Page 4 2025 PAINT THE PAPER PINK Lincoln Daily News Oct/Nov 2025 Before the fun begins, there is a lot of work involved in the Pink Pumpkin Auction Long before the actual event, there is a lot of planning that goes into the annual Pink Pumpkin Fundraiser Auction to Benefit the American Cancer Society. There are meetings of the planning committee that this year consisted of Karen Castelein, Annie Coers, Cindy Guyett, Jennifer Luckhart, Angela Reiners and Nila Smith. At those meetings there are a variety of topics that have to be discussed. The first meeting is always to talk about what went right at the last event, what went not so well, and what needs to be done to make it all better. Always at the forefront is trying to come up with a better way to make check out at the end of the night easier and more streamlined. Each year, the committee comes up with a new or at least modified plan for that in the hopes that they will some day get it just right. Then there are the lists of things to do in preparation for the night of the event. Arranging for tables, chairs, and volunteers. Making a list of possible businesses, organizations, and individuals that can be counted on to donate items for both the live and silent auctions and talking about food and beverages to be served are also important lists that are compiled. Then as the weeks progress, items on those lists are checked off and new items are added until the committee reaches a point where they feel they are as prepared as they can possibly be. That feeling comes about an hour before the doors open at Collision Concepts on auction night. This year, the committee was blessed with some unexpected help, such as the digital billboard on Woodlawn Road, where the ad for the auction was placed courtesy of the event auctioneer, Ty Tucker. Annie Coers, from the first National Bank of Tremont, also promoted the event on their digital sign at the Lincoln Banking Center on Woodlawn Road.
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