Community members attending Brigid Collins’ 16th Annual Benefit Auction contributed more than $135,000 to the nonprofit. Highlights of the event included “Fund a Child in Therapy” raising $20,160, and a dessert dash raising $22,625 to help children in foster care return home and receive permanent residency in a safe and efficient manner.

Some of the Auction’s most generous business and individual sponsors included, A & M Masonry, PeaceHealth- St. Joseph Hospital, Superfeet, Doug Bestle and Alyson Batchelder-Bestle, the Law Office of Paula McCandlis, Dr. Bob Olson, Jonathan Rands Attorney at Law, Kiwanis Club of Bellingham, KCPK Trucking, IMCO General Construction, Alcoa Intalco Works, SPIE, Joe and Liliana Deck, Pam and Eric Sankey, Gail and Joost Knops, Northwest Eye Clinic, The Franklin Corporation, and CH2MHILL.

For more information, visit www.brigidcollins.org.