George Clooney's Academy Awards Gift Bag

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Academy Award winner George Clooney, a long-time supporter of United Way and a member of the United Way Board of Trustees, has donated his Academy Awards® gift bag and transferable contents to be auctioned off to benefit the United Way Hurricane Response and Recovery Fund.

The bag and its transferable contents will be auctioned as one item. Bidding will begin at 12:01 am ET Wednesday, March 22, and end Tuesday, March 28, at 11:59 pm ET.

Mr. Clooney donated the entire contents of his gift bag; however, not all gift certificates included in the bag were transferable. View the full listing of items included in the auction.

Special Thanks...

Special thanks to the following organizations for graciously allowing gift certificates originally issued to Mr. Clooney to be utilized by the winning bidder: the Bernardus Lodge in Carmel, CA; KolDesign, NYC; SignatureDays.com; JBL®; Harman Consumer Group; Watson & Guptill Publications; Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain Resort and Spa; Fairmont Hotels & Resorts and the JW Marriott Ihilani Resort & Spa.

IMPORTANT: United Way staff and their families are not eligible to participate in this auction. However, we urge United Way volunteers to jump right in.