2025 Boots and Bling Gala
Join us Sunday, September 7th at 7 PM for an unforgettable evening at the Boots and Bling Gala! Saddle up and step into the Wild West for a night filled with music, dancing, and camaraderie. Dress in your best rodeo attire! Our DJ will spin the best tunes to get your boots tapping, while line dancing brings the spirit of the frontier to life. This is your chance to connect, unwind, and enjoy the charm of a Texas-style gala. Yeehaw!
2025 Auction
Get Ready to Bid Big at the 2025 CCSA Gala Auction!
The Gala Auction is one of the most anticipated events of the CCSA Convention—and this year, we’re making it easier than ever to join in the fun! Thanks to Expo Auctions, our 2025 auction will feature a seamless, user-friendly bidding experience for all attendees.
Starting Friday evening, items be on display and open for silent bidding—right up until the final countdown on Sunday evening during the Boots and Bling Gala, when everyone gathers to place those exciting last-minute bids!
Can’t make it to Convention? No problem—you can still participate in the auction through online bidding, and Expo Auctions will ship items directly to the winning bidders.
What makes our Gala Auction special? You do! CCSA members are invited to donate original works of art in any medium—pottery, glass, mosaics, or anything that inspires your creativity. Past auctions have also featured vacation stays, gift certificates, and one-of-a-kind weekend experiences.
In 2024, your incredible generosity raised over $26,000 for the Crisis Nursery of St. Louis. Let’s make an even bigger impact in 2025!
📸 Need inspiration? Visit the Facebook Chatter page albums to see highlights from past auctions.
🛻 Pre-shipping items? Please ensure they arrive between August 6–22 and include your Auction Release Form with the package. Kindly email Taylor Barrow at taylor@ccsaonline.com to let us know your item is on the way. Even if you can't attend in person, you can still contribute and make a difference!
🙌 No item is too big or too small—we welcome all donations with gratitude.
💳 Please note: The 2025 CCSA Convention is a cashless event.
Let’s come together, celebrate creativity, and raise our paddles (or smartphones!) for a cause that matters. Happy bidding, y’all!
Each year we collect a bounty of wonderful prizes for our raffle including items like free convention registration for the next year and other items. We set up a display area of those prizes with entry boxes next to each. Attendees can purchase raffle tickets for $10 each, and anyone who purchases 10 raffle tickets gets a free Golden Ticket! The Golden Ticket prize package is valued at over $5,000 each year. You will be able to see a current list of prizes included in this drawing on our website as they become available.
During the Convention Gala on Sunday, September 7th, we’ll draw a winner for each ancillary prize. When these prizes have been drawn, we combine all the tickets entered and draw for a winner for the Skutt KilnMaster Touchscreen Upgrade Kit to outfit your studio kiln Up to 2 kilns with Skutt’s new touchscreen controllers . Valued at 650 each. At the end of the night, we’ll draw the Golden Ticket winner from the Golden Ticket box.
Notes:
Winners must be present to win.
When buying your raffle tickets, you will be instructed to write your name and phone number on the back, and then you will be responsible for finding the raffle box location and Golden Ticket box location and dropping your own tickets into the correct box.
Tickets can be purchased online when you register for the Convention and on-site at the CCSA booth in the exhibit hall.
The 2025 CCSA Convention is a Cashless Event.
Golden Ticket
Prize Info coming soon!
Auction Beneficiary
Almost all women who have worked in the sex industry report being subjected to consistent physical violence. Almost half of these women reported that they have attempted to take their own life at least once, and over half reported having post-traumatic stress disorder. This dispels the myth that “she chose to get into this line of work.” This was never her choice.
While most of these women want out of this life, there is a huge gap in residential services for survivors, leaving most to endure and suffer within their current circumstances. Without safe housing and opportunities for healing, women will continue to get lost in the vicious cycle of being sold for profit and abused in every way.
As one of the Nation’s largest housing programs for survivors of sex trafficking, Refuge for Women exists so that every woman who is sexually exploited will have the hope, support, and tools needed to pursue her dreams and live a life of freedom. We desire that every woman will find a permanent exit and life away from the sex industry.
We offer multiple years of care at no cost to the survivor, including emergency housing, long-term programming, and transitional living. Each element in our continuum of care serves survivors in different stages with the goal of helping them overcome addiction, heal from trauma, develop life skills, and find healthy and independent rhythms of life.