The California Parenting Institute holds a yearly benefit auction to support their child abuse prevention and intervention programs. It's their big annual fundraiser, but it's also a time to celebrate the work they've done over the past year and commit to another year of hard but rewarding work. CPI's supporters are generous with their donations, and giving them extra recognition in a website dedicated to the event displays that reciprocal appreciation. To display all their auction items, sponsors, and food vendors, we customized a WordPress blog to seamlessly update each entry on 4-a-child.org.

Each post is categorized by the page it is to appear on and transition using a subtle divider, without the friction of post details. It's easy to update the site each year by hiding all of the sponsor links and auction items, and then recalling those posts for repeat donors by updating the categories. So the dedicated staff and volunteers at CPI can spend the weeks leading up to the event anticipating the food, music, and fun (as well as concentrating on all the great work they do for children) rather than administering and editing the website.