Paris, Tenn.–There may have been only eight slates today, but the bids were high and often.
Today’s total raised at the Henry County Helping Hand Radio Auction was $3,569, bringing the grand total so far to $118,595. Items were donated by Joe Mahan Ford, First Presbyterian Church, New Boston community, the Jolly Women’s Club, and Trinity United Methodist Church.
Auctioneer was Amy Veazey, with the Lakeway Kiwanis manning the phones.
On Wednesday, items will be donated by the Mansfield comunity, Christ Lutheran Church, Johnson Chapel, Carl Perkins Center, along with reschedued HCHS Madrigals, Project Bridge and 7th Day Adventist 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.org/ Auction phone number is 644-1695. The auction begins on the weekdays at 12:30 p.m. and on Saturdays at noon.
Photo: Long-time volunteer Joyce Bass looks at walking sticks donated for today’s auction. Shannon McFarlin photo.