Fifth Annual Auction: helping to build a legacy
The Minnesota IFT Section’s 5th Annual Silent Auction, themed “Helping to Build a Legacy,” took IFT Foundation fundraising to new heights this year! The section’s largest philanthropic event of the year crushed it’s targeted goal of $4,000 by raising nearly double that, for a total of $7,281. Building on that, in honor of the silent auction, Cargill has also agreed to donate an additional $2,000 to the IFT Foundation National Scholarship fund, bringing this year’s total raised through the auction to $9,281!
As in previous years, the event was split into online and live auction bidding sessions, culminating in the live auction at the dinner meeting on February 23rd. Silent auction donations included great items such as Amazon Kindles, Minnesota Twins and Timberwolves tickets, a year’s supply of General Mills cereal, Simply Potato, and Better’n Eggs products, a home beer brewing kit, knitting and fused glass group classes, Truvia gift baskets, and several gift certificates to local restaurants and stores.
The MN IFT silent auction proceeds benefit the IFT Foundation National Scholarship fund, helping to sustain and build the future of the field of Food Science nationwide, by providing scholarship money to students pursuing degrees in this area.
The Silent Auction Committee would like to acknowledge the donors that made the auction successful, with special thanks to our major donors, Cargill and General Mills, who contributed over $2,000, each!
| Donors who contributed over $500 | |
|---|---|
| Dale Studios | Michael Foods |
| Brenda Knapp-Polzin | Organic Valley/CROPP |
| Sherri Schellhaas | Tonya Schoenfuss |
| Donors who contributed under $500 | |
|---|---|
| Caravan Ingredients | Land O' Lakes |
| Chef Eugene Stoffel | Pam Lawson |
| College of Ag, U of Minn. | McCormick |
| Con Agra Foods | Milk Specialties Global |
| Edlong Dairy Flavors | Mother Murphy’s |
| Food Perspectives, Inc. | Newly Wed Foods |
| Gary Geist | Ocean Spray |
| Griffith Laboratories | Lisa Pannell |
| Gold'n Plump | RTech Laboratories |
| Hormel Foods | Naomi Sundalius |
| International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. | Miriam Sundalius |
| Jennie-O Turkey Store | The Schwan Food Co. |
| Dan and Erica Kennedy | Starbucks |
| Kerry Ingredients & Flavours | Sun Opta |
| Katie Kolpin-Gustafson | Terri Suthers |
| Barb Kolpin | Zumbro River Brands |
Thanks to all that contributed to making this event the most successful fundraiser to date for the section!