Greater Lakes Region Children’s Auction to Host Family Night

LACONIA — The Greater Lakes Region Children’s Auction will host a family night on Wednesday, Dec. 10 from 4:30-6:30 p.m., and all are welcome to attend free. 

Have your picture taken with Santa, meet the Grinch, build a toy in Santa’s workshop, decorate a holiday cookie, have your face painted, sing Christmas songs with the Snow family and hear holiday stories read aloud.

The Kiwanis Club will take part in the event and give away free books to children who attend.

The site for the 2025 Greater Lakes Region Children’s Auction is at the Belknap Marketplace, where CVS was formerly located, and the event will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 9 through Friday, Dec. 12, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Come experience the magic in person.

The auction will be streamed live at ChildrensAuction.org, LaconiaDailySun.com and Facebook.com/ChildrensAuction. Watch live on Lakes Region Public Access TV Channel 25, or listen on Lakes FM 101.5.

Viewers can bid online at ChildrensAuction.org, starting on Black Friday, Nov. 28. Bidders who create an account at ChildrensAuction.org, can bid early on high-value items. New this year, any bidder can also put a maximum bid on any items that will close during the week of the auction.

Donations for the auction are being accepted at over 30 business locations from Nov. 1 through Dec. 5. Click here for a complete list of collection sites or visit childrensauction.org. 

Donations can also be dropped off at the Belknap Marketplace from Nov. 28-30 and Dec. 6-8 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Have extra time and want to volunteer to help prepare the auction site? Check out these opportunities here.

If you’d like to become a sponsor, view options at childrensauction.org/sponsorship, email [email protected] or call 603-527-0999.

About the Greater Lakes Region Children’s Auction:

Numerous fundraising events in the Lakes Region throughout the year support the Greater Lakes Region Children’s Auction, including our four-day signature event every December. In the past four decades we have distributed more than $9.2 million to over 80 nonprofits that serve low-income families and children in the Lakes Region, all through volunteer efforts, community donations and corporate sponsorship. The Auction falls under the umbrella of the Greater Lakes Region Charitable Fund for Children, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that helps local community organizations that serve children and families in need. For more information about the Auction, the nonprofits it supports and how you can help, visit ChildrensAuction.org.