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Big Turnout At Christmas Auction For Local Scholarships: Photos

The Lincoln-Way Area Business Women's Organization annual Christmas Auction Wednesday helped raise more than $16K for local scholarships.

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The Lincoln-Way Area Business Women's Organization's annual Christmas Auction on Wednesday helped raise more than $16,000 toward providing scholarships for Lincoln-Way area high schools senior girls and adults seeking to continue their educations
The Lincoln-Way Area Business Women's Organization's annual Christmas Auction on Wednesday helped raise more than $16,000 toward providing scholarships for Lincoln-Way area high schools senior girls and adults seeking to continue their educations (TJ Kremer III/Patch)

NEW LENOX, IL — Christmas came early this year for the Lincoln-Way Area Business Women's Organization. The organization's annual Christmas Auction on Wednesday helped raise more than $16,000 toward providing scholarships for Lincoln-Way area high schools senior girls and adults seeking to continue their educations, according to LWABWO Publicity Chair Jennifer McManus.

"The LWABWO members and their guests were extra excited about this year’s event after having missed a year due to the pandemic," McManus said. "We picked up right where we left off with the enthusiasm at a live auction. You could hear chants of 'it's for the girls' as some bidding wars ensued."

Check out photos from the event below.

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Tables of items up for auction line the New Lenox VFW Wednesday for the Lincoln-Way Area Business Women's Organization's annual Christmas Auction. (TJ Kremer III/Patch)
Pictured are (left to right): Laura Regis, volunteer; Judy Niemann, auctioneer; Cheryl Colanto, co-chair of the Christmas Auction; Kathy Wilda, Christmas Auction committee member; and Stacy Miller, president of LWABWO. (TJ Kremer III/Patch)
Good times and good spirits are in abundance Wednesday at the New Lenox VFW for the annual LWABWO's Christmas Auction. (TJ Kremer III/Patch)
Attendees gather at Wednesday's annual LWABWO Christmas Auction, which helped raise more than $16,000 for local scholarships. (TJ Kremer III/Patch)

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