Online Auction for Bravissimo! Launches at The Healdsburg School

is accepting online bids for a slew of travel, entertainment and leisure items prior to its annual gala fundraiser -- Bravissimo! -- on Feb. 11 at

Jan. 28 at the in downtown Healdsburg, through Wednesday, Feb. 1.

The online auction option gives those unable to attend the fundraiser on Feb. 11 an opportunity to successfully bid absentee on a broad collection of items including vacation getaways, sports events, art and other collectibles, luxury wines and other desirable auction lots. 

Current auction items available online include: 

• Week stay at “Palapa Bonita,” a Mexican Baja California getaway  
•  Four nights cottage stay on the San Juan Islands
•  A “square” grand piano
•  A North Carolina Blue Ridge Mountain vacation
•  Day at the horse races
• Birthday, golf, fitness, spa, photo and cooking classes and music lesson packages
• Fine wines from Napa and Sonoma Counties
• and much, much more

Auction items may now be viewed at www.biddingforgood.com/thsbravissimo. 

Bravissimo! 2012, at The Vintners Inn in Santa Rosa on Friday, Feb. 11, begins with cocktails at 6 p.m., along with a silent auction and live auction preview.

A sit-down gourmet dinner and live auction will follow, featuring lively master of ceremonies and guest auctioneer,  

A dessert bar and dancing to the tunes of a local disc jockey are also planned.

Tickets for Bravissimo! are $150 per person and are available at www.thsbravissimo.com or by calling THS at 707-431-8508.

Bravissimo! 2012 is a charitable event benefiting The Healdsburg School (THS), a private, independent K-8 school established in 2007, www.thehealdsburgschool.org.