If you’re looking for a meaningful way to support the local community while shopping for gifts this holiday season, the Rotary Club of Peterborough Kawartha’s annual Christmas Auction returns for its 26th year on Monday (November 18).
The annual auction features more than one hundred items donated local businesses and organizations, including children’s toys and games, clothing and accessories, gift cards to local businesses and restaurants, theatre and hockey tickets, home appliances and decor items, and more.
Bidding for the online auction opens at 11 a.m. on Monday at www.kawartharotaryauction.com and closes on Sunday, December 1st in 20-minute intervals, from 1:20 p.m. until 5 p.m.
The Rotary Club of Peterborough Kawartha was established in 1989 and held its inaugural Christmas Gift Auction in 1994, raising $6,965. Originally broadcast on television, the auction went online only in 2008.
Over the years, the Christmas auction has raised many thousands of dollars to benefit worthwhile community initiatives supported by Kawartha Rotary, including a new washroom at Brock Mission’s primary care clinic, the splashpad at Nichols Oval, the outdoor gym at Beavermead Park, the outdoor musical instruments park at the Riverview Park and Zoo, the Peterborough police canine unit, capital projects at Hospice Peterborough, Peterborough Regional Health Centre, YES Shelter for Youth and Families, and the Peterborough Animal Care Centre, and more.
Last year’s auction raised over $16,000 to support a variety of community projects in Peterborough, with proceeds from this year’s auction doing the same.
This year’s auction is sponsored by Stone Guide Realty Limited Brokerage, Herod Financial Services, Darling Insurance, Commercial Press, Park Place Financial, ISL Insurance Brokers, Best Western Plus Otonabee Inn, Nexicom, Comstock-Kaye Life Celebration Centre, and Iron Horse Ranch.
Payments for winning bids can be made via e-transfer to kawartharotaryauction@gmail.com or using cash or debit. Visa and MasterCard will also be accepted, but e-transfers, cash, or debit are preferred to avoid credit card processing fees so all of the proceeds can stay in the community.
For more information on the Rotary Club of Peterborough Kawartha, visit kawartharotary.com.
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