The Hopkinsville Rotary Auction heads into its final run tonight with roughly 125 items to sell, chairman Scott Cowan said.
Rotarians raised $31,742 on Friday, pushing the auction’s tally to $134,379 for the week so far, he said.
Friday’s proceeds included $13,221 in the main auction, with 142 items sold, and $18,521 in Hour Club donations.
Today is the last day to buy Boston butts from the grill crew that’s raising money for the auction. The butts are $40 each.
Rotarian Trent Haddock said they have about 60 butts left, and they are available Saturday morning. He expects to sell out quickly.
Buyers will find the grill crew in the Memorial Building’s side parking lot downtown. When they wrap up today, the grill crew will have sold 300 butts for the week, Haddock said.
The auction will start at 6 tonight and run until the last item is sold.
Because of the coronavirus pandemic, only Rotarians and volunteers putting on the auction are allowed inside the Memorial Building. The public can listen to the auction on WHOP, watch a livestream on the Hopkinsville Rotary Club’s website or watch on Spectrum television channel 376.
The number to call to place a bid is 270-885-7500. The number to call to make an Hour Club donation is 270-886-3034.
See our coverage of the 2020 Rotary auction:
- Hopkinsville Rotary Club postpones annual auction until Sept. 14
- Hopkinsville Rotary Auction, minus the live audience, starts Monday
- Hopkinsville Rotary Auction pulls in more than $50,000 on opening night
- Rotary Club gets a matching offer from Planters Bank to boost auction
- Halfway through Rotary Auction’s novel run, chairman makes plea for Hour Club donors
- Rotarians hit the $100,000 mark and head into final two nights of auction
- Rotary Auction pulls in a surprising total
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
