2021 PAINT THE PAPER PINK

Page 24 2021 PAINT THE PAPER PINK LINCOLN DAILY NEWS Oct./Nov. 2021 What we raise here tonight will go to those grants and research, plus supporting local services such as rides to treatments, wig and prosthetic services, referrals for support groups, and much more. While the personal contact is not as prevalent as it has been in the past, those who need information and assistance can get it through the ACS website. We want to do a quick review. In 2018 the first pink pumpkin auction brought in $6,022. The largest bid was made on a candy basket donated by the employees of the by then debunked Kroger Store. Erv Guyett offered a challenge that he would match the bid if the basket brought $500. It did, he did, and it became out big seller for the night. In 2019 we added the silent auction to the evening and brought in a total of $12,846 the night of the auction plus a few thousand more in donations made during and after the auction. The big seller that night was a design donated by Graue Chevrolet and it also brought $1,000. In total, in 2019, the Friends & Family Relay Team that is the root of this auction raised more than $25,000 for the American Cancer Society. As we move into what you are all waiting for, we want to acknowledge Erv & Cindy Guyett and their incredible staff who have worked so hard to set up this wonderful evening. We want to thank Jim and Jan Youngquist, owners of Lincoln Daily News and CCA Online for allowing their staff to spend hours getting this all together, and also have given us free rein to shamelessly promote this event through our daily edition. We want to say a big thank you to our Logan County Royalty. Junior Miss Alayna Briggs and Little Miss Sofia Farmer will be our “Vanna’s” this evening. John Logan will be up here assisting our auctioneer. We want to thank him for traveling several hundred miles to be here tonight. Mike Maske is our auctioneer this evening. Mike donates his time and talent to this event as he does many others in the community and we are so appreciative. Other’s we want to thank include Nuthatch Hill BBQ, Lincoln Printers, Mitch Douglas, and many more. Please be sure to check out the program for the auction as there are other thankyou’s there that are very important. Continued n