BELLOWS FALLS — Are you looking to support community radio and drive away with an ornate 1891 black walnut Estey organ in the process? Or maybe protect your treasured electric guitar with a travel case approved for U.S. airlines? How about an original piece of artwork, a relaxing massage, some new designer clothes (in your size), a rare signed snowboard or a loaded hot dog? Top these treasures off with a sack of organic potatoes?
Anything is possible when WOOL-FM, an FCC-licensed community radio station serving the mid-river valley, will hold its third annual silent auction fund-fest on Friday, November 19, from 5 to 8 p.m. in the common room of 33 Bridge Street, right outside WOOL's broadcast studio.
The event will be run in conjunction with the pre-holiday Third Friday Art Walk.
Just in time to plan your early holiday buying, a wide range of goods and services are already lined up, with more donations arriving every day. Offerings range from concert tickets and gourmet items to gift certificates and exquisite meals prepared by area chefs.
The sale includes many rare and collector items – painting, etchings, signed graphic novels and other books, blown glass gift items, one-of-a-kind musical memorabilia and more.
Many area individuals and businesses have donated goods and services to support the station. Funds raised will be used to purchase new equipment so that WOOL-FM can expand its broadcast range to more than 100,000 people throughout Windham, Windsor, Cheshire, and Sullivan counties. In September, the station was among very few recipients around the country awarded a full power educational broadcast license by the FCC.
Items will be posted on the radio station's website, www.wool.fm as they are donated, and the offering list will be updated on a regular basis. WOOL volunteers will continue to acquire goods and services for this auction right up to the day of the sale.
If you support community radio and have something you wish to donate to the silent auction, please contact Bob Ross at 802-376-7166, Dorothy Read at 802-463-9333, or e-mail the station at [email protected].