Felling Trailers hosts its eighth Trailer for a Cause auction of an FT-3 Utility trailer to benefit a nonprofit organization. The goal is to bring awareness to nonprofits by donating 100% of the winning bid to a different nonprofit each year. The previous Trailer for a Cause auctions have raised over $21,000 for nonprofit organizations such as: Bright Pink (Breast Cancer); ACT on ALZ (Alzheimer’s); SOMN (Special Olympics Minnesota); and Children’s Cancer Research Fund to name a few.
THE ORGANIZATION
Felling Trailers, Inc., selected the Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF) as the 2020 Trailer for a Cause auction beneficiary.
“For the third year, we put the decision of selecting the benefiting organization in the hands of our team members in the form of a vote,” says Brenda Jennissen, president and CEO of Felling Trailers. “A list of organizations and corresponding information was given to team members to select from. Once the votes were tallied, the Lymphoma Research Foundation received the most votes in their favor.
“One of our team members was recently diagnosed with Burkitt’s Lymphoma and is going through treatment at this time,” Brenda continues. “Several team members came together to show support for him, starting their workday by spraying their hair green and then shaving it all off later that afternoon! We arranged for four local stylists to come in and do the honors of shaving nearly 50 team members’ hair off. If that wasn’t enough, donations of their vacation hours and monetary gifts were donated to him and his family. These gifts will hopefully help them through the journey ahead. We’re not just co-workers. We are family. We’ve seen firsthand how their lives are being impacted, and we want to make a difference for others affected by this disease too.”
TRAILER FOR A CAUSE AUCTION
Felling plans for a fall 2020 auction for Trailer for a Cause. Leading up to the auction, Felling Trailers will work with LRF to generate awareness about lymphoma. Nearly 1 million people in the US live with or are in remission from lymphoma—the most common blood cancer. Doctors diagnose more than 100,000 people in the United States each year. With a mission to eradicate lymphoma and serve those touched by this disease, the LRF is a leader in funding innovative lymphoma research and providing the most up-to-date information through evidence-based patient and professional education programs.
Additionally, the 2020 Trailer for a Cause will feature the signature green for Burkitt’s Lymphoma. It will also display the Lymphoma Research Foundation emblem.
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