By CRISTINA JANNEY
Hays Post
LaCROSSE — The First Christian Church of La Crosse has set a fundraising auction for 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18 at the church, 619 Oak, LaCrosse.
Proceeds will benefit the First Christian Church youth program. The program offers after-school activities and opportunities for older youth to take an annual mission trip.
This is the first major fundraising event for the program. Organizers hope to raise $10,000.
The after-school program, Friends Relying on God, also known as FROG, provides meals to the children in the program. The program also offers a food bank to the children's parents.
The older youth have traveled to Denver to work for a week in a soup kitchen, worked at a homeless shelter and ad served at a children's home. Most recently they helped with clean up and repairs at a summer camp.
"We want to teach them that life takes many different directions," Pastor Mark Sizemore said.
First Christian in LaCrosse is a church of about 20 people, but reaches beyond its congregation, Sizemore said.
The church is still seeking donations of items or funds for the auction. The church will take new or gently used items. No clothes, please. You can contact Brett Gray, youth sponsor, at 785-635-8015, Heather at 785-432-3377, Sizemore at 785-259-7601 or email [email protected] about donating.
Church volunteers are willing to pick up items.
Donations to the auction are tax deductible.
Some of the items donated thus far include gift cards to area businesses, John Deere toys, collector metal signs, Fort Hays State University basketball season tickets and designer purses.
A meal will be offered for a donation.