Two nights are left in the 71st WHOP Rotary Radio Auction and plans have already been announced this week for new ways the club will make a difference in local young people’s lives.
Middle and high schools presented their fundraising totals last night, with the middle schools giving $2,014 and high schools contributing $6,175 to the auction. The school system’s central office had their own fundraising campaign and gave $1,350.
As a whole, Christian County’s public and private schools gave $29,400 to Rotary.
Auction Chair Cody Noffsinger says the newly formed Hopkinsville Rotary Foundation is committing $75,000 over five years to establish inter-act clubs in local middle schools.
He says Rotary wanted to be sure the clubs are financially supported well enough to thrive.
109 items sold during the auction last night for $18,166, the diner and sweet shop had its busiest day so far this week and hour and goal club donations totaled $21,615.
The auction goes from 6 until 10 tonight and from 6 until all items are sold tomorrow night. It airs on Lite Rock 98.7, online at lite987whop.com and can be viewed on Spectrum Cable Channel 376 or on the Hopkinsville Rotary Club website.