By Shannon McFarlin News Director
Paris, Tenn.–Helping Hand is inching ever so closely to the $200,000 mark for the year.
With today’s proceeds of $10,000, the Henry County Helping Hand Radio Auction has now raised $198,856. Items Friday were donated by Holy Cross Catholic Church, Chapel Hill/Guthrie Road; and TARP and they actually raised $9,941, but a donation of $59 at the conclusion of the auction pushed the total to an even $10,000.
Saturday will include both an afternoon and evening auction, with items to be donated by the Henry County Medical Center. The afternoon auction begins at noon, with the evening auction starting at 6:30 p.m.
With three days cancelled this week due to weather conditions, Helping Hand officials said, “We will reschedule all the groups that were supposed to contribute items on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday to a date to be determined. If you have not already prepared perishable food items, please wait until we have rescheduled your group or community. We will announce the make-up dates as soon as we can make the determination.” An announcement may be made on Monday.