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WCET-TV Needs 'Action Auction' Donations

91.7 WVXU | By John Kiesewetter

Published April 12, 2018 at 12:45 PM EDT

"Action Auction" chairman Dr. O'dell Owens at the podium in 2015.

It's that time of the year again: WCET-TV needs your help for another successful "Action Auction," the public TV station's biggest annual fundraiser.

The 51^st "Action Auction" needs gift certificates, tickets, goods, services, collectibles, art and all kinds of good stuff to be sold on Channel 48 April 25-28.

Mary MacDowell, WCET-TV community events manager, says these are among the most popular items for Cincinnati's original home shopping show:

--Gift certificates for restaurants, shopping, salon or spa visits and services

--Tickets to see the Reds, FC Cincinnati, Bengals, UC, Xavier and NKU games, the Bunbury Music Festival and other concerts

--Unique experiences – behind-the-scenes tours of restaurants, firehouses, TV stations or other businesses – "are always wildly popular," she says

--Wine and beer

If you have items to donate, you should contact the "Action Auction" office by email (actionauction@cetconnect.org) or by phone (513-345-6530). For more information go to the auction web pages.

"Action Auction" airs 5:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, April 24-27, and 3 p.m. - 11 p.m. on "wine day" Saturday, April 28. Dr. O’dell Owens is auction chairman again this year.