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I FREQUENTLY WRITE ABOUT THE LIVE AND
SILENT AUCTIONS AT THE ISPA CONFERENCE
& EXPO. Of course, that makes sense: the proceeds from the
Auctions are, year after year, the single biggest fundraiser for
the ISPA Foundation.
2018
ISPA FOUNDATION
BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
However, rather than writing about donating, this month I
want to write about the other end of the equation: bidding and OFFICERS
buying. CHAIRMAN
Frank Pitsikalis
ResortSuite
Setting aside all the incredible things that the Auctions
support—ISPA Foundation Mary Tabacchi Scholarship, the
U.S. Spa Industry Study, the 2018 ISPA Spa Workforce Study,
VICE CHAIRMAN
Sharilyn Abbajay
Mattison Avenue Salon Spa Suites
and much more—the items up for bid at the Live and Silent
Auctions are simply incredible values. With an opening bid set at just 20 percent of retail value,
anything you bid on will be a bargain.
In the past, I’ve placed the winning bid on some truly one-of-a-kind lots: a two-night stay at
Canyon Ranch, a villa vacation at Casa de Campo and a custom art piece by APEX, among
others. This years’ lineup is no less spectacular, featuring items like:
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Tickets to see Elton John in concert
A 6-night trip to Ireland
A one-week stay for two at Rancho La Puerta
And that’s only a tiny fraction of the more than 150 auction items we’ll have in Phoenix. More
than 100 ISPA attendees each year do their Christmas shopping early, bidding on smaller items
and gift baskets filled with products, treatments and gift certificates. (There’s even a 30-minute
psychic reading via telephone that is up for grabs.) You could even snatch up the fully-loaded
DIRECTORS
Garrett Mersberger
ISPA Chairman
Todd Hewitt
ISPA Vice Chairman
Lynne McNees
ISPA President
Todd Shaw
Technogym
MEDICAL ADVISOR
Brent Bauer, M.D.
Mayo Clinic
HONORARY BOARD
MEMBERS
Ruth Stricker
The Marsh, A Center for
Balance and Fitness
Deborah Szekely
WELLNESS WARRIOR
iPhone X that ResortSuite has donated this year.
And don’t be nervous if this is your first ISPA Live Auction—bidding is as simple as walking
towards the front of the stage and raising your hand when the time is right. You can pay online
or the next morning at the Registration Area. UPS will be onsite to ship home anything that
might get the TSA up in arms.
And if all of that—incredible items, incredible value, incredibly easy—doesn’t pique your
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