A TASTE OF THE FABULOUS SILENT AUCTION ITEMS

• Summer Camp Sessions	• Adult Health and Fitness
• Nights Out for Parents	• Help for the Home
• Family Fun	• Handmade Items
• Children's Programs and Activities

BUY IT NOW
The opportunity to purchase items prior to the Spring Fling has now ended. All remaining items will be available at tomorrow night's Silent Auction.

Summer Camp Sessions
(Please note: These cannot be used toward a camp session in which your child is already registered.)

• Beaver Summer Programs, one session of General Camp, child aged 3-12, Session 1 (June 28-July 9, 2010), $1160 value - PRICE: $580/SOLD
• Mount Ida Day Camp, any 2010 one week-long camp session, $500 value - PRICE: $300/SOLD
• Emagination Computer Camp, $500 credit toward any 2010 summer day or overnight camp session
• YMCA Frank A. Day Overnight Camp (East Brookfield, MA), one-week session, ages 7-15, week of June 27 or week of July 4, 2010, $760 value
• Brimmer & May Summer Camp, one 2-week session of day camp, child aged 3-10, Aug 9 - Aug 20, 2010, $1020 value
• Chestnut Hill School Creative Arts & Sports Program, one two-week 2010 session for entering 4th-6th graders, Session I (June 28-July 9) or Session IV (Aug 9 - Aug 20), $1050 value
• Camp Hawkeye, one 2-week overnight session in 2010, aged 8-16 yrs, camp based in Moultonborough, NH, up to $1750 value
• Cambridge School of Weston, one week summer day camp, week of June 28, $525 value
• Dance Academy of Siagel Productions Summer Camp, 50% off summer session, $390 value
• Tennis Academy at Harvard, $200 gift certificate toward tuition for a week of the Tennis Academy, session based on availability, 2010 summer season
• Fessenden Day Camp (Newton), one four-week session (I or II) for a child pre-school to entering grade 5. Child must not already be registered and other restrictions apply (see details here); $2215 value - PRICE: $1100/ SOLD
• Massachusetts Gymnastics Center (Waltham), one week of half-day summer camp, $170 value
• Meadowbrook Day Camp, two-week session for July 26 to Aug 6, 2010, for boy or girl presently in K-6, $1132 value

Nights Out for Parents

• Fairmont Copley Plaza, indulge yourselves with a one night stay for two on Friday or Saturday night (some blackout dates apply), including room tax, $350 value
• Sensing Restaurant, $200 gift certificate
• Local and Seasonal 4-course Dinner for 6, cooked and delivered to you by two Cabot moms and foodies, Liz Haas and Sarah Hemphill.  They will use organic foods, fresh from local farms in New England.  You design the menu or leave it to them.  Also included are two bottles of wine from Newtonville Spirits.
• Theatre Ink, Newton North’s renowned teaching and working theatre, has offered season tickets for two for the remainder of this season and the 2010/2011 season (in the new Newton North theater).  Included in this item are $50 in gift certificates from Ariadne, up to $250 value
• Huntington Theatre, a voucher good for 2 tickets to “Becky Shaw” or “Prelude to a Kiss”, $130 value
• Lyric Stage Company, 2 tickets to any show in the upcoming 2010-2011 season, $100 value
• All Newton Music School, two series tickets to Andrew Wolf Concert Series for 2010-2011 season, plus gift bag, $200 value
• Broadway Across America, 2 orchestra seats for the performance of CATS on Tuesday, April 13, at the Colonial Theater, $150 value
• Boston Lyric Opera, Wednesday, April 21, two open seating passes to the dress rehearsal performance, of Mozart’s Idomeneo, re di Creta
• SpeakEasy Stage Company, a certificate good for 2 tickets to any
  remaining 2009-2010 show (valid Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday night only), $120 value
• Vino Divino, two bottles of wine plus a gift certificate with a total value of $100 ($50 wine/$50 gift certificate)
• One special Cabot wine gift basket (3 bottles of wine, ½ dozen wine glasses and stoppers).  It’s everything you need for that perfect dinner party! Assembled with care and donated by Cabot parent, Mary Kathryn Fallon.

