Zonta Penny Auction

Proceeds benefit nine scholarships.

How to play:
Participants file into the recreation hall and purchase cups. Each cup costs $1 and is marked by a number (1-1800). There are no limits on the number of cups each player can purchase; the more cups played, the better the chances of winning. A ping pong ball with the same number as the cup is put into a hopper as cups are purchased.

It’s a fairly fast paced game, with a new prize being introduced by the auctioneer as soon as the previous one has been awarded.

“When the number on the selected ball is called, there has to be money in the corresponding cup to win,” Hudson said. “Otherwise bidding on that item continues.”

But how do players know what to bid?

“That amount is determined by the club and announced by the auctioneer,” Hudson continued. “We may have $100 cash, but the players will be told to put 10 cents in their cups. If we draw number 1,500 out of the hopper and someone has a dime in the cup marked with that number, that participant just won $100 for 10 pennies.”

Once the auction item has been delivered to its owner, the pennies in everyone’s cups are emptied into a bucket and collected by club members.

Zonta Club International is about advocating for the status of women worldwide, both in the workplace and at home. That includes being safe from violence in the communities they call home.

Zonta Club has a goal to raise $10,000 to benefit their sponsored scholarships.