2008 Annual Auction Pot Luck Fundraiser
Thank You Everyone !
The 2008 AER Annual Auction Pot Luck Fundraiser was a lot of fun, and a great success. Gross proceeds from the auction totalled $8800, and will be extremely helpful this coming year.
Congratulations are in order for Joe Wilson, who received this year's special Award of Appreciation (Painted Pony) for all of the help he gives to AER picking up and delivering hay to our foster homes. Thank you, Joe, for all of your help !
We also congratulate Colleen Burg, who won the fabulous door
prize of a free ton of hay. Colleen has attended our auction for
many years, and this year she bought over 100 door prize tickets!
We are glad it paid off, Colleen!
For several years, Kenny and Maria Cade of Cougar Mountain
Hay and Sunshine Cattle, Fort Rock, Oregon, have been
generously donating hay to AER, and have done so again this year, including the ton of hay for our door prize. We (and our horses) are extremely grateful for their generosity. Thank you, Kenny & Maria.
Many many thanks to the following local businesses for their generous donations of products or services:
The RV Barn
Storage for 12 months, worth $840
David Jensen Photogrpahy
1 studio session and
one 16 x 20 wall art package
Phillips Cruises & Tours LLC
Cruise for two
Partner 'N Crime Enterprises
5 riding lessons for you on your horse or
5 training sessions for your horse
P & M Garden Services
$25 of merchandise
Through the Gate Horsemanship, Tim Avritt, Trainer
4 hours of natural horsemanship training
Flying Dutchman Bakery
Four 8" cakes
Tammy Sunderland and Twin View Farm
One 2-hour session with the Twin View Trotters
Legally Blonde Tanning & Hair Design
Tanning sessions
We are also grateful to the 7 Chugiak High School Naval Junior ROTC volunteers who helped with set-up, break-down and clean-up, and helping the auctioneer throughout the auction. Many thanks, also, to the Vassar family, and to Hannah and Kara Haeussler, who have assisted us at the various check-in and food tables for several years. These young people did a fine job! Both Jan Wachsmuth and Donna Henniger deserve a big thank you for the silent auction table and the table with the AER patches and animal loss sympathy cards. And Judy and Victor Beckhorn Ross have staffed the check in table for many years - thank you! One of the hardest jobs is being a scribe, and Tanya Morris and Teresa Allen did an excellent job - Thank you!
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$8800
A special thank you to Ron Paulson, our Auctioneer, who volunteered his services, and did a wonderful job for us!