Family Fun

• Weekend in Maine:  Enjoy a fall, winter or spring weekend at a beautiful lakeside home on Long Lake in Harrison, Maine.  Have fun canoeing, hiking, skiing (Shawnee Peak is nearby and Sunday River is a 50 minute drive), or just relax and watch the sunset across the lake.  Harrison is in Maine's Lake Region half way between Portland and the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Use by 3/20/11. Date to be arranged with generous donors and Cabot parents, Cathy DeVoe and Stu Schechter.
• Day of boating, fishing, and swimming on the Cape (Cotuit Bay) with your hosts the Pike family.   Also included is a meal at the finest (and only) restaurant in Cotuit Village – the Kettle Ho.  This is offered to a family of up to 5.  Cotuit is only a 1.5 hour drive from Boston.  We'll work together to pick a weekend day in June, July or August. 
• Disney Theme Parks, four  One-Day Park Hopper passes valid during normal operating hours and providing admission to the Magic Kingdom® Park, Epcot®, Disney's Hollywood Studios™, or Disney's Animal Kingdom® for one day, can be used beginning in June 2010, $524 value
• Red Sox:  Two tickets to a Red Sox game in June, Section 29, first row grandstand, seats 18 and 19, great view, only 30 paces from the concessions. Date to be agreed upon with generous donor and Cabot Principal, Jim Swaim. 
• Red Sox:  Four tickets to the Red Sox/Tampa Bay Rays game on Patriots Day.  Pavilion Box, Section PB14, Row A, Seats 13, 14, 15, 16.  Generously donated by the Robertson family.  The combined face value of these tickets is $360.
• Red Sox:  You can't miss a game in the first Sox/Yankees series in 2010!  These 4 tickets are for the Red Sox vs. Yankees game on April 7.  These are upper bleachers, center field, Section L37U, row 33, seats 6-9.  Generously donated by the Thacker family.  Tickets have a combined face value of $72.
• Boston Celtics:  A pair of tickets for the Friday, March 26 match-up against the Sacramento Kings.  Don't miss these amazing center court seats: Loge Section 1, Row 9, Seats 18 and 19.  Generously donated by the Simes family.  The face value of these tickets is $330. 
• Boston Celtics:  See the Celtics take on young gun Kevin Durant from your center court seat.  This pair of Celtics tickets, generously donated by the Goldberg family, is for the Wednesday, March 31 game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, Loge (Center) Sec. 1, Row 8, Seats 18 and 19. The face value of these tickets is $330.
• Amazing portrait and event photographer Jules Ko of Jules Ko Photography has donated a $285 gift certificate
• Guitar Hero World Tour for Wii, "like new" condition, donated by the Cohen family, $140 value
• Apple 8GB iPod Touch, $175 value
• Museum of Fine Arts – 4 VIP passes (VIP passes skip the line, enter any time) to the Secrets of Tomb 10A Exhibit includes museum admission, over $80 value - PRICE: $60/SOLD

Children’s Programs and Activities

• New Art Center, one child's class or $200 off an adult class or vacation program, up to $330 value - PRICE: $200/SOLD
• Sew Easy, 8-week sewing session teaches kids and teens the essentials of machine sewing, $300 value
• Arsenal Center for the Arts, 2  child's art classes, $250 value
• Children's Music Package 1: (1) one gift certificate for two in-home music lessons provided by Jammin' with You, and (2) four tickets to the June 13 performance of the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, $190 value
• Children's Music Package 2: (1) one gift certificate for two in-home music lessons provided by Jammin' with You, and (2) four tickets to the June 13 performance of the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, $170 value
• Giroux Brothers, 1 semi-private trial lesson, one month of karate lessons and karate uniform; available to a new student only, $240 value
• Kumon Math and Reading Center, free month in math, reading or preschool education, $130 value
• Ride to school with the Newton Police.  Your child and as many as two siblings or friends of his/her choice, will be picked up (from the same location), and get the ride to school of a lifetime in a Newton Police cruiser.  Gets your kids out of bed early every time! We are adding a $20 Dunkin' Donuts gift card…. just in case.
• My Gym, lifetime family membership plus 4 weeks of classes, $180 value

