Thanks to the generosity of the Denman Community both as donors and buyers, the 3rd Charity Auction and Garage Sale was a fantastic success. After expenses we raised over $24,000! We had over 200 bidders and 100 of them took something home. The garage sale at the activity centre had a long line waiting outside well before the opening bell.
The recipients are the United Church and Gathering Place, Farm to Family, the QTNR animal sanctuary, the Denman Youth Group, and the Denman Health Centre.
Our heartfelt appreciation goes out to the large cast of volunteers who worked on the event. As Sandy Kennedy says, “Volunteers are the lifeblood of a community”. Our large cast of volunteers loaded and unloaded table saws, furniture, and china cabinets. They packed and unpacked and then sorted dozens of boxes of donations. They folded clothes, arranged china and power tools, negotiated prices and fetched and carried for over a week. We depend entirely on their help and once again they came through for their community.
Thank you all so much
Roxanna Mandryk, Evan Penner, Angela Robinson, Stirling Fraser,
Jo-Anne McLean, Gloria Michin, Caryn Rea
