Money raised in our 2022 sale was: $145,000
The Dates for next year's sale are April 14 & 15, 2023.
The Dates for next year's sale are April 14 & 15, 2023.
Money raised in our 2022 sale was: $145,000
Our story
Celebration for World Relief (CFWR) is a group of Mennonite. Mennonite Brethren and
Anabaptist churches on the West Coast working together to raise money and support for the relief, development and peace work of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC).
There is plenty of food, great desserts, and more. You can bid on a quilt in a live auction or, if you're shy, bid in the silent auction. There's an early morning 5k run/walk, or you can join the kids in a scavenger hunt. There's a Country Store, an Art Show, and all the Used Books you can read. What's more: a Tagua tent, music on the Green and additional activities. Then, there's always time for a reunion: family, MCC Alumni, or just friends. Happens once a year so don't miss it.
West Coast Mennonite Relief Sale Inc., is a 501(c)(3) tax-deductible charitable organization.
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The First Relief Sale
The spring of 1922 was a dark time for Mennonites in Ukraine. Events of the last several years had traced them beyond anything they could have imagined a short while earlier. Civil war and anarchy had followed the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917. Many lost their lives at the hands of roving bandits or epidemics that followed in their wake.
The Reedley auction of 1922, despite its impressive results, was a one-time event; no subsequent sales for MCC took place in the area during the following years. Probably none of the participants that day on John Warkentin's farm realized that this seemingly isolated event would become known as the first MCC Relief Sale.
Portions of this article were taken from the "Mennonite Brethren Historical Society of the West Coast BULLETIN, April 1990. Written by Kevin Enns-Rempel