2019 Paint the Paper Pink

2019 Paint the Paper Pink Lincoln Daily News October 2019 Page 3 O n Thursday, October 3, the second annual Pink Pumpkin Auction was held at Collision Concepts in Lincoln. The event, which is co-hosted by Collision Concepts and Lincoln Daily News, is a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. The money raised Thursday night will be donated to the ACS through the Logan County Relay for Life Friends and Family Relay Team. The event featured 54 live auction items, all with a pink pumpkin theme. New this year was a silent auction that featured more than 80 items from a wide variety of donors. At the end of the night the silent auction brought in just over $3,500 for ACS. The live auction raised just over $9,200. After the auction there were a number of “matching” donations made on specific items sold at the live auction. After a couple of days of collecting and calculating, organizers came to realize that altogether the evening brought in right at $16,000 for ACS. An event like this does not happen without a lot of dedicated people behind the scenes, lots of donors, and a lot of bidders and buyers. Thank you is not a large enough or elegant enough way to express how the organizers feel about all these people who took part. It is important to start by acknowledging all these people. Those who donated merchandise to the silent auction included: Advanced Eyecare Amanda Weyant Annie Boyer AT&T Team Auto Zone Barbara Bragg Bayer Crop Service Beck’s Best Western Belltone Big R Blade’s Brady Paint & Construction Brainard Landings Bright Ideas Camel’s Hairem Carpet House Central Illinois Ag Cha Dai Pet Motel Chuck’s Glass Collision Concepts Pink Pumpkin Auction raises $16,000 for the American Cancer Society Continued n