Successful Silent Auction for TIC

The Talking Information Center (TIC) is a non-profit reading service that broadcasts newspapers, magazines, books, and special consumer information 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to the blind and print impaired. President Jacky Keith has been reading for TIC every Saturday morning for over 35 years, sits on the board, and was awarded the Presidential 1000 Points of Life Initiative for completing more than 2000 hours of volunteer service to TIC.

Every year, TIC organizes a Wine Dinner with silent auction at a beautiful restaurant. Wines are paired with the various courses and a wine expert serves as guest speaker.

This year, Esplanade donated a fabulous trip to New Zealand valued at $8,000.00.  The trip included two nights in the Marlborough wine region and three nights in Queenstown, an adventurer’s dream destination. Also included were round trip airfare, guided touring, and a combination helicopter and cruise excursion!

The high bidder bid over 80% of value, with full proceeds going to TIC. It was a very successful event, as TIC ended up with $65,000 – double last year.

Esplanade Travel takes great pride in our President’s service to TIC and were thrilled with the contribution the trip to New Zealand brought in for the organization.

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We traveled to New Zealand this year for a great adventure exploring the country. This trip was 4 years in the making due to the Covid pandemic. We booked in 2019 with Esplanade and they planned a fantastic trip. The Esplanade team worked with us seamlessly over the years as we booked and Covid cancelled our trip at least 3 times. When we finally were able to travel in 2023, they had everything perfect. We were really expecting a lot of confusion due to the multiple bookings and cancellations, but Esplanade had everything perfect at every turn. The accommodations, excursions, transfers, etc. were all planned even better than we could have imagined. We highly recommend Esplanade Travel and will be using them again on our next adventure.

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