WLKI 2024 Pie Auction Raises $60,809.03
By: Mike Stiles -
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
(left to right) French Cream Pie from Vestil Manufacturing; the Trine Un. Pie Package and the Andy St. John Pie and Brownies (photos courtesy of WLKI/Swick Broadcasting)
(ANGOLA) – It was another successful WLKI Pie Auction in 2024.
The annual eight hour event that ran from 6 AM until 2 PM Wednesday, auctioned off 113 homemade pies that were donated by Steuben County community organizations.
Just after 2 PM, WLKI’s Andy St. John and Mike Wood of the Angola Police Department announced the grand total. ...... {LISTEN}.
That includes the just over $10,000 that was collected during a drive up donation at the Country Fair Shopping Center, where First Responders accepted donations. Anyone who made a contribution received a pie.
Wood explains how the money will be used. ...... {LISTEN}.
The highest bid was $4,000 for the French Cream Pie donated by Vestil Manufacturing. The Trine University and Bon Appetit package of a triple berry pie and a Dutch apple pie with additional Trine University items went for $3,000.
A brown sugar pie and homemade brownies from WLKI’s Andy St. John was auctioned off for $1,175.
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