A Rural Action Benefit. Discover. Your Next Adventure... Adventure Auction. Saturday, April

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1 A Rural Actio Beefit Discover Your Next Adveture... Rural Actio Adveture Auctio Saturday, April 28 th

2 We would like to express our appreciatio for the people who made this evet possible: Adveture Auctio Plaig Committee: Breda Nelso Paulie Phillips Carol Davey-Sayre Bria Vadaki Kathy Ortt Jeifer Garriso Kathy Dower Dave Simo Cita Strauss Debbie Robertso Chad Bortle Daw Hewitt Kerry Sherida-Boyd Wada Sherida Rick Hidma Sarah Miller Debbie Phillips Susi Acord Evet Voluteers Rural Actio Board of Directors: Rady Leite Mark Sider Mitch Farley Chad Bortle Michael Mark Dave Simo Richard Wetzel Rick Hidma Jae Woodrow T. Chris Wilso Sally Lider Kay Tousley Shao Stewart Eric Smith Tiffay Harvey Sam Rommel Welcome to the Adveture Auctio! Thak you for attedig the Rural Actio Adveture Auctio. We hope you ejoy the evet. Please take a miute to look over the list of the idividuals ad busiesses that support Rural Actio. Patroize the busiesses that support us - collectively we are buildig thrivig commuities ad healthy eviromets across Appalachia Ohio. This eveig has ample opportuities for you to support Rural Actio. Bid geerously, have fu ad ejoy the music ad food. Ejoy! Special Thaks: Shamrock Auctio Services, Auctioeer The Blues Cowboys, Music The Valley Gem Host ad Caterig Chris Riddle, Emcee

3 Eveig Program 5:45 p.m. 6:15 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:45 p.m. 9:00 p.m. Doors Ope & Registratio Silet Auctio Opes Boat Departs / Food + Driks Silet Auctio Closes Live Auctio ad Wrap- Up The Blues Cowboys ad Dacig 10:00 p.m.. We Bid you Adieu!... Ejoy Your Eveig ad Thak You for Supportig Rural Actio.

4 Live Auctio at 7:45 p.m Check Out These Featured Packages! 7 1 Item No. y a t S d e k e We o I r e F at the Red a l u s i e P d a e h e l b r a M Item No. 4 Hosted Oe-Week Stay i Belligham, Washigto (Do t Forget to Check Out Our Silet Auctio Items Too!)

5 Live Auctio Items Live Auctio Items (cot.) 1. Caoe Expeditio ad Two Nights at Touch the Earth Advetures Retreat You will fid exceptioal peace from the seat of your kayak paddlig o Dow Lake located i Strouds Ru State Park. You will receive a guided trip for up to 4 hours arraged for your group by Touch the Earth Advetures. Kayaks ad equipmet provided. Choose a Surise, Morig, Suset, or Moolight paddle. Plus, you ll receive a two ight stay at Touch the Earth Retreat. Ejoy the quiet ad solitude just 3 miles from Athes. Retreat to ature i this private sactuary, immersed i atural light by 28 feet of glass ad ope screes ad set alog a getle hillside overlookig a valley, rollig fields ad woodlads. The retreat offers two bedrooms. Oe has a quee bed, the other has a sigle bed ad a full bed together. The deck offers the perfect spot to watch the surise while you ejoy your morig coffee ad stargazig i the eveig. Good for up to 5 people. Doated by Touch the Earth Advetures ad Joh Kotowski 2. Hosted 3-Night Stay at a Roudhouse i Caaa Valley, WV Stay 3 ights i a uique Deltec Roudhouse with the Caaa Valley Wildlife Refuge as your frot yard. Ejoy your ow floor that icludes commo loft area ad master bedroom ad guest bedroom with quee size beds, e suite bathrooms ad views, views, views! Master bedroom has its ow gas fireplace, Jacuzzi tub ad moutai view. The guest bedroom offers a woodlad ad stream view Both bedrooms have their ow slidig door to private deck. This Fall Leaf Peeper Package will iclude a day trip ad guided hike to Dolly Sods Wilderess Area kow for its uparalleled beauty. Kow for its flag spruce ad spectacular autum colors as the ciamo fer ad bracke chage colors. Hike to bogs to view sudews, cottograss ad pick your ow wild craberries, visit Bear Rocks ad see how may moutai rages you ca see while stadig o the cusp of the Alleghey Frot. Luch icluded. Good for up to four people. Date Choices September 2018-October September is the weeked of the Official Leaf Peeper Festival i Caaa Valley with umerous activities i earby Davis ad Thomas. Not available Columbus Day Weeked. This high moutai valley is home to the 6,740 acre Caaa Valley Wildlife Refuge. Home to earby Caaa Valley State Park, Blackwater Falls State Park ad Timberlie Ski Resort. Explore the historic tows of Davis ad Thomas withi a 10 miute drive which offer oe of a kid art galleries, restaurats ad live music. Icludes breakfast provided by your host! Doated by Kathy Ortt 3. Your Choice of Cocert at Keybak Pavilio ad Hotel Stay A ight stay at Fairfield I ad two suites i Wierto, WV. Receive 4 VIP tickets for a cocert, additioal tickets ca be purchased. The VIP experiece icludes a parkig pass, access to VIP louge, ad etry to evet Jimmy Buffet Exceptio: Hotel oly has oe suite available with two quee beds. Scheduled i advace, good for the 2018 cocert seaso. Doated by Chad Bortle, SJB Maagemet 4. Hosted Oe-Week Stay i Belligham, Washigto Bed ad breakfast for oe week i Belligham, Washigto, oe of the most progressive ad livable commuities i the U.S., ad gateway to the great outdoors, icludig glacier capped moutais, old growth forests, islad getaways, whales, ad more. While you re here, you ll have easy access to skiig Mt. Baker; kayakig/ sailig aroud the islads, or hikig/sowshoeig i the Cascade Moutais. Ad it s just a ferry ride to both the Sa Jua Islads ad Victoria, British Columbia. You ca also iclude a visit to the breath-takig North Cascades Natioal Park. Belligham is a outdoor mecca ay time of year. Your hosts, former Atheias Christie Gibbs & Duae Jager, will poit you to all the great features of Belligham, icludig dozes of micro-breweries, eateries, galleries, parks, ad waterfrot suset spots. Your B&B is walkig distace to both dowtow ad the waterfrot. After your daily excursios, you ca rest comfortably idoors, hag out i the garde patio, or relax i the hot tub. Hosts will provide daily breakfasts. Guests ca brig their ow alcohol ad/ or food ad will have access to the kitche ad diig area. If you re a urba type, Belligham is oly a hour ad a half by car to both Seattle ad Vacouver, Caada. This package is good for two people. Private bedroom has oe double bed. Not wheelchair accessible. Four steps to access the home. Also, some steep stairs to the icely furished ad carpeted basemet bedroom with its ow bathroom. The B&B is also home to a 14-yr.old Labrador, who mostly sleeps all day. Geerally most ay dates are available, but call to arrage ad cofirm. Early reservatios are ecouraged to assure ope dates. Use July 15, July Doated by Duae Jager ad Christie Gibbs

