The Young Mothers’ Study Club is hosting the Annual Charity Auction on Friday, April 12 at the Conewango Club, 201 Market Street in Warren. Doors open at 6 p.m. with a live auction starting at 7.

Admission and appetizers are free. There will be a cash bar , silent auction, 50/50 raffle and tons of auction items.

Proceeds from the auction are provided to various local organizations each year.

“Each year we select three to five different charity beneficiaries in the area to receive the auction proceeds in addition to it funding our backpack program that not only provides school supplies to each school in our district but, as of late, has also included hygiene items like shampoo or toothpaste that their students wouldn’t have access to otherwise,” said Nicole Betts, YMSC vice president. “We also donate to the pregnancy center, now called the Women’s Care Center, where women can go and get prenatal care, parenting classes and items to get them prepared to care for a newborn.”

Photo submitted to the Times Observer The Pediatric Unit at Warren General Hospital received a sibling area thanks to funds raised by the Young Mothers’ Study Club annual auction, which is Friday evening at the Conewango Club. Pictured from left to right; Tristen Blair, YMSC past president, Melissa Turner, nurse manager and Lisa Siliano.

Previous auctions have brought in several thousand dollars to benefit the community, according to Betts. “We hope that this year will be no exception,” she said. “We have so many great live auction items, no matter what your interest or hobby is we have something for everyone.”

YMSC members voted to provide auction funds from this year’s event to the Sugar Grove Food Pantry, the Child Advocacy Center and Hospice of Warren County. “The Sugar Grove Food Pantry benefits families in our area and the need is very high,” she said. “The Child Advocacy Center gives children a safe place and advocates to turn to when there are problems in the home. Hospice not only provides fantastic care of our loved ones when they are passing but also provides care to those that are left grieving, including support groups for grieving children in our schools.”

The YMSC is a nonprofit organization established in 1931. Its mission is to unite young mothers and promote educational and charitable causes in the community.

“We are a group of 20 to 30 mothers with children in 6th grade or younger,” Betts said. “We get together each month to have fellowship and plan events like our auction, backpack donations and Women’s Care Center donations.”