{"id":31267,"date":"2020-11-11T14:24:13","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T19:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/?p=31267"},"modified":"2021-09-01T14:23:33","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T18:23:33","slug":"donors-share-more-than-30000-in-online-auctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/2020\/11\/donors-share-more-than-30000-in-online-auctions\/","title":{"rendered":"Donors and Sponsors Share More Than $25,000 in Online Auctions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Generous donors gave a significant boost to EMS this fall by giving over $25,000 in two virtual formats: A week-long silent auction and an hour-long live event.  <\/p>\n<p>Ninety-eight households, many with multiple viewers, logged into the Nov. 6 Friday Night Live event. The hour \u201ctogether\u201d included performances by locally-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/princebellerose\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Prince Bellerose<\/a>, which includes drummer Joseph Harder \u201916, and pianist <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/faculty-staff\/?show=deb6224\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">David Berry<\/a>, EMS board member, father and professor of music at Eastern Mennonite University. Adam Yoder, EMS dad, hosted the event, bantering with participants via Zoom.<\/p>\n<p>David Berry and Prince Bellerose teamed up to prepare and perform <em>With a Little Help from My Friends<\/em> by the Beatles, Joe Cocker\u2019s version, to close the auction. <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1q9_dDYZxmZiBYDGHtnIekl5ir4S_j-54\/view?usp=sharing\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Watch it here<\/a>. Earlier in the evening, Prince Bellerose performed their original song, <em>Dark Love<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1pso60FQbO-m_wTj7dwxcLF0ZY2H4a9jk\/view?usp=sharing\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Watch the video.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Emma Myers \u201921 <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Rg-9PCfVHfdNGLF1dmKjOWTQjdz3_AoC\/view?usp=sharing\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">introduced three videos<\/a> she produced for the evening as part of her fall internship with the school\u2019s advancement team. The videos featured information on <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/13m4qK4QohzOx41VBe_QSxFAi8Eaok-9e\/view?usp=sharing\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">experiential learning<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1bLPRC_ZsAh8KDf3SQfvzyw-1RilzfWWi\/view?usp=sharing\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">arts and athletics<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1D0r_-nrZbzZU_rRKJx6rOlqSmjTJY4g_\/view?usp=sharing\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">faith and community<\/a> at EMS.<\/p>\n<p>Auction proceeds will benefit the school\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/support\/2nd-century-fund\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Fondo del siglo II<\/a> which helps to make an EMS experience more affordable for many families and provide for some of the expenses incurred during operations with special COVID-related precautions.<\/p>\n<p>Sponsorships of the following businesses and individuals made the event possible so that all gifts go straight to school support: Everence, Biolife Plasma Services, Excel Heating and Cooling, Bergey\u2019s Commercial Tire Centers, Weaver\u2019s Flooring America, Beachy Areheart CPA, Park View Federal Credit Union, Venture Builders, Inc., Brown Edwards CPA, Weaver Insurance and Financial Advisors, A.M. Yoder and Company, McEneelly and Holland Families, Marvin and Lori Maust, Steve and Amy Mumbauer, Bluestone Pediatrics, Bear Creek Enterprises. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Generous donors gave a significant boost to EMS this fall by giving over $25,000 in two virtual formats: A week-long silent auction and an hour-long live event. Ninety-eight households, many with multiple viewers, logged into the Nov. 6 Friday Night Live event. The hour \u201ctogether\u201d included performances by locally-based Prince Bellerose, which includes drummer Joseph\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":31330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[141],"class_list":["post-31267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-support"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31267"}],"curies":[{"name":"gracias","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}