Black Hawk College set a fundraising record during the 2023 Pumpkin Auction on October 25, 2023, at the Black Hawk College East Campus. The 2023 Stampede Auction of Champion Pumpkins raised $8,400 for the Kewanee Area United Way. The Kewanee Area United Way is a non-profit agency that assists 16 agencies in the Kewanee area that provide services to residents in need. The pumpkin auction this year included 13 lots of pumpkins and/or pumpkin themed items, homemade pumpkin pie, pumpkin roll, pumpkin whoopie pies and apple pies, baskets with pumpkin décor, pumpkin spice goodies and a real pumpkin with a horse, spider webs and a spider painted on it. Thanks to the Agri-Business Club Alumni for providing lunch for everyone at the auction. View more photos from the event here.
Auction items were donated by:
- Amy Snyder
- BHC Community Education Center
- BHC Equestrian Program
- BHC Livestock Judging Program
- BHC Marketing & Public Relations
- Farmgate Market, Galva
- Haley Howerton
- Jen Holldorf
The highest bid was $1,200 from the Freshman Livestock Judging Team. The team purchased a lot of one large and five small real pumpkins. Coming in with the second highest bid was the Sophomore Livestock Judging Team. Team members spent $1,050 for two plates full of edible pumpkin goodies and two pumpkin-shaped mugs.
The other winning bidders were:
- 2019 United Way Committee
- 2021-22 BHC Livestock Judging Team of the Year
- BHC Freshman Livestock Judging Team
- BHC Sophomore Livestock Judging Team
- Bloomberg Family
- Dan & Deanna Hoge
- David Harris
- Doug Parrott, Ray Jacobs, Dalton Kiselewski, Chris Adell, Kathy Malcolm and Danielle Williams
- Hoge Livestock
- Larson Farms
- Porter Cattle
- Transfer faculty & friends
- WIU Livestock Judging Team members who are BHC East Campus graduates