Adult Health and Fitness

• West Suburban YMCA, one year adult membership, $916 value
• Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center, 3-month full family membership (does not include outdoor pool, new members only), $394 value
• Beacon Hill Athletic Club, 6-month membership, up tp $360 value
• Michael Alves, free month of boot camp (3 weeks of instruction + 1 recovery week) for a group of 12 (6 minimum), value of up to $5028
• Prana Power Yoga, 2 sets of 5 class pass, $150 value
• Samadhi, 10 class yoga or Nia series, $150 value
• Fitness Together, 3 personal training sessions, $237 value
• Healthworks (women only), 3-month membership, $539 value
• Community Rowing six-class course: Introduction to Rowing Spring 2010, valued at $125
• Help for the Back Package:  (1) two private 35-minute sessions of the Alexander Technique, used improve posture and balance, reduce tension and chronic neck and back pain; and (2) a $250 gift certificate from Newton Highland Chiropractic.  Total value of $400
• Abby Kessler Center for Acupressure and Acupuncture, one-hour shiatsu massage, $80 value - PRICE: $60/1 of 2 SOLD
• Bodyscapes, two personal training sessions

Help for the Home

• Two-hour architectural consultation with Architect Alan Mayer, $250 value - PRICE: $200/SOLD
• Interior design, redecorating or organization consultation with talented Cabot parent Michelle Markert, www.michellemarkert.com, gift certificate worth $200, covers 3-4 hours of her time
• Gorgeous Nicole Farhi shearling throw, value of $1900
• One-hour home design/organization consultation from Plan A - Professional Organizing & Design, $150 value
• One French cooking class for two people with native chef and Cabot parent, Charlotte Vanlier.  The class will include 2 hours of cooking and 1 hour of eating the meal you have prepared.  Charlotte provides the food, wine and recipes.  Bon appétit!
• Contemporary bent wood table with round glass top (42"), $500 value
  
  
  
  
• Full day (8 hours) of carpentry by Cabot parent, Mike Manzella.  Who doesn’t have one (or one hundred) unfinished projects around the house? Mike supplies all tools, you supply the materials, www.manzellacontracting.com, $600 value
• Beautiful large ceramic bowl, $75 value
  
  
  
  
• Studio Optics Sunglasses, $125 value
• Biscuit Brand Coffee Club will deliver 2lbs of fresh roasted coffee to your door every month for one year. What a morning treat!  This fantastic item donated by www.ecookbooks.com and New England Mobile Book Fair, $300 value

Handmade Items by Talented Cabot Parents

• Family of four knits hats conceived and created by Cabot knitter, Kate Erhart
• Lovely felted wool clutch for a special evening out, made by Cabot parent, Kate Johnson of www.kateknitsbags.com
  
  
  
  
• One 8-inch birthday cake custom-designed and decorated for your special someone, by Cabot parent, Daniela Boerboom of Daniela's Bites and Cakes
  
  
  
  
• A stunning 10-inch special occasion cake, created to your specifications by Cabot parent, Daniela Boerboom of Daniela's Bites and Cakes
  
  
• Oil portrait 16'' x 20'' by Cabot parent, Jasmine Chen. Oil or acrylic portrait of one person, either a head and shoulder or to include the upper body.
  
  
  
  

If you have any other questions, please get in touch with Jen Hyde, Lindsay Pike or Kate Painter at cabotspringfling@gmail.com.

We want to say a special thanks to all of our generous donors as well as the Spring Fling's sponsors: Samuel Adams, Boston Beer Co, Narragansett Beer, BJ's (coming soon to Waltham) and Shaw's.