Virginia Mennonite Relief Sale Nets Preliminary $370,000
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…
Read MoreUnique 2018 Auction Items
There are many items to bid on the live and silent auctions at the Relief Sale, but here are a few unique ones for this year! Antique Box Wagon—1900’s horse drawn grain wagon made in Staunton, VA! Wooden undercarriage and steel wheels with the name T. P. Byers Imp. Co. on it. Private Christmas Concert…
Read MoreSharing Our Surplus (SOS)
Sharing Our Surplus is an initiative to dramatically increase the money raised for MCC refugee relief by encouraging everyone to spend generously for food, auction and other items at the Relief Sale, then to match or multiply that amount with a donation. In this way we can add significantly to the $41,000 SOS giving in 2017. In the light…
Read MoreRelief Sale Looks to Set Fund Record
The central Shenandoah Valley landscape appears parched for lack of rain this month, but at the Rockingham County Fairgrounds a flood of volunteers, donors and buyers joined together to help set what will likely be a new fund-raising record at the 51st annual Virginia Mennonite Relief Sale, Sept. 29-30. Nearly 1,000 volunteers again offered their…
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