Ranger Round Up, an annual winter auction event benefiting Brookwood Forest Elementary’s Ranger PTO, was held on Feb. 6. Supporters packed the Pine Tree Country Club ballroom, which had been transformed with burlap and twinkling lights into an elegant down-home shindig. Attendees bid on items from top quality jewelry to exotic trips. There was even a coop full of live chicks for those who cotton to keeping yard birds. The live auction was conducted by auctioneer Christie King, while guests enjoyed a barbecue dinner with all the fixings, including desserts donated by area bakeries.
The auction this year also featured a special Shop Local spotlight, in tandem with the successful Mountain Brook Chamber of Commerce campaign. Local businesses who donated received special recognition at the auction and will be listed on the event website, rangerroundup.org, for the remainder of this year.
The highly anticipated “Principal’s Pick” funds are designated for the cafeteria renovation project at Brookwood Forest, which is expected to be completed this summer. It will feature an open-air dining area for the students to enjoy beginning in the 2015-16 school year.
Kim Fasking, auction chair, and Andrea Newell, auction co-chair, along with a committee of Ranger PTO volunteers, worked year-round to produce a night of friends, celebration and fundraising for the school. This event is only possible because of the generosity and support of the many community families and businesses who donated items and services to benefit the children of Brookwood Forest, and their parents are very grateful.
