Donna Bruner                                                                                                                                St. Margaret of Scotland                                                                                                                                                             ..                   St. Albans                                                                                                           Ron, thank your for everything you did to help make our auction a HUGE success. We raised way over what anyone expected for our first auction. You did an awesome job!. It was impressive how you started the bidding higher then noted, on some items and the bidding kept going up from there. We also appreciate the time you took prior to the auction, to meet and share your ideas and experience. Be expecting a call from us next year.     Shari Carder                                                                                                   St. Joseph Catholic Elementary School in Manchester.
	Ursuline                                                                                                                                Ladue Rotary    Dubourg High School                                                                                                   Dear Mr. Harke                                                                                                   Thank you for serving as our auctioneer on very short                                                                                                    notice. You inspired and entertained the crowd and                                                                                                  coaxed the highest bid possible. We appreciate your                                                                                                 good humor throughout the evening.                                                                                                   Sincerely,                                                                                                      Louise Reeves, Executive Director                                                                                                                      Jobs & Employment Suppot                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Ron, enjoyed working with you, at the                                                                                                                          Ladue/Clayton Rotary dinner auction,                                                                                                                              great fun and true professional                                                                                                                                 Charlie Brennan  KMO
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	Ron & Marlene Harke, we are looking forward to working with your committee.