Virginia

Mennonite

Relief Sale

to benefit MCC

Rockingham County Fairgrounds

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Category: Results

Sharing Our Surplus (SOS) Campaign receives over $31,000

· In Results, SOS

The total funds raised at the 2018 Relief Sale for the SOS (Sharing Our Surplus) Campaign was a gratifying $31,508.22, with gifts ranging from collections of change from several families to a single gift of $10,000. Everence Financial provided volunteers for the giving table, and since there were no expenses incurred with this effort, the entire amount went directly for aid to needy refugees around the world. Contact SOS chair Harvey Yoder at [email protected] if you have ideas for how we […]

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A group of runners in the 5k Race for Relief.

Virginia Mennonite Relief Sale Nets Preliminary $370,000

· In auction, Results, SOS

The rains came down and the floods came up all summer long in the Shenandoah Valley. But at the 52nd annual Virginia Mennonite Relief Sale the weekend of Oct. 5-6 at the Rockingham County Fairgrounds, the sun came out as the auction bids went up. Preliminary figures indicate this year’s sale raised about $370,000 for the worldwide relief, service and peacebuilding program of the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC). Last year’s effort raised $360,000 (preliminary), with actual final proceeds of $393,467. “Once […]

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