26th annual Golf Classic Silent Auction benefits Boys & Girls Club of Lake Tahoe

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Bid on week-long vacations to Kauai and other paradises, golf packages at private courses around the country, or a chef-prepared dinner for ten in your home during an online auction to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Lake Tahoe through Monday, October 28.

More than 30 prize packages are up for bid including hotel packages at Tahoe and Reno hotels/resorts, sports and movie memorabilia, and $1,000 worth of wine. Visit http://bgclt.charitygrow.org/ to make bids.

All funds raised will benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Lake Tahoe who provides a safe, supportive and educational after-school program for over 320 children a day.

In addition to golf at private courses in the Bay Area including Olympic Club, Claremont, and Sequoyah; Palm Spring with Stone Eagle and Plantation; Sacramento area with Meadow Vista, and Sierra View; at Winchester; and Clear Creek Tahoe at the lake, and premium courses in Phoenix: Ancala CC, Raven and Stonecreek; Southern California at Arroyo Trabuco; Orlando at Bella Collina; North Carolina at Pinehurst; and Texas at Lajitas; and Monterey at Poppy Hills and the East Bay at Poppy Ridge.

Near Tahoe, golf courses include Lake Tahoe Golf Course, Genoa Lakes, Coyote Moon, Grizzly Ranch and Clear Creek.

Savvy shoppers in search of birthday, anniversary or holiday gifts will also find attractive package deals with Tahoe and Reno area hotels, including multiple night stays, dining credits as well as spa treatments. There’s also Tahoe boat tours Lake Tahoe Boat Rides, a TikiBoat ride for 11, Tahoe Tastings Cruise, and a Tahoe Sport Fishing adventure. And above the Lake, there’s a Tahoe Helicopters Tour.

Prizes also feature an “Ultimate Sports Fan Experience” with tickets to an NBA, NHL, MLB, or NFL game complete with airfare, three-nights lodging, limousine and concierge service; a Kennedy Space Center Astronaut Adventure including lunch with an astronaut, two-day visitor pass and airfare for two; a Bob Dylan acoustic guitar, Lebron autographed Lakers jersey, Bruce Bochy baseball, Charles Schulz “Snoopy as the Red Baron” hand-drawn sketch, among other surprises.

Two-night stays at Anaheim Majestic Garden Hotel near Disneyland, in the ranch house at Sidney Peak Ranch in Steamboat Springs, Lajitas Resort in Alpine, Texas, a four-night stay at the Cottages at Pinehurst with golf for four at No. 8 and 9, and Tahoe hotels all with dining credits: Harrah’s/Harveys, MontBleu, Hard Rock, Lake Tahoe Resort Hotel (with four separate packages), Tahoe Lakeshore Lodge & Spa, and Reno’s Silver Legacy, all provide traveling in style.

For foodies, there’s a chef-prepared dinner for 10 in your own home; $1,000 of wine from Saladin Cellars; and a Fall gift basket from Heart Rock Herb & Spice Company.

Major one-week vacations from two of the world’s leading hospitality and vacation ownership groups, The Ridge Resorts and Diamond Resorts are both offering travelers a choice at their member properties around the world. It’s memorable destinations, countless activities and opportunities to recharge, reconnect with family or friends.

To improve play, sets of three Wilson Staff wedges are available courtesy of the American Century Championship.

The 26th annual Boys & Girls Club of Lake Tahoe Classic at Edgewood tournament has been sold out for weeks. For 26 years Edgewood Tahoe has donated the course – waiving green fees and providing meals and beverages for free to the Club to help generate maximum funding.

For information to participate with the tournament via sponsorship, auction, donations or for more details about the Boys & Girls Club of Lake Tahoe and its mission, please visit us at www.BGCLT.org or call 530-542-0838. The Boys & Girls Club helps make a difference to the youth of the community by serving more than 900 individual children a year, providing them with homework help, enhancement education, fun activities and experiences, and a free snack and hot meal daily.