Carseland silent auction assists community building

Justin Seward
Times Reporter

 

Carseland held a silent auction fundraiser and dinner on March 21 at the local hall, to help raise funds for maintenance for community buildings.
“The Community Association and Agricultural Society are responsible for maintaining all the facilities in town. We have the community hall, the recreational centre, curling rink, the four millennium ballpark plus other parks,” said Rita Kruger, President of the Carseland Community and District Agricultural Society.
“The fundraiser we did tonight helps us with operating costs and to move forward with new projects and to continue to improve the facilities we already have.”
The fundraiser seemed to go over well with everyone in attendance.
“I heard the food was really good and everybody seemed to be happy with the meal. (We had) a lot of auction items, which was great. We are so thankful and blessed to have lots of interesting items … the cake (sold for $600) seemed like a big hit,” said Kruger. “It’s kind of like our spring gathering after lots of them went south for the winter, so everybody comes back, it’s nice to see everybody.”
There were a lot of different organizations involved in the planning of the event.
“Our group works in conjunction with the Lions Club, who are integral in making the auction happen. We take care of the food and decorating,” said Kruger.
“Bev Ross, who is our general manager for the Ag Society, is phenomenal. She’s created her own computer program that runs this thing.”