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59th Annual QVSA takes in over $163,000; more cash donations to count

Published 1:30 am Thursday, March 23, 2023

On Sunday, Gina Chaney and Forks Mayor Tim Fletcher look over items awaiting their time to be up for bid. Photo Christi Baron
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On Sunday, Gina Chaney and Forks Mayor Tim Fletcher look over items awaiting their time to be up for bid. Photo Christi Baron

On Sunday, Gina Chaney and Forks Mayor Tim Fletcher look over items awaiting their time to be up for bid. Photo Christi Baron
Auctioneer Josh Goakey moves the bidding along on Sunday afternoon at the FHS Commons. Photo Christi Baron
Spartan senior moms Shellie Lohneis and Shannon Damron keep the goodies stocked at the senior parent’s concessions during the auction. Photo Christi Baron
Hungry bidders didn’t have to go far to get something good to eat during the QVSA. Senior parents offered concessions both days with proceeds going to benefit Senior Safe Night at graduation. Photo Christi Baron
Giancarlo Buonpane was keeping his strength up to bid more with a delicious plate of food from the senior parent concessions stand. Photo Christi Baron
Kadie Wood holds up a whiskey barrel clock while Klayton Helvey comments on the item up for bid. Photo by Lonnie Archibald
With the help of Andy Krume, two-year-old Jeremiah Krume makes his bid at the scholarship auction Saturday. Photo by Lonnie Archibald
David Hurn makes an announcement during the Scholarship Auction Saturday. Photo by Lonnie Archibald
Senior Klayton Helvey displays a $50 gift certificate for Ginger’s Closet. Photo by Lonnie Archibald
Forks seniors enter bids on an overhead projector during Saturday’s Scholarship Auction at Forks High School. Photo by Lonnie Archibald
Forks senior Zoie Davis demonstrates a dog house up for bid Sunday during the Quillayute Valley Scholarship Auction. Photo by Lonnie Archibald
Riley Smith walks an item around the room at the Forks High School Commons so that potential bidders could get a better look. Photo Christi Baron

The Quillayute Valley Scholarship Auction was back to its normal two-day event this past weekend with hundreds of donated items up for bid. A large crowd filled the FHS commons to bid in person and the local radio station KBDB 96.7 donated live coverage so people could listen elsewhere and make bids over the phone.

Late Sunday night David Hurn, QVSA coordinator, said in a Facebook post, “How about just over $140,000 in our two days of live auction? This number will only go up once we add in our cash donations. Thank you to this community for what you do year in and year out for these kids. I don’t think anywhere else can compete!”

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