We rented a generator, my dad borrowed one from work & called in some favors from some old friends and we pulled it off. We ran the sale by spotlight on 2 generators and a lot of extension cords!!
I need to stop and thank my wonderful group of friends and family!! My mom and dad did more than their share to help pull this off! Special thanks to my mom for working extra hours at work so we could hold the auction at the Conference Center. None of us have put a full day of work in in a week, so thanks to our employers for being so understanding. My Aunt Annie and Uncle Mickey were there EVERY day from set up to clean up (Wednesday morning) and were a HUGE help- they also helped to haul all the goods over to the Chapel for set up & ran the kitchen the entire night of the auction. Jeanette Nauwens was there for set up to clean up as well, and thank god for her organizing during the sale, even with no power it went as smooth as any other "Jenack" sale! Thanks to Bill & Andi Jenack for offering their services (and showing up 2 different days to do it) and also for posting an ad in the Record for us to try to get more advertising. Thank you to Mark Williamson for saving the day and helping my dad all night with the lights and generators & for the trips he made with his truck to get items to the Chapel on set up day. Thanks to Donna and Kevin Powers for coming through with the lights and extension cords that lit the night and all the items they gave to be donated. Thank you to Tara Kruger & Roberta Beany for getting donations from friends & relatives, for selling raffle tickets....Tara was the one who sold the winning ticket and for working the sale. Thank you to all my wonderful friends who volunteered to work the sale, it was so smooth thanks to all of you. Thank you to my beautiful daughters Kaelyn & Maddie who worked their butts off in the kitchen (how come they don't do that at home??). Thanks to my husband Brian for being "sold" (he brought in $150 thank you very much!!!) and for putting up with my .. lets say lack of housework the last few weeks while I have been consumed with this auction!!!! Thanks to Diane & Pat Connolly, Jamie Connolly & Jen Weiss for putting in the work on the "family side" of things- it turned out amazing.
Thank you to all who donated money, made baked goods, sold raffle tickets (even our UPS man at the auction gallery sold tickets on his route for us!!!), passed the word along about the auction, donated items to be auctioned off, volunteered their time in any way possible, attended the auction, and just showed support by being involved.
Together, we all made this a huge sucess, and as my very-pregnant sister puts it
"WE RAISED A SH*T LOAD OF MONEY"!!!!!