6 Live Auctio Items (cot.) 5. Exclusive Guided Hike at Crae Hollow Preserve i the Hockig Hills Ejoy this guided hike led by a experieced aturalist ad evirometal educator while you explore this acre spectacular private preserve i the heart of the Hockig Hills. Explore dry ridge tops, massive rock outcrops, waterfalls, ad a stream valley shaded by majestic hemlocks Hikers should expect to hike moderately difficult terrai, icludig steep hills with ueve groud, ad may also eed to cross shallow streams, but we will work with the group to make the experiece ejoyable for everyoe. Participats should be i good physical coditio ad appropriate footwear. Up to 8 guests will experiece a private guided tour through Crae Hollow Preserve i a area closed to the public. Dates are flexible for a mutually agreed upo date. Childre are allowed to participate with a siged waiver. Doated by Crae Hollow Preserve 6. Athes Brewed o the Bikepath 3-Course Tastig ad Dier by Pedicab Your Adveture starts at Eclipse Compay Store where you will ejoy two beers ad share a appetizer of your choosig. Next, veture to Devil s Kettle Brewery ad the Kitche by Pork ad Pickles where you will be treated to two small plates paired with a beer, ad a dessert also paired with a beer. But how will you get there? Oly the best way possible, by pedicab! Bikes Brig It, a bike sidecar taxi service, has bee deliverig the adveturous ad iebriated safely home sice Walkig is for mortals. Taxis are borig With Bikes Brig It, your rickshaw chariot ride alog the HockHockig Adea Bikeway will be somethig you ll talk about for the rest of your life. Athes Bikema plays both taxi driver psychologist ad bicycle super hero. His huma powered pedicab rides should be o every Athe s Ohio bucket list, a adveture of comic book hero proportios. Whe Bike Ma is t pedalig his pedicab, you ca usually fid him i his bike garage, buildig his ext bicycle visio. He builds customized cocept bike desigs by commissio at Schedule i advace. Use i 2018 durig fair weather. Some summer dates ot available especially durig festivals. A ride from your edig locatio (where you will drive home) will be provided to your startig locatio. Pedicab service is oe way. Package is good for two people. Doated by Eric Corwell, Rural Actio, ad Becky Clark Live Auctio Items (cot.) 7. Two Weeks at a Frech Cottage i the Foothills of the Cevees Moutais i Southwester Frace A ewly built coutry house i LaHoure i foothills of Cevees Moutais o 10 hectares ear Aduze. Offers two bedrooms with quee-sized beds, day-bed i livig room, bathroom with claw-foot bathtub, separate shower, fully-equipped kitche with professioal stove ad diig area, large livig room with large Frech widows, Wi-fi ad priter, large woode terrace with a commadig view of Cevees Moutais. See cultural highlights of the South of Frace, sweepig views of pastures, foothills ad moutais, stroll through woods to sprig formig headwaters of L Oure River. Use September 2018 July 2019 Schedule i Advace. Will eed retal car to get to house. Childre are welcome. Doated by Diae Osgood 8. VIP at Rivers, Ales, ad Trails Festival i Marietta, Ohio The Rivers, Trails ad Ales Festival (aka RTA Fest) is a grass-roots outdoor ethusiast festival located i the Appalachia foothills of Southeast Ohio. Highlightig Marietta s easily-accessible outdoor activities ad charmig dowtow commercial district together i oe evet-filled package, the RTA Festival is desiged to appeal to visitors ad locals alike. Receive Two VIP Platium pass to the 2018 Rivers, Trails, ad Ales Festival i Marietta, Ohio takig place August Your passes icludes etrace to the festival for two people, a RTA fest shirt, a silicoe beer glass, a embroidered RTA patch, 10 raffle tickets, ad discouts at local establishmets durig the festival (based o 2017 descriptio). The 4-day festival has bikig, hikig, water activities, music, ad beer evets. You will also receive two passes to the Adelphia Music Hall to see for a local bad perform. If a out of tow bad plays, a additioal fee may be required. Two trolley passes are also icluded o your adveture. A historical tour is offered 10a.m. daily (Sudays excluded). Eat at the Galley Restaurat offerig fie food ad libatios with a $40 gift card. Stay overight at The Hackett Hotel 8/10/18 8/11/18. Doated by Marietta City Coucilwoma Kathy Dower

