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POSTED May 8, 11:10 PM
There’s so much fundraising competition between charities and nonprofits these days that organizations are always looking for the most intriguing auction items — and the Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Center may have grabbed this year’s originality prize.The venerable community agency, which has been providing educational, social and medical services to the North Beach neighborhood for 118 years, is holding its annual gala fundraiser Saturday night (it’s sold out), and one hot-ticket item will be up for grabs — a shark hunt. Actually, it’s a chance to go on an expedition with marine biologists from Aquarium of the Bay and catch and tag local sharks in San Francisco Bay. But you don’t have to go to the dinner to get a chance to see a leopard shark up close and personal — Tel-hi officials are accepting absentee bids. Call (415) 421-6443, ext. 34 — if you want to bite |

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