2015 Landusky Fall Fundraiser raises $4,160

Landusky knows how to party on Halloween. The Landusky Foundation hosted its’ annual Fall Fundraiser that raised $4,160 dollars for the Landusky Community Center on October 31.

“It went very good,” Darlene Kolczak Treasurer of the Landusky Foundation said. “It was the most money that we’ve ever made and it gave us a little bit of a cushion in case we can’t have the fundraiser one year or in case we don’t make much money.”

The Silent Auction which featured over fifty items brought the non-profit organization $980, while the Live Auction brought in $2,700 and the Cup Auction brought in $480.

The event also had a 50-50 raffle, a free-will donation meal of Indian Tacos, bake sale and a costume contest.

Lorraine Seaford dressed as a witch at the Fundraiser and won "Judge's Choice" and the $30 prize. Connie Kolczak won "People's Choice" for her costume as an "Old Woman" and won $5.

Claudia Shimko, a Landusky Foundation member shared some of the uses for the funds raised.

“The money we’ve raised here is going towards our insurance, power, fuel and things like that,” she said. “We’ve re-roofed the community center already and everything is pretty good.”

Some of the proceeds of the various fundraisers also funds renovations to the Landusky School and volunteer Fire Department. One big purchase included a defibrillator a couple of years ago.

The Community Center is used for a plethora of things throughout the year.

“We have pot-lucks usually followed by bingo, people hold funeral services and after services people come here,” Shimko said. “We’ve had birthday parties here, anniversary parties, we’ve had computer classes here and first aid classes.”

Shimko has been to many of these functions held in Landusky and believes that it was up to par.

“I think the turnout is about the same,” Shimko said.

As for the reason that the benefit fell on Halloween, Shimko said that it wasn’t intentional.

“We used to have it on the first weekend in November but then it conflicted with the Specialty Fair so we moved it up and it happened to be on Halloween, which is not a good day this year because a lot of people do other things,” she said. “A lot of people want to be home for the kids.”

Over the year the organization has received $1,275 through business donations.

“We’re very grateful to everybody for coming out and all their nice donations for our little center out there,” Kolczak said.

Other businesses have donated through the giving of items that were auctioned that night.