A Backyard Benefit Auction For Refugee Relief

Thanks to Mountain Valley Auctions of Dayton and
Yoder Auctions of Stuarts Draft for helping with this.

Time: 12:30-2:30 pm Saturday, August 21

Location: 1135 Hamlet Drive, Rockingham, across the highway and a block north of Harmony Square Shopping Center.

Purpose: Dispose of things not needed at our new home (in Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community's Park Village) and to raise much needed funds for Mennonite Central Committee's worldwide relief efforts.

Plan: To provide tables with lots of free things on a donation basis as well as to raise money through the sale of furniture, kitchenware and a multitude of other household items at auction.

Food: Hotdogs, chips and cold drinks on a freewill offering basis.

Parking: Plenty of space in a number of nearby lots as well as at places of business along Highway 42, in addition to street parking along Hamlet Drive and Harman Road.

Door Prize: As a way of expressing appreciation for your support, everyone receiving a bidding number will be part of a drawing at the end of the sale for a special weekend getaway for two at the MCC Welcoming Place Visitors Village at its headquarters in Akron, PA, in the heart of Lancaster's Pennsylvania Dutch country.

Donations: All proceeds will help support the annual Virginia Mennonite Relief Sale through its SOS (Sharing Our Surplus) Committee, which helps raise money for MCC through direct cash, credit card and check gifts. Checks for donations or auction payments can be made to "Virginia Relief Sale" with SOS on the memo line. If you can't donate in person, you can contribute to this effort on the Relief Sale website.  https://vareliefsale.com/donate

Here's a link with more photos and information on the August 21 auction: 

https://www.mountainvalleyauctions.com/auctions/detail/bw67806

You are invited to visit, "like" and share the SOS Facebook page, which also includes information about a fundraiser Walk Sunday at 6 pm in Harrisonburg and other information about the growing refugee crisis around the world.

Thanks for your support. And for everyone's safety, thanks for observing mask guidelines.