Deb Curlis, fundraising coordinator for Community Health Professionals, holds the youngest attendee of Thursday's hospice fundraiser. She is one-month-old Emma Grace, daughter of Josh and Lisha Wilkerson. The baby's mom is an RN for CHP. This year's event raised close to $6,000 for hospice. The story below provides more details. (Monty Siekerman photo)
Photos and story by Monty Siekerman
The annual dinner and auction to support Community Health Professionals hospice care raised about $6,000. The event was held on Thursday evening in McIntosh Center ballroom.
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All manner of goods were auctioned, including a golf package (replete with an umbrella), a Lions Club scoop of mulch, stays at The Inn and other hotels, and much more.
Deb starts pounding the pavement throughout northwest Ohio at the beginning of the year to come up with fantastic packages for people to bid on.
They call it "elephant snot," but members of the tree commission love the stuff because it makes small trees live longer in bags.
The real term for the gooey mixture is Poly Sorb, something that members of the commission add to plastic bags before putting in a dawn redwood sapling.
The trees will be handed out to all Ada third graders on Friday in recognition of National Arbor Day.
Pictured are (from left) Dick Lawrence, a member of the commission for over 30 years; Angela Polackek, assistant village administrator; and Terry Keiser, village forester.
