cake auction

[3forme]

I would like to have some ideas on different ways to run the Father/son Cake bake and auction

 

We judge cakes for catagories such as tallest , longest, best theme, best spirit. Those cakes are awarded ribbons and the Remaining cakes are judged for best tasting. Those are the cakes that are acutioned off. Lastyear there were 3 best tasting and they all went for over $100. With a lot of pressure put on the parents of the scout to buy their cake back. This year we tried something different . A silent auction which kept the cost of the cakes down. But we found a lot of resistance to the change. You know if you have done something one way for a while it shouldn't change. We are concerned about the cost and would like to include everyone not just the scout family that baked the cake (who may not be able to afford to buy back their cake).

 

 

[KL Wisconsin]

If pressure to buy back one's own cake is too tough, perhaps you could entirely eliminate the possibility of bidding on one's own cake. Color code each year/family bid card with a different color card stock or index card that you use for their bid number. Tigers get orange, wolves get yellow bid cards, bears get blue, Webelos I get white, and Webelos II get green, or something. Then if pack is bidding on a Bear's cake, no bids are accepted from blue bid cards, etc. That would eliminate buy-backs not only from the Cubs own family, but from his age group. Do warn the families in advance of the change, sometimes people put some cake decoration item on the top that they don't want to lose.