Paris, Tenn.–It was a big day for the Henry County Helping Hand Radio Auction, with 24 slates of good items donated. Bids were high and often all afternoon.
Today, $15,539 was raised, making the overall total so far at $146,242. Auctioneer was Andy Collins, with the Paris Rotary members manning the phones.
Items today were donated by Chapel Hill/Guthrie Rd. community, Holy Cross Catholic Church, TARP, along with rescheduled Inman Band Boosters, Inman Beta Club, Inman Middle School.
$50 theater gift cards
4 gallons of Hollypop Popcorn 3 small bags of Hollypop
34 boxes of assorted candy
7 bags of mini candy bars 2 regular candy bars
10 assorted candies 7 chips/crackers
2-liter Dr Pepper 2-liter Pepsi 2-liter Mountain Dew 6-pack Minute Maid Lemonade 6-pack Minute Maid Fruit Punch 6-pack Coke Zero Sprite
1 box of hot chocolate
Over $200 value!There will be another big day Saturday, as items will be donated by West Tennessee Healthcare Henry County Hospital. There will be two auctions Saturday. Auctioneer for the day auction will be Wendy Barnhart and Evening Auctioneer will be Noel Hatman. Springhill Baptist and Friends will be manning the phones.
The auction is held at the Paris Convention Center from January 12 through March 4 and you can participate and/or watch in several ways: You can listen on one of our radio stations, WHNY 104.7FM or 1000 AM or listen on our website at HenryCountyNow.com or the Henry County Helping Hand website at https://www.hchelpinghand.org/ Auction phone number is 644-1695. The auction begins on the weekdays at 12:30 p.m. and on Saturdays at noon.
Photo: Ultimate Movie Night Basket. Photo by Holly Meyer.