CUSTER COUNTY – The Custer County Foundation held its 19th Annual Gala & Auction on Saturday, December 9, at the One Box Convention Center in Broken Bow. The evening was deemed a success by the Custer County Foundation. Preliminary numbers show over $170,000 was raised.
As guests arrived, they had the opportunity to purchase cards for $10
Courtesy of CCF/ Card Game Winners Stacie Tagel Kursten Walker Becky Webereach. After all the cards were sold, one card was drawn and four lucky winners won cash prizes donated by Muddy Creek Ag ($250), Arrow Aviation, Inc., Casey Melissa Williams ($500), Custer Electric and Irrigation, and Edward Jones, Gateway Motors/Sandhills
Motors, and Palmer Monument ($1,000).
Other highlights of the evening included the ever-popular “Heads or Tails” game. For $10/bead necklace, guests had the opportunity to win $500 cash by simply choosing either “heads” or “tails” at the toss of a coin.
Breanna Kaup beat out the competition and was the lucky winner of the $500. Breanna generously donated her winnings back to the Foundation.
The evening would not have been complete without the drawing for the choice of a Polaris
Ranger Side by Side OR an $8,000 travel voucher with $1,000 cash sponsored by Ag-Land ATV and Custer County Foundation Ag Boosters. And the winner was Jessica Bollig, who chose the Polaris.
There always seems to be a fun element during the evening and this year was no different! Dave Birnie once again, challenged Lindsay to an arm wrestling match with a friendly wager.
One aspect of the Gala that makes this event unique
is that every community in Custer County was represented, by auction items donated and guests attending. It’s a true reflection that the Custer County Foundation is a county-wide organization.
Proceeds from the evening will be incorporated into the funds of the Foundation and returned to Custer County in the form of grants for charitable organizations and scholarships for non-traditional students.
The Custer County Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit, tax-exempt organization that was created in 1991 to promote charitable giving for the good of the communities of Custer County. The steady growth of the Foundation is driven by donors’ generosity, and ideas and beliefs that the Custer County Foundation can make a difference in the lives of the people who live and work in Custer County. The Foundation exists because of people
who have the desire to give back to the community where they lived, prospered, worked, and played.
