Auxiliary News

One reason that the Fair Day Auction is so successful is that Dr. Backus works on it year-round. As soon as one Fair is over, he starts collecting items for the next. Sometimes he takes items home to clean or repair them; other times, he stashes items in area barns. Wonder what he'll do when he retires? The Grace Cottage Auxiliary wishes Dr. Backus good health & prosperity for many years to come. Thank you, Dr. B.

Dr. Robert Backus Auxilian of the Year

New Storage for Fair Day Items

Picture the logistics: a week before Hospital Fair Day in August, a truck from WW Building Supply in Newfane drives to Brookline to pick up booth frames and deliver them to the Townshend Common. Another truck goes behind the Newfane Country Store to get the refrigerators. The basketball hoops, food booth fryers, tarpaulins, and other items needed are gathered from storage places all over the Valley. After the Fair, the same motions are repeated in reverse. No more!

A week before Fair Day 2008, the hospital maintenance staff finished building a 40' X 60' shed, in the woods behind Grace Cottage's Garden of Grace. The Auxiliary had been saving money for this shed for two years. No longer do we have to beg people with big barns to loan us storage space. Everything for Fair Day is now stored in the shed.

Householders of the Valley, when you come out of winter hibernation and begin to clean your closets, attics, and basements, please think about our Fair Day Auction and White Elephant Booths. We are happy to arrive on your doorstep with a truck to pick up your goods. Please call me at (802) 365-4455 to arrange for a pickup.

Stan Holt
President

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