By NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Jim Robb with the Kansas Mennonite Relief Sale said it was a success with cooler weather than expected for July.
"We set our expectations kind of low, maybe, because of the uncertainty about the weekend and how people were going to react," Robb said. "We had lots of people on Friday night, more people on Saturday. Bidding was brisk on all auction fronts and we ran out of food, so, that's a good weekend."
Financially, it was a success, as well.
"For the July 2 and 3 event, what I have been told is around $400,000," Robb said. "The past few years, we've been able to cross the $500,000 mark, so it's a little bit less but, when we're ready to make our donation to MCC, we'll take into account that there have been some other Kansas Mennonite Relief Sale activities leading up to this.
One example is the spring plant sale. That's something that normally would happen around the time of the April event, but obviously was done ahead of the event this year.