By Bonnie Culverhouse

Few events can take something as serious as cancer in children and turn it into a fun, fundraising event. That’s exactly what the Minden St. Jude Auction has done every year since its inception more than four decades ago.

This year’s event February 9-12 is themed “Wave Goodbye to Cancer.”

Co-Chairs Melissa Brown and Laura Hollingsworth say the things most needed to make the auction a success at this time are more sponsors.

“We’ve had a great response already, but we’ve not heard from some sponsors from previous years,” Hollingsworth said. “We mail our letters in bulk and a lot of these sponsors say they never received it. We want them to know, all they have to do is go online and click ‘be a sponsor.’”

Deadline for sponsorships is January 15.

Last year, Minden raised more than $2.4 million to fight childhood cancer. All that money goes to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Watch Webster Parish Journal for upcoming stories about the auction. Visit www.mindenstjude.com for more information and to participate in the auction. T-shirts are already on sale.