Get your cheques ready because the annual Rotary Club of Dryden Online Auction is back.
After a year hiatus due to the unprecedented start of COVID-19, the club is preparing for the auction’s return.
Club Treasurer Brian Braid provided an update to Rotary members at their virtual meeting on Wednesday.
“The auction is set for March 23rd-30th and pick up day will be the 31st. That’s something we’re still working on from a COVID point of view. We’ve talked about having a drive by, where people come to pick up their items from their car.
While some details are still being ironed out, the club already has about 150 donations from local businesses.
The annual auction supports local, regional and international club projects, but even without an auction last year, Braid says the success of other projects helped the club through a challenging year.
“We had the Hazardous waste Day and I just got a cheque from Solomon’s, who sells the batteries, and gave us a cheques for over 25 hundred dollars. Between that and the Lobster sales, which made over 8 thousand dollars, it basically made up for the online auction which we haven’t had so far. Going ahead with the auction now, it should add between 8 and 10 thousand dollars.”
Braid adds Rotarians will be reaching out to more local businesses for donations of items or gift certificates in the coming weeks.
Anyone who is willing to make a donation can contact any Rotary member.