Michael and Katharina Rainis, right, explain the Beat the Bid fundraiser to Lance and Ashley Seitz at the Moses Lake Christian Academy dinner and auction Saturday. Purchasers paid $100 for a mug and entry in a raffle. The winner could choose between half a year’s tuition or a staycation at the MarDon Golf Course.
November 7, 2022
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MLCA auction supports Christian education
MOSES LAKE — The event center at Moses Lake Christian Academy was packed to the gills with 200 attendees plus volunteers Saturday night, as the school held its annual fundraiser banquet and auction. “We actually sold exactly 200 seats, said Janeil Koethke, the auction committee chairman. “That's as many as we can fit in, so we had to cut it off. We had some volunteers who didn't have a seat.” The auction raised a little less than $130,000, Koethke said, a dramatic increase over last year’s auction, which she estimated brought in around $80,000.