Auction 2010 - We will hold our auction on Saturday, July 24th. We will post more news as it becomes available. If you have any questions about the auction, want to help, want to donate items, or to learn more about the event, please contact Ruth Stewart. We are most grateful to Ruth for taking responsibility for organizing our 2010 auction.

Auction - 2009 - We thank everyone who donated to the auction an to the many volunteers who worked throughout the year to pick and catalogue donated items and to everyone who worked hard during the day of the auction. Thanks to a lot of hard work, we raised over $9,000 - all of which will be used to purchase building supplies for our next home.

Auction Committee - Led by Bill Hoyt, a small committee organized the auction. They started planning for the auction in the early fall of 2008. Chair, Bill Hoyt, Nancy and John Cilio, Clarke Comollo, Claire and Hal Crane, Sandi and Carl Hedman, Marion La Torella, Dick Malley, and Andy Tarantino

Bill Hoyt - left, and Andy Tarrantino, right, worked throughout the year to make the auction a success. Andy made it possible for us to store donated items at A Safe Place in East Dorset. Bill was responsible for organizing our activities throughout the year.

Team work makes the dream work! This is a photo of the volunteers who worked hard on the day of the auction. Many volunteers, organized by Bill Hoyt and John Cilio, worked throughout the year to pick up, clean, and sort items for the tag sale and the auction!

Clarke Comollo - owner of Comollo Fine Wines and Antiques, served as our auctioneer for the third year in a row. Clarke served on the Auction Committee and gave us advice that was vital to our success. Clarke did a great job throughout the day - securing a fair price for donated items and reminding us all that this was a benefit auction with the proceeds buying building supplies for our next home.


The rain held off and the auction was well attended. We had over 100 bidders.

The bird houses were hand crafted by two of our volunteers, Russ Record and Fred Hilliard. Photo right - Danny Jenks and Clarke Comollo

Businesses that helped us included: Rain and Shine Tent Company - they donated one of the two tents; Casella Waste (donated a dumpster), Brown Enterprises (donated the port-o-pot). Refreshments were provided by Melanie Allen of the Gourmet Deli.

Photo - above right - Harry Haldt, manager or the West Pawlet Branch of the Citizens Bank and Harry Chandler, member of the Board of Directors, kept track of all the purchases.

The tag sale accounted for just over $1,000 of our total for the day. Kathy and Christine Jenk recorded the bids.

We collected many great items for the auction throughout the year- especially in the spring of 2009. We are most grateful to the many people who made generous donations for the auction. We have included a few photos of some of the items.

Donation Pick-Up- Led by John Cilio, a group of volunteers picked up donated items or met people at A Safe Place on Saturday mornings on six Saturdays in June and early July. The group included, John Cilio, co-ordinator), Carl Hedman, Bill Hoyt, Marion LaTorella, Dick Malley, Carl Mohlenhoff, Russ Record, Charlie Stewart, and Barth Vander Els.

The 2008 Auction

Thanks to the hard work of many volunteers, the second annual auction was a great success. We sold $10,124.02.

Auction Committee - Led by Bill Hoyt, a small committee organized the auction. They started planning for the auction in the early fall. Bill Hoyt, Chair, Rosalie Bischof, Nancy and John Cilio, Clarke Comollo, Claire and Hal Crane, Sandi Hedman, Marion La Torella, Dick Malley, Ceil Petrucelli, and Andy Tarantino

Donation Pick-Up- Led by John Cilio, this group picked up donated items on six Saturdays in June and early July. The group included, John Cilio, co-ordinator), Carl Hedman, Bill Hoyt, Dick Malley, Carl Mohlenhoff, Russ Record, Charlie Stewart, and Barth Vander Els

Saturday Collection - Bill Hoyt organized this group that received drop off items every Saturday morning during June and early July. This group included: Nancy and John Cilio, George and Kelli Lewis, Carl Hedman, Fred Hilliard, Bill Hoyt, Carl Mohlenhoff, and Andy Tarantino

There were many other volunteers who helped out during the day of the auction. We are most grateful to everyone who pitched in to make this event a very successful one for Habitat and our community. Several students (David Cassidy, Raymond Kurjiak, and Troy Kardas) from Burr and Burton helped and did several volunteers ( Deb Trisari and Christie Smyth) from the Vermont Country Store.

Andy Tarantino - owner of A Safe Place. Andy made it possible for us to store auction items on site, he served on the Auction Committee, and worked tirelessly to insure the auction's success.

Left to right - Andy and Clarke

Other businesses helped us included: Rain and Shine Tent Company - they donated one of the two tents; Casella Waste (donated a dumpster), Brown Enterprises (donated the port-o-pot). Refreshments were provided by Melanie Allen of the Gourmet Deli.

Bill Hoyt - for his leadership from start to finish.

Our Runners - Met at 7:00 a.m. - organized auction items and then displayed the items from start to finish. They worked hard on a very hot day! This group included: Pete Webster, Bill Hoyt, Carl Mohlenhoff, Russ Record, Christine Jenks, Fred Hilliard, Deb Trisari, Christie Smyth, John Cilio, Carl Hedman, Dan Cassidy, and Troy Kardas. Not pictured were Brian Jenks, Abe Rumney, Raymond, Kurkiak, and Tyler Lewis

People in our community were extremely generous - they donated many very nice items.

Bidders - We had a great turnout - and people bid knowing they were helping us raise money to purchase building supplies for the next home.

The items that brought the highest bids were a play house that was made by Jim Glibert and his students at the Career Development Center in Bennington. This gentleman has a son an daughter who are sure to have many wonderful hours in their play house.

and a 1994 car with 41,000 miles - with the new owners who bought the car for their daughter.

Elise Anton and Sandi Hedman organized our first ever tag sale and worked most of Friday to get things ready. Many people helped on Saturday to insure its success.

Harry Haldt and Harry Chandler kept track of the bidders and received the proceeds from each sale. They did a great job.

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