By Pepper Parr
June 2nd, 2024
BURLINGTON, ON
It is close to the end of the Eagles Nest on-line auction.
It ends today at 8:00 pm today.
They have raised $8,414.00 of the $10,000 target; still time to reach the target.
Some of the items you can bid on.
What was really impressive about this community auction was the response from the community with the items they donated.
While in Waterdown on Friday I dropped into Pickwick Books to ask Marnie Mycroft, owner of the shop, why she took part. “Waterdown is a small almost country town. Some of the shops still close at noon on Wednesday.”, she said.
She explained that the size of the community is such that in the commercial sector we all know each other and want to ensure that the community and the people in it are taken care of – so they help out where they can.
The link to the list of what is being offered on the on-line auction is HERE.
A short article on what the funds being raised will be used for is shown below. This is community taking care of community – at its best.
Some people have asked – what is the Burlington Gazette doing so much to support a Waterdown based organization? I have two answers to that question. 1) many of the people who benefit from the service Eagles Nest offers are Burlington residents. 2) the work they do is one of the better examples I’ve seen of volunteers serving the community –
Finally their phrase Hope Restored – Lives Changed resonated with me.
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What do they do with the funds they raise?
