Bike auction tops $6,000
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This article was published 30/07/2019 (2493 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The Kiwanis Club of Brandon’s summer bike auction beat organizers’ expectations, with Brandonites snapping up more than 100 bikes.
That translates to more than $6,000 for the organization, according to Kiwanis Club of Brandon president Peter Lonstrup. He said approximately 60 bidding cards were given out at Saturday’s auction.
While the summer auction is always smaller than the spring auction, the crowd was good for being in the dead of summer, he said.
“It’s a different dynamic altogether, the spring bike auction brought in a huge crowd,” Lonstrup said. “We’re still pleased, but it’s the spring auction that brings people out. It was very well attended.”
The spring auction this year grossed $14,000 for the club with around 120 bikes being sold.
The money will go toward the Kiwanis Club’s different initiatives, including funding babysitting courses, four $500 Brandon University scholarships and donations to youth activity centres in town.
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