Dear Abundant Ones,
Your chances of winning one (or more) of the 21 raffle prizes or 16 auction items are HIGH, seeing as the event is capped at 80 attendees. Get your tickets today because the event will sell out. We'll give you a bid number when you arrive, and you can buy raffle tickets at the event for $10 each!
Thank you SO MUCH for the outpouring of donated
items, gear, and experiences for the live auction and raffle this weekend at Harvest Abundance! Wow! Take a look at the great items up for grabs here (or keep scrolling).
Tami, Jenny, Beth & Charlotte
The Abundance Foundation
Making sustainable attainable.
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** THIS SUNDAY **
SUNDAY, JULY 20TH | 5-8PM
at Oakleaf
480 Hillsboro St., Pittsboro, NC
Heavy hors d'oeuvres and drinks served at 5 PM
Raffle winners announced at 6:15 PM
Live Auction at 7 PM
Tickets - $45 in advance/$55 at the door
Tickets - $45 in advance/$55 at the door
TICKET PRICE INCLUDES:
- heavy hors d'oeuvres & dessert
- red, white, or sparkling wine
- local beer from Fullsteam Brewery
(Cackalacky Ginger Pale Ale & Summer Basil Farmhouse Ale)
- non-alcoholic drinks
- Live acoustic music
- Live Auction at 7 PM
- Friends & revelry!
*Bar will be open to purchase other options
100% of proceeds benefit
Abundance & Chatham Mills Farmers' Market
LIVE AUCTION ITEMS:
Introductory Paper Making Workshop for 3. 3-hour studio experience at Tin Porch Paper Studio near Harland's Creek in Pittsboro | Chatham rabbit dinner for 2 at the Fatty Owl Farm | Solar-powered, portable charging station by Southern Energy Management | Cream Pie a' Month from Crystal Morel | 1 Primitive Skills Workshop Registration at Piedmont Wildlife Center | All Inclusive Dinner for 6 at Oakleaf on a Sunday | "Pollinator Package" : 1 matted photo of a pollinator, 1 box of pollinator cards, three perennial pollinator plants, and a private tour and consultation in the Chatham Mills Pollinator Garden. | "Solarsheat" solar air heater for home heating | Renee Garner framed 13x19 print Permaculture Guild | Sustainable Suburban Landscape design consultation | Burt's Bees Gift Basket + David Hamilton Massage | Pittsboro NIGHT OUT: dinner at City Tap, Small B&B 1 night in Woodshed House + Brunch | Pittsboro Night Out 2: dinner at Roadhouse, 1 night at Rosemary House | W. M. Hewitt Pottery - pitcher with alkaline glaze
| Hemp Goodies Gift Basket from Bringing It Home Documentary Film | SURF N TURF COOKOUT PACKAGE: Lowe's Grill + Lilly Den Meat/Coastal Shrimp + Chatham Marketplace Gift Card + Cackalacky sauce basket | Spa at Bell House Gift Certificate |
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RAFFLE PRIZES:
Carrot Pendant Jewelry from Roberta Moresca | Framed set of Plenty Proofs (local currency) | 504-piece Eco-Industrial Park Puzzle by local artist | Chocolate truffles (6 pieces) | Chocolate truffles (6 pieces) | Chocolate truffles (6 pieces) | Chocolate truffles (6 pieces) | Pair of 2014 Pepper Festival Tickets - Sunday, October 5th | 1 Bottle of Fair Game Wine + free tour + tasting for 2 | 1 Bottle of Fair Game Wine + free tour + tasting for 2 | 1 Bottle of Fair Game Wine + free tour + tasting for 2 | 1 Bottle of Fair Game Wine + free tour + tasting for 2 | Carolina Tiger Rescue Tour | Basket of Fiddlehead Farm Jams & Hot Pepper Sauce | Cackalacky Sweet Potato Hot Sauce - Made in NC | $25 Chatham Marketplace Gift Card | Spot in Kim Calhoun's Plant Class at CCCC this fall |
6-week CSB Three Bellows Bakery | Homemade soap from Alicia Esposito |
PBO Bicycles T-Shirt and LED bike light | Iron Fish Farms Soap and Blacksmithing pack |
Enter the raffle for $5/ticket in advance and $10 at the event to win exclusive Chatham County prizes and experiences.
