Go to our Auction Website: AUCTION April 16th CCRS Save the Roses Auction, Silent and Live, at the El Corazon Senior Center, 3302 Senior Center Drive, Oceanside. Setup of the auction roses will start at 7 am. The Silent Auction will go from 9:30 to Noon. The Live Auction will be from 1:00 pm- 3:00 pm. Winning bidders will collect and pay for their roses while cleanup commences. Typically, we are done be 4:00 pm. IT IS A FUN DAY! JOIN US AND VOLUNTEER FOR AN ASSIGNMENT. MENTORING of Tasks AVAILABLE.
Hello to all CCRS Members and Valued Volunteers
The 23rd Annual Spring Auction of 100 roses will be presented on Sunday April 16th at the El Corazon Community Center in Oceanside, CA. John has once again outdone himself with the truly extraordinary rare and unusual roses he has amassed.
This Auction’s featured rose is Lemon Chiffon, hybridized by Herb Swim in 1954. Forty years ago it was ruled extinct by the ARS. Incredibly, the rose was discovered with its original, intact and legible 50 year old ID tag still attached and the collector notified John. If anyone finds a rare rose in their collection or knows of one, please contact John so that it can be propagated and preserved.
The Auction could not happen without our volunteers. You always do an AMAZING JOB and are responsible for making these events so successful and fun for everyone. We would like to encourage all our members to participate. Please let us know how you would like to help.
The schedule and available volunteer opportunities are as follows:
- 7:00 am: Meet for set-up of tables, moving of plants, labeling of plants, final grooming of plants and setting out bid sheets
- Set up tables for computers, taking of payments and instructional materials
- 10:00 am: Silent Auction begins. Proxy bidding for online bidders; answer general questions on the roses and the Auction
- 12:00 pm: Silent Auction ends. Gather bid sheets and turn in to the computer team; sort plants to winning bidders
- Lunch Break
- 1:30 pm: Live Auction begins
- Proxy bidding for online bidders; sort plants into correct bidder groups
- Collect payment for plants
- Distribution of paid plants
- 3:00 pm: Deadline to close, breakdown the Auction and leave the building!
Thank you,
Joel Ross
858-775-0732
