A Natural Home

(oops I found this draft that I never published- it is a fun event that happens every year in the summer- thought you might like to read about it)

Every year  all the Amish and many of the companies in the area (including ours) donate product and services to be auctioned off to help pay for medical bills in the community.

Months have gone into the planning and the days before the event everyone is stressed and running around trying to get last minute things done. Alvin’s family was in charge of getting donations and organizing the set up.

It was a frenzy of activity as black hats and white bonnets swarmed the auction area putting up tents, setting up chairs and tables.  The Amish women were busy making baked goods and teas.  The kids were running thru the parking lot with the hint of excitement in the air.

On saturday, the parking lot was packed. The school yard was packed with buggies, the cemetary had horses teathered nearby, and there were local police officers directing traffic. It seemed that all the Amish in the area had come out for the auction.

Quilts, beds, clocks, toys, chairs, tools, cedar boxes are more where being auctioned off for the higest bid in hopes of bringing much needed capital to the medical coffers.  Since the Amish do not have insurance, all the money made from the auction goes to pay for hospital bills that families can not cover.

There were tons of “englishers” non Amish there hoping to get a great deal on a quilt or piece of furniture. Suddenly pieces that would normally go for $800 were going for $2600 and up. This is a good thing as the money goes to a good cause and the community needed the extra funds.