Kids Need to Read asked Jen Johnston to give us the details of the dinner and silent auction she put together to benefit her local school libraries, inspired by the Kids Need to Read project…
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By popular demand…Here’s the report on Nova Scotia’s KNTR Dinner and Silent Auction….
Some of the more enthusiastic Community HERO kids and I took over a community hall out in the wilds of Windsor .
We pestered people for auction items. (Which, at the end of the day included:
-Movie theatre gift certificates
-A basket of gourmet chocolates valued at $150
-Baskets of homemade breads/biscuits/cakes/etc
-new jackets/hats for the more horsey types
-Gift certificate for a $500 shopping spree at a local mall
-Art prints
-Basket of chocolate and wine…
All kinds of good stuff.
We decorated the hall with floating candles and various nonsensical items
We grabbed a fun band.
And at the end of the night we had raised $1800 and collected 6 HEAPING BIG boxes of books for our local school libraries.
Next Up…
The October Concert…
-Jen Johnston
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We would like to thank Jen and the amazing Community HERO kids for telling folks about our project and for supporting literacy in their town.
