HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Pleasantview community is coming together to help one of their own. Shirley Ropp was in the hospital for 12 weeks with COVID-19 and pneumonia, and there will be a dinner and benefit auction Friday to help with her medical bills.
"All the area churches are involved," said auctioneer Paul Nisly. "We invited all the area churches in that Pleasantview community to help us with this fundraiser. It's been very exciting to see everybody just get on board and be a part of it. We're not drawing attention to any particular church, because there's a lot of different people involved."
A chipotle food bar starts at 5 p.m. Friday at the Pleasantview Activity Center, with an auction at 6:30 p.m.
"We'll have new chainsaws, a pole saw, a lot of new tools, handmade items, craft items," Nisly said. "A lot of gift certificates and of course, there will be a lot of baked goods, there's some quilts, I think, some comforters. There's some things for both sides of the household."
Items continue to be added to the list daily on the Nisly Auction site.
"It's time that we do something locally for somebody right here in the community," Nisly said. "We've stepped up to it and I've asked a number of people to get involved and they've really responded well, it's been good, good response."
The Pleasantview Activity Center is at 5015 S Dean Rd, ¼ mile south of Stutzman Greenhouse.