Paris, Tenn.–With the $5,435 raised today, the overall total so far for the Henry County Helping Hand Radio Auction is at $279,880. Today’s items were donated by Easton’s Angels, Thriving at Home Senior Care, HCHS Baseball Boosters, REAL Hope Youth Center, and Salvation Army.
Auctioneer was Wendy Barnhart and the Paris Rotary members manned the phones.
Saturday will be an especially busy day, with First United Methodist Church holding both an afternoon and evening auction. Darrin Thompson will be auctioneer of the afternoon auction, with the Springhill Baptist Church & Friends manning the phones. In the evening, Doug Taylor will be auctioneer for the in-house auction.
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: Auctioneer Wendy Barnhart is flanked by Rotarians Patrick Smith and Dan Jackson. David Jackson/Forever Communications photo.