Hospice Auction has record attendance

By EVELYN LONG –

A record 400 per­sons attended the 19th annual Hearts for Hos­pice dinner/auction held Sat­ur­day, March 31, at the Cardington-Lincoln High School.

The silent and live auc­tions gen­er­ated a net total of $22,000 plus the profit from the sale of flow­ers and baked goods which was $730.00. The funds will be used to assist the patients of Hos­pice of Mor­row County.

Karen Veron­ica, exec­u­tive direc­tor of Hos­pice of Mor­row County, pre­sented the Heart of Hos­pice Award to Brian Petrie, super­in­ten­dent of Cardington-Lincoln Schools. Veron­ica said the award was made in appre­ci­a­tion to the school and staff for its sup­port of the Hos­pice din­ner and auc­tion and for its hospitality.

The Fab­ric of Car­ing Award was made to Vernie Richards who has been involved with the hos­pice pro­gram since 1999. Veron­ica praised her for her sup­port and ser­vice to the pro­gram, her sense of humor — and her “fan­tas­tic donuts.”

A moment of silence was observed for Brenice Smith and Bob Fis­sell, both of whom passed away recently. Brenice was a mem­ber of the first class of vol­un­teers with the pro­gram, said Veron­ica, who gave them both acco­lades for their strong sup­port of the Hos­pice program.

Auc­tion­eers who donated their exper­tise to the live auc­tion were Craig Miley and Bill Creswell. They were assisted by Rex Strine, Mike McK­in­ney, Paul Kemp, Tom Harden and Paul Palmer.

The Hos­pice staff thanked the fol­low­ing for con­tribut­ing to the event: the board mem­bers, staff and vol­un­teers; the Cardington-Lincoln High School for the use of their facil­ity; the auc­tion­eers for donat­ing their time; Show­place Rental for trans­porta­tion; Etch­ing Extremes for the award plaque and Clara Hilton for cre­at­ing the Fab­ric of Car­ing Award.

Win­ning the 50–50 raf­fle draw­ing was Tina Kelly.

The buf­fet din­ner was pre­pared and catered by Spe­cial Occa­sions, Upper Sandusky.

Note: 10 Color pho­tos accom­pany this arti­cle in the April 11 print edi­tion of the Sentinel.

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