MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Auction to help Amish woman raises more than $50,000
December 21, 2022
ROSE — It was a labor of love, for the Amish and their Englisher friends and neighbors.
Last Saturday, nearly 250 people gathered at the former Barbara Jean’s furniture store for an auction and luncheon to raise money for Albert and Ella Hershberger, an Amish couple from Lyons who are burdened by medical bills for their ailing daughter. Everything — from auctioneer Jim Hoyt’s time, all of the items that were sold and the food that was served — was donated.
“Be sure that you write the story so that people know that we are ever so grateful,” said one of the Hershbergers’ friends who helped organize the event. “We just want to thank everyone who helped in any way at all.”
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