This weekend’s fundraising auction for Renton’s Birthday Dreams was scheduled months ago, but after a break-in Monday night, it has taken on a whole new importance for the charity organization.

Officials arrived at the group’s building in Liberty park on Tuesday morning to find that someone had apparently broken into a second-floor window overnight, kicked open the charity’s office doors and stole two  laptops, a router and other miscellaneous office supplies.

“It’s got all our inventory and information on it,” Board Chair Chaz Spahn said Tuesday of the computers.

Along with the theft, the burglars also damaged the building’s door jambs when they kicked them open. Birthday Dreams has been in the building, which they lease from the city, for four years.

Spahn said “amazingly,” the burglars did not pilfer the items for this weekend’s auction, including those donated by the Seattle Seahawks, so the group has hope of making up some of the lost ground.

“We’re grateful for any help we can get in replacing these items,” Spahn said. “We don’t have the budget for it, that’s for sure.”

This year’s auction theme is “Hollywood Gala Nights and will feature a red carpet, dinner catered by Rain City Catering and live and silent auctions. The event begins at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at the Renton Pavilion Event Center. Cost is $65 per ticket or $520 for a table of eight.

For more information or to buy tickets, visit birthdaydreams.org.