The Friday night Scholarship Benefit Auction provides funds for kids from Maine’s fishing families – we have given out over $209,000.00 in scholarships since 1998! The number of scholarships we can give out depends entirely on the Auction results – with your generous donations, we hope to give away more than 10 scholarships!
     At the 2011 Maine Fishermen’s Forum, over $19,000 was raised, and with additional cash donations, we were able to award 21 Scholarships!
     Anything that you would like to donate to the Auction would be greatly appreciated, and as the Maine Fishermen’s Forum is a nonprofit organization – it’s tax deductible!
     The annual scholarship auction will be held on Friday night, March 2nd.  Registration and preview starts at 7:15 p.m.  Dennis Damon will be the Auctioneer and all the money raised will be given out in student scholarships on Saturday night.
     Everyone must register in order to participate.  It is the bidder's responsibility to inspect items prior to the auction.  When you register, you will receive a bidders card.  If you are the highest bidder, the item is yours.  You may pay for the item any time during the auction.  If you are planning to bid on more then one item, you may wait and pay for them all at one time.  Payment must be made on Friday evening by cash, personal check, American Express, Visa or MasterCard.  When you pay, you will get a receipt which you will take to the pick-up area where an auction volunteer will get your item.
     ALL ITEMS MUST BE REMOVED FROM THE AUCTION ROOM IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE AUCTION.  Neither the Samoset nor the Forum will be responsible for items left in the auction room Friday night.