The Rowan House Emergency Shelter normally holds it big spring gala around this time every year.

But Ally Cramm with the shelter says they've had to change things up this year with an online auction.

"Our Purple in the Park Fundraiser was supposed to be our 20th Anniversary celebration and one of our biggest fundraisers of the year to bring in the money that Rowan House needs to operate," she says "It was unfortunate that we had to cancel it but a number of businesses in the community had already donated a bunch of items and they were all able to let us use them to have an online auction instead."

She says the support they've received from the community has always been fantastic, whether it was through the flood in 2013 or now during the pandemic.

The auction gets underway Friday May 8 and goes until Monday, May 18.

To register to bid go to biddingowl.com/rowanhousesociety

 

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