Auction raises funds for family program

Sisters area residents opened their hearts -- and their wallets -- to support the parent education program Together for Children (TFC) at a fund-raising auction on Friday, April 23.

Together for Children provides parent education services and parent-child interactive activities.

Susan Robinson, TFC board member, noted that "those of us with children know that parenting is the toughtest job there is -- and there's no instruction book."

TFC helps provide that "instruction book."

The program operates under the auspices of the High Desert Educational Service District.

More than 100 guests turned out for the event at Black Butte Ranch's Big Meadow Clubhouse to bid on art in a silent and a live auction.

The event raised about $14,000, according to TFC executive Edie Jones. The $105,000 program lost all but $9,000 in state funding due to recent budget cuts.