Auction Ends- Wednesday, March 17th

Help us to give back to our community during this year’s Great Big Give Back!  It’s been a tough year because of COVID-19. There are new routines at school and work. Daily activities are being done differently. Local businesses are impacted. At the Presque Isle Rotary Club, we asked what we could do to help. So we made a big decision. We’ve re-engineered our 73rd annual auction into the Great Big Give Back. Instead of asking local businesses to donate items to us so we can raise money for great local causes, we’ve reversed things. The Club is buying items from local businesses so we can raise money for great local causes. And we’re asking the community to join us in Giving Back in three important ways: through monetary donations, shopping local, and community service. Many local businesses have given back by donating items and money toward the event, which has led to the creation of this mini-auction.  We’ve set Wednesday, March 17 as the lucky

night for our basket raffle drawing and when our mini-auction will close-- so think green and dream about the treasures you could bring home that night!  Proceeds from this event will support the Presque Isle Rotary Scholarship Fund, United Way of Aroostook’s COVID-19 Response Fund, and the 2021 efforts of two major Presque Isle-based events that canceled their official activities in 2020: the Crown of Maine Balloon Fest and the Northern Maine Fair.

ONLINE CLOSING- 1st lot will close Wednesday March 17th at 6:30pm with the next lot closing 1 minute later, then the next lot 1 minute after that and so on. If a lot receives a bid in the last minute prior to its closing than that lot will be extended for 1 minute and not affect the closing of other lots.

For more information on the Presque Isle Rotary Club Great Big Give Back, contact project co-chairs

Rachel Rice at rachel.rice@maine.edu

Chantal Pelletier at chantal.pelletier@mmgins.com.