Thursday September 29, 2011

 

Theme Baskets & School Kits

Africian Singers & Children

– Brethren Disaster Relief Auction –

Part 6

Friday & Saturday, September 23 & 24

 

 

Theme baskets are a big deal at this auction.

 

 

South East Hall was filled when the auction began on Friday evening.

 

 

East Hall was a buzz of activity early Saturday morning when 12,000 “Gifts of the Heart” School Kits were packed.

 

 

Kit Building began at 8:00 a.m.

 

 

 

 

Contents of a kit.

 

 

These will be shipped to any area where disaster relief is needed.

 

 

 

 

Earl moving a box full of kits.

 

 

A sealed, completed box is loaded on a skid, then to the truck.

 

 

Meanwhile, the main auction began with a few acapella songs led by Bob Kettering.

 

 

Earl Ziegler introduced visitors from the Church of the Brethren in Africa.

 

 

After sharing a bit of information about the church in Africa, they sang two African songs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They brought this African floor mat for the auction.

 

 

It is made of leather.

 

 

I forget what this brought on auction, but it was somewhere between $1,500 and $2,000.

 

 

There were several activities to help keep the children occupied.

 

 

The Puppet Tent

 

 

 

 

You can tell that this song was something about caterpillars and butterflies.