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MAY THE FORCE OF POETRY BE WITH YOU - For the 125 people at the Skagit River Poetry Foundation's May 4th fundraiser at Mount Vernon's Hillcrest Park, it was wine, music, food, cookies and song, and a few costumes. There was auctions, of course, both live and silent. – Photos courtesy of
"The Force" was with the Skagit River Poetry Foundation on Saturday May 4th, Star Wars Day, as 125 community members gathered to support our nonprofit at our fourth annual auction at historic Hillcrest Park Lodge in Mount Vernon. We want to thank everyone who celebrated with us and our donors who could not attend as we hosted our Star Wars-themed fundraiser – even Darth Vader made an appearance.
We are happy to announce that in only three hours the love and support of our guests raised over $36,000! Our auctioneer and emcees brought the party to life with the night's exciting live and silent a...
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