Chamber's online fundraiser is a hit

People at a virtual auction last weekend bid each other up as much or more than they do in person and the chamber benefited.

With its annual Vintners and Brewers dinner and auction canceled for Covid, the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce licensed online bidding software and held the auction anyway, with most participants buying dinner prepared by PK’s Culinary and heating it up at home.

The auction of all-donated items brought in $15,396.

“That will keep us going for a while,” said chamber President Natalie Dennis.

The chamber has not been able to hold any of its fundraiser events that also benefit the community since March when the COVID-19 caused a lockdown in the state.