7 Live Auctio Items (cot.) 9. Ru Aroud the Baryard Dier at Cherokee Biso Valley Rach Carie ad Jarrod Starr have bee raisig biso for a decade o their multigeeratioal farm. Carie is the full-time farmer ad Jarrod is her right had ma, together they tackle the big projects whe he is t busy sellig sushie i the form of solar paels. Ejoy a iformatioal tour of their beautiful rach. Lear about the differet aimals they raise, how they complemet each other ad why they do what they do icludig their farmig methods! Did someoe star dier with the Starr s? After the tour you will ejoy a Ru Aroud the Baryard i a delicious home prepared meal. Savor biso, pork ad chicke as well as some seasoal sides edig o a sweet ote from the fruits of our farm. Ejoy the sights ad souds of a eveig at Cherokee Valley Biso Rach located i Thorville, OH. Expect a some ueve terrai o the farm grouds ad a set of stairs to the deck at the house. Use Late July through the ed of the warm seaso. Not available September Doated by Carie ad Jarrod Starr 10. Frieds ad Family Retreat at the Gigerbread Haus i Vito Couty Stay 2 ights at this idyllic Hockig Hills retreat. The gigerbread Haus features three bedrooms, each with its ow full bathroom, plus a loft area with daybed, so there s plety of room for everyoe. The etire house is yours to use. The house is located i the ideal Hockig Hills settig with 11 acres of private lad - a huge deck overlooks a stocked pod, a wooded hillside, ad a meadow with frequet wildlife visitors. With all the ecessary coveieces of moder family life...satellite TV, wifi, phoes, ad Wii gamig cosole. Furished for families by a family. Some blackout dates. Use withi 12 moths Ejoy 2 board games as part of your stay, they are re yours to keep! Visit all that Vito Couty has to offer with the Waye Natioal Forest, two state forests, several wildlife areas with recreatioal opportuities, ad Lake Hope State park, all earby. Doated by Degee ad David Wilhelm Item No. 10 Live Auctio Items (cot.) This adveture takes you back i time to whe diosaurs ruled the Earth! Well, maybe ot exactly time travel, but learig about diosaurs, how they worked, ad how we ca discover how they worked is what this adveture is all about. WitmerLab at Ohio Uiversity is a world-reow research laboratory o the OU-Athes campus that does scietific research ito the lives of diosaurs ad their moder-day relatives. Your adveture will largely cosist of a behid-the-scees tour of the WitmerLab facilities coducted by Professor Lawrece Witmer, who has bee at OU for over 20 years, has appeared o dozes of televisio documetaries WitmerLab is home to the largest collectio i the state of Ohio of skull casts of diosaurs ad other extict creatures over 100 skulls as well as thousads of specimes of their moder-day relatives, ragig from ostriches ad crocodiles to rhios ad giraffes. The tour also icludes a visit to the WitmerLab walk-i freezer where doated aimal casualties from all over the globe such as rhio, biso, ad alligators await aatomical study. The tour will ivolves discussios of how we lear about diosaurs how they breathed, how they fed, how they kept from overheatig, how smart they were, etc. Come ready to lear, ready to ask questios, ready to thik, ready to take pictures! Up to 12 people may atted, childre are welcome! Tour will last 1-2 hours. Food ad Drik are ot allowed i the lab Weekeds or eveigs. Daytime slots are also possible. Schedule with Dr. Witmer i advace. Use withi oe year. A $100 Gift card will be provided for a local restaurat ad is yours to ejoy with your group before or after your tour. Doated by Larry Witmer of Ohio Uiversity ad Rural Actio 12. Gourmet Five-Course Dier i Your Home by Master Chef Alfoso Cotrisciai Chef Cotrisciai is oe of 67 Master Chefs i the Uited States ad is the Chair of Hospitality ad Culiary program at Hockig College. A dier featurig fresh local ad seasoal foods will be prepared ad served i the wier s home for up to 8 people. Cotrisciai is also the ower/operator of Oliver Farms, a local producer of Pork products, sauces ad spice rubs. Use withi a year. Doated by Chef Alfoso Cotrisciai 11. Private Tour of a World-Reow Diosaur Lab at Ohio Uiversity

