All the items for the silent auction are all donated from the vendors, from different departments on campus, from the community and some hotel donated some overnight stays.

All of the auction items are donated. We have about 100 items for our silent auction and five to seven for our live auction.

The whole community is pulling together to help. All the area businesses that have donated items for the auction have been really good to us. It's just wonderful all the support we're getting.

It's based on research our curators have done. These are history, and they reflect on us and our heritage.

The Kellogg Center has been a great partner for us in the past, and this is the same place where the museum has its Chocolate Party. They do an outstanding job taking care of not only the vendors but planning the event, organizing it and keeping it running, so the opportunity for wine tasting got offered here, too.

Members have made quilted items and donated them for sale.