Novel way to buy an ultrasound machine

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Paul Levy is running an online auction to help the Bowdoin Street Health Center in Dorchester raise the money it needs to buy an ultrasound machine, so that pregnant women could get examined in their neighborhood, instead of several miles away at Beth Israel.

Among the items up for grabs: An overnight stay at the Four Seasons, a baseball signed by Luis Tiant, restaurant gift certificates and a two-year family membership in the Show of the Month Club. You can bid through 9 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 9.

Levy writes he hopes to make a monthly event out of the auctions, each benefiting a different BI-related effort.