8 Live Auctio Items (cot.) 13. Oe-Week Private Stay i Sarasota, FL Home Located i the Lakewood Rach Coutry Club Cotais 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, pool ad spa Sleeps 8 idividually or 11 family members Beds iclude 2 double, 2 twi, 2 sofa, ad 2 temporary Sarasota offers uique etertaimet, museums, cultural, golf, recreatioal, shoppig, ad atioally raked beach activities Available dates for weekly use betwee May ad December are flexible. Not available Jauary through April Doated by Joh F. Burs family 14. A Eveig of Stargazig with Ohio Uiversity Astroomy Professors Sped a eveig of stargazig with George Eberts ad Tom O Grady, of the Astroomy ad Physics Departmet at Ohio Uiversity. Together, they have over 100 years of stargazig experiece ad several global astroomical expeditios uder their belts I describig this package, Tom O Grady stated We ve ivested a lot of time ad moey to be the star gazers to party with. This experiece is easily comparable to a vacatio i Hawaii. Durig your eveig with Tom ad George, see the costellatios i the ight sky. View the craters o the moo, rigs of Satur, ad the moos of Jupiter through telescopes if the evet is scheduled i the summer The umber of people is flexible, ad kids are welcome, but be advised that kids youger tha about 8 or 9 might have problems copig with the eyepiece experiece Your backyard, OU s ew observatory, or aother locatio depedet o time ad date for best viewig Also receive a ight sky chart ad a book o 2018 Guide to the Night Sky. Schedule i Advace. Doated by Tom O Grady ad George Eberts 15. Maple Syrup Sugar Shack Experiece ad Scadiavia Dier Next Sprig, just as the days become warm ad the ights are still cool, joi the Maple Syrup Co-op comprised of five families at the Flouroy s Sugar Bush Farm ear Athes, Ohio. Members of the co-op will walk you through the syrup-makig process from start to fiish. You will be ivited to ride the hay wago to the maple grove to help tap the trees ad later to gather the sap, haul ad chop wood to feed the evaporator fires, ad to joi i a eveig or two of sittig i the sap house, exchagig tall tales, sharig libatios ad healthy sacks while the sap boils dow from 45 gallos to oe gallo. Whe the seaso is wrapped up ad the syrup caed, Carol ad Bruce Kuhre, co-op members, will treat you to a Scadiavia ispired meal where they will serve Blueberry Wild Rice Soup, Ebleskivers, (roud, Live Auctio Items (cot.) Daish applesauce pacakes); Swedish Potato Pacakes; Carol s brother s home-made sausage, ad a variety of driks, icludig Glogg (spiced, mulled wie). To cotiue the experiece, they will sed you home with your ow bottle of maple syrup. Use early 2019 durig the traditioal tappig seaso. The Kuhre s will call whe the sap is ruig. Good for up to 3 people. Doated by Carol ad Bruce Kuhre 16. Wild Game Experiece: 2-Day Guided Hutig ad Wild Game Dier i Vito Couty with Ohio Deer Camp Your choice of a two-day guided whitetail deer hut, fall easter wild turkey hut, or a cottotail rabbit hut with beagle houds. The wier will get the opportuity to hear, see, smell, ad taste ature i the shoes of a huter. Whe you thik about fresh, low fat, local, o-gmo, atibiotic ad steroid-free atural ad wild food, othig ca compare to harvestig your ow ative wild game to fill the freezer ad provide delicious utritioal meals. Your hut will take place i Vito Couty o a beautiful private 150- acre property offerig field ad forest settigs with Tim Ferrell, ower of Ohio Deer Camp. Wier will be treated to a wild game dier provided by your guide o the eveig of your arrival. Packed breakfast ad luch also provided both days. Overight, you will stay at i a recetly remodeled 2-Bedroom basemet apartmet (separate private etrace) ear Fox Lake i Athes Couty. Full Kitche Subject to availability, iquire early! Your guide, Tim, will work with you to cater your hut to your iterest ad skill level. Experieced huters may brig their ow firearm or archery equipmet. Equipmet ca also be provided to begiers. A siged waiver will be required. This hut is good for two people. A child is welcome, but must be accompaied by a adult Wier will eed to work with Ohio Deer Camp to pla for the correct seaso ad liceses required. Wier is resposible for purchasig required liceses. Use for Ohio hutig seaso, ow through Feb 28th Doated by Tim Ferrell ad Ariaa Rialdi-Eicheburg

