Not-So-Silent Auction

2008 Annual Not-So-Silent Auction

Sponsored by

Held annually at AHIMA's Convention, the FORE Not-So-Silent Auction is a great opportunity to show off your company, state, CoP or community. Over 4,000 attendees, exhibitors, and guests visit the auction - placing their bids and upping the ante to take home a fabulous item!

Donating to the Not-So-Silent Auction is a great way to promote your organization —with opportunity to include your logo and booth number on the bid sheet —it’s also a great way to support the profession. Proceeds from the Auction directly support the Foundation of Research and Education (FORE) Merit scholarship program.  This growing program rewards academic excellence by supporting undergraduate and graduate students pursuing degrees in health information management.

To sponsor the 2008 Not-So-Silent Auction, contact Sally Benson at sally.benson@ahima.org.

For your donation you will receive*:

• Acknowledgement on the donated item's bid sheet(s)
• Recognition in on-site promotion of the Auction
• Listing as an Auction donor in FORE's Annual Report
• Listing on AHIMA's Convention Web Site and on the FOE Web Site

Donations with a retail value of $300 or more will receive the above recognition, plus the following:

• Your organization's logo on the donated item's bid sheet
• A link to your company's website from the auction listing on the FORE website

What Should I Donate? Advice from the Past...

All contributions are welcome—gift items, fine artwork, collectibles, jewelry, baskets of fun stuff, and electronics. Highlights from the 2007 auctionincluded:

• Vacation Packages / Weekend get a ways
• Designer accessories (Handbags, briefcases, travel bags...)
• Original artwork
• Jewelry
• Electronics (iPods, handheld games, portable DVD players)
• Regional, hard-to-find items

The average donated item's retail value is usually between $150 and $350.

2007 Donors  

State Associations

Alabama HIMA

Alaska HIMA

Arizona HIMA

Arkansas HIMA

California HIMA

Colorado HIMA

Connecticut HIMA

Delaware HIMA

District of Columbia HIMA

Florida HIMA

Georgia HIMA

Hawaii HIMA

Illinois HIMA

Indiana HIMA

Iowa HIMA

Kansas HIMA

Kentucky HIMA

Louisiana HIMA

Maine HIMA

Maryland HIMA

Massachusetts HIMA

Michigan HIMA

Minnesota HIMA

Mississippi HIMA

Missouri HIMA

Montana HIMA

Nebraska HIMA

Nevada HIMA

New Hampshire HIMA

New Jersey HIMA

New Mexico HIMA

North Carolina HIMA

North Dakota Health HIMA

Ohio HIMA

Oklahoma HIMA

Oregon HIMA

Pennsylvania HIMA

Rhode Island HIMA

South Carolina HIMA

South Dakota HIMA

Tennessee HIMA

Texas HIMA

Utah HIMA

Vermont HIMA

Virginia HIMA

Washington State HIMA

West Virginia HIMA

Wisconsin HIMA Board of Directors

Wyoming HIMA

Corporate Donors

3M

A. Rifkin Company

AHIMA Staff

American Medical Association

Arrendale Assoc., Inc.

BizTech Healthcare

Care Communications

c-Bay

ChartOne, Inc.

College of St. Scholastica HIM Dept

Craneware

Department. of Veterans Affairs Health Information Managers

DeVry University

DML Consulting

Elsevier

For the Record

Francine Marketing

Global HealthCare Recruiters

Healthcare Cost Solutions

HIMentors

Ingenix

Initiate Systems, Inc.

Iron Mountain

J. A. Thomas & Associates

Joint Services

Just Associates

Kuehn Consulting

LexiCode Corporation

M.E. Mahoney & Associates

MC Strategies

McKesson

Meca

Med Assets

Medquist, Inc

Precyse Solutions

Probity Medical Transcription

Pyramid Healthcare Solutions

QuadraMed

SDS

Seagate Consultants/Susan Parker

Stat Solutions, Inc.

YES HIM Consulting

Cbay

Codebusters

Dictaphone, a division of NUANCE

Individual Donors

Ann Waters,RHIT

April Robertson, MPA,RHIA, CHP

Barbara Fuller, JD, RHIA

Barbara Knight, RHIA

FAHIMA Patricia Shaw, ME.d, RHIA, FAHIMA

Barbara Siegel, MS, RHIA, FAHIMA

Brenda Wood

Carol Quinsey, RHIA, CHPS

Carol S. Nielsen, MLS

Cathy Barnes, RHIA, CCS

Claire Dixon-Lee, PhD, RHIA, FAHIMA

Denise Dunyak, RHIA

Eileen Murray, MM, CFRE, CAE

Jennifer Hornung Garvin Consulting

Kathy LaTour, MA, RHIA, FAHIMA

Katy Sheehy, MPA, RHIA

Linda Kloss, RHIA, CAE, FAHIMA

Lou Ann Schraffenberger, MBA, RHIA

Margaret Skurka, RHIA, CCS

Margaret Stewart, RHIA

Marion Gentul, RHIA, CCS and Nadinia Davis, RHIA, FAHIMA

Marlene Polyen & Sterling Butterfly Shop

Melanie Brodnik

Mildred St. Leger, RHIA

Nanette Sayles, EdD, RHIA

Pat Hertel, MA, RHIT

Rose T. Dunn, RHIA, CHPS

Sally Benson, MA, CFRE

Shirley Eichenwald, RHIA, FAHIMA

Susan Fenton, PhD, RHIA

Valarie Bond, MA, RHIA

Vera Rulon, RHIT, CCS

Wendy Mangin, MS, RHIA

William Thieleman, RHIA

How to Make a Donation

You can reserve your place in this exciting event by printing a reservation form* and returning it to FORE via fax (312) 233-1468.

Questions

Contact Sally Benson, Individual Giving Manager, at sally.benson@ahima.org or at (312) 233-1168 with any questions about the auction.

Shipping to Convention

Shipping Instructions will be posted in September, 2008

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