The 2011 AOBA National Show and Auction

From Denver with love....at the Nationals Event, May 20, 2011 we raised $6,000!!!!

and we made this announcement: It is with great pleasure and pride that the Sock Brigade announces we are now purchasing socks from Flaggy Meadow Fiber Works. Socks made from US alpaca fiber manufactured right here in the USA!

Sock Brigade National Auction Opener! Friday May 20, 2011: 1:00pm - 6:00pm

The Sock Brigade has some big big news to share with the alpaca community.  So big that AOBA has invited us to make our announcement as the opener of the 2011 Nationals Auction. We are excited to share our news and invite you to be part of the action & sending alpaca socks to our soldiers in harm’s way. To celebrate we have a few auction lots to help raise funds to send more socks!

LOT #1, sending socks to our troops in harms way:

~ Timber Lodge Alpacas has donated a framed photo capturing the emotional meeting of US Veterans from Pearl Harbor and Iraq.

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 ~ One box of 24 alpaca socks to send to our soldiers overseas. Shawn Malloy of Royalty Fiber Farm.

LOT #2 sending more socks to our troops in harms way:

~ Jude Anderson & Amanda VandenBosch, AOBA Senior Judges, offer a full day seminar at your Ranch. We will custom build the seminar to your needs. Subject matter ideas; fiber, conformation, myths of the showring! Hands-on, very enjoyable and educational. Great opportunity to custom fit to your needs and learn!

While travel and expenses are not included, this is an incredible opportunity to have these two alpaca educators at your beck and call for a day.  

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~ Judy Steele of Polo Fields Farm has donated one of her beautiful pottery pieces.

This SuriSculpture Vase is white stoneware fired with  3 different glazes.  It is 19 1/2" tall with a 9" diameter.  It is signed and numbered for SuriSculpture collectors.  The vase comes with a floral arrangement of ivy and sweet peas, (not shown). 

LOT #3, help send more socks to our troops in harms way:

~ One woven alpaca rug by T3 Weavers. Courtesy Weather’d T Ranch.

LOT #4, help keep feet warm on our troops in harms way:

~ Airfare and accommodations for two for the 2011 Pucara Premium Reserve Auction event. PLUS $1,000 discount should the purchaser be the lucky high bidder on a Pucara owned auction lot! Courtesy Pucara International.

Thank you to our generous donors and good luck to all you bidders!

For more information on our auction lots please see: http://bentstarproject.org/SockBrigade.html

The Sock Brigade has been sending alpaca socks to our troops since 2007 and in that time we have sent over 10,000 pairs of socks to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.  The Sock Brigade’s goal is three pairs of alpaca socks per soldier deployed.  The alpaca community has gone over and above to help us inch closer to this goal.  A very happy consequence of the Sock Brigade project is getting more alpaca products into more hands and onto more feet.   
Because warm feet are NOT a luxury!

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Lamb Chop the official spoke sock for the Sock Brigade says "Help keep our soldier's feetsies warm, donate to The SockBrigade!"

Lamb Chop has paired up with The SockBrigade to help spread the word about our project.

	The Sock Brigade - alpaca socks for troops in harms way!!! Help keep our troops feet warm this winter!! Send Alpaca socks to troops in Afghanistan and Iraq! Directly to specific units in the field!!
Have a suggestion for a unit in the field, just let us know the contact name in the unit and an email and we will get Alpaca socks to them!!!! email us at SockBrigade@BentStarProject.org