The UALR Staff Senate’s annual Open House and Teacup Auction from 1 to 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4, in the Donaghey Student Center’s Upper Concourse kicks off the Senate’s annual Helping Hands Project with an opportunity to munch and mingle as well as bid on prizes in the “teacup auction.”

Senate members are selling six tickets for $5 to bid on items. Bid on an auction item by placing a ticket in the teacup next to it.

Jack Tipshus of Computing Services will be the master of ceremonies. Bring nonperishable food items for the Helping Hands Project.

Auction prizes include passes for two adults and two children to the Little Rock Zoo, seafood buffet for two at the Arlington Hotel, and an assortment of gift certificates ranging from the Dixie Cafe to Walmart.