9 Item No. 6 Live Auctio Items (cot.) 17. Weeked Stay at the Red Fer I o Marblehead Peisula Red Fer I is the perfect settig for a romatic weeked or for a trip to the lake with your family or special someoe. Located o the secod floor of the historic Marblehead Schoolhouse buildig, Red Fer I is a cozy escape o picturesque Lake Erie. Whether you re lookig to relax ad uwid or pla a week of activities, visitors will fid plety of ameities at the i ad surroudig area. Ejoy a weeked stay for two i a oe bedroom suite at Red Fer I at Rocky poit Wiery, a little piece of paradise o the Marblehead Peisula. Guests have access to bicycles, a private louge o the grouds of the wiery ad several fire pits where they ca ejoy a view of the lake. Rocky Poit Wiery, located o the first floor of the schoolhouse, offers more tha a doze differet types of wie available for tastig ad purchase. The wiery also serves may craft brews ad uique distilled spirits. Guests of the i ejoy a complimetary bottle of wie durig their stay Red Fer I is close to may area attractios, ad less tha 1 mile to Marblehead Lighthouse Suites iclude a private full kitche ad fireplace Use betwee October 1, 2018 ad April 30, Not available December 31 or Ja 1, 2019 Schedule i advace with the I Doated by Chris Redfer 18. Guided Fishig Day Trip for Two With Captai Da A oe-day, fu, guided fishig trip with luch icluded is offered for two people to a mutually agreed upo body of water with 300 miles of Athes / Marietta. Fish from shore, perhaps a caoe or a power fishig skiff. Begiers, ew fishers welcome. Your guide, Captai Da is a U.S. Coast Guard 25 To Master (he kows how to drive really big boats) ad has bee fishig for 55 years throughout Ohio, easter U.S., Alaska ad Mexico. Tackle provided or brig your ow. Flexible as to veue ad time. Use withi 16 moths of auctio. Not available approximately Jue 20 through August 10, 2018 Wier to cosult with Captai Da o locatio/ time, kid of fish they would like to catch. No alcohol is provided by guide, but you ca brig you ow! Catchig fish is weather depedet. Flexibility i schedulig is importat. Remember it s more fu whe you make it fuer Participats may get wet. Doated by Da Imhoff Athes Brew e Tastig ad d o the Bikepath 3-Cou Dier by P rse edicab Item No. 9 er at i D d r a Bary ch e h t d u o Ru Ar Biso Valley Ra Cherokee

10 Check Out Our Silet Auctio Items! Biddig Eds at 7:30 p.m. Item No. 20 Item No. 30 Weeked Family Outig! Visit The Wilds ad Two Nights of Campig Better Balace Sessio With Frieds at Sri Yoga Studio i Athes!

11 Silet Auctio Items Silet Auctio Items (cot.) 19. Private Persoalized Hair Stylig Sessio You ad a fried are ivited to a private, persoalized ad uique hair cosultatio, blow dry, ad hot tool stylig lesso. Brig all the questios you have ever podered about while doig your ow hair! Lear what products ad tools you really eed ad steps to skip (or ot) to work smarter, ot harder- every day! A relaxed (oe bottle of wie provided) yet professioal shampoo plus stylig sessio with orgaic hairstylist ad educator, Eri Steves of Modest Peacock: a orgaic hair boutique. This is a uique experiece for you ad a fried. Take these Bio-Rich Waters products home to ejoy o hair ad ski i the meatime. No cash value or substitutios. Sessio for both frieds 2 hours total. Doated by Eri Steves of Modest Peacock 20. Weeked Family Outig! Visit The Wilds ad 2 Nights of Campig Ejoy 4 Ope Safari passes to The Wilds with a kowledgeable guide who will take you through the Wilds ope-rage aimal areas, where you ll see rhios, giraffes ad may other rare ad edagered aimals roamig i large, atural settigs. This 2 ½ hour experiece provides outstadig opportuities for wildlife viewig ad photography. The Wilds is a private oprofit coservatio ceter located o 10,000 acres of reclaimed strip mie lad i Southeaster Ohio. Camp for two ights at Seeca Lake Park about 30 Miutes from the Wilds. Seeca Lake is Ohio s third largest ilad water way ad offers a variety of fishig, boatig, ad water sports. The campgroud is ope year roud with may plaed activities ad special evets durig the summer moths. Items may be used together or separately. Doated by the Wilds ad Muskigum Watershed Coservatio District 21. U-Pick Strawberry Outig at Stacy Family Farm I 1899, Albert ad Lia Frost Stacy purchased a 24 acre farm outside Marietta. Five geeratios later, that same 24 acre tract, plus additioal acreage is ow kow as the Stacy Family Farm, home to the most delicious strawberries i the regio. Ejoy a U-Pick experiece o ad collect your ow bucket (3-4 quarts) of strawberries to use fresh, freeze, or ca. Hours of operatio are ormally 7am to 7pm. Use this sprig, the typical seaso lasts through May. Doated by Bill ad Jaet Stacy of Stacy Family Farm 22. Lear to Ride Horses With Caballus Equie Receive 5 professioal lessos from experieced istructor Heather Bartells at Caballus Equie i Marietta, Ohio. Lear to become a balaced ad kowledgeable parter to your horse. Lessos will accommodate of all ridig levels begier to advaced. Good for oe perso age 6 ad up Schedule lessos i Advace. Doated by Caballus Equie 23. Guided Hike ad Overight Stay at Uited Plat Savers (UPS) Botaical Sactuary i Rutlad Step ito a botaical oasis o this 3-hour guided iterpretive hike at the Uited Plat Saver s (UPS) 360 acre private botaical sactuary i Rutlad, Ohio (Meigs Couty) led by UPS Farm Maager, Chip Carroll Stay overight i the UPS yurt ad ejoy the sights ad souds that this secluded locatio offers. The yurt has a fully equipped kitche (large refrigerator, gas stove ad ove), bathroom with shower ad offers a double futo for sleepig two. There is room for diig, a couch, phoe ad iteret. Good for two people. Childre are welcome. All food, water, sacks should be brought by the hikers. Hikers should be prepared for mildly rugged but beautiful terrai. Must be used May 1 - October 1, Doated by Uited Plat Savers 24. Laveder for Luck! Sped a couple of lovely laveder hours with Marti Kliger at her Laveder for Luck farm o Pleasat Hill Rd i Athes. At a time of your choosig she will show you the scietific ad magic process of her laveder gardes ad busiess. Visit her store ad sample products made from the fruit of her works ad other locally made products. A walk dow her hill to her famous horse bar adds to this afteroo s adveture. Doated by Marti Kliger Item No. 24

