By ROGER AMSDEN, for THE LACONIA DAILY SUNLACONIA — The Greater Lakes Region Children's Auction distributed checks for $92,200 to 16 different organizations which provide services to young people Wednesday afternoon at the Belknap Mill. Auction chairperson Sandy Marshall said that the 2016 auction raised $452,706 and that the Greater Lakes Region Charitable Foundation for Children received requests for $742,083. The largest Process A checks went to Got Lunch! Laconia, $35,000, the Santa Fund of the Greater Lakes Region, $25,000 and the Salvation Army, $15,000. Largest Process B checks went to Lakes Region Child Care Services, $35,000; the Lakes Region Community Services Family Resource Center, $25,000, and the Appalachian Mountain Teen Project, which received $25,000 in Process B and $10,000 in Process C.The Greater Lakes Region Children's Auction distributed checks for $92,200 to 16 different organizations which provide services to young people in the Lakes Wednesday afternoon at the Belknap Mill.

Source: Daily Sun February 17, 2017 07:41 UTC