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Our Volunteers and Donors make the Great TV/On-Line Auction possible, now more than ever.
 
 

The Great TV/On-Line Auction will be on Air April 23 - May 2, On Line Bidding begins March 15

 

We are now accepting items for our annual fundraiser.  Over 1000 items are already on our Auction Web Site and ready for previewing.  Check out the new Buy Now category for  items you can instantly buy now!   You may also register to bid now and be ready when the bidding starts on March 15.

 

 
Please contact us for volunteer opportunities to either solicit and/or retrieve items from businesses or craftspeople in your community. 

  
Volunteers are calling businesses throughout our communities for donations, did we miss you?  You can help and promote your business on-line and on TV by donating an item or certificate to the Great TV/On-line Auction.  
 
Click here for donor agreement form

To find out more, either e-mail or call us at 800-884-1717 extensions 5167, 5155 or 5163.
 
Partner with MPBN, one of Maine’s principal cultural and educational institutions and  join us for the magic, fun and excitement of our 39th MPBN Great TV/ On-line Auction.
 
Click here now and visit often - new items are being added frequently.  
 
As a donor: Since 1972 donors, volunteers and buyers from Maine and beyond have joined together during the fun and excitement of the Great TV Auction to support MPBN. Merchandise and gift certificates donated by generous businesses like yours are promoted in print, on television and on the web.  Eager-to-buy shoppers will click to bid on-line April 1-May 3 or call in their bids during our live auction April 23-26 and April 28-May 3.  A full page ad on-line and a link will bring them to your web site before they place their bids. 

 WHAT IS THE MPBN GREAT TV & ON-LINE AUCTION?

 
It’s a live televised and on-line shopping extravaganza benefiting your business and the television and radio stations of MPBN.
 
HOW DOES IT WORK?
 
All merchandise and certificates valued at $70 or more donated by businesses and individuals are presented on auction.mpbn.net and live on television.  Enthusiastic buyers shop for items and call in their bids during the live auction or click to bid on-line. 
 
WHO IS WATCHING?
 
A potential of over one million customers throughout Maine and parts of New Hampshire and eastern Canada shop via television, worldwide through live streaming on the Web and on-line.
 
HOW CAN YOU BENEFIT?
 
For 39 years thousands of local and national businesses have benefited through a partnership with MPBN. You can:
 
*     Market your product or property to a large, willing and ready-to-buy
        audience on TV and on-line
*     Promote your company’s name and location on television, in print
         and on the web with a link to your web site
*     Attract new customers
*     Market a new product or put current inventory to work
*     Earn the respect of your community, employees and customers by
       supporting MPBN  
*     Gain tax deductions as permitted by law
 
As a Sponsor: underwrite a portion of the Auction
  
As a volunteer: It’s fun!!!  Click to Volunteer
 
As a bidder: view thousands of items donated by businesses from throughout Maine and beyond.
                        Click to register, preview and bid
 
Thanks!
 
Please call 1-800-884-1717,  or email auction@mpbn.net   for more information.

 

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