1. A Coke and A Smile
This beverage cooler will bring a smile to your face as you reach in for an ice cold Coke.
- The graphics on the cooler feature images of the Iowa State Fair and the 2019 logo.
- The cooler measures approximately 25”x 23” x 53 1/2” and can hold over 300 bottles.
- Stock up your cooler with $100 in Casey's gift cards.
Donated by Atlantic Bottling Company & Casey's
2. A Cheerful Quilt
This cheerful quilt features many Fair favorites, all in fabric form.
- Measuring 63” x 71”, the intricate details will have you looking this quilt over more than once.
Donated by Danyell Klein
3. Decked Out
Your patio will be the place to hang out this summer when you add this deck bar.
- Constructed of western red cedar, the bar measures 76"l x 44"h x 30"d and has adjustable shelves plus an area large enough for a keg or mini-refrigerator.
- It already comes supplied with a patio umbrella and bar accessories. Plus a $50 Visa gift card to stock the bar.
Donated by Mark & Denise Bell, Glazer's Southern Distributors and ECHO
4. Zoom, Zoom, Zoom
Last year, the sold-out crowd at the Ford EcoBoost 400 witnessed one of the most historic moments in sports history. You could be there this year!
- Four grandstand tickets to NASCAR’s championship races at the Homestead – Miami Speedway on November 16-17, 2019. You’ll see the Xfinity and Monster Energy Series Ford EcoBoost 300 and 400.
- Your total racing package also includes four "hot" garage passes that are good for the entire weekend. Must be 18 years of age for garage area access. Tickets are non-transferable.
- A $400 Visa gift card to use for travel, lodging or food on your trip.
Donated by Housby & Gary & Cindy Cheney
5. Your Name Here
Put your name on a pathway at the Iowa State Fair!
- Name the beautiful winding path that connects Grand Avenue to the Expo Hill plaza area.
- A sign will be made with your designated inscription and hung at the entrance to the path through July 2020.
- You’ll receive the inset at the end of the year unless you win again in 2020.
Donated by the Iowa State Fair Blue Ribbon Foundation
6. Deer Season
Here’s an opportunity to have an out-of-state hunting buddy join you during deer season.
- One out-of-state deer tag good for the 2019-20 or 2020-21 hunting seasons. You select shotgun, bow or muzzle loading.
- This special deer license consists of one any sex deer license and one antlerless only deer license and tag.
- The game and habitat fee is not included.
- A patent-pending RibSpreader - the simple, powerful chest-expanding tool for dressing large game.
Donated by Iowa Department of Natural Resources and Paulson Products
7. The Owl Tour
Enjoy the show by the Zac Brown Band on Sunday, August 11 with four tickets. And you'll score backstage passes too!
- Package includes gate admission for four and one parking pass.
- *Backstage passes are given final confirmation the day of the show. In the event the artist declines to participate, half of the package purchase price will be refunded.
Donated by the Iowa State Fair Blue Ribbon Foundation
8. A Fresh Baked Pie
A delicious homemade pie created by a prizewinning baker.
Donated by Elysa Koss
9. A Carousel Ride
This beautiful carousel horse is ready to ride into your home.
- This horse was handcrafted by a gentleman in Carroll, IA as a special gift to his wife. A decades long love-affair is captured in the careful crafting of every detail.
Donated by Marilyn Markey
10. A Sticks Original
The Fair-loving artists at Sticks have created another wonderful work of art featuring the Iowa State Fair.
- An original watercolor, this painting features many of the Fair's most favored components. Measuring 44" x 44", the piece is finished with a custom Sticks frame.
Donated by Sticks Inc.
11. We're Having a Party
The Stonehaven Barn is a beautiful, unique country-setting venue in De Soto, and is the perfect, relaxing location for your next wedding, reception, company retreat or family reunion.
- In addition to 3000 sq. ft. of space in the barn, there is an outdoor kitchen area, picnic tables scattered around the complex, and an adjacent courtyard-like area perfect for additional seating or use with a 30 x 40 tent.
- Make planning your event easy with the help of The Girls Catering. They will provide $50 in floral arrangements and $300 in food catering.
- Help feed everyone with $600 in beef certificates and get beverages with $100 in Casey's gift cards.
Donated by Stonehaven Barn, The Girls Catering and Boone County Cattlemen
12. The Hawkeye State
Cheer on the Iowa Hawkeyes at three sporting events during the 2019-20 school year.
- Two Outdoor Club Seats and a Kinnick Society parking pass to any one 2019 Big Ten home football game with a "VIP Hawkeye Fan Package" which includes club room access, coaching shirts, hats, a media guide, football calendar and more. Please confirm your preferred game and shirt sizes by August 15th.
