Community fund sale returns for 51st year - Vail Daily News
If You Go. What: Annual Eagle Valley Community Fund Auction & Rummage Sale. When: The sale starts Saturday, 6:45 a. m. -5 p. m. Other sale days are August 16. And August 22-23, 8 a. m. -5 p. m. What’s there: What isn’t. After passing through downtown Minturn, travel three miles through residential areas. Look for a wooden sign on the right hand side that reads EVCH Sale, Maloit Park. MINTURN — Imagine Carl Sagan repeating “billions and billions” as he strolls around the Eagle Valley Community Fund Auction & Rummage Sale. People start lining up at 6 a. m. Saturday’s stampede starts at 6:45 a. m. It’s still one of the social events of the season. The last ones out the door were among the first ones in. Vi and Byron Brown have been riding herd on the event since about 1968. This year’s 51st annual event is their last. “I’m going to ride off into the sunset with my dude and see what the rest of the world’s doing,” Vi said. It’ll go for at least one more year, and Vi said she hopes someone will keep it going after that. In 51 years they’ve raised more than $6 million, Vi said, and have given it all away. “We hope someone can take it over and make some money with it. Some of those local nonprofits can’t do their own fundraisers,” Vi said. Source: www.vaildaily.com
