The ninth annual Hope for Haiti Benefit Auction will take place on Saturday, May 21, at the Hertzog Homestead event venue, 470 W. Metzler Road, Ephrata. The auction, hosted by Beiler-Campbell Auction Services, Curvin Horning and other volunteers, will run from 9 a.m. until the last item is sold.

Items on the auction block will include gift cards to local businesses, furniture, antiques, sheds, lawn and garden items, flowers and plants, quilts made by local women and collectibles. All gifts and donations are tax-deductible. The event will also include a large bake sale; children's activities, including barrel train rides; and homemade food for purchase.

All proceeds will go toward Transformation Haiti and Hope Christian Training Library, both located in Montrouis, Haiti. Based in Lancaster and led by Nelson and Sue Martin, Transformation Haiti's program Paradigm Shift offers Haitian men and women the business and leadership training skills needed to be self-sustaining in their businesses.

Hope Library is a public library and IT center open to over 18,000 people in Montrouis. Hope Library seeks to offer ethical, godly training in a variety of jobs and books in French, Creole and English.

Regular updates and more information can be found at http://www.facebook.com/hopeforhaitibenefitauction. All gifts are tax-deductible through Hope for Haiti Benefit Auction, a nonprofit organization. Contact the Lancaster-based office at 717-201-4893 for more information.