- April 25, 2024
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Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center host the Edgewood Children’s Ranch 38th Country Round-Up Dinner and Auction.
Volunteers keep things moving at the guest registration table.
Marissa and Pepper O’Hara attending their first Edgewood Children’s Ranch fund raiser.
Raymond and Bibi Peeples of Ray Peeples Ministries
Event volunteers Brooke Malsberger and Jenny DeVito of the Winter Garden Junior Service League sell raffle tickets for the VIP table.
Guests browse display tables of auction items including this oil painting by artist Kent Sullivan.
Vintage collectible Boyds Bears donated by Rich and Barbara Gesell.
A vintage Jackie Kennedy Barbie Doll donated by Rich and Barbara Gesell.
Ozella Miller of the Orange County Sheriff’s Office and Anita Grant of the West Orange Chamber of Commerce.
Edgewood Children’s Ranch volunteer Debra Brady, and Kimberly Willis and Barbara Bradshaw, who both teach at the ranch.
Handcrafted wooden flags donated by Len Calandra of Flags Forever.
Guests look over a vintage carousel horse from Unique Decor.
Event emcee Jim Payne of WESH 2 News looks over the script before the dining room opens.
Ryann Walker of Orlando Health arrives with her uncle David Monast.
Paul and Ruth Hey, Kristen and Ashley Rumble, and Matt and Lindsey Tomaszewski
Jim Crenshaw was a member of the U.S. Army Cavalry during the Korean and Vietnam wars.
Guests look through an international wine collection that filled an entire table in the action item display area.
A 1963 Harley Davidson Sportster is displayed by the event stage.
Guests mingle as they wait for the dining room to open.
The first guests enter the dining room.
Jim Payne, a 10-year veteran of Edgewood Children’s Ranch fund raisers, welcomes guests.
Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center welcomed guests back to the ranch as Edgewood Children’s Ranch held it’s 38th Country Round-Up Dinner and Auction, Saturday, Sept. 18. A total of 600 guests browsed through 75 donated auction items before the dining room opened and the bidding began. The 2020 event could not be held due to Covid-19 pandemic.
The ranch is a “nonprofit Christian facility in Central Florida, providing residential, educational and counseling services for troubled children and their families,” according to its website. The gala event and auction serves as one of the ranch’s biggest fundraisers of the year.
All funds raised through ticket sales, table sponsorships and auction items benefit the ranch to help at-risk children and their families.
