Holiday Auction, Used Books, and Yard Sale Net $16,419 For BNL's United Way Fund

Holiday Auction

The great success of the Holiday Auction, Used Book Sale and Yard Sale held by BNL on Thursday and Friday, December 4 and 5, resulted in a record grand total of $16,419 for the United Way.

To achieve this, the lobby of Berkner Hall had bloomed with beautifully packaged basketfuls of items donated by Lab departments and divisions, flanked by dozens of coupons and gift certificates from local stores and restaurants just asking to be won. Book lovers seized great bargains, and yard-sale addicts found fabulous treasures.

Carol Rooney of the Environmental Protection Division, with Kathy Gurski of Community, Education, Government & Public Affairs and Linda Sinatra of the Fiscal Services Division, and many willing volunteers organized the auction, which brought in $15,034.

Kathy Lancaster of the Research Library marshaled the books, which made $540.

And Chris Johnson of the Facility Operations Office masterminded the yard sale, which took in $845.

The total was greatly increased by the generosity of Gary Olsen of the Facility Operations Office, who won the 50/50 drawing but gave all his winnings of over $800 back to the United Way.

Said Rooney, "Kathy and I want to thank everyone for all their help, especially Linda Sinatra. It was a lot of work, but we enjoyed it. The Lab community was extremely generous in donating the baskets and obtaining coupons and gift certificates to attract more bids. The yard sale and book sale both drew in more potential 'customers,' and together, we made a wonderful contribution."

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