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Totes of Hope Charity Basket Auction

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Internet-only (timed) auction

By:

Matt Ramsey Auctions

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116 Casper Ave, Newcastle, Wyoming, 82701. USA. tel: 605-431-9330

Started:
4th Mar, 2021
Ended: 7th Mar, 2021
View: Wyoming Auctions
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Matt Ramsey Auctions is proud to bring you the Annual Totes of Hope Charity Basket Auction! Totes of Hope was founded by Eileen Vickers and Sue Simon in 2012. Eileen shared that about one in twelve Wyoming citizens' struggles with putting enough food on the table. 39% of Wyoming children qualify for Free or Reduced Lunch, almost 26,000 children, and Newcastle is not immune to this. In Newcastle, 41% of elementary students and 34% of middle school students qualify for Free or Reduced meals. While this helps during the week, sometimes weekends are a challenge for some of our students due to lack of food. Totes of Hope sends home 55 bags of food each Friday to ensure students won't come back to school Monday with an empty stomach. This, in turn, allows them to be more successful at school. Last summer over 100 Totes were delivered each week to students in Newcastle! Totes of Hope purchases food from the Wyoming Food Bank at a significant discount. Every dollar donated goes a long way to help! Proceeds of this auction will also go to benefit a local family, the Dillon Kenney Family. Dillon has needed extensive medical care due to an extremely rare condition and has been back and forth to St. Jude's and have incurred a substantial amount of medical debt and travel expenses. We would like to thank the Totes of Hope organization for the amazing work that they do for the children in our community and the dozens of businesses that have donated baskets over the years and of course to all the bidders who are generous with their donations!