4-H volunteers collect items for coming auction

NEW CASTLE, Pa., -- Lawrence County 4-H volunteers are gathering donated items for their upcoming auction. They hope to gather more.
\The auction will be May 10 at Valle-Maria Manor in the old Parkstown roller-skating rink. Valle-Maria Manor is at Youngstown Road and U.S. Route 224. Cost is $5 per person. Doors open at 4 p.m. with a buffet dinner at 4:30 p.m. The dinner also includes cookies and other dessert items made by 4-H families.
The auction begins at 6 p.m. Dickinson said fee for the auction covers the dinner costs.
He said the auctions each of the past two years have generated about $8,000 in profits for 4-H programs such as embryology and rocketry programs in public schools, summer camps and state and national 4-H event trips.
Businesses
Businesses that donate items or services will be recognized at the banquet and in brochures for the auction, Dickinson said. Donors will also receive a certificate of appreciation they can display at their business to show their support of 4-H, he said.
Donors can stop in the extension office in the Lawrence County courthouse to fill out information about their donated product or service, he said. Forms can also be faxed, he said.
Previous donations have included autographed memorabilia, spring or summer concert tickets, feed and animal supplies, appliances, quilts, antique or new furniture.
For more information call Dickinson at (724) 654-8370.