The Tyrone Area Community Organization has scheduled its annual radio auction at 10:45 a.m. on Feb. 8 on WTRN 1340 AM.
\nSince 1991, the radio auction has been TACO\u2019s largest fundraiser for the year.
\n\u201cLast year we raised $5,000, which was our biggest fundraiser ever, our biggest auction ever,\u201d said Ruth Brower, president of TACO.
\nThe money the organization raises goes right back into the Tyrone community. The events and awards that TACO sponsors over the year include: the Easter egg hunt, the fishing rodeo, the Tyrone Halloween Parade, a Distinguished Service award and Boss of the Year award.
\n\u201cEverything that we raise goes right back into the events that we do,\u201d added vice president of TACO Dave Kaup.
\nTACO also sponsors a pee wee baseball team and a youth football competition, as well as awards a scholarship for a senior girl and boy graduating from Tyrone.
\nThe organization started preparing for the radio auction back in December 2002. Members sent letters to more than 290 local businesses in search of donations. More than ninety percent of the businesses are expected to respond.
\nDonations for the auction are still being accepted. They can be in the form of merchandise, a gift certificate, or a monetary donation. For more information, contact Ruth Brower at 684-3386 or Dave Kaup at 684-1592. Gift certificates can be sent directly to the TACO mailbox at P.O. Box 128, Tyrone, PA 16686.
\n\u201cWe have a family membership at the YMCA, a portrait package from Moments photography, Home Interiors items, restaurant gift certificates, oil changes from different garages, state inspections, cases of oil, a Kevin Harvick collectible (die-cast car), passes to Delgrosso\u2019s Park and Lakemont Park, all different items from local businesses like Sheetz or Logan Beverage,\u201d added Brower.
\nThe auction items are on display in attorney Ned Newlin\u2019s window on Pennsylvania Avenue. To find the TACO web site, go to www.wtrn.net. Pictures of auction items can also be seen on-line on the web site.
\nCary Simpson, owner of WTRN, has been an asset to the radio auction over the years.
\n\u201cHe donates all the air time and the web site that we use for people to be able to see what we auction off,\u201d said Kaup.
\nThe actual event is a very busy day for the TACO participants. They set up in the new Daily Herald offices downtown at around 8 a.m. Members need to keep track of all the business donations on cards. A black board is used to write down the name of the business, item, retail price, and bid. This system is used to keep track of what is being bid on and when. At around 10:30 or 10:45 a.m. the auction begins on the radio, and members of TACO are busy answering the phones as listeners call in to bid. Meanwhile, there is someone broadcasting over the radio everything that is happening. Last year the broadcast lasted close to midnight until all the items were sold.
\nIt is a fun way for listeners to bid on a nice item from a local business and to help support TACO.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re hoping to get more participation from the community this year,\u201d added Kaup.
\nIt is also a promotional tool for businesses if they send information to read over the radio airwaves along with an item to TACO. In exchange for donations, TACO can read the location, business hours, and the service or products offered by the local business.
\n\u201cWithout the businesses we couldn\u2019t do it, and without the people calling into bid on them, we couldn\u2019t do it,\u201d explained Brower.
\nIf anyone in the Tyrone area is interested in becoming a member of TACO, the group is always looking for new volunteers. Currently, the organization has approximately 25 members.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re always looking for new members. We meet at Epworth Manor the second Thursday of every month,\u201d added Brower.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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