Creative Loafing’s 2nd Annual Online Holiday Auction, which ran from Nov. 18 to Dec. 16, brought together hundreds of businesses and thousands of readers for one important cause: raising funds for The Children’s Home. We were hoping to top last year’s total — $12,077 — and we did. By a lot. (Scroll down to the end of the post for a video thank-you to area businesses from Children's Home residents, plus video from a gathering at CL on the final day of the auction, when the then-unofficial tally was announced.)
In the spirit of end-of-the-year Top 10 lists, here are 10 reasons this year’s auction was better than ever:
This article appears in Dec 23-29, 2010.