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The Boys & Girls Club Celebrity Auction |
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Saturday, August 27, 2005 |
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Was a Tremendous Success |
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Netting $48,000 for Club Programs!!! |
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Charlie Rader and Carolyn Brown Capps
Look Over Some of the Silent Bid Table Items
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Dr. Michael Menz and Drew Patterson Look Over Some
of the Items That Went Up On the Live Auction
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The NASCAR race might have been going on in Bristol Saturday night, but the real action was at the Sixth Annual Boys & Girls Club Celebrity Aution where more than $48,000 was raised for the local Club's programs. Over 200 people gathered for a buffet dinner and both a live and silent auction. The evening took place at Trinity United Methodist Church in Greeneville. Scott Bullington, the Executive Director for the Boys & Girls Club stated that this year's event turned out to be the most successful event that the Club has ever held. This speaks volumes about the popularity of the auction since the Club also holds the Annual Bob Kesling Golf Classic with many celebrities and an annual Champions Dinner that has had such speaker as Tennessee Volunteer Coaches Phillip Fulmer, Bruce Pearl, Johnny Majors, & Ray Mears. |
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"We really had good participation from our bidders and we were delighted to surpass all expectations for our live and silent auction items this year." said Michael Jackson of EcoQuest International, a Co-Title Sponsor of the event and a GGCBGC board member and the Co-Chairman of this year's event, along with Eddie Yokley. Many bidders in attendance stated that they were always amazed at how the Boys & Girls Club were able to get items from so many people in so many different fields, from sports to politics, to actors, to local items. Many unique items were up for sale by the Club as there was something for everyone at this year's auction. There were pictures to scripts to sports equipment to certificates from area vendors. Over 500 items were up for bid this year" stated Ted Bryant of Co-Title Sponsor, Summers Taylor and a Boys & Girls Club board member. "We were very happy with the quality of items and the bids the Club received this year and it was due to the hard work of the many Club staffers and volunteers over the last seven months that brought the event together" he added. |
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The top dozen sale items for this year's event were a football signed by Michael Vick of the Atlanta Falcons which went for $800, a football autographed by Vol's quarterback and NFL MVP, Peyton Manning which went for $625, a book signed by James Carville which went for $500, a football autographed by former UT player Jamal Lewis of the Balitomore Ravens which went for $400, a footbal autographed buy Ray Lewis of the Baltimore Ravens which went for $375, a night in the greeneville Astros Luxury suite which went for $350, an autographed picture of Michael Jordan which went for $340, a basketball autographed by Pat Summitt that went for $330, a picture autographed by Peyton Manning which went for $300, a framed print of "The Big Spring" that went for $280, and a Seinfeld cast photo autographed by the cast that went for $200. |
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Other items of great interest to bidders included an Ashley Rocker donated by Roberts' Furniture, a cast photo from "The Lord of the Rings", an UT basketball & items autographed by Ray Mears and Bruce Pearl, a Jack Nicklas framed print, a 2004 Greeneville Astros autographed championship team poster, autographed pictures from Dale Earnhardt Jr., Muhammad Ali, Joe Montana, President George Bush, Barbara Bush, John Elway, Nolan Ryan, Roger Clemens, Dean Koontz, Dick Chaney, Troy Aikman, Brett Farve, Barry Sanders, and Dan Marino, a Weather Channel Jacket, a Space Station II from the Wal-Mart Distribution Center Transportation Division, and autographed major league baseball bats from Jeff Conine and Juan Pierre of the Florida Marlins. |
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This year's event was sponsored by EcoQuest International and Summers Taylor while C&C Millwright and Modern Woodman sponsored the dinner. The Orthopedic Center of Greeneville, Takoma Adventist Hospital, and Vulcan Materials sponsored the bid tables. Table sponsors included Andrew Johnson Bank, EcoQuest Printing, Forward Air, Greene County Bank, Greeneville Bank, Landair Transport, Leonard Associates, Marsh Petroleum, Warehouse Logistics, TI Automotive Group, Bank of Greeneville, The Shooting Star Farm, CE Minerals, Central Drug Store, GCS Partnership, TIS Insurance, and Vistawall.
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Eddie Yokley Gets the Auction Going Lively Here While
They Auction Off the ETSU Bucs' Basketball
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Sangela Blue Holds Up a Picture While
Scott Wills Takes Bids From the Crowd
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Steve Mears, Board President of the local Club expressed a special thank you to the volunteer auctioneers for this year's event, Scott Wills and State Representative Eddie Yokley, and also to Laura & Mark Pendleton, Caroly Yokley, Dawn Wright, Dr. Mike Menz, Tyler Yokey, John Pendleton, Amanda Waddel, Ted Bryant, and all the Club staff and volunteers for their help with item running, display and sales checkouts for this year's auction. He acknowledged and thanked the Trinity United Methodist Chiurch kitchen crew, headed by Micheal and Chris Oldenberg for the events' dinner.
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Cathy Byrd Holds Up a Peyton Manning Autographed Picture
While Scott Wills Takes a Bid From Ted Bryant (back to camera)
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Scott Bullington and Nata Jackson Hold Up One of the Many
Pictures That Went Up for Bid From This Year's Celebrity Auction |
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