Kiwanis benefit auction slated for Bangor

BANGOR – Come bid on Black Bear hockey tickets or a baby quilt – or both. Take a gander at the University of Maine signed baseball, or try to win the bid on an American flag flown over the U.S. Capitol, courtesy of Sen. Susan Collins.

Yes, it’s time for the annual Bangor Noon Kiwanis benefit auction.

Susan Farley and Alan Grover of WABI-TV will be guest auctioneers at the auction noon-4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, at Bangor Conference Center, 701 Hogan Road.

More than 150 items, including hotel packages, University of Maine sports tickets, gift baskets, gift certificates worth up to $500 and other items will be up for bid.

Maybe the rug from Saliba’s will catch your eye, or the VCR-DVD from Dunnetts, or the books from Stephen and Tabitha King. How about a Matt Kenseth hat and T-shirt or an autographed football from the Patriots?

There will be free hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar.

Proceeds will help Logan Severance of Brewer purchase a wheelchair-accessible van. Young Logan, the son of Stan and Terri Severance, has spinal muscular atrophy and his family needs a van to help transport him.

The auction also will help establish the Bud McEachern Kiwanis Key Club scholarship fund. McEachern was a longtime Bangor Kiwanian devoted to children’s well-being.

Participating in Sunday’s auction will be members of the Bangor High School Key Club.

The Key Club held its annual Rock-A-Thon recently at the Bangor Mall. Club members rocked for three hours and received more than $600 from pledges.

Club President Brianna Morrissey reported that 30 Key Club members participated this year, “up from nine last year. All the money goes to the Pediatric Trauma Center in Boston, which is a hospital helped by both Kiwanis and Key clubs in New England.”

The Key Club also collected food for Thanksgiving Day baskets and will participate in the annual Christmas Wrap for the Red Cross at the Bangor Mall.

The Bangor High School Key Club is sponsored by the Bangor Noon Kiwanis. Faculty adviser is James McHenry, with Jane Searles as Kiwanian adviser. For information about what Key Club can do to help in the community, call 262-7843.