Cherokee County NC Blog

More than 200 one-of-a-kind handcrafted items have been donated by instructors, students, and Folk School supporters, and will be up for bid this Saturday, August 16 at the annual Benefit Auction.

Donations include something from almost every discipline taught at the Folk School, including pottery, ironwork, basketry, wood items, dolls, paintings, weavings, rugs, jewelry, furniture and more. All Auction proceeds will benefit the Folk School’s craft programs.

Auction Events (free admission, no reservations required):
1 - 2 p.m. - Silent Auction
1 - 2 p.m. - Live Auction Preview
2 - 5 p.m. - Live Auction with Tim Ryan & Bob Grove

A lunch buffet will be served at noon in the Folk School’s Dining Hall. Reservations are required for lunch and space is limited. Cost for the lunch is $12.00 per person.

For more information, see the Folk School Benefit Auction page on the John C Campbell Folk School website.

Amber Ledford will be the guest chef at the Longhouse Restaurant’s Guest Chef Night fundraiser on Thursday, January 31, 2008.

The money raised will benefit the Murphy Middle School Beta Club with $2 per plate going to the club.

There also will be a silent auction table.

Friends of The Murphy Public Library will hold its annual auction on Saturday, June 9, 2007, at Bob Grove Auctions on US 64 East just past the river in Clay County, NC.

Silent auction starts at 5:00 pm.

Bob Grove lifts his gavel for the live auction at 7:00 pm.

Fine local crafts include Joe Miller ironwork, Charles Patricolo dolls, Dawn Gabrielli basket, Pete-Mar cottage cupboard, and Jane Hensley gift baskets, among many others.

There will be free refreshments.

More donations are needed.

For more information, call the library at 828-837-2417.

See more information about the Murphy Public Library on their website.

(Unaka Community)

A benefit for Luther Kidd will start at 4:00 pm on Saturday, January 7, 2006, at the Unaka Community Center.

There will be singing, an auction, a cake walk, and a drawing for a charbroil grill.

All proceeds will go to Luther Kidd.