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Macoupin County Scholarship Auction

Tue, 19 Jan 2016 10:00:24 CST
Blackburn College will host the annual Macoupin County Scholarship Auction on Saturday, February 20, 2016, in the Woodson Center on the Blackburn Campus. Doors will open and the silent auction begins at 5:00pm. Dinner will be served at 6:00pm and the live auction will follow at 7:00pm.

Tickets can be reserved at www.blackburn.edu/dinner-auction or by calling 217-854-5788; individual tickets are $20 and a table of eight is $140.

Since its inception in 1991, more than 114 Macoupin County students have been awarded this scholarship for tuition. Over the course of this time, the auction has awarded more than $315,000 in scholarship funds.

Some of this year's auction items include: 4 Disney hopper passes; four-night stay, Coppermine Cabin on Beaver Lake, Rogers, Arkansas; one-week stay in a condo, Fort Myers, Florida; four St. Louis Blues tickets with parking pass, 2nd row off the ice; St. Louis Cardinals tickets; gift baskets, and more.