2010-01-06T13:32:00.000-08:00

Dear Friends,

Emmy Award winning Director Eric Paul Fournier and Independent Film Producer Anna Kauffman are having a Revolutionary Sale – A Sale for (Spare) Change. This unconventional approach to fundraising is an effort to raise the finishing funds needed for their documentary Race to the White House.

After a two-year effort of chasing presidential candidates across the nation, Race to the White House (a working title) is nearing completion. The documentary addresses the racial temperature of America 50 years after the start of the Civil Rights Movement, using the journey of Barack Obama, his candidacy, and his first year in office as the conduit to tell this historic tale. www.racetowhitehousemovie.com

Through the generous support of the filmmakers’ friends and family the items below will be for sale to the highest bidder. Please let us know if you’re interested in bidding on any of these items, and at what price level, or feel free to create your own. We’ve divided the items into categories to make your shopping experience a bit easier. All proceeds will benefit the making of the documentary, and donations above the true value of the item will be tax deductible.

WINE and CULINARY EXPERIENCES

• An Authentic Berkeley Dinner for Four – for all you ‘Foodies’ out there, this is the chance to put your money where your mouth is! Alice Waters’ kitchen will prepare a dinner for four using what is appropriate to the season and sustainably-sourced. Enjoy the finest organic produce and grilled meats upstairs at The Café at Chez Panisse. Wine is not included in this pricing, however an amazing list will certainly be on hand.

http://www.chezpanisse.com/intro.php

• Private Cooking Lesson and Dinner for Four – Aspiring TV Cook Show host, Phillip Gums will prepare the perfect meal for you and 3 friends in your Bay Area home. Phillip will shop, demonstrate, and prepare a meal for four in your kitchen (San Francisco Bay Area residents only). Wine generously provided by Chatom Vineyards.

http://Tabletalkwithphillipgums.blogspot.com/

moderate $500 liberal $1,000

• Calolea Gift Pack – a Gift Pack of award-winning, organic California-produced Olive Oil and body products, specially created by Michael and Monica Keller at Calolea. Includes two bottles of organic olive oil, body scrubs, soaps, shampoo and conditioner. All products are made in California with caring hands and organic olive oil.

http://www.calolea.com/

moderate $125 liberal $250

• Dinner for Two at Le Colonial – enjoy exquisite French Vietnamese cuisine for two at Le Colonial, featuring Roessler Cellar wines. Le Colonial is just blocks from theaters, galleries and shopping in downtown San Francisco. The food and ambience are to die for.

http://www.lecolonialsf.com/

• Private Chocolate Factory Tour – San Francisco’s very own TCHO will provide a private tour for up to 10 people through its Pier 17 chocolate factory, includes a tasting of obsessively good chocolate.

http://www.tcho.com/

• PlumpJack for Two – enjoy late night beers and burgers, or a champagne brunch for two – at the Balboa Café. PlumpJack will take care of the meal for you and that special someone across the table. As usual, tip and tax are up to you. Eat, drink, and make merry.

www.plumpjack.com

moderate $100 liberal $250

• PlumpJack at Squaw – revitalize your self after a day on the slopes at Squaw. PlumpJack Café at Squaw Valley is there to meet your needs, and then some. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
http://www.plumpjackcafe.com/plumpjackcafe/sv.aspx?loc=sv

• Chatom Vineyards and Winery – become a vintner. This Sierra Foothills, 744+ acre ranch and boutique winery are for sale. Okay, so the proceeds of Chatom Vineyards won’t really go entirely to the film, but it’s a great opportunity to get the word out that Chatom Vineyards is on the market. We want our friends to be among the first to know, so we can continue to enjoy the award winning varietals.

http://www.vinesmart.com/real_estate/listings/united_states/california/calaveras_county/calaveras-county-vineyards-for-sale/calaveras-winery-vineyard-for-sale/calaveras-winery-vineyard-property-for-sale.html

winery $3,000,000 vineyard $7,000,000

MUSIC and CULTURE

• Private Chamber Music Concert – a private salon by critically acclaimed Cypress String Quartet will be held in your home for 20 - 30 of your closest friends. Rather than a traditional classical chamber music concert in a concert hall, the Cypress will perform a variety of works and discuss them in depth in a private setting. During the performance, the audience has the opportunity to develop an intimate relationship with the featured music as well as with the performers through their explanations. Past audience members have commented that it's a unique experience that demystifies classical music and offers insight into the creative process. Chatom Vineyards will generously provide two cases of wine for this event. (Northern Calif.)

