Our Men

One of the very important groups we sometimes forget to thank are our men.  I understand that not every man wants to spend a Friday and Saturday night and a Sunday morning in a room full of yelling and screaming women.  (And that is just the set up!) 

But they do.  Year after year our men help with set up, take down, and everything in between.  Some stay home with the kids so the wives can be there.  Everyone pulls together and plays a role in putting together this great night. 

And then we have our volunteers.  Thirty men this year wanting to help.  We auctioned off 12 of them for 2570 dollars I might add, one sold liquor tickets, four worked the bar, six carried items around, three auctioneers, and four that filled in whenever they were needed, whenever they could.  We could not put on this event without the support of the volunteers. 

And the long term volunteers especially.  Bob Schaeffer and Mike Fries who have been at the auction every year.  Troy Douglas who has auctioned for us for ten years.  Alyen Arther who has been at most of the auctions, even giving it the old college try to auction for us the very first year.  Rick Slaferek who supports us with amazing sponsorship, volunteering and ideas (like auctioning off next years table at the front.)  The list simply goes on and on.

A couple of volunteers that happen not to be men, Sue Fricker and Crystal Cook, have also been involved in one way or another for many years.  And if I recall correctly, the original auction idea came from Sue. 

So you see, we could do none of this on our own.  We appreciate each and every volunteer.  Thanks to everyone who came out and supported us with blood, sweat and tears this year.  We would not want to do any of this without you. 

Thanks for reading!