2020 PPP magazine

Page 6 2020 Paint the Paper Pink Lincoln Daily News October 2020 Cancer Society. The money was raised due to the generosity of the Logan County community. Donations from local businesses and organizations poured in at a very rapid pace. The team was astonished by the number of people who wanted to give to this great fundraiser. In the second year, the auction included a live auction with local auctioneer Mike Maske donating his time, and Collision Concepts donating the space. A new addition last year was the silent auction. Amazing food was donated by Nuthatch Hill BBQ and Erv & Cindy Guyett, owners of Collision Concepts. And then there were all those wonderful people who came in to bid and buy the items donated. The evening saw about 125 guests with fat wallets coming in to show their support for a very worthy cause. They end result of that one night filled the team with joy and pride in our community. This year, fundraising is not going to be that large, but the team is still thankful for every penny, nickel, dime and dollar that it brings in to help those in our community fighting the disease. On September 12th the team hosted a sandwich drive thru in the parking lot of CCA and LDN. New this year, were mystery bags that were filled with goodies donated by local businesses, again there was an overwhelming outpouring of generosity put into those bags. That first sale brought in $1,400 for breast cancer research and support. A second sale is going to be held on October 10. Again there will be mystery bags filled with goodies available for $10 or $20 each. Rib eye and pork chop sandwiches will be sold for $6 each. A repeat from 2019 will be the raffle for a pedal tractor. As many will recall, the 2019 gold anniversary edition International pedal tractor was donated by the late Ken Harnacke. This year the team was happily surprised when Central Illinois Ag of Atlanta chose to donate a pink pedal tractor by Ertl. This tractor is a replica of a vintage McCormick CONTINUE