UPDATE: Lewis County Hospital Auxiliary collects over $2,000 in 2023 chocolate sale, including generous donation

LOWVILLE- It was the most successful-year yet for the traditional chocolate sale. That's according to Lewis County Hospital Auxiliary.

Their spokesperson, Joanne Kellogg, met with us this week and provided an update.

Following a two-year hiatus from COVID, the auxiliary was able to raise $1,547.27 (after expenses) by selling boxes of assorted chocolate covered cherries; buckeyes and pretzel sticks.

"I just want to thank everybody who helped purchase and helped make and anybody that had a part in this chocolate cherry sale," Kellogg told us.

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In addition, Kellogg says the sale received a generous $540.30 donation to raise the final total to $2,087.57. 

The sale is sponsored each year in early February through Valentine's Day, with all proceeds going to benefit the Hospital Foundation and the Fund for Hope.

Plans are in place to sponsor the sale in 2024.

Image via Lewis County Hospital Auxiliary.