As many may have heard, members of the Student Academy of Audiology had a silent auction Saturday to raise money for their organization and outreach program.
The auction was purposefully held on A-Day because many people would be in town.
"We've tried a lot of different types of fundraisers before," said Laura Bradley, fundraiser chair of SAA and doctoral student in audiology.
Bradley said she came up with the idea for the auction because her sister's ballet group had used it as a fundraiser, and it was a play on the word "silent."
Almost $6,000 of merchandise was donated.
SAA raised $2,214 during the auction.
A weeklong vacation at a beach house at St. George Island, Fla., sold for $1,200. A football signed by Gene Chizik sold for $100 and an Auburn quilt went for $75.
"It was just my goal to top whatever we've done before," Bradley said.
In that sense, the auction was successful.
"This in particular is for our student research in Guatemala," said Kristen Shockey, graduate student in audiology.
The trip to Guatamala is part of SAA's outreach program.
"We're going to Guatamala May 1st through the 8th," said Sarah Beam, graduate student in audiology. "And we are going to go into four schools. We're going to re-screen the kids who failed on the first visit, and then we're going to screen kids who haven't been screened yet. In those screenings, if the children fail we're going to give them a full hearing evaluation, and then if they need hearing aids, we're going to give them hearing aids."
Beam said 40 hearing aids were donated by ReSound for SAA to distribute.
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