Donate An Item

NIE needs your help and support!

This year’s Tampa Bay Times Newspaper in Education (NIE) eBuy for Education online auction will take place April 28 - May 12.  One hundred percent of funds raised will be used to provide newspapers to Tampa Bay-area schools at no cost to schools, teachers or students.

Please consider supporting literacy with an in-kind donation to this year’s auction.  Gift certificates for restaurants, day spas, hair salons and department stores or boutiques are particularly popular auction items.  Other possibilities include fine wine, artwork, gift baskets and home décor items. 

Participation in our auction is a fantastic publicity opportunity for businesses in addition to a wonderful way to support local schools. eBuy for Education will be promoted in print in the Tampa Bay Times and tbt*; online at tampabay.com, tampabay.com/nie, twitter.com/TBTimesNIE and facebook.com/tampabaycom; and via our NIE Literacy Times newsletter with a subscriber base of 8,000. All auction donors will be recognized in print and online.

To submit an item donation to this auction, you will be asked to provide some information about the item you would like to donate, along with digital pictures of the item if you have any. We will contact you by email after the item has been reviewed. If you have questions, please contact Sue Bedry, NIE Development Specialist, at 727-893-8969 or sbedry@tampabay.com. 

Thank you for your support!