Tuesday, December 15, 2015
35th Annual MVCTC FFA Charity Auction Raises over $6,000 for Ronald McDonald House Charities
Retired MVCTC Ag Educator, Waid Lyons, started the event in 1980. The original auction was a hat auction, making $250. This year the students were able to raise over $6,000, bringing the grand total of money raised over the last 35 years to over $140,000.
The proceeds from the event go directly to the local Ronald McDonald
House on Valley Street in Dayton, Ohio so that families of hospitalized children have a place to rest, sustain their strength and be better able to support the healing of their child. RMHC is a modern, 14-room house offering all of the comforts of home to our guest families. They are open 7-days-a-week, 24-hours-a-day, and 365 days a year.
The MVCTC charity event would not be possible without the support of several staff and alumni of the school. MVCTC Ag Livestock and Production instructor, Bill Hershberger, organizes the event with the assistance of the FFA members and MVCTC staff members, Christy Blauvelt, Tami Bruner, Christa Nealeigh, Teannae Miller, Mike Mullen, Dave Peltz, Larry Seibel, and Eva Wiley. MVCTC retirees, Waid and Pat Lyons are back to help each year with the event they so lovingly started 35 years ago. MVCTC Ag Technology alumni Rick Bair (1985 graduate), and B.J. Joseph (1993 graduate) volunteer their auctioneer talents every year for the event.
For more information about MVCTC and the Agriculture Education programs offered for high school students, please visit www.mvctc.com
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