www.cypressquartet.com/

moderate $2,500 liberal $10,000

• Antique Map Lecture – Antique Maps, Books and Prints specialists Marti & Jimmie Schein will pair three various wines, with discussion and maps of their regions (domestic and international). To be held after hours for 4 – 6 people at Schein & Schein on Grant Avenue in San Francisco’s North Beach, includes a $200 gift certificate to be used toward framing, or purchases from their extensive library of antique maps, books and prints.

http://www.scheinandschein.com/

moderate $500 liberal $1,000

• Autographed Fender Guitar – stop with the air-guitar and own the real thing. A Special Edition, Squier TELE Fender electric guitar used on tour by the Counting Crows. This Affinity series guitar is Artic White with a maple neck, oh, and is autographed by the band. It’s as close to being a rock star as you’re probably going to get.

www.countingcrows.com

ADVENTURE, SPORTS, and FITNESS

• Private Pitching Lesson – warm up during Arizona’s Spring Training ’10 season. Former big-league pitcher, Doug Henry, an 11-year veteran (Giants/Mets/Brewers/Astros/Royals), will spend an afternoon as your private pitching coach (airfare and hotel accommodations not included). Doug is scheduled to be in Surprise, Arizona for Spring Training 2010 and will be ready to show you a thing or two about America’s favorite pastime.

http://www.surprisespringtraining.com/

moderate $1,000 liberal $5,000

• Romantic Weekend for Two at San Francisco’s Orchard Garden Hotel – downtown San Francisco’s first LEED certified hotel, built green from the inside out. Includes a two-night stay at the Orchard Garden Hotel, just blocks from world-class shopping on Grant Avenue and Union Square.

http://www.theorchardgardenhotel.com/

moderate $500 liberal $1,000

• Willie Mays Autographed Baseball – add this ball to your collection, or start a collection with a baseball signed by Hall of Fame player, Willie Mays. The San Francisco based Say Hey Kid has seen it all and would now like to see this ball in your hands.

moderate $500 liberal $1,000

• Kayaking Adventure – it’s time to stop surfing the web and get out on the water. Sea Trek will take you and five friends out on the Bay. The ‘Scenic Sausalito’ tour is ideal for beginners. More adventurous, fit groups can paddle out to Angel Island, Tiburon, or to the Golden Gate Bridge and back. Create your own private, guided tour on the San Francisco Bay with Sea Trek.

http://www.seatrek.com/pages/localtrips/localtrips.htm

moderate $500 liberal $1,000

• Personal Training Session – work off those holiday pounds before they have a chance to stick. Enjoy a private training session in your home with NASM certified Debbie Lucchesi of Ageless Fit. Debbie will come to your home, with some basic equipment and whip you into shape in no time. (San Francisco, or Peninsula preferred)

agelessfit@gmail.com

moderate $250 liberal $500

PERSONAL CARE, SHOPPING and APPAREL

• Private Lingerie Fitting – an after hours private fitting with Magie Crystal, aka the bra-whisperer, at Alla Prima’s North Beach location on Grant Avenue, including champagne and a $200 gift certificate.

http://www.allaprimalingerie.com/

moderate $250 liberal $500

• Private Makeup Consultation – update your look with a private makeup consultation. Professional Makeup Artist Betten Chaston will show you the tricks of the trade just in time for the holiday season. (North Bay or San Francisco preferred)

http://bettenchaston.com/

moderate $250 liberal $500

• Personal Healing Session – in the mysticism of life, your body and your noetic field hold the answers to unlock your freedom, freedom from your beliefs that limit you and keep you in one place. With the help of spirit and guides, Christi Mider can track these patterns. Bring relief and healing emotionally, physically, and spiritually.

