Today! Bidding Opens for FLARE’s First Online Auction

Fundraising event features tours, trips, bling and more.

Historic tour packages, cocktail parties, vacation experiences, fine jewelry and one-on-one conversations with noted authors and experts are just a few of the items available to bid on as part of the First Ladies Association for Research and Education’s first online auction opening today.

“This is another step in the organization’s growth,” said Nancy Kegan Smith, FLARE president and retired director of the Presidential Materials Division of the National Archives and Records Administration.

Dubbed “A Curated Auction of Exceptional Experiences and Finds,” the FLARE auction, which is open to the public, offers something for everyone. Among the auction items are:

• A deluxe vacation house in New York on the Finger Lakes for two nights

• Exclusive tour packages of Mount Vernon, the National First Ladies Library & Museum, the Gerald R. Ford Museum, the Barnes and Calder Museums and more

• Cocktail parties, teas and curated events at memorable and historic homes

• One-on-one virtual conversations with no…