TERRE HAUTE — Fuqua Elementary School invites the public to attend their annual Charity Auction. This year’s auction proceeds will go to support the American Red Cross Wabash Valley Chapter.
The event will take place on Nov. 10 in the school’s gymnasium.
Food, drinks and browsing begin at 6 p.m. with the live auction beginning at 6:45 p.m.
There will be door prizes and both a live auction and a silent auction.
Items to be auctioned include and infant basket, ball basket, DVDs, Dollywood tickets, Christmas basket, overnight stay at hotels, skating passes, cooking/baking basket, girl basket, boy basket, netbook, breast cancer basket, sweet and salty basket, family passes for Children’s Museum, membership at Wabash Valley Sports Center, flat screen TV mount, new flat-screen TV, coffee and tea basket, exercise basket, celebration basket, chocolate basket, Colts basket, Italian basket, sunflower items basket, bowling passes, tastefully simple basket, bowling passes, car care items, 31 gifts basket, camping chair, new jewelry, sugar free basket, new bicycles, spa basket, Avon basket, corn hole game, game basket, school spirit baskets, movie baskets, diaper cake, diaper wreaths, dresser, nightstand, girls supplies basket, boys supplies basket, purse and accessory basket, new ceiling fan and a Casino Aztar package ($300 value).
For more information or to donate an auction item, contact Julie Bender at juliebender2006@yahoo.com.
The Wabash Valley Chapter serves Clay, Greene, Parke, Putnam, Sullivan, Vermillion and Vigo counties in Indiana and Edgar County in Illinois.
For more information, call (812) 232-3393 or visit www.wabashvalleyredcross.org.
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