By Shannon McFarlin News Director
Paris, Tenn.–The Henry County Helping Hand Radio Auction raised a whopping $16,403 today, bringing the year-to-date total to $274,887.
It was evident from the outset that today would be an especially big one, with several donations made even before the auction started. Sixteen slates of unique items were donated by the Elkhorn community, Friends of the Refuge, Sulphur Well Church of Christ and CHHAMPS.
Lots of good homemade dinners, baked goods, home canned goods, candy, fried pies, applesauce, apple juice and more were donated today, with Darrin Thompson and Wendy Barnhart serving as auctioneers. Paris Quota manned the phones.
Friday’s items will be donated by Easton’s Angels, Thriving At Home Senior Care, Salvation Army, HCHS Baseball, REAL Hope.
And Saturday is another BIG DAY with First United Methodist Church donating items and serving lunch.
You can listen to our station WHNY 104.7 FM and 1000 AM and on our website. You can see the slates and listen on the Henry County Helping Hand website. Or you can watch in person at the Paris Convention Center. During the week, auctions begin at 12:30 p.m. and on Saturdays, auctions begin at noon.
To bid, the auction phone is 731 644 1695.
Helping Hand runs from January 8 through February 28 and raises thousands of dollars each year for over 90 non-profit and public service organizations. Last year was a banner year, with a record-setting $519,630 raised.
Photo: Volunteers (in the background) hard at work sorting donated items. Shannon McFarlin photo.