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Thank you for making BMS auction successful

To the editor:

Belleville Mennonite School would like to extend appreciation to each business sponsor, donor, volunteer and buyer who contributed time and support to the 52nd Annual Auction on Friday, April 20 and Saturday, April 21 at the school. With a goal of $84,000, the auction raised $84,495 in support of Christian education for students in the community.

Businesses that generously provided cash donations or goods and services include: Apple Insurance, Christian T. Aumiller, Appraiser; B&R Farm Equipment Inc.-Milroy; Barr Funeral Home; David and Lentha Barron; Big Valley Cabinets; Big Valley Concrete; Boring Transport; Robert Campbell, DMD; Clear Concepts Counseling; Coffee Run Heat Treating; Coffee Run Trucking; CPA Associates; Curves-Burnham; Dean Foods; Deer Stone Ag; DK Hostetler Inc.; Dr. Bodmer and Dr. Eichenlaub; DS Metals, LLC; Edward Jones Investments; Eric and Amy Yoder; Feesers; Friends of BMS; Gateway Self Storage of Kish Valley Inc.; Henderson Funeral Home; Hildebrand Motor Co. LLC; Homestead Builders Siding Inc.; Houtz Chiropractic Center; Jake Yoder; Jake’s Golf Carts LLC; Jim and Kris Hill; Jim’s Scrap Metals; John L. Express; Juniata Valley Bank; Kauffman Chiropractic Clinic; Ken Stoltzfus Construction LLC; Kish Bank; Kish Printing; Kish Valley Electric; Lee, Colin and Alexis Peachey-In Memory of Marty Peachey; Lewistown Cabinets Center Inc.; Lewistown Paper Company; Main Street Family Dental; Mathews Garage; MCS Bank; Metzler Builders; Metzler Forest Products; Mountainside Wood Products; Next Generation Bakery; Paul A. Kline, Erie Insurance Agency; Peachey’s Custom Butchering Inc.; Penn Canal Farms; Pollock’s Garage; Rockey Ridge Partnership; Shear Design Styling Corner; Sheetz Inc.; Steven Korbich, DDS; Taptich Engineering and Surveying; Sheetz; Dale and Debbie Yoder; Lyle and Diane Yoder; and Yoder Plumbing and HVAC.

Auction committee members, Reed and April Henderson, Rachel French, Brett and Josie Rogers and Phil and Lori Weaver each served the school through their time and dedication to this event. Amanda Yoder also generously gave of her time and resources to manage business solicitation and Gwen Renno worked very hard managing food services. Additionally, approximately 100 volunteers took part in the auction by lending their time to service through soliciting businesses for donations, preparing food and organizing and planning many details. Beyond those individuals, 35 more volunteers spent countless hours quilting the traditional handmade masterpiece quilts for the quilt Auction. Thank you, volunteers!

Finally, we would like to express appreciation to each supporter that purchased auction items, baked goods, turkey dinners, quilts, and much more. Your support and presence this year and each year truly make it a one-of-a-kind community event.

Valerie Reed

Development Director

Belleville Mennonite School

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