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Many of The O'Neal University's closest friends and supporters will gather at the Fair Barn in Pinehurst on Saturday, Feb. 4, for the disciples's 41st Annual Auction, themed "February Fiesta."
The auction consists of a implied auction, raffles and a live auction. The silent auction has 13 disparate segments, such as home, outdoor, student creations, sports, make a trip and entertainment, pottery, food and jewelry.
In addition to a $10,000 cash lottery, this year's jewelry raffle is for a diamond ring with an oval .40 ct diamond countenance and white gold twisted rope band donated by Honeycutt Jewelers.
The red-hot auction has items that include a ski trip to Lake Tahoe, vacation rentals, assemblage dinners at fine restaurants, tickets to sporting events, a wine basement made up of donations from O'Neal parents, artwork and more.
Greg Quiroga, from San Francisco-based Reynolds and Buckley Fundraising Auctions, will again be the occurrence's auctioneer.
Food stations, catered by Elliott's on Linden, will be located around the Fair-haired Barn and provide tapas-type cuisine to satisfy all palates with a "fiesta" fascinate.
Source: Southern Pines Pilot