Fundraisers

Redwood 4-H has three main fundraising activities to support our Club so we don't have to charge additional club dues.

Sees Candy fundraising sale in the winter.
Annual Holiday Potluck and Auction where each Project contributes items for the auction in December.
Members volunteer for a shift at the 4-H Cake Booth during the Alameda County Fair.

Holiday Potluck Party & Auction - Dec 11, 6-8pm

6:00 - Party starts. Drop off potluck items. Silent Auction Opens. Fixed Price Sale starts.

6:15 - Potluck Dinner starts

6:45 - Silent Auction Ends

7:00 - Live Auction starts

7:50 - Fixed Price Sale ends. Check out/pay for purchased items (or sooner if need to leave earlyO

8:00 - Event ends

Please bring CASH or a CHECK to purchase auction items.

2025 Holiday Potluck Party and Auction

Thurs Dec 11 from 6:00-8:00pm

Our December club meeting on Thursday 12/11/25, is our club's annual holiday party and auction. It is a fun event with great food, games and competitions, and a fun auction fundraiser. Please note the different meeting time - this event begins at 6:00pm.

Please see new auction information below.

Please bring

• cash or check to pay for any purchases and a bag or box to bring items home in

• fun holiday hat for hat contest (optional)

• bag or box to bring your items home in

• potluck item with serving utensil (mark with your name)

Each family is requested to bring food for the potluck that can serve 6-10 people. The categories are broken up alphabetically by youth member's last name starting with these letters:

A-J: Side dish

L-Z: Main dish

Dessert, drinks, plates, cups, utensils, napkins will be provided. Please mark your serving dish and serving spoon/utensil with your name.

Details:

During the evening, we will have the 2 auctions and a sale, plus there will be breaks a candy guessing contest, and a holiday hat contest. We will have prizes for the 3 best holiday hats.

NEW Auctions this year:

We have so many projects this year we had to split them up into 3 categories, Silent Auction, Fixed Price Sale and Live Auction.

Your family will receive a numbered paddle and bid tracker when you sign in. When you win an item (have the highest bid), you will bring your paddle number and bid tracker with you to claim your item. You can tally your items as you go. At the end of the auction our Officers will tally your total and you can pay in cash or check.

Live Auction:

Starts at 7:00pm. Some project contributions have multiple items. If your project has 10 items in the live auction, the highest bidder goes to the stage and gets first choice out of all of the items from that project and can pick anyone's item. Then the auctioneer will ask if anyone else wants to pay that same amount and they will come up and pick next, until that project's items are all gone. If you want the item your child made, you will want to be the highest bidder for that project. Usually kids want the item that they made themselves.. It's really fun to let your kids do the bidding but discuss your max bid before the auction starts (if someone else outbids and chooses their item, they did a great job making a fabulous item that helps support our club). Some items go for $6-15 but we have had items go for $40-$100+. This fundraiser allows our club to not charge additional dues for rent, events, awards, project support, etc. since the $100 4-H enrollment fee only goes to state and county 4-H with $0 to us.

Silent Auction items:

Silent auction starts at 6:00pm. There will be a sign up sheet with minimum bids for each items. Whomever has the highest bid at 6:45pm will win that item. Winners will be announced and items picked up before Live Auction begins.

Fixed Price Sale items:

Sale opens at 6:00pm and ends when items are gone, sale will pause during live auction. First come first served. All items will have a price tag, and some made individually will have members name who made it.

We are so excited to celebrate the holiday season with you at our biggest social event of the year!

Auction Items

LIVE AUCTION 7:00-7:40pm

Corn Hole Game - Engineering (can be delivered locally)

Quilt – Quilting

Taylor Swift Package sold out collectors edition Youth Sweater, CD, Charm and Calendar

Hot Chocolate Bombs – Camping

Quilted Pot Holders – Quilting

Hand Sewn Felt Cat Toy - Sewing

Hand Sewn Felt Wallet - Sewing

Seashell Angel – Horse

Yarn Lanterns – Arts and Crafts Yarn Fun

Jar of Cookie Mix – Cookies

Dish Towel Angels - Sheep

Please bring a bag or box to take home your purchased items.

Silent Auction 6:00-6:45pm

Archery Lesson – Archery

Decorated Cake – Cake Decorating

Digital Dart Board Signed - Darts

Strawberry Rhubarb Jam – Canning

Decoupage Vases – Graphic Design Yrbook

Puzzles – Hiking

Instax Camera Gift Bundle - Photography

Ceramic Egg Cartons - Poutry

Tissue Box Covers

Dash Mini Waffle Makers

Paw Patrol Liberty Total City Rescue Set

Barbie with Unicorn Theme

Monster High Lagoona Blue Doll

$50 Hokkaido Gift Card

Hokkaido Gift Bag

Mama and Baby Wooden Deer

Decorated, Edible Gingerbread House

Autographed Avengers Comic Book by Steve Englehart

Fixed Price Sale Items 6:00pm-6:45pm and remaining items sold after live auction
Salt Dough Ornaments – Backyard Science $3.00

Decorated Lures – Fishing $3.00

Fig Tree Branch with Root – Gardening $5.00

Geocache Containers – Geocaching $1 or $2

Wood Round Ornaments – Out and About in Parks $3.00

Painted Rocks – Rock Painting $1.00

Paper Rocket Ornaments – Rocketry $2.00

24-25 Yearbook $10.00

2024 Holiday Potluck and Auction

Hats off to all of our 2024 contestants

2024 Hat Contest winners: Val, Annelise and Lucas

Turn candy into cash for Redwood 4-H

Now through Dec 5, 2025!

Treat yourself AND support our Redwood 4-H Fundraising efforts at the same time! Instead of charging an additional Club Fee, Redwood 4-H Club relies on fundraising to pay for all of our club expenses (meeting room rental, events, snacks, leader enrollment fees, project supplies, awards, parties, etc).

We’ll receive the profits from any items you purchase in our storefront: chocolates, gifts, candies, bags, even gift cards!

Order to help us reach our fundraising goal! Orders will be delivered directly to you and the prices are the same as in store.

Share your link with your friends and family, these make great gifts, too!

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Cake Booth Club Fundraiser

The 4-H Cake Booth at the Alameda County Fair is the MAIN FUNDRAISER for Alameda County 4-H! Plus, each club that participates earns a rebate back to their club. Volunteers get a parking pass and admission ticket to the fair. Funds raised through the Cake Booth help to pay for countywide events such as Skate Night, Achievement Ceremony and Awards, Presentation Day, Field Days, Summer Camp, Conference Reimbursements and much more! Plus it gives money to Redwood 4-H to help cover our operating expenses.