Angel Auction raises more than $500,000

The Repository
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CANTON – More than 375 people attended the “Charms of Charleston” 2022 Angel Auction hosted by The Women’s Board of Aultman Hospital at the Canton Memorial Civic Center on May 14.

The more than $545,000 raised will benefit patient care and allow the Women’s Board to complete its $1.2 million pledge to fund the mobility project at Aultman Hospital, according to a news release.

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The mobility project provides the healthcare team with state-of-the-art equipment to safely and easily help patients get out of bed and get moving.

The more than $545,000 raised at the annual Angel Auction in Canton will benefit patient care and allow the Women’s Board to complete its $1.2 million pledge to fund the mobility project at Aultman Hospital.
The more than $545,000 raised at the annual Angel Auction in Canton will benefit patient care and allow the Women’s Board to complete its $1.2 million pledge to fund the mobility project at Aultman Hospital.

This was the first in-person Angel Auction since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and was chaired by Aimee Belden and Cathie Belden. One of the highlights of the event was a guest appearance by 2022 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee LeRoy Butler.

As part of its donation to the 2022 Angel Auction, the HOF brought in Butler to help auction off a golf package at the Firestone Country Club during the Pro Football Hall of Fame Kickoff Golf Classic on Sept. 12. The full package included a VIP gift bag, dinner at the Pro Football Hall of Fame and a Monday Night Football watch party at the Nash Family Event and Conference Center.

During the live auction, Butler threw in autographed jerseys, an invitation to his private party during enshrinement week and the opportunity to join him on the field when he is inducted during the enshrinement event. The package sold for $20,000.

Other popular live auction items included a trip to Whistling Straits aboard a private jet donated by Trident Restoration and the Eckinger Family, which was purchased for $21,000; an OSU game suite for 10 donated by Squire, Patton, Boggs LLP, which was purchased for $15,000; a trip to Charleston donated by Friends of the Women’s Board, Breeze Airways and Bulldog Tours Inc., which was purchased for $11,500; and the Women’s Board quilt, which was purchased for $4,500.

Following the live auction, guests were asked to “raise their paddles” and make a donation to Women’s Board initiatives. In less than five minutes, “Fund the Cause” raised $100,000.

Complementing the event-based portion of the auction, the silent auction was entirely virtually this year. Guests could bid on over 200 items in the week leading up the event. The most popular items included an Aero Garden Indoor Hydroponic Garden donated by Karen Shackelford, target practice gift certificates donated by Great American Shooting Sports, Nintendo Switch Lite donated by Ruth Nicholson and a bourbon basket donated by Aimee and Brad Belden.

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