12 Silet Auctio Items (cot.) Silet Auctio Items (cot.) 25. Marietta Night o the Tow! Alabama i Cocert + Dier at Austy s See America i cocert with two tickets to ejoy this pereial classicrock bad at the Peoples Bak Theater i Marietta. A Horse With No Name became a global household ame ad paved the way with a impressive strig of hits followig the success of America s first #1 sigle. Their best-kow tues, which also iclude I Need You, Vetura Highway, Do t Cross The River, Ti Ma, Loely People, ad Sister Golde Hair were corerstoes of 1970 s Top 40 ad FM rock radio. Forty plus years later, these frieds are still makig music together, tourig the world ad thrillig audieces with their timeless soud. See them live Friday May 25th at 8:00 p.m. Before the show, ejoy dier for two ($50) at Austy s located i historic dowtow Marietta. Reservatios have already bee made for you! Austy s offers had-cut steaks, fresh seafood, iteratioal cuisies, ad pasta. All of their pasta selectios are made with Rossi Pasta, which is made i Marietta. A wide rage of wie, beer, ad cocktails are available. Doated by Jeifer Garriso, Attorey 26. Gu Safety ad Firearms Istructio Joh E. Triplett, Jr., a NRA certified pistol istructor, will take oe to four people o a firearm safety ad recreatio evet. This experiece will cover basic firearm safety istructio. The wier will be able to choose from a variety of rifles ad/or pistols to utilize at the rage i a safe settig. Ammuitio, firearms, ad safety equipmet will be provided. Your istructio will take place at a idoor or a outdoor facility i Washigto Couty, depedig o the weather ad desire of the wier. You ll sped 3-4 hours with your istructor depedig o group size ad locatio. A liability waiver is required for all participats. Childre 12 ad over may participate, however a paret must be preset. Use withi oe year Doated by the Committee to elect Joh E Triplett, Jr. judge. 27. Get Orgaized! Professioal Orgaizig ad Productivity Coachig With Real World Orgaizig. Are you a staycatio kid of perso? Well, the ejoy 4 hours of professioal orgaizig ad productivity coachig at your home or office. You ll begi with a i depth cosultatio, where Aubrei will ask the what s ad how s of your disorgaizatio ad the the two of you (brig a helper if you like) will sped the rest of your time o-site diggig ito your piles. Aubrei will coach you ad those sharig your space o how permaet chage is possible ad how to work WITH your lifestyle, ot AGAINST it! Expect to feel exhausted but relieved oce you ve fiished. Schedule with Real World Orgaizig. Good for oe perso or family. Doated by Aubrei Krummert of Real World Orgaizig 28. Grow Your Ow Vegetable Garde With a Commuity Garde Plot of Your Choice Joi a Commuity Food Iitiatives Commuity Garde ad get a seed starter kit from Ridge & Hollow Seed Alliace! Commuity garde plots are approximately 10 x10 givig ample room to grow food for yourself, family ad eighbors. All gardes have water access, mulch ad compost while supplies last, ad a set of shared tools. Gardeers also get FREE access to all CFI garde & culiary workshops Choose your Garde! CFI commuity gardes iclude Glouster, Chaucey, Nelsoville, ad Athes (Eastside ad Southside locatios). Your starter kit icludes Midight Passio Cateloupe, Califoria Black Eyed Peas, Odessa Arugula, Chives, ad Orage Cosmos Flowers. Ridge & Hollow Seed Alliace is dedicated to icreasig food security for future geeratios by supportig the preservatio of regioally adapted, ope-polliated seeds through parterships with skilled seed savers livig i our regio. Good for the 2018 Growig Seaso. Available May 15 while space lasts, secure your spot early! Doated by Commuity Food Iitiatives 29. Cheesemakig ad Overight Experiece Jue 22-23rd at Blue Rock Statio Gree Livig Ceter Visit Blue Rock Statio, a sustaiable livig farm, for this fu cheesemakig class ad overight stay. Arrive by 8 p.m. o Friday eveig to get settled ito your ow strawbale cabi for a relaxig time of talk aroud a bod fire. Rise early for a breakfast of fresh orgaic eggs (vega meu is available) with fresh waffles made with o-wheat flour, ad fresh fruit syrup. After breakfast joi Aie for goat chores to lear about aturally healthy goats or just relax util time for cheese makig class at 1:00 p.m. The three-hour raw milk basic cheese makig class will iclude various ways to use cheese curd to make tasty utritious cheeses, cottage cheese, juket ad more. Brig your favorite apro or use oe of Aie s. Class eds at 4 p.m. Jue 23rd. Adults oly. No pets. Blue Rock Statio takes part i the Rural Actio Zero Waste pledge, so pla to brig reusable items for meals, etc. The farm is home to cats, dogs, chickes, pigs, goats ad pea fowl. Ay food issues ca be dealt with easily. Doated by Jay ad Aie Warmke of Blue Rock Statio