- Two priority tickets and a priority parking pass to any one 2019-20 Big Ten home men's basketball game with a "VIP Hawkeye Fan Package" including club room access, coaching shirts, hats, media guide and more. Please confirm preferred game and shirt sizes by November 1st.
- Four Iowa women's basketball tickets located in section A, Row 2 at center court to two separate 2019-20 season games. Select your tickets based on mutually agreeable dates with the donor.
Donated by University of Iowa Athletic Department and Jeff & Meg Courter
13. A Taste of Wine Country
Take off for an adventure in California wine country.
- Enjoy a 3 night stay in a California wine country home. A two bedroom, 2 1/2 bath home in Solvang, CA with exquisite views, a patio with a firepit, community pool and tennis courts. It is located near over 200 wineries, restaurants and golf in the Santa Ynez Valley, a short 30 minute drive from Santa Barbara. Valid through April, 2020. No children or pets allowed.
- Three beautiful, ready to drink bottles of premium Napa Valley cabernet sauvignon to enjoy at home: a 2005 Tor Beckstoffer (96 pts), 2010 Drinkward Peschon (93 pts) and a 2011 Peter Michael Les Parots (92 pts)
- Two roundtrip tickets on Southwest Airlines will get you to the Los Angeles area to start your wine country adventure.
Donated by Don Young and Southwest Airlines
14. Great Recognition
This package features three names known throughout Iowa – Van, Bonnie and Chuck – and allows you to help a non-profit organization gain recognition.
- Van and Bonnie are radio icons with long careers at WHO Radio. You'll receive a special tour of WHO Radio's facility from this radio duo.
- Give a gift of promotion on WHO Radio with a $2000 advertising schedule of commercials for a non-profit organization or non-profit event. Must be used by 12/1/2019.
- A night on the town with Chuck Long. Chuck will attend the event, ballgame, book signing, golf outing or dinner to help promote your chosen cause. Expenses associated with the event are the responsibility of the certificate holder. The date must be determined two months in advance and is subject to his availability.
Donated by 1040 WHO Radio , Chuck Long and Aaron Putze
15. Reclaimed
Your bourbon can find a new home on the shelf in this reclaimed barrell once used for aging whiskey.
- Featuring several glass shelves and a lit interior, this former cask has a new, functional use as a decorative shelve.
- A set of six glasses to inspire a conversation.
Donated by Wayne Steinkamp and Marie Fredrickson
16. Group Therapy Tour
Enjoy the show by Hootie & the Blowfish with special guest Barenaked Ladies on Sunday, August 18 with four tickets. And you'll score backstage passes too!
- Package includes gate admission for four and one parking pass.
- *Backstage passes are given final confirmation the day of the show. In the event the artist declines to participate, half of the package purchase price will be refunded.
Donated by the Iowa State Fair Blue Ribbon Foundation
17. A Solid Table
Decorative concrete is being used in residential applications like never before, here's your opportunity to design a piece for your home.
- Design your own custom concrete high top pub table measuring 3’ by 3’ and 42” high. Metal legs are powder coated so the table can be used inside or outside.
Donated by Speck USA
18. What's New At the Fair
Not Your Mama’s Taco, Pork-Almighty, Apple Egg Rolls - what will the hot new food item be at this year's Fair?
- It's your turn to join a panel of celebrity judges to get the very first bite of 2019's new foods during the LIVE new food judging. Just like the reality program Top Chef, all new food entries will be explained and presented to a panel of judges one by one. Judging will be based on taste/flavor, value, presentation/appearance and creativity/originality.
- The judging occurs on Tuesday, July 16 starting at 1:00 p.m. in the Elwell Family Food Center.
- Come sample all the wonderful Fair foods again and again with two wristbands and an all Fair parking pass plus $50 in food coupons.
- A $50 Visa gift card to purchase the latest and greatest items touted by Fair vendors.
- A selection of Iowa State Fair swag, including the most recent cookbooks, round out your package.
Donated by the Iowa State Fair Blue Ribbon Foundation and ECHO
19. Cruisin'
You'll be cruising around the golf course in style with a 2019 EZGO two passenger golf cart.
Donated by Golf Cars of Iowa
20. Cheer on the Cardinal & Gold
Cheer on the Iowa State Cyclones at three sporting events during the 2019-20 school year.
- Four tickets to the Iowa State vs Kansas football game on Saturday, November 23, 2019. Your seats are located in the Athletics' Department balcony suite and include food and soft drinks plus a VIP parking pass. *Must wear Cyclone colored attire!*
- Four men's basketball tickets for a Big 12 2019-20 season game of your choice, excluding Kansas.
- Two tickets to two selected ISU women's 2019-20 basketball games.
- A selection of ISU apparel and best fan coffee mugs.
Donated by Iowa State University Athletic Department, Bill & Deb Fennelly and Marie Fredrickson
21. Release the Birds
This package provides you with two separate hunting experiences featuring pheasants, quail or chukars and turkeys.
