The B.E.S.T. Event auction is now open!
Make Your BEST Bid to Support America's sons and daughters out at the tip of the spear and help them to get home alive and in one piece.
B.E.S.T.
Best Equipment to Support our Troops
About SFTT Foundation:
SFTT was established by Col. David Hackworth and Eilhys England Hackworth to educate our country's citizens on the need to give a voice to our serving sons and daughters and to demand that they receive: Equipment superior to the best an enemy can employ against them; Training that fully prepares them to succeed in all assigned missions; Leadership dedicated to selfless service and the timeless values of duty, honor, and country. Through news breaking reporting from the foundation’s Defense Watch webzine and INTEL CENTER, which is regularly scoped by major media, SFTT has been instrumental in shining the bright light of public scrutiny on critical problems such as unarmored Hummers and substandard body armor. Defense Watch has been the source for recent front page articles and news segments in the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Christian Science Monitor and on 60 Minutes, NBC and other nationally broadcast news programs.
The B.E.S.T. Event
Richards of Greenwich and SFTT are proudly opening the online portion of the B.E.S.T. Event. The auction will start on April 25, 2008 and conclude with a live event at Richards of Greenwich on May 9, 2008. Proceeds will benefit America's front line troops!
The B.E.S.T. Committee in photo: front row l-r: B.E.S.T. host Scott Mitchell of Richards of Greenwich; Francois Kwaku-Dongo, Executive Chef at lâ escale Restaurant; Eilhys England Hackworth, SFTT Chair; Wendy Laurent, Pastry Chef at l'escale Restaurant; Shelly Tretter Lynch, B.E.S.T. Committee Chair; Middle row l-r: Susie Quinn; Sheila May, owner of Therese Saint Clair stationers; Linda Levy; Guy Flichy; Top row: - l-r: Paul Warren, Darrah Gleason, Lin Tien, Mary Newcomb
Our truly incredible auction items range from weekend retreats to a walk-on role in a Hollywood film as well as a number of original paintings and treasured antiques, all guaranteed to delight and surprise. So, tell your friends, family, and community. Let the bidding begin!
Top Referrers
Top 10 Items
- Yankee vs. Boston
- Four Tickets South Pacific
- Weekend Get-Away Package
- Astrological Consultation -- The Gift of Perfect Timing:
- Coral and Turqouise Necklace
- At Oma's Table & Gift Certificate to My Most Favorite Food
- Custom- Made Hat from "Suzanne"
- Dinner for Six at Figaro Bistro
- Don Quixote & Chauffer Service to the Performance
- Giants Tickets
Top 10 Bidders
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Our Catalog gets better e everyday!
- Concert tickets
- A Golf date with Catherine Crier at the Bedford Hill country club
- Delicate Gold & Diamond Peace necklace
- Eli Manning autographed Photo,
- Hot leather Jacket
- Weekend at the Ergermont Inn
- Fine Dining at the Dressing Room Resturant at the Westport Playhouse
Concert Tickets
Cape Code cottage
Hot Leather Jacket
AUCTION WATCH: Featured Items
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Donated by
Edmund Duffy
Live Auction featuring Sotheby's Star auctioneer Hugh Hildesley on May 9th at Richards of Greenwich
C. Hugh Hildesley, a Director of Sotheby’s (Canada) Inc. and Chairman of Sotheby’s (Canada) Advisory Board, as well as directing Sotheby’s International Advisory Board, will help raise more than awareness at SFTT’s B.E.S.T. cocktail reception on May 9. Mr. Hildesley will conduct a benefit auction during the event at Richards in Greenwich to support the front line troops defending our freedoms by ensuring that they have the best available equipment to make it home alive and in one piece. In 2007, Mr. Hildesley conducted 62 benefit auctions, raising over $17 million for charitable purposes.
Hosted by SFTT Chair Eilhys England Hackworth, Shelly Tretter Lynch, B.E.S.T. Committee Chair and Scott Mitchell of Richards, B.E.S.T. will be held at Richards, 359 Greenwich Avenue in Greenwich, from 6:30 PM to 9 PM on Friday May 9. B.E.S.T. (Best Equipment to Support the Troops) pays tribute to the late Col. David “Hack” Hackworth by raising funds to protect the troops ‘out at the tip of the spear’ that he loved and continues to fight for through his nonpartisan, apolitical, nonprofit legacy foundation, SFTT. Its unique educational and advocacy mission is to see that the Pentagon and our elected leaders in Washington get the right equipment, training and leadership for our US troops by giving a public voice to and providing a candid forum for America’s front-line forces.
We would like to thank our sponsors...
Annie Schulhof
Catherine Ladnier
Dr. Elsa Raskin
Edmund Duffy
Dr. Stephen & Holly Pap
Jim Lash
Leslie Carloti
Terry Coates
