"Folks" he said "We're down to 10 pies and we're not where we want to be", as the auction seemed to be falling a bit short. He went on to encourage the audience and boy howdy, it worked.
In Larry's own words today:
ONCE AGAIN the “Famous for the 4th” celebration pie auction has out done itself!
55 pies was a RECORD number of pies sold.
$46,950 was a RECORD total for the sale.
$5,100 was a RECORD price for a pie sold (surpassing our Guinness World Record pie that sold for $3,100 in 2012).
As always, it “takes a village”, as they say. Those baking pies are the unsung heroes (without them we have no pies to auction), the unsuccessful bidders are as important as our winning bidders (it takes two bidders to have an auction), and our winning bidders (open their pocketbooks to push next year’s 4th to an even BIGGER and BETTER celebration)!
This year marked 30 years of Rich Hill pie contests and auctions, and I’ve been allowed to conduct ALL 30 of them! Over those years it has turned into one of the most amazing fundraisers around. Initially sponsored by our local supermarket, Food Fair, and then turned over to our local financial institution, Citizens Bank, whose team does fantastic work organizing, getting the pies entered, judged, and the proceeds collected. Then there are the various individuals who have worked along with me over the years catching bids, like this years team of Riley Cameron, Greg Weaver, and Randy Bell (who also has worked EVERY ONE of the auctions).
This town proves EVERY YEAR that “working together ANYTHING can be accomplished”, and THAT’S why Rich Hill is “Famous for the 4th” and amazes so many other communities for what we do!
Thank you to everyone who had a part in this incredible evening!
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