- Big Springs Shooting Complex near Searsboro will provide a one day hunt with 50 birds, a guide and dogs. Four hunters along with their dogs can be accommodated.
- Select the date of your hunt between September 1, 2019 and March 31, 2020.
- Your second experience is with turkeys through Ridge Runner Outfitters. Enjoy a two day spring 2020 turkey hunt on private land guided by Brian Poindexter. This hunt is good for two people.
Donated by Absolute Concrete & Ridge Runner Outfitters
22. A Colorful Tree
This weeping willow wine bottle tree will add a focal point to your garden landscape.
- Standing 10' tall, the tree features a braided metal trunk that supports the weeping branches holding over 30 wine bottles. The bottles hang by the cork rather than upside down.
- This tree was a main feature in the Discovery Garden during the 2014 and 2015 Fairs.
Donated by RS Welding
23. He Does Exist
Big Foot will inspire many conversations when friends see him in your backyard.
- Standing about 9 feet tall, this metal sculpture is a full-on representation of one of our favorite mythical creatures.
Donated by Mark & Renee Lane
24. Fresh Baked Pie
A delicious homemade pie created by a prizewinning baker.
Donated by Elysa Koss
25. Concert Series
Can’t decide what concert to go to? Why not all of them?
- Have your own "Concert Club" area in the Grandstand at the 2019 Iowa State Fair with eight seats to each of the eleven concerts.
Donated by Iowa State Fair Blue Ribbon Foundation
26. Let the Fire Burn
Let the fire burn all night long as you enjoy sitting by this artisan crafted custom fire pit fashioned after our very own Livestock Pavilion.
- The doors are open to let the warmth out and the roof will lift off to give access to the fire.
- A half-cord of wood will be delivered to your home to help fuel your fire. Delivery provided in the metro area.
Donated by Metal Artisans - themetalartisans.com & John's Tree Service
27. A Natural Start
Mother Nature started the design of this table and the artisans at Custom Woodworking & Design created the finished product.
- Starting with a slab of oak, the 8’x40” table has a naturally rustic edge and a glass inlay where the trunk separated into branches. A smooth epoxy fills in the other characteristics Mother Nature created.
- The oak slab rests on metal legs.
Donated by Custom Woodworking & Design
28. 20/20 Vision
If you are nearsighted, farsighted or have astigmatism, LASIK surgery may offer the vision you want without the constraints of glasses or contacts.
- Wolfe Eye Clinic will perform a bilateral LASIK procedure in either their West Des Moines or Cedar Rapids clinics.
- You'll receive your initial evaluation appointment at any Wolfe Clinic main office; pre and post operative medications and drops, the procedure and LASIK-related follow up visits for one year and enhancement within two years post-op if necessary.
Donated by Wolfe Eye Clinic
29. Getting Around
There's a lot of space and a hill between the VI Building and Grandfather's Barn and not everyone can have a golf cart to make it easier.
- Here's your opportunity to bring a golf cart onto the grounds with a 2019 Iowa State Fair golf cart registration sticker.
- An all Fair VIP parking pass for a lot to the east of the Livestock Pavilion will provide easy access to your golf cart which can safely be left at the Blue Ribbon Foundation's hospitality area.
- Two wristbands provide easy admission to the Fair and a bag of swag gets you appropriately outfitted.
Donated by The Iowa State Fair Blue Ribbon Foundation
30. Prime Camping
Attending every day of the Iowa State Fair is a piece of cake when you are camped right outside the gates!
- Winnebago is providing an RV for the duration of the Fair and will have it ready for you to move into.
- Two admission wristbands, allowing for 11 days of entry, are included as is a parking pass for your campsite. You'll also have several tickets to ride the Sky Glider, Ye Old Mill and the Giant Slide.
- Commemorate your 2019 Iowa State Fair with an old-fashioned 8" x 10" portrait for up to six people. You can select a matted or poster format. Valid only at the 2019 Iowa State Fair.
- A pillow constructed using an Iowa State Fair t-shirt.
Donated by Winnebago Industries, Karen Brockelsby & the Iowa State Fair Blue Ribbon Foundation
31. Live Art
What will the painting be? Watch and find out during the live auction.
- Kiki Curtis will begin painting the canvas at the start of the live auction and have a completed painting for you to bid on by the end of live bidding.
- A clue….it will have an Iowa State Fair feel.
Donated by Kiki Curtis
32. Sunset Repeat Tour
Enjoy the show by Luke Bryan with special guest Jon Langston on Friday, August 16 with four tickets. And you'll score backstage passes too!
- Package includes gate admission for four and one parking pass.
- *Backstage passes are given final confirmation the day of the show. In the event the artist declines to participate, half of the package purchase price will be refunded
Donated by The Iowa State Fair Blue Ribbon Foundation
