PHOTOS: We Care tree auction

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Nov 10, 2019

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Northwestern Elementary second graders and teachers cheer as they win their tree for $1,030.50 during the We Care tree auction on Sunday. Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune

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Herman McCombs, left, is cheered by the crowd after receiving a plaque thanking him for his time dedicated to We Care as an auctioneer during the tree auction on Sunday.

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Spotter Chris Ramberger, right, hugs Dan DeLong, Tri Central School Board member, who was part of the bidding war for the Anne Marie Budenz-Bailey Tree of Hope, made by the Tri Central Middle School Student Council for the We Care tree auction on Sunday. The tree was in memory of Budenz-Bailey, assistant principal for Tri-Central Middle/High School, who passed away from cancer in 2014. DeLong didn’t end up winning the tree, but was part of causing the tree to go for $3,800.

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Lindsay Shedron bids on the Elwood Haynes Preschool tree alongside Suzanne Milligan while Avery Bridge, 7, and Hadley Shedron, 9, watch during the We Care tree auction on Sunday, November 10, 2019. Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune