Silent Auction
Silent Auction
During the ICPAN 2023 conference there will be a Silent Auction to raise money for Mercy Ships.
Mercy Ships is a faith-based international development organization that deploys hospital ships to some of the poorest countries in the world, delivering vital, free healthcare to people in desperate need.
Mercy Ships tackles the diseases of poverty through three steps:
1. Offering direct medical care and surgery to local people;
2. Training and mentoring local health professionals; and
3. Improving healthcare infrastructure.
To achieve this, Mercy Ships delivers a customized five-year partnership model with every country it is invited to support. Relationships are built with the national government and ministry of health, so that the needs of each country are met. In this way, Mercy Ships doesn’t just address the immediate need on the ground, but also works to strengthen the country’s healthcare systems and drive policy change. The aim is to tackle the root causes of the problems rather than just the consequences.
Website Mercy Ships for more information: https://www.mercyships.org/our-mission/
Donate items
Every participant can donate one or more items to the Silent Auction. The more items, the more money we can raise for charity. Bid high, bid often! Please inform us at the registration desk that you have an item for the Silent Auction and we will direct you to the Silent Auction meeting room.
Mercy Ships staff will be on hand to guide the Silent Auction and answer questions.
Bidding procedure
During the ICPAN 2023 conference there will be a Silent Auction to raise money for Mercy Ships.
Mercy Ships is a faith-based international development organization that deploys hospital ships to some of the poorest countries in the world, delivering vital, free healthcare to people in desperate need.
Mercy Ships tackles the diseases of poverty through three steps:
1. Offering direct medical care and surgery to local people;
2. Training and mentoring local health professionals; and
3. Improving healthcare infrastructure.
To achieve this, Mercy Ships delivers a customized five-year partnership model with every country it is invited to support. Relationships are built with the national government and ministry of health, so that the needs of each country are met. In this way, Mercy Ships doesn’t just address the immediate need on the ground, but also works to strengthen the country’s healthcare systems and drive policy change. The aim is to tackle the root causes of the problems rather than just the consequences.
Website Mercy Ships for more information: https://www.mercyships.org/our-mission/
Donate items
Every participant can donate one or more items to the Silent Auction. The more items, the more money we can raise for charity. Bid high, bid often! Please inform us at the registration desk that you have an item for the Silent Auction and we will direct you to the Silent Auction meeting room.
Mercy Ships staff will be on hand to guide the Silent Auction and answer questions.
Bidding procedure
- Anyone can bid on an item by putting their name and the amount bid on a special bidding form.
- Bids can be placed on the bidding form(s) of the selected item(s) until Friday morning, September 22, 10:00 a.m.
- The highest bidder gets the chosen item.
- During the Friday morning coffee/tea break from 10:30 – 11:00 a.m. participants can pay for the item and collect it.