12th annual MLC Benefit Auction fundraiser an investment in the school’s future
The 12th annual Mountain Lake Christian (MLC) Benefit Auction was held at the school this past Friday, April 1.
The benefit featured both a live and a silent auction.
Featured on the live auction block were 1o4 unique items and services – most from local businesses and individuals – and most including goods and services not available anywhere else.
Themed gift baskets of all varieties meant there was something for everyone at the silent auction, including car care, rainy day activities, family game night, coffee lovers, scrapbooking, car activities, dinner-and-a-movie, athletics, toys, personal care, tools and more. In addition business donors added special deals to the silent auction.
Another silent auction included gift certificates for area restaurants and businesses.
Walking tacos, hot dogs and bars of all kinds for dessert, along with beverages, were available. Ingredients for the walking tacos, along with the hot dogs and buns, were provided by Hy-Vee of Windom.
The total amount raised was $40,000+. Those involved with the benefit auction share, “We are pleased, and so grateful for those who came out to help make it a success!”
All funds raised by the MLC Benefit Auction go to the MLC Scholarship Fund, enabling more families to send their children to MLC, which is an investment in the school’s future.
Below is a photo gallery from both the live and silent auctions:
KARLA TABER, AT back, and Leah Janzen, at front, check out this gourd colorfully decorated with butterflies – and ponder placing a bid on it during the silent auction.
RON NICKEL’S EYE spies something interesting on which t0 place a silent auction bid.
A RUBY NECKLACE in the silent auction piques the interest of Danica Dick.
MLC STUDENT REGAN James, front, walks the runway at the start of the live auction with a Keurig 2 Model K350 coffeemaker (retailing for $189), while, at back, Darwin Hall, auctioneer, right, gathers bids. At back left is MLC High School teacher Scott Raabe, who served as live auction host.
MLC Elementary students, Luke Moller as bus driver, and Mark Quiring as student passenger, promote a gift certificate good towards the purchase of four new tires with alignment (a $200 value) from Clipperton Auto Repair of St. James.
PRESENTING A BRINKMAN Gas Grill (two-burner grill with side burner) – $138 value – from The Home Depot/Micaiah Becker, Specialty Sales Assistant Store Manager of Mankato, are MLC High School students Lizzy van Beilen, left and Melissa Lohrenz, right. At center is floor auctioneer Allen Kahler, and at back, caller Darwin Hall.
MLC Elementary students Tyler Dick, left, and Riley Schroeder, right, have their hands full of zwiebach – two-story buns baked by Carol Fast – and offered up during the live auction.
WHILE SLADE HARDER stands on the runway before the crowd of bidders with a Samsung 32″ Smart flat-screen television ($321 value), donated by Custom Motors of Mountain Lake, he is flanked on either side by floor auctioneers Dylan Kallemeyn, left and Allen Kahler, right.
JONATHAN ADRIAN, LEFT, makes sure his son, Scott Adrian – Bidder #69 – right, gets in his price for a pulled pork bag courtesy of Bruce and Merna Swanson of Mountain Lake.
AT FRONT LEFT, Tim Penner stretches out into the aisle to make sure he claims a successful bid on a 10-gallon Shop Vac (retailing for $100), donated by American Family Insurance/Stan Schroeder Agency of Mountain Lake. At back are, from left, Allen Kahler, floor auctioneer; Scott Raabe, auction host, MLC High School student Jack Lepp with the shop vac and floor auctioneer Dylan Kallemeyn.
A BEVY OF MLC Elementary girls demonstrate the multiple uses for a Keter Creative Table ($83 value), donated by Hanson Plumbing/Brent Hanson, Owner of Mountain Lake. At left are, from left, Allen Kahler, floor auctioneer; Aaron Petersen, sound system manager and Scott Raabe, live auction host. At right, from left, Darwin Hall, caller; Ivan Flaming, live auction assistant and Dylan Kellemeyn, floor auctioneer.
BURTON STOESZ PLACES a bid on a bag of soybean seed.
The 12th annual Mountain Lake Christian (MLC) Benefit Auction was held at the school this past Friday, April 1.
