A giant benefit auction on Friday and Saturday July 20 and 21 at Deep Creek Lake, MD is an event that you won’t want to miss. Quality locally made quilts and wall hangings, hand-crafted furniture, glassware from Lenox and Simon Pearce will be among the several hundred featured items of Saturday’s auction. Artwork includes Spruce Forest artisans Lais pottery, Gary Yoder carvings (5-time International Waterfowl champion) Best ironworks, and numbered P. Buckley Moss prints.

Bid for vacation opportunities: one week in summer and a weekend in ski season at Deep Creek Lake in a 3 bedroom condo, overnight in a Victorian Bed & Breakfast Inn and a family vacation time at Laurelville Church Center.

Friday evening the grounds open at 4:30 pm with a Silent Auction this year featuring “Christmas in July.” Bid on a weekend in a log cabin or a Hummel figure to name a few of the over 100 items available. A silent auction has no auctioneer. Bidding is done on paper and results will be announced at 8:30 pm. A puppet show for young and old and music will be highlighted at 7:00 pm.

A market place featuring home-baked pies, crafts, houseplants, books, baby quilts and much, much more will be open both days. Ten Thousand Villages will have crafts available from around the world.

The children will have a great time Saturday in the activities area. A special auction for children under 12 will begin at 11:00 am. Plenty of homemade foods will be available as well as pancake and sausage, barbecued chicken, homemade ice cream to name but a few.

A pre-sale feature is a bike ride that will be held on June 16 beginning at the Outlet Park, Confluence, PA at 10:00 am. Call (814) 662-2147 for more information on the bike/hike event.

Grounds will be open at 6:30 am on Saturday for breakfast and the main auction is 10 am - 4 pm.

TriState Relief Sale is one of 45 relief sales in the US and Canada held by Mennonite and Christ churches with 88 cents of every dollar contributed going toward food relief, mental illness, agriculture, and education needs in the United States and worldwide.

Garrett County Fairgrounds is located in McHenry, MD (Deep Creek Lake) on Route 219 South, 13 miles south of Interstate 68 exit 14A, 28 miles west of Cumberland, MD. For further information call: (814) 445-6945 or (724) 864-2037. E-mail: soridge@wpia.net. Admission is free.