Tickets are going fast for the annual Comanche County Healthcare Foundation fundraiser dinner on Sept. 18 that features a prime rib and shrimp dinner and lots of fun with a silent and live auction of unique items.
The dinner will be catered by Littlejohn’s at Evans Sale Barn in Proctor.
The Foundation is hoping to surpass the million dollar mark since the foundation started the fundraiser 16 years ago. Theme for this year’s event is “Surviving & Thriving.” All proceeds will be used to purchase items for patient care.
Cost of tickets is $75 per person. Among the unique items up for auction include several rifles, 100 gallons of diesel, an air compressor, a duck hunt, many meals at area restaurants, deer corn, fertilizer and the list goes on and on. Items will be featured on a bid web site starting Labor Day.
Plus all those attending will receive a gift bag and a chance to win one of two $500 cash prizes to be given away.
Items are being sought for the auction.
Donations are also being accepted in the event you are unable to attend.
Companies that would like to provide a special treat for their employees are invited to purchase a corporate table.
Items in the auction will be displayed on line and can be bid on and tickets can also be purchased on line. The web address for the auction that will go live Labor Day is https://handbid.app.link/NStarknzAibTickets can be purchased at http://www.comanchechf.org/
Board members can be contacted to purchase tickets are make cash or merchandise donations.
Board members are President Mark Beaty, 432-209-3275; Vice president Wilma Fleming, 254-842-5563; Secretary Jami Tunnell, 254-326-8715; Treasurer LaVerne Walker, 817-279-2255.
Other board members are Pam Simon, 254-979-5722; Doug Erwin, 254-842-7489; Jennifer Cisneros, 254-977-3682; Kristine Bremer, 254-879-4900; Harold Adcock, 325-356-3920; Doylene Evans, 254-485-9249; Rick Howard, 325-6425180, Debbie Johnston, 254-842-8086 and Mac McKinnon, 254-485-3680.