Committee Contacts

Arrangements Committee

The Arrangements Committee is responsible for auction site preparations prior to the auction and clean up afterwards.

Arts & Crafts Committee

The Arts & Crafts Committee is responsible for securing, displaying and selling various arts & crafts at the auction event.

Auctioneer Committee

The Auctioneer Committee is responsible for securing volunteer auctioneers to sell items at the various auctions.

Baked Goods Committee

The Baked Goods Committee is responsible for the receipt, care and sale of baked goods at the auction.

Children’s Auction Committee

The Children’s Auction Committee receives and sells items at the children’s auction.  They are also responsible for setting up a child friendly store where children can purchase new and used toys and children’s items.   They also host a babysitting service during the auction event, staffed by CDS personnel.

Coin Auction Committee

The Coin Auction Committee is responsible for soliciting, receiving, purchasing, caring and selling of coins during the auction.

Farmers Market Committee

The Farmers Market Committee is responsible for receipt, care and sale of farmers market items such as produce, fruits and canned goods.

Food Committee

The Food Committee is responsible for the preparation and sale of food items offered at the auction and at various other times.

Heifer Committee

The Heifer Committee is responsible to arrange for the receipt, care and sale of heifers and other livestock.

Information Committee

The Information Committee assists guest with questions and direction during the auction event.

Information Technology Committee

The IT Committee supports the organizations digital presence on the web, on social media outlets, and on site during the auction event.  IT is responsible to make the auction accessible to all supporters including volunteers, donors, staff, and promoters.

Inter-church Communications Committee

The Inter-church Communications Committee is responsible for providing auction information to all Atlantic Northeast and Southern PA District churches.

Main Auction Committee

Pole Barn Committee

The Pole Barn Committee is responsible for receipt, care, and sale of used action items.

Publication Committee

The Publication Committee is responsible for advertisement solicitation, editorial content, editing, publishing, and distribution of the annual pre-auction publication.

Quilt Committee

The Quilt Committee is responsible for the receipt, care, and sale of quilts at the auction.

Quilt Committee Member Needed! If you love beautiful quilts, and have a heart for helping the BDRA, please consider becoming our fourth committee member! We especially need your help on Saturday, the day of the quilt auction, and would appreciate any help preparing the quilts on Thursday and Friday. We don’t meet in person during the year, and if we need to communicate, we do so via text or email. If the Lord is nudging you to consider this, please call Deb Bendit (717-808-8453) for more information. Other Quilt Committee members include Joanne Hess and Carol Ludwig.

Registration Committee

The Registration Committee is responsible for maintaining a system for issuing bidder numbers and receiving payments from successful bidders.

Share-A-Meal Committee

The Share-A-Meal Committee is responsible for solicitation of hosts and organizing the Share-A-Meal program.

Silent Auction Committee

The Silent Auction Committee is responsible for solicitation and collection of items to be sold in the Silent Auction.

Theme Baskets Committee

The Theme Basket Auction Committee is responsible for obtaining theme baskets registrations, and prepare baskets for auction.