‘Take-A-Chance’ Silent Auction at Maine 4-H Days in Windsor

Contact: Michaele Bailey, (207) 581-3872

ORONO, Me.—4-H, the youth development program of Universityof Maine Cooperative Extension, will hold a Take-A-Chance silent auction on June 27 at Maine 4-H Days at the Windsor Fairgrounds. The auction opens at 5 p.m., with the drawing beginning at 7 p.m.

Tickets for the auction will be 10 for $2.50, packaged in envelopes worth $2.50, $5.00, $10.00, $20.00, $50.00 and $100.00. Dollar tickets will be sold for items valued at more than$100. UMaine Extension 4-H youth are collecting gift certificates, hand-made items, and fresh products like goat’s milk cheese. There will be a food booth open during the auction.

For more information contact UMaine Extension’s 4-H office at (207) 581-3872 or (800) 287-0274 (in Maine), or e-mail mbailey@umext.maine.edu. You can also visit the events calendar at extension.umaine.edu.

Auction proceeds will help send 4-H youth and their animals to the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield, Massachusetts, where more than 100 4-Hers from Maine participate in animal events.

UMaine Extension programs are open and accessible to all in accordance with program goals.