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Family Outdoor Expo brings awareness of human trafficking to town
Money raised at free event to help nonprofits
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Larry Ledford works on a portrait of Benjamin Franklin last year during the Family Outdoor Expo at Chicopee Woods Agricultural Center. The expo will occur Saturday at the same locale.
Nationally renowned artists have put brush to canvas and area businesses have crafted gifts baskets for one single purpose: To raise money to combat human trafficking. Donations ranging from dinners to Mary Kay products with a retail value of up to $400 will be part of the silent auction at the second annual Family Outdoor Expo on Saturday, July 11, at the Chicopee Woods Agricultural Center in Gainesville. “Our local businesses have been so gracious to donate silent auction items,” said Hall County Correctional Institution Sgt. Mike Queen, who is the event organizer.