The Lancaster County 4-H program will hold its annual benefit auction on Saturday, Feb. 18, at 9 a.m. at the Farm and Home Center, 1383 Arcadia Road, Lancaster.

Specialty items to be sold include handcrafted cornhole boards, a Winchester gun safe, a meat bundle from Galvinell Meat Company and gift certificates to Sight & Sound Theatre, Morr Range and Dream Dinners. This year, 4-H will again offer a silent auction during the live auction, featuring pizza gift certificates, car wash certificates, grocery store gift cards and more.

Additional items to be sold include animal feed and supplies, household items, crafts, baked goods, tools, produce and cookbooks. Local 4-H Clubs have donated theme baskets for sale, with themes such as Gifts of Service, Horse Care, Winter Warmth and Reading, and Chocolate Lovers. Numerous other items and gift certificates for local services and merchandise will be sold throughout the day.

Also among the items up for bids will a bench made from plastic collected by the Red Rose 4-H Beef Club and recycled through the NexTrex Recycling Program. At the Beef Club's first meeting of the club year, group president Caleb Miller and treasurer Cohen Miller challenged the 50 members to contact local businesses and ask them to recycle their plastic. Over the course of the club year, members collected 3,000 pounds of plastic, resulting in the donation of one bench each to the Elizabethtown Fair, Solanco Fair, Lampeter Fair, Manheim Farm Show, Farm and Home Center, and 4-H benefit auction.

All American Auction Company will provide volunteer auctioneers for the event. Food items will be sold throughout the day by Rough Riders 4-H Horse Club members.

All proceeds of the auction will benefit the Lancaster County 4-H Program.

To receive a list of sale items, make a donation, or request special access accommodations, contact Lori Little at the Penn State Extension office in Lancaster County at 717-394-6851.