By Shannon McFarlin, News Director
Paris, Tenn.–It was another good day at the Henry County Helping Hand Radio Auction, with $9,083 raised by Springhill Baptist Church and the Routon and VanDyke communities. That brings the overall total so far to $343,659 with a week to go of the annual auction.
Auctioneer today was Andy Collins, with the Paris Lions Club manning the phones. There was a good-sized audience at the auction headquarters.
The livestreaming will be off again tomorrow. You can always listen on our radio stations at WHNY 104.7 or 1000 AM. And you can still look at the items on the Henry County Helping Hand website.
Thursday items will be donated by Child Evangelical Fellowship, Grace Episcopal Church, HCHS Basketball Boosters, Maplewood Baptist Church and Peppers Automotive.
Friday: Patriot Health & Rehab, World’s Biggest Fish Fry, Springville community, rescheduled: CHAMMPS, Northwest Nutrition/Office on Aging.
Saturday: TVCC.
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: Volunteers Marilyn Oliver and Jack Tarkington at rear, with donations being organized this morning. Shannon McFarlin photo.