2020 Final Report
Wow! It has been an incredible year for the VA Relief Sale! Almost every year we have been able to set a record for what we donate to Mennonite Central Committee. Incredibly, this year is no exception. Last year, with a full relief sale and Christmas benefit concert, we were able to donate $300,000 to MCC. This year, in reduced activities due to COVID, we are able to donate $336,621.23. WOW! Amazing! People have been very generous. Thank you for your continued generosity.
We are especially appreciative of all the cash donations this year. The Sharing Our Surplus (SOS) campaign brought in donations of $47406.29 for MCC’s refugee relief programs. People also generously donated $78,938.30 in general donations to MCC to use where it is needed most. We thank you for these donations and encourage these types of donations in the future as well.
MCC has had to reduce and cut some programs due to reduced funding, but they continue to reach those in our world that need assistance. Recently, they have responded to help families impacted by the torrential rains, flooding, and landslides caused by Hurricanes Eta and Iota. They have been trying to meet the needs of the world’s most vulnerable during the COVID pandemic by scaling up their ongoing health, food and WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) work. Check out MCC.org for more information and ways you can help.
As we look to the 2021 Virginia Mennonite Relief Sale, we have the fairgrounds reserved for October 1 & 2, 2021. We are not certain what the sale will look like, but I am confident that people will continue to be generous toward the work of MCC as they help in the name of Christ.
Read Full Report here!
Auction Winners!
Pick up your items at the Rockingham Country Fairgrounds From Noon-5:00 Saturday.
ONLINE AUCTION
Bidding is Now CLOSED!
The 2020 Relief Sale will be completely online. You will be able to bid from the comfort of your home. Items will be on display at the Rockingham County Fairgrounds Thursday until 8pm, Friday 8am-8pm, and Saturday 8am-close of auction. If you are lucky enough to be the highest bidder, we ask that you pay for and pick up your item(s) Saturday afternoon. Click here to view and bid on auction items.
Learn all about the Auction items in these buyers guides!
Auction Donations
We ask that all donation forms be completed and sent in ASAP so that we can have time to organize things. These forms can be picked up at a register at Gift and Thrift or at the Conference Center in a realtor sign outside their door or downloaded here. Watch the video below to learn more about where these forms are located.
Please drop off all donations Thursday, Oct 1 from 8am-12 noon at the Rockingham County Fairgrounds.
Check out this Video on how to Register and Bid in the Online Auction!
Shop
We all will miss perusing the tables of Ten Thousand Villages this year. Just because we can’t stand at their tables doesn’t mean we can’t support them! Click here to shop online! Ten Thousand Villages will be donating 10% of profits from the items sold the weekend of October 2nd to the Relief Sale!
Food
Available to buy at the Main Auction Building
- Thursday Noon-8pm: Baked Goods, Potato Chips, Plants
- Friday 8am-8pm: Baked Goods, Potato Chips, Plants & BBQ Chicken Dinner RSVP
- Saturday 8am-5pm: Baked Goods, Potato Chips & Fish Fry Dinner RSVP
Drive Thru Dinners at the Fairgrounds
- Friday, Oct 2 5:00-7:00 PM: BBQ Chicken Meal.
- Chicken half, Potato Salad, Roll, and a Drink.
BBQ Chicken still available. Meals-Sold out
- Chicken half, Potato Salad, Roll, and a Drink.
- Saturday, Oct 3 11:00-1:00: Mississippi Fish Fry dinner.
- Fried Fish, Hushpuppies, Coleslaw & Drink
- You can also pre-order fresh fish by the pound!
Please RSVP! We ask that you pre-order for both meals so that we know how many to prepare. To RSVP click on the photos.
Sponsors!
Thank-you to our major sponsors
LD&B Insurance and Financial Services
InterChange Group
Park View Federal Credit Union
Vison Technology Group
Thank-you to our other generous sponsors.
Beck Builders
Bergey’s Tire Centers
Broadway Metal Works
Cornerstone Foundations
CrossRoads
Dynamic Aviation
The Gaines Group
Goodville Mutual
Green Hill Solar
Harrisonburg Family Practice
Herr & Co.
Hydro Spray Carwash
Ice House
Matchbox Reality
Maust Enterprises
Momentum Earthworks
The Norton Group
Rockingham Cooperative
Rockingham New Holland
Schlabach Drywall
Superior Concrete, Inc
Suter Engineering, PC
Mike & Rachel Weaver Family
Weaver’s Flooring America
Weaver Insurance & Financial Advisors
Weavers Irrigation & Lightscapes
Valley Self Storage
VistaShare
To View all of our sponsors websites click here.
Bakers
If you are donating baked goods, we ask that they be delivered Thursday, October 1st 8am-Noon.
Pie pans can be picked up Curbside at Park View Federal Credit Union’s Harrisonburg & Dayton Branches and at Kitchenwares & More in the Dayton Market.
My Coins Count
These funds are split between MCC and Virginia Mennonite Missions. Churches are encouraged to have drive by offerings at their church or find other creative ways of collecting money. Money will be accepted at the Fairgrounds October 1-3.
5K
We are going VIRTUAL this year, but with so many events being canceled, we still want YOU to have the opportunity to run our 5k course! Join us virtually from anywhere in the world OR come on down to the Rockingham County Fairgrounds from 8:00am to 12:00pm on race day October 3rd to get in your 5k Race for Relief! Our course will be open and marked complete with start and finish line located on the back side of the fairgrounds! Please note that even though we are opening our course, you are not required to run it in order to participate. You can run from anywhere! There will be no official timing. Participants can report their 5k times on the RunSignup website under the results page on race day.
Register here for just $25 by September 22nd for a FREE T-Shirt! After September 22nd the price increases to $30 and you will not be guaranteed a T-Shirt. We will NOT be mailing T-Shirts, so plan to come to our T-Shirt pickup on Friday from 5:00PM-7:00PM or Saturday from 8:00AM-12:00PM. T-Shirt pick up will be at the pavilion located behind the auction building. Please plan to wear a mask when picking up your T-Shirt!
Fundraising & Awards: New for this year, we are adding optional participant fundraising! Since our race is going virtual and participants will be running at different locations, instead of giving awards for fastest time, we will be giving awards for the top 3 fundraisers! To become a fundraiser, select Become Fundraiser during race registration. If you do not wish to become a fundraiser, you can scroll to the bottom of the page and click continue. If you choose to become a fundraiser, you will be given a link in your confirmation email to send out to gather donations. Please consider becoming a fundraiser to do your part in supporting relief around the world!
Donate!
We ask that you donate generously. Mennonite Central Committee has had to cut some programs and downsize others due to some reduced income from thrift shops and relief sales not being able to function as they have. You can give by
1) Writing a check
Virginia Mennonite Relief Sale
601 Parkwood Dr
Harrisonburg, VA 22802
2) Donate on our website
S.O.S
The SOS Hundreds for Hundreds Walk for MCC Refugee Relief brought in over $15,000, a good start toward this year’s Relief Sale being able to meet or exceed last year’s total in spite of COVID! Our next SOS campaign Initiative is to encourage caring individuals to form “$1,000 Clubs” in which families, youth groups, church cell groups, co-workers or any group of friends join together to raise $1000 (or more!) between now and the October 3 Relief Sale date. Checks with SOS on the memo line should be made out to Virginia Mennonite Relief Sale and can be sent to 601 Parkwood Drive, Harrisonburg, VA 22802. This is an opportunity to show our compassion at a time when so many of our world neighbors are in unimaginably desperate need.