WHERE TO GET RAFFLE TICKETS:
every Saturday at Chatham Mills Farmers' Market
at the Abundance Foundation
at the Harvest Abundance event.
***Winners need not be present to claim prizes***
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"THINKING DIFFERENTLY"
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Teaching Old Dogs New Tricks
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The Collective Biodiesel Conference is geared toward active and open collaboration among participants, including home brewers, grease collectors, multi-million gallon producers, and everyone in between.
This conference is designed to provide sufficient detail for participants to put what they learn, both technical and logistical, directly into action. In addition to open forums and lectures, the conference also features case studies from active Biodiesel co-ops and companies.
INFO/REGISTRATION
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Looking to hire temporary Volunteer Coordinator
for our 7th Annual Pepper Festival
We pay poorly and expect perfection.
The position will include designing a more effective system for volunteer/work-trade management, and consist of 5-6 meetings with Abundance staff beginning in August through the first weekend in October (PepperFest is Sunday, Oct 5th). The ideal candidate is assertive, detail oriented, and quietly aggressive.
Email us if you're interested |
Become a sustainer or one-time donor
to Abundance Foundation today!
We understand that you want your hard earned money to hit the ground and go to work on creating resilient communities and a post-carbon economy, and we think we are a good way to ensure that action happens.
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The Abundance Foundation
making sustainable attainable.
220 Lorax Lane #5 Pittsboro, NC 27312
Call us: 919-533-5181
Email us: [email protected]
The Abundance Foundation brings people together to meet their neighbors, share ideas, learn new skills, and inspire and support one another in our shared efforts at building vibrant local economies and resilient communities.
Through our varied projects, coalitions and gatherings, we raise awareness about the value of a sustainable local economy, we celebrate the abundance of good food, renewable energy and other resources here in North Carolina, and we empower people to take action to create their ideal community.
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Click the images for more info/registration
Stay tuned for our fall DIY Workshop Series schedule
as we finalize details
Saturday, Sept 6
Brew Your Own! The history,
healthfulness, & production of Kombucha
with Grant Ruhlman
The Plant - 9am-12noon
Sunday, Sept 7 Cold-Processed Soapmaking with Shaun Hundley Perch Studios - 1pm-4:30pm
Sunday, Sept 7 Drink n' Think: Global-Local Mixology with Colbey Reid & Gary Philips 4-6pm - The Plant Email us to get on list till webpage is live Saturday, Sept 13 Keyhole Garden Build & Feast with Deb Tolman - The Plant - 2-7pm Email us to get on list till webpage is live
Sunday, Sept 14 Cold-Processed Soap making with Shaun Hundley - The Plant - 9am-1pm
Email us to get on list till webpage is live
Saturday, Sept 20
Communicating for Sustainability
with Michiel Doorn
Chatham Community Library - 1-5pm
Email us to get on list till webpage is live
Saturday, Oct 18
Intro to Aquaponics
with Rachel Tinker-Kuhlberg & Mike Yablonski - The Plant - 9am-2pm
REGISTER Sunday, Oct 19 Drink 'n Think: Cocktail Alchemy F�te The Plant - 4-6pm Email us to get on list till webpage is live
Saturday, Oct 25
Raising Rabbits for Meat
with Mary & Dan-Fatty Owl Farm, 10am-3pm
Email us to get on list till webpage is live Sunday, Dec 7 Drink 'n Think: Prohibition & Repeal Day Party The Plant - 4-6pm
Email us to get on list till webpage is live
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7th Annual Amazing Pepper FestivalSunday, October 5th from 3-7pm
Only $20 until September 1st
Call for sponsors! Deadline is Friday, August 1st, 2014
Super Early Bird Ticket Rate - just $20!
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Come support this farm center for alternative health care that was financed through Slow Money NC and Kickstarter.
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Have a friend who might want to hear about these workshops, events, etc?
Forward this email
to them!
They can also sign up HERE
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