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8th Annual Bid for Hope Dinner and Live/Silent Auction

Join us for the Arundel House of Hope's 8th Annual Bid for


Hope
Mardi Gras Live/Silent Auction.
 $40 per ticket or $350 for a table of 10.  

Menu includes Maryland Crab Soup,

Baltimore Style Pit Roast Beef, Western MD Pit Roast Ham, Chicken, Fish,

Carolina Pulled Pork BBQ, Salads, Sides, Desserts, Tea, Coffee, and Soda.  

Auction items include sports memorabilia and tickets, airline travel, hotel/condo stays, themed baskets, unique treasures, services, etc.

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Contact us at Bid4Hope@comcast.net for tickets.



If you’ve not yet

attended a Bid for Hope, you’re in for quite a treat – excellent food, live

music, exciting auctions, wonderful fellowship, and a great cause! 

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What’s the goal?  Our goal is to sell out the Bleue this year.  We came close last year with 550, but we’re

really hoping to sell another 100 tickets this year.  So if you’ve not yet attended, please join us

and help grow support for this worthy cause. 

If you’re a faithful attendee, please invite even more of your friends

and family this year. 



Like to Donate?  We’re looking for items

for the silent/live auction like baskets, homemade crafts, sports tickets, gift

cards, themed items, services, hotel/condo stays, etc. Donations are tax deductible.

Like to be a Sponsor?  

  • King

    and Queen Event Sponsorship - $5,000:
     At this level, your company name will be included in all our

    advertising, including radio, print ads, posters, invitations, and event

    program. Your event program ad will be a full page inside back cover.
  • Gold Beads Sponsorship - $1,000:  At this

    level, your company name will be included in our advertising, including print

    ads, posters, and event program. Your event program ad will be a full page inside.
  • Purple Beads Sponsorship - $500:  At this level, your company


    name will be included in posters and event programs. Your event program ad will

    be a half page.
  • Green Beads Sponsorship - $250:  At this level, your company name will

    be included in event programs. Your program ad will be a quarter page.
  • Jester Sponsorship - $100: 

    At this level, your company name will be included in event

    programs. The event program ad will be a business-card size.

Have questions or need tickets?  Please contact Jane

at Bid4Hope@comcast.net.



Not familiar with the Arundel House of Hope?  The Arundel House of


Hope, Inc.
began its ministry in 1992 as a community movement, supported by

local churches and volunteers, to address the issue of homelessness.  Over

the past nineteen years, AHOH has grown to encompass several vital programs:

  • Winter Relief Temporary

    Shelter (opened 1992);
  • Fouse Center

    Transitional Housing Program (opened 2000);
  • Community Permanent

    Housing Program (opened 2003);
  • Homeless Resource and

    Day Center (opened 2006);
  • Safe Haven Supportive

    Housing Program I and II (opened 2006 and 2009); 
  • WISH Permanent Housing

    Program for homeless women (opened 2008);
  • Doughy Dog Social Enterprise

    Program (opened 2009);
  • Community Housing

    Program II (opened 2011);
  •  Patriot House -- transitional

    housing program for veterans (opened 2011);
  • House of Hope Medical

    Clinic (opened 2011); and,
  • Community Recovery

    Center (opened in 2012).


Over the next five

years, AHOH plans to continue expanding in areas of job preparation, physical

and mental health treatment, and housing program offerings.

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