13 Silet Auctio Items (cot.) Silet Auctio Items (cot.) 30. Better Balace Sessio With Frieds at Sri Yoga Studio Balace is a mixture of good posture, breathig ad basic flexibility. You will lear getle ad effective techiques to help your balace durig this workshop. We use props, like chairs ad parter with each other to assure your success. With 40 years of yoga teachig experiece at the age of 63, Richa, your istructor, has a persoal uderstadig of the challeges of healthy agig ad balace is key to that. Poor balace causes more broke boes (hips, wrists etc) tha ay other home accidet. We will have fu, while we lear about how to improve our balace. Your class will last for oe hour. Come aloe, or brig up to 5 Frieds! This class is ot desiged for persos with profoud eurological issues such as Parkiso s or a recet stroke. Date to be arraged o either a Friday morig or Suday afteroo/ eveig this Summer. Use before September 1, Schedule at least two weeks i advace. Some blackout dates. Not available o major holidays. Class is available to persos 18+ Brig your ow yoga mat, or Sri Yoga will provide oe. Studio is located o the 2d floor ad accessible by stairs (20 steps) Sri Yoga Studio specializes i YOU! Sri Health of Athes, Ohio provides the tools ad traiig to keep your Self i balace. Their classes, metorig, bodywork, ad other learig opportuities promote body & mid flexibility, which lead to livig joyfully. Located i uptow Athes. Visit Sri Yoga Studio olie at: Doated by Richa Elad ad David Elad of Sri Yoga Studio 31. Li Pottery Soup Turee Ejoy this soup turee by Potter Paul Latos. Each piece made by Latos is a origial work of art, made usig traditioal wheel throwig ad had buildig methods. You ca fid Latos work at Li Pottery Gallery ad Studio where Latos creates uique, hadcrafted fuctioal stoeware ad orametal pottery i Wheelig,WV. Made with a lead free glaze Microwave, Refrigerator, Freezer ad Ove safe Doated by Richa Elad ad David Elad of Sri Yoga Studio 32. OSU Football Home Game VS. Miesota October 13, 2018 Two Tickets ad Parkig at this OSU home game Sectio 10B Doated by State Represetative Jay Edwards 33. Segway Tour Alog the Marietta River ad Luch for Two! Zip alog the Ohio River o this oe hour Segway fu ride from Scotts Super Advetures. Receive $25 i Marietta Bucks. Visit the Marietta Chamber of Commerce website or call the chamber to see participatig restaurats. Good for two people Childre welcome, but must be at least 14, accompaied by a paret ad must wear a helmet. Weight limit 260 lbs per perso. Doated by Shoshaa Brooker for Judge 34. Explore Your Ow Property With A Native Plat Ladscapig or Yard Cosultatio Explore your ow ladscape ad garde with experieced horticulturist ad botaist Homer Elliott. Elliott is a istructor at Hockig College ad has years of ladscapig experiece. Homer is also a expert i dedrology ad botay ad well versed i Ohio plats, shrubs, ad trees ad mushrooms. Lear about these thigs as well as Ohio atural history o a guided 1-2 hour tour of your property. Available util the ed of 2018; Sprig ad Summer moths preferred. Dates flexible, Schedule i advace. Groups of up to 3 people (More depedig o locatio) Childre ad dogs welcome. Doated by Homer Elliott 35. Bird Lover s Package Bid o this Idoor or outdoor giat ceramic tea cup plater cotaiig a had paited visor, a MUST for every bird watcher! The tea cup plater also holds a Do It Yourself, easy to assemble classic bird house, a block of suet, ad a glass hummig bird feeder with a at guard. There are two packets of flower seeds to attract a variety of your feathered frieds, peat cups to start them i ad a tube of Yard Glove to keep your hads easy to clea. There is also a Fie Boe Chia tea cup from Eglad for you to sip from as you ejoy all your birds ad a blue rose pe for keepig track of what you saw! Tucked i the bottom of the plater is a 3 lb bag of Scotts SELECT fertilizer for flowers or vegetables. Doated by Richa Elad ad David Elad of Sri Yoga Studio 36. Tour ad Tastig at Little Fish Brewery A tour ad tastig at Little Fish Brewery good for four people, hosted by Co-Fouder Jimmy Stockwell Four 5oz samples of Little Fish Brews for each perso icluded Schedule i Advace. Use By October 31st, 2018 Childre welcome to atted Doated by Little Fish Brewery