http://www.christimider.com/

• San Francisco Landmarks Silk Scarf – a custom designed silk scarf from J&J Designs, with a local flair. All their designs have been hand drawn and painted by mother and daughter artists, Marilyn and Cecy Jones, in San Francisco, then screened onto the silk at the mill. Silk twill with a hand rolled hem. 35”x35”

http://www.jnjdesigns.biz/

moderate $100 liberal $500

• Eco Citizen Shopping Experience -- support the planet and its people while encouraging and implementing fair trade. Joslin Van Arsdale strives to offer high quality, classic fashion design and construction to the eco-conscious consumer at her Russian Hill boutique. Eco Citizen is at the center of the green movement in San Francisco and you can be too. It's a lifestyle choice. This $100 gift certificate further supports the cause.

www.ecocitizenonline.com

HOME DÉCOR and AUTO

• Custom Designed Carpet – a hand-woven, Tibetan-style wool carpet, created by Alicia D. Keshishian of Carpets of Imagination. Collaborate with the artisan to create the right design for your home and show off your sense of style and beauty. All carpets are designed by Alicia and completely hand made to order in Nepal. Please allow 5 months for delivery (carpet size is 4’ x 6’, however larger sizes are available at varying price-points, your contribution will be applied).

http://www.adkcarpets.com/

• Luxurious Bed Linens – give your bedroom, aircraft, or yacht that designer touch with a set of Kearsley Luxury Linens. Your choice of Kearsley’s white, crème, taupe or chestnut Collection Sateen sheet set. The designers will make a custom top and bottom sheet and two pillow cases using the finest quality fabrics and custom embroidery available in the world, specific to your bed’s size and mattress depth. The possibilities are limitless.

http://www.kearsleyhome.com/

moderate $2,500 liberal $5,000

• Luxurious Custom Throw – a one of a kind, custom throw hand made by Michelle Pereira. Michelle uses luxurious hand printed fabrics and exotic leathers, silks and vintage fabrics to create beautiful throws for the home.

http://www.michellepereira.com/

http://www.sloanm.com/fabric/mpereira.html

moderate $500 liberal $1,000

• Personalized Vanity Wall Clock – Keeping Identity, created by Phoenix-based fine artist Danielle Cutler. What’s better than a personalized, hard wood, hand carved, thumbprint wall clock for you to keep track of time? Your thumbprint is required, felons need not bid on this item. (dimensions ~ 20”x12”)

moderate $500 liberal $1,000

• Hand Knitted, Personalized Christmas Stockings – two custom, hand knitted Christmas stockings. Your choice from 4 custom designs created and knitted by Anna’s mom. Time to find out who’s been naughty or nice (coal not included).

• Interior Home Color Consultation – revitalize your living space with a new color palette for your home. Benjamin Moore Specialized Palette created by Amelia Williams for your personal spaces - maximum of 3 interior rooms. Amy will supply a color room breakdown and color standards for reuse in the years to come. (San Francisco, Alameda and Contra Costa counties preferred)

amelia_williams@pacbell.net

moderate $500 liberal $1,000

• High End Automotive Detail – an over the top car detail from West Wind Automotive on Valencia. Let the professionals take care of your ride. Polish, preserve and protect that investment of yours, at West Wind. Trust us, it’s long overdue.

www.westwindautomotive.com

DETAILS and RESTRICTIONS

The filmmakers understand times are challenging financially. If you are unable at this time to bid on an item please consider passing this on to friends who may be able to. Auction items will be offered to the highest bidder, winners will be notified by email. Please be aware that due to prior commitments, some items may not be available at the requested time, but a best effort to accommodate everyone will be made. If the item you’re interested in is no longer available you will be notified by email immediately. All your efforts, donations, and contributions are greatly appreciated.

Please email Anna Kauffman for additional details. annakauffman@aol.com

Race to the White House is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions in behalf of Race to the White House may be made payable to Fractured Atlas and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.

If you would like to receive a tax deduction and are receiving an item from our auction, your contribution will only be a partially deductible donation.

To receive an auction item, along with a tax deduction please make checks payable to Fractured Atlas and mail to PO Box 330090, SF, CA 94133. The value of your auction item will be deducted from your contribution. Any contribution above that amount is tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.

Checks made payable to “Fractured Atlas” with the film’s name in the memo line, may be sent to:

Race to the White House • Post Office Box 330090 • San Francisco, California 94133

If you are not concerned with receiving a tax deduction, checks may be made payable to Race to the White House and mailed to the above Post Office Box.