Annual Medical Guild Rummage; another year of a successful fundraiser

The Big Sandy Medical Guild held its annual rummage sale last week, raising money to benefit the Medical Center and the surrounding community. The event itself was a rousing success, attracting a larger than normal quantity of donations of rummage for the sale and more traffic than in a typical year.

I spoke with Lisa Sipler, the president of the Big Sandy Medical Guild, about the sale. She reported that as of Sunday evening they had raised $13,000 between the rummage sale, pie counter sales, the raffle, and direct donations. She commented that "Last year we did a little over $11,000 from the...