Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Sale
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Location: Special Events Center, Main Campus
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Cost & Admission:
Free admission and parking.
59th Annual West Coast Mennonite Relief Sale
The sale is hosted by Celebration for World Relief, a network of Mennonite and Anabaptist churches across the West Coast that raises funds for Mennonite Central Committee (MCC). MCC is a global relief organization founded more than 100 years ago in response to hunger and famine in Russia and continues to support relief, development and peace efforts worldwide.
Quilt Show Auction
Here’s a special invitation to area quilters and friends to preview and celebrate the 180 new and vintage quilts that will be live-auctioned on Saturday, April 11th.
All proceeds from this event go to support the Mennonite Central Committee, a world-wide relief organization of the Mennonite, Mennonite Brethren, and other collaborating churches in Canada and the U.S.
Click here to see quilts from the 2025 auction.
Come hungry, there will be food!
- Food will be available throughout the event on the Green at the center of Fresno Pacific University’s campus. Offerings vary each year and typically include Mexican food, barbecue and traditional Mennonite dishes.
- Enjoy some fritters, hot fresh zwiebach, German sausage, burritos, tacos, barbecue tri-tip sandwiches, burritos, portzelky (raisin fritters), bierocks, pies, coffee, soft drinks, and water.
Schedule
SWAG bags will be given to the first 150 people.
Friday, April 10 (4 p.m.–9 p.m.)
- 4:00 p.m.
- Quilt Show Begins in Special Events Center
- Priced comforter opens
- Come for supper! Food, Shops & Country Store opens
- Silent auction opens
- 5:00 p.m.
- Live Music on the Green Begins
- 6:00 p.m.
- Trivia Contest
- 7:00 p.m.
- Bed-turning presentation by Mary Ann Bloom, “If Quilts Could Talk, What Would They Say?” sharing her collection of antique quilts and how they reflect families’ and women’s histories.
- 8:00 p.m.
- Worship Music on the Green
There are tables of about 100 quilts, comforters, table runners, and other items that can be purchased. Come early for the best selection! Two online auctions will already be active.
Saturday, April 11 (10 a.m.–3 p.m.)
- 7:00 a.m.
- Walk/Run for Relief (Sign up to join)
- 9:00 a.m.
- Food booths & shops open
- Kids World/ My Coins Count opens
- Silent auction begins
- 10:00 a.m.
- Quilt auction begins in Special Events Center
- MCC Alumni gathering
- 12:00 p.m. (noon)
- Feature auction in the Special Events Center
- 1:00 p.m.
- Quilt auction resumes in Special Events Center
- 2:00 p.m.
- Silent auction closes
- 3:30–4:00 p.m.
- Sale is over, thank you for coming!
Parking
This event is free admission and parking.
You can park in the Steinert Field (Baseball Diamond) lot at the southeast corner of Hamilton and Winery. More parking spaces are located in the northwest corner of Butler and Winery. Handicap parking is available at the Hamilton Parking lot on Hamilton Avenue.
Questions?
Email info@westcoastmccsale.org for more information.