Auction is a Success

We were more than pleased at the outcome of the Fundraising Auction at church yesterday. About a week ago, we were not so sure. We did not have a lot of people who had signed up for the pre-auction dinner. We had a meeting and hashed things out. We had a good attendance from the team and we had our discussions. We decided that we were not going to loose any money and rescheduling it was really out of the question. As one member put it, "let's just go on with it and have some fun!" And fun we had. We have a professional auctioneer who attends our church and our pastor was able to approach him to call the auction. He and his wife volunteered and in my opinion, he made a big difference. You can tell that he's good at what he does. He knew how to coax the bids without offending, but making it fun to give. The whole team pitched in and it was great to see everyone working so well together. At the end of the day we had estimated that between the dinner and the auction, we had raised $5,000. It was a lot more than some of us had guessed. If you were a part of this, we want to thank you!