had to say about the 2007 Festival!
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Top bids for beautiful quilts added up to a record year for the Oct. 13, 2007 Oregon Mennonite Festival for World Relief in Albany, Ore. The 24th annual fundraiser for Mennonite Central Committee raised more than $130,000, a 45 percent leap over last year’s sale-day total.
Six quilts topped last year’s highest bid of $3,000, including the last quilt of the day, “Pastel Rose of Sharon” by Albany Mennonite Church, which raised $3,700. Albany’s “Stars Over Georgetown Path” raised another $4,500, with items from anonymous donors and the MCC Quilt Room in Ephrata, Pa., also bringing top bids.
The top seller of the day, at $6,000, was the Roma Eicher Memorial Quilt. The well-known musician and church leader helped to run the Oregon MCC auction with her husband, Sam, for many years before she died of cancer in December 2006.
The festival’s earnings were boosted by $6,600.42 raised through Penny Power, topping last year’s local record by almost $1,000. Salem Mennonite Church alone collected $1,643.87 of this total, which will support MCC water and sanitation projects.
The auction began with the symbolic sale of a wooden peace candle to benefit the School for Peace in Colombia. Donations for this special project totaled $6,300.
Thanks to baker Bootsie Kenagy, festival-goers enjoyed the return of a whoopie pie booth this year, and three of the chocolate treats made their way into the auction, raising $95. Other top bids came in for a riding lawnmower and Singer Featherweight sewing machine.
A multigenerational band from Corvallis greeted guests at the door, and a cappella hymns by members of the Dorothy and Vernon Gingerich family from the Zion area kicked off the auction.
“We are deeply grateful to everyone who made this such a wonderful day,” said festival chair Ron Litwiller of Albany. “Seeing the bids climb so high was thrilling, and we have never seen the parking lot so full. Thanks to each person who gave of their time, energy, and gifts to support the life-giving ministry of MCC through this fun community event.”
The next Festival for World Relief is scheduled for Oct. 11, 2008.
We have a new MCC Material Resource Center! A large beautiful barn located on the campus of Zion Mennonite Church (6124 S. Whiskey Hill Road, Hubbard, OR) has opened to receive, pack, and ship material resources. Please call first before making a delivery: 503-651-2274
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