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Carter Center fundraiser to auction off big ticket items

Carter Center fundraiser to auction off big ticket items | iNFOnews.ca
FILE - In this June 9, 2019 file photo, former President Jimmy Carter smiles as he returns to Maranatha Baptist Church to teach Sunday School, less than a month after falling and breaking his hip, in Plains Ga. A guitar signed by the Rolling Stones, vacations to Hawaii, France and Martha’s Vineyard and signed photographs of five U.S. presidents are among the items Carter will be auctioning off at his foundation’s annual charity benefit. The Carter Center’s auction will take place Saturday, June 29, as part of a five-day retreat at a Virginia resort for the Center’s supporters. Proceeds will go toward efforts to advance global peace and health care. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

LEESBURG, Va. – A guitar signed by the Rolling Stones, vacations to Hawaii, France and Martha’s Vineyard and signed photographs of five U.S. presidents are among the items former President Jimmy Carter will be auctioning off at his foundation’s annual charity benefit.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports The Carter Center’s auction will take place Saturday as part of a five-day retreat at a Virginia resort for the centre’s supporters. Proceeds from the wide-ranging offerings will go toward efforts to advance global peace and health care.

The newspaper reports that last year, the event pulled in $3.5 million from bidders. The highest bid went to “Rachel and Cotton,” an original 2016 oil painting made by President Carter.

Carter grew up in Plains, Georgia.

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