--- title: LERN silent auction helps disadvantaged programs description: Each year, as part of the LERN Annual Conference, a silent auction is held to benefit disadvantaged adult education programs. image: https://blog.lern.com/hs-fs/file-16566510-gif/images/lernlogotrans1.gif --- [LERN Club Sign-In](http://beta.lern.org/club/) [![lern-logo.png](https://blog.lern.com/hubfs/June-folder/lern-logo.png "lern-logo.png")](http://lern.org) ** # Articles # LERN silent auction helps disadvantaged programs Wed, Oct 02,2013 @ 11:31 AM by Kathryn Lynch-Morin | ![LERN Annual Conference](https://blog.lern.com/hs-fs/file-16566510-gif/images/lernlogotrans1.gif?width=375&height=164&name=lernlogotrans1.gif)Each year, as part of the LERN Annual Conference, a silent auction is held to benefit disadvantaged adult education programs. Participants bring items from their various locations to be donated to the auction and the funds raised provide much-needed training to people working in these programs who would not otherwise have the opportunity.  Donations are 100 percent tax deductible. [To make a donation, download the form now. ](https://blog.lern.com/hs-fs/hub/119076/file-322747063.doc) This year, each person who donates an item to the silent auction will be entered into a drawing to win a Kindle Fire HD 7" Tablet.  Not sure what to donate? [Click here to check out some of the items already donated for this year's silent auction.](http://lern.org/conference/silent-auction.cfm) Thank you for your continued support. P.S. If you haven't registered for the LERN Annual Conference, Nov. 21-23 in San Francisco, there's still time! [Click here to register or read more about the sessions, pre-conference workshops and speakers. ](http://www.lern.org/conference/index.cfm) [![Download the final 2013 LERN Annual Conference brochure](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/119076/d0d8b532-7bf5-463d-9da3-2ea87e14f325.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/119076/d0d8b532-7bf5-463d-9da3-2ea87e14f325)       ### LATEST NEWS Video: How to Get the Most From a LERN Membership LERN Video - The LERN Program Review: Position Your Unit for Success LERN Cancellation Rates and New Programs: A Lesson From Netflix Kathryn Lynch-Morin Ready for Liftoff: Drones and Drone Courses are More Popular Than Ever Kathryn Lynch-Morin Working with the University of Nebraska - Omaha LERN [Tweets by @LernUpdates](https://twitter.com/LernUpdates) [LERN Club Sign-In](http://beta.lern.org/club/)