 The Young Neurosurgeons Committee invites you and/or your company to participate
in the Tenth
Annual Silent Auction at the AANS Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois -
April 26- May 1, 2008.
The Young Neurosurgeons Committee
invites you to visit the Tenth Annual Silent
Auction located in the AANS Resource
Center, booth #1120.
An expanded array of items promises
another successful year. Place your bid on
favorite items such as high-tech electronics,
exciting weekend vacation packages,
sought-after medical items, vintage wines
and much more.
All proceeds from the Tenth Annual Silent
Auction benefit the Neurosurgery Research
and Education Foundation (NREF) and
the Research Fellowships and Young
Clinician Investigator Awards they support.
Once again, the NREF will be utilizing the
services of
C-Market, an online auction
provider. This service offers bidders
convenient options for placing their bids be
it online from their hotel rooms, from a
PDA or at a computer at the auction site.
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| 2008 SILENT AUCTION ITEMS |
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| Visit the AANS web site regularly as we will be adding
additional items and more details on these items SOON! |
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| Harvey Cushing: A Life in Surgery |
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| Biomechanics of Spine Stabilization and Spine Surgery V1 & V2 |
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| Two (2) gift certificates - ASI Photo |
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| Custom web site gift certificate - Fortris Corp. |
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| Three (3) CD's - Capital Steps |
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| Happy Hour Party - Howl at the Moon, Chicago |
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| Gift certificate - McCormick & Kuleto's Seafood Restaurant |
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| Family Membership - International Museum of Surgical Science |
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| Four (4) passes to Whaley House - Save our Heritage Organization
(SOHO) |
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| Four (4) museum tickets - San Diego Natural History Museum |
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| Two (2) gift certificates - The Redhead Piano Bar, Chicago |
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| Sunday brunch for four (4) - The Bombay Club, Washington,
DC |
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| Restaurant gift certificate - Catch 35 |
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| Gift certificate - Fallon Fine Art |
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| One (1) year subscription from the Journal of Neurosurgery
(JNS) Publishing Group |
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| Apple IPhone - Accuray, Inc. |
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| Two (2) different vacation/resort getaways to Telluride, Colorado |
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| Hand-crafted jewelry - two (2) different pieces |
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| A set of micro elevators - Life Instruments Corp. |
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| Four (4) lakefront speedboat cruises - International Cruises |
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| A bottle of Beaux Frere Pinot |
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| Gift certificate - Lou Mitchell's Restaurant,
Chicago |
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| Carl Zeiss binoculars (diafun 10 x 30) - Carl Zeiss Meditec |
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| Neural Stem Cells-Neurosurgery Clinics |
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| IPod Nano - Mizuho America, Inc. |
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| Ten (10) full, seven (7) course meals - Marrakesh Restaurant,
Chicago |
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| Gift certificate - Dr. Gucci's Medical Spa |
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| Lacie Mobile Hard Drive (80g) - BrainLAB |
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| A weekend getaway to Savannah, Georgia |
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| The Meetings and Education Department of the AANS has
generously donated one (1) Goodman Oral Board Course single registration
fee as well as one Coding Course single registration |
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| Other donations fine wines and framed art |
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| Thank you also to the generous monetary contributions this support will assist us with adding exciting new items to this list in the coming weeks! |
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It
is never to early to plan this year's auction in Chicago, IL ...
if you would like to make a donation to the 2008 Silent Auction, please click
here for an Auction
Contribution Form.
Not sure what to donate or contribute ... an
expanded array of items have proven successful in previous years. Favorite items
have been: iPods, digital camera, and high-tech electronics, exciting weekend
vacation and sports packages, sought-after medical items, vintage wines, jewelry,
autographed memorabilia and much more. If you and/or your company prefer to send
a cash donation, your name or your company's name can be listed as a sponsor
or an item can be purchased in your behalf.
Recognition for your auction donation includes acknowledgement in a variety of media: the AANS Web site, Silent Auction online catalog, Signage in the Auction Area, bi-weekly
E-blast newsletter, AANS
Neurosurgeon (AANS’ socioeconomic member publication), etc.
If you have questions or would like additional information about the annual
silent auction, please contact any member of the Auction Committee listed below
or the Development department at nref@aans.org or
(847) 378-0500.
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