By Shannon McFarlin News Director
Paris, Tenn.–With the $6,638 raised today, the overall total raised so far in the Henry County Helping Hand Radio Auction is now at $255,937. The Circle A Donkey Basketball club started each bid at $5 today.
Today’s items were donated by the Henry/Bunns community, the Henry Volunteer Fire Department, Mary’s Kids and the Senior Citizens Center. Auctioneer was Noel Hatman and manning the phones were members of the Athena Delphian group.
Tuesday items will be donated by the Sunnyside community, Countrywood Estates, Scenic Hill/Castleton Cove, HCHS Fishing Team, TCAT, and Grace Life Church.
Wednesday items will be donated by Country Club Estates, Nelson/Shady Grove, Paris Landing community, Paris Landing Senior Center, HCHS Cross Country and Track, American Heritage Girls and Point Pleasant Baptist Church.
The auction is held at the Paris Convention Center from January 12 through March 4 and you can participate and/or watch in several ways: You can listen on one of our radio stations, WHNY 104.7FM or 1000 AM or listen on our website at HenryCountyNow.com or the Henry County Helping Hand website at https://www.hchelpinghand.
Photo: Organizing today’s donations, from left: Oneida Wagoner, Nancy Moore, Marsha Banasiewicz and Ron Hoffman. Shannon McFarlin photo.