A special tradition of the Branson Auction is the charity auction, held on the Thursday evening prior to the beginning of the auction on Friday. This fall's charity auction is set for Thursday, October 18.
The beneficiary of funds from the charity auction will once again be the Taney County 100 Club.
"Thanks to the generosity of Jim and Kathy Cox, the Taney County 100 Club will again be the beneficiary at the October 2024 Branson Auction charity auction," said Cory Roebuck of the Taney County 100 Club. "We were introduced to the Branson Auction at the April 2022 auction and are proud to have partnered with them ever since."
This fall's charity auction will feature many collectible and memorial items, gift baskets, tickets to local attractions and more.
Said Roebuck, "Of note are a $1,000 gift certificate towards a Caribbean vacation, a ride-along with a Branson PD K-9 Unit, a 40 Caliber Glock 23 with a custom Cerakote and a 2008 Mercedes Benz CLS550."
The spring 2024 charity auction raised just over $14,000 for the organization, between the auction itself, gun raffle, memberships, and merchandise sales from the Taney County 100 booth, set up throughout the Branson Auction.
"While the money we raise with our gun raffle and merchandise sales will be used for things like memorial street dedications, the money from the auction and memberships is guarded and held to financially support the surviving spouse of an emergency worker killed or catastrophically injured in the line of duty."
Roebuck added, "Jim and Kathy (Cox) may never know the spouse they are financially supporting, but their generosity is encouraging to the family of our area first responders. We can't thank them enough for their continued support of those that risk their lives on a daily basis."
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