I organized a silent auction for our church this Fall. All the money raised went to our church's children's ministries program. The silent auction was held on Oct. 30th in conjunction with our church's Fall Festival. There was also a chili feed and pumpkin carving contest.
It was a lot of work, but I had a great little team of people who helped me. Thank you to my husband and friends from church who helped pull this great event off. And, thank you to all who made donations to the auction, and then to those who came out that night for an evening of fun. An evening of fun is exactly what we all had!
Here are some pictures of some of the silent auction items and baskets before the auction started. We had an abundance of fabulous items up for bids.... Baking baskets, a donut basket, Christmas baskets, coffee basket, Kansas road trip basket, movie baskets, handmade aprons, blankets and quilts, books, jewelry, fishing tackle, tools, rugs, handmade wooden items, dolls and handmade doll clothes...and the list goes on...
There were many pots of chili to sample. I heard great things about "Jerry's Spicy Chili". Phoebe and I enjoyed Mary King's oatmeal chocolate chip cookies... but I always enjoy them!
There were some very creative pumpkins and traditional Jack-O-Lanterns carved by children and adults. Eric and Phoebe teamed up to carve an Elmo. My dad and Sarah teamed up to carve a Jack-O-Lantern that they were trying to make look like our good friend, Ras Reyes! Sarah and Dad's Ras look-a-like won the award for "Highest Rated Pumpkin" from the pumpkin carving judges! Sarah was so excited, jumping up and down and smiling.
What a success! We raised a total of $2,238 for our children's ministries. Thanks to everyone again, who helped in some way to make our first silent auction and Fall Festival so amazing. I can't wait to do it again next year.
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