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NP Dodge Real Estate is excited to announce it is partnering with several major Omaha and regional businesses to raise money for local teen job programs with the Omaha Schools Foundation, the Omaha Public Schools’ non-profit wing.

Why teen job skills? Many issues facing teens in Omaha today stem from a lack of job skills and this hinders them finding employment in a tightening job market. When teens are working they make better decisions in their life and they set themselves up for success in the future.

The BeROYAL package includes tickets, transportation, hotel and Alex Gordon memorabilia for the September 25^th Kansas City Royals versus Cleveland Indians in Kauffman Stadium. Kansas City Royals World Champion from 1985, Greg Pryor, is also donating his time and making this a one-of-a-kind opportunity for some lucky baseball fans! Pryor will spend time with the auction winners during batting practice for 45 minutes and talk about his 10-year Major League career (1976-86).

Pryor played on the same infield in KC with Hall of Famers George Brett and Frank White and was managed by the legendary Dick Howser. In addition, in 1985 Pryor had the rare distinction of starting games at all four infield positions (1B, 2B, 3B, SS). Also, Pryor does a radio show in Kansas City and he knows how to entertain! Pryor joins Scott Voorhees on KFAB 1110 AM “The Good Morning Show” at 10:45am on September 18.

Online bidding for the special BeROYAL package opens today, September 18, at noon and runs until Tuesday, September 22, at noon. Bidding starts at $500 for the auction with an estimated value over $2,500. The link to bid is www.proxibid.com/OmahaSchoolsFoundation.

OPS teacher Jimmy Sheil garnered the donations and designed the auction with support from his principal, Dr. Bonnie Perry-Adams at Parrish School, Dr. Perry-Adams, and Omaha Schools Foundation Executive Director, Toba Cohen-Dunning. The auction package details are below with the company that donated and person responsible at the business.

Three (3) Royals Tickets to September 25^th Royals game versus the Cleveland Indians game from Todd Adams of Impact Interiors, LLC in Kansas City

Two-Room Suite at Embassy Suites-KCI from Steve Hilton

Car and gas for the weekend from Baxter Ford-West Dodge

Round-trip Cab Fare from Embassy Suites-KCI to Kauffman Stadium from Hauptman, O'Brien, Wolf & Lathrop, P.C. – Dave Cripe

Early Bird Passes to watch batting practice at 4:30 pm with from Kansas City Royals Ben Aken/Toby Cook

An Alex Gordon signed Omaha Storm Chasers baseball from Martie Cordaro/Andrea Stava

Authentic Kansas City Royals Alex Gordon Jersey and Hat from Scheels Sporting Goods - Kim Johnson

Two One-month family passes to Life Time Fitness from Jim Bisignano

Reserved table and $100 Gift Card to be used on the night of Kansas City Royals first play-off game on October 8 (est.) from DJ’s Dugout – Sunni Renner

$50 gift from State Farm – Grant Mussman

The donating businesses include Baxter Ford-West Dodge, Hilton Hotels, Scheels Sporting Goods, State Farm, Life Time Fitness, Hauptman O’Brien Wolf & Lathrop, DJ’s Dugout, Omaha Home for Boys, Omaha Storm Chasers, Proxibid, Kansas City Royals, and NP Dodge. Their donations have built a unique and fun BeROYAL auction package themed for Nebraska-born Kansas City Royal All-Star Alex Gordon and the Royals.

The NP Dodge BeROYAL online auction will be on Proxibid.com. The Omaha-based company is the most trusted online Marketplace for buying and selling highly valued items like the baseball getaway up for bid in this auction. Proxibid offers the most comprehensive risk management system, designed to manage high dollar transactions, ensuring buyers are safe when purchasing online.

Last year the Omaha Schools Foundation raised close to $2,000 with a Husker and Creighton auction that included Eric Crouch, Matt Davison, Ryan Sears and Antoine Young for area teen job programs.

After the auction, the Omaha Schools Foundation will direct the money raised to local teen job programs.

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