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TJ11S SEA COAST ECHO
Sunday, March 24, 1991
Exchange Club holds second annual auction
The Exchange Club of Hancock County will hold its Second Annual Fun Rais’n Auction Friday, May 3, 7 p.m., at the Hancock County Civic Center.
Exchange Club president Gwen Myers said the auction will be held to raise furds for the support of the Exchange Clubs Family Child Center and other local ongoing child abuse prevention programs.
Items to be auctioned may be viewed starting at 6:30 p.m. prior to the auction. Hot dogs, popcorn and beverages will be available for purchase beginning at 6:30.
Col. Bob Glover of Waveland has volunteered to be the auctioneer again this year.
Auction committee chairperson Jeannie Deen of The Peoples Bank encourages all businesses in Hancock County and the surrounding area to donate products and services to be auctioned. These products and services may be of any type and value, and the donor will receive recognition for participating during the auction. .
Area businesses will be contacted within the next few weeks by Exchange Club members to ask for their participation. Artists and other individuals with artwork or other items they are willing to donate are also urged to contact either Deen at 467-9296 or Jim Henrie at 467-9045. “Celebrity” items also will be auctioned.
The Exchange Club, founded in 1911, is a national organization of men and women from all walks of life who have joined together voluntarily to serve
their communities in a wide range of humanitarian and patriotic activities. The principal
areas of involvement are Americanism, youth, and community service programs.
Fun Rais’n
Gwen Myers, left, president of the Exchange Club of Hancock County, and auctioneer Col. Bob Glover of Waveland, invite the public to attend the Exchange Club’s Second Annual Fun Rais’n Auction, where artwork from local artist Andrea Loiacano, center, will be among the items sold to support local child abuse prevention programs. (Echo staff photo by Traci Bonney)