14 Silet Auctio Items (cot.) Item No A Day of Kayak Istructio Oe day of kayak lessos for up to three studets. Lear some skills, develop cofidece ad have fu with boats! Lessos will help begiers to itermediate. Lear basics from selectig a kayak, trasportig, carryig, lauchig, Lear to go forward, backwards, tur left, tur right, go sideways, stay upright, all with icreased ease, grace ad efficiecy. You ll also receive a itroductio to safety gear ad rescues. More advaced topics ca iclude chart readig/ avigatio, weather, waves ad currets ad risk maagemet. Your istructor Da is a America Caoe Associatio Level 4 coastal kayak istructor, a Natioal Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS.edu) sea kayak ad hikig istructor ad a Registered Maie Guide. He has taught expeditio sea kayakig i coastal Maie, Alaska, Price William Soud ad the southeast archipelago. He has taught adults, boy scouts, a mermaid, ad courses for the U.S. Naval Academy. Your boat or ours. Studets must be able to stay upright i a kayak. We ca assist studets gettig ito boats. Studets must be able to wear a life jacket. Pla to get wet ad have fu! Lessos ad veue will be selected based o skills of participats ad weather /water coditios. Not Available Jue 20 through August 10, Schedule i advace. Use withi 16 moths. Doated by Da Imhoff 38. Atted the 9th Aual Emma Gradma Gateway Solstice (EGGS) Hike ad Campout at Burr Oak State Park First evisioed i the late 1950 s as a trail from the Ohio River to Lake Erie, the Buckeye Trail evolved ito a large loop that is curretly stretches about 1,444 miles. The Buckeye Trail wids aroud Ohio, reachig ito every corer of the state. With this package, you ll receive a oe-year member ship to the Buckeye Trail Associatio. Oe Follow the Blue Blazes book, Your guide to the Buckeye Trail. Your choice of a Buckeye Trail Sectio Map A Buckeye Trail Sew-o patch Oe EGGS Hike registratio (campig + commemorative T-shirt icluded). The EGGS Hike will take place Thursday, Jue 21 through Suday, Jue 24, It offers participats 5 hikig challeges of varyig distaces ad celebrates the life of Emma Gradma Gateway a foudig member of the Buckeye Trail Associatio ad the first female to thru-hike the Appalachia Trail. Gatewood was also a Ohio ative. Details ad schedule ca be foud at Doated by Buckeye Trail Associatio A Day of Kayak Istructio Item No. 36 Tour ad Tastig at Little Fish Brewery

15 More Ways to Support Rural Actio Become a Rural Actio Member Members are a essetial part of Rural Actio. Workig together, members guide our programs, evisio our future, ad share our goal of sustaiable ecoomic developmet. To become a member, cotact Debbie Phillips at or debbie@ruralactio.org Joi the Rural Actio Givig Society Members of Rural Actio s Givig Society commit to aual givig for a period of 3 to 5 years. Makig a multi-year pledge to Rural Actio, helps us to more securely pla for our future ad yours. To lear more cotact Debbie Phillips at or debbie@ruralactio.org Voluteer Rural Actio s voluteer program offers umerous opportuities for givig back to your commuity. Become a member of the Ohio Stream Restore Corps, Ohio s oly evirometally cetered AmeriCorps Program. Help pla special evets, participate i evirometal educatio efforts, stream litter clea-ups, tree platigs, or help out at the Chesterhill Produce Auctio. You ca also become a member o oe of our committees. We ca utilize the talets you have, ad together we ca cotiue to make our commuities what we evisio them to be. To lear more about curret voluteer opportuities, cotact Pey Morga at or pey@ruralactio.org Do t Forget Our Wrap-Up Auctio! Several Chaces to Support Rural Actio s Work at the Close of the Live Auctio. Special Thaks Frieds Package Table Hosts Jae Woodrow Carol ad Bruce Kuhre Michelle Decker ad Family / Cita Strauss Rady ad Theresa Leite Gary Goosma ad Mary A Westedorf Joh Glazer ad Faith Kutse Max ad Shiela Mark Kay Tousley Hylie ad Bruce Voss

16 Doors The followig busiesses ad idividuals have graciously doated items ad services to the Adveture Auctio: Doors (cotiued) The followig busiesses ad idividuals have graciously doated items ad services to the Adveture Auctio: Aie ad Jay Warmke Blue Rock Statio Buckeye Trail Associatio Chad Bortle SJB Maagemet Chef Alfoso Costrisciai Crae Hollow Nature Preserve Diae Osgood Homer Elliott Ariaa Rialdi-Eicheburg Marietta City Coucilwoma Kathy Dower Uited Plat Savers Richa ad David Elad Sri Yoga Studio Bruce ad Carol Kuhre Larry Witmer & WitmerLab at Ohio Uiversity Becky Clark Pork ad Pickles Represetative Jay Edwards Chris Redfer Red Fer I Cherokee Valley Biso Rach Carie ad Jarrod Starr Aubrei Krummert Real World Orgaizig Commuity Food Iitiatives Ridge ad Hollow Seed Alliace Shoshaa Brooker for Judge The Castle Historic House Museuem Wes Clark Fairfield I By Marriott Tom O Grady George Eberts Debbie Phillips David ad Degee Wilhelm Touch the Earth Advetures Tim Ferrell Ohio Deer Camp Muskigum Watershed Coservatio District Marietta Adveture Compay Jeifer Garriso Attorey Joh ad Kelli Kotowski Joh F. Burs ad Family Rural Actio Eri Steves Stuarts Opera House Nelsoville Music Festival Eric Corwell Bikes Brig it! Kathy Ortt Duae Jager ad Christie Gibbs Little Fish Brewery Da Imhoff The Wilds Bill ad Jaet Stacy Stacy Family Farm Caballus Equie Marti Kiliger Laveder for Luck Committee to elect Joh E Triplett, Jr. judge

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