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PrintCOLUMBIA — The Columbia Art League is teaming up with the Central Missouri Humane Society for a silent live auction to benefit Columbia art and animals.
“PawCasso: An Evening for Art and Animals” will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Windsor Ballroom in the Holiday Inn Executive Center. Cost is $50 at the door. Bidding for the auction will begin at 7 p.m. and hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar will be available.
“We have had a wonderful response from the community,” Humane Society executive director Patty Forister said. “There is something for everyone at the auction.”
Along with Columbia artwork, auction items include a trip to Thailand with an “elephant encounter,” a trip to Texas with a yacht cruise, and a trip to Breckenridge, Colo. Items also include gift baskets and certificates.
“We are very excited,” Forister said. “We have already received $45,000 in donations for items to auction.”
The organizations collaborated in 2006 for a similar fundraising event, “L’Art et Les Animaux.” A committee of members from both organizations created the event this year and decided to pool their resources, share labor and split benefits 50-50.
“People are encouraged to come out,” Columbia Art League executive director Diana Moxon said. “It is going to be a winning combo.”
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