The Rotary Club of Wawa is thanking the community for supporting their second annual "Rotary Online Auction", which wrapped up a week of bidding over the weekend.
Club Secretary Russell Reid says almost $17,000 in merchandise and services was donated for auction, with bids totalling "well over" 50% of that value - "almost identical" to last year's inaugural online auction, and a fair amount of the $10,000 goal.
Reid says there was "very stable, very strong" support from the community, particularly touting the merchant support as "extremely good, given the circumstances of the past two years", but also thanking all Rotarians - calling it a "very small, very active" group - especially Mark Owen, Andy Stevens, and Rob Clarke.
Funds raised from the auction will go to a variety of causes in the community, including Rotary projects for sight and hearing testing for primary students, academic achievement awards, school sports, and advancing youth leadership and citizenship, as well as community groups like the fire department, the food bank, and the hospital, and a small portion for disaster relief.