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PARIS — The 30th anniversary of Project Graduation will kick off this year with a ticket auction on Feb. 6.

“It works out great,” said Project Graduation Committee secretary Bonnie Sessions of the group’s major annual fundraising event that seeks about $14,000 for the celebration that is held on graduation night.

Sessions said the group has already received a number of items, ranging from a basketball signed by the Maine Red Claws to certificates for four large pizzas donated by Sideline Variety store in Norway, but they are looking for more donations.

The auction, which begins with a preview at 11 a.m. Feb. 6 at the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School auditorium followed by the auction at 1 p.m., usually raises about $4,000 to $6,000, Sessions said.

This year, the money will be used for the June 12 Project Graduation all-night party for graduating seniors, including prizes, food and a new car, which will be won by one lucky student that night.

Project Graduation was started 30 years ago by Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School parents as an all-night, substance-free party in an attempt to keep graduates safe following the death of nine Oxford Hills young people in a two-month period prior to the 1979 graduation season.

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The committee is still seeking more donations for the auction. They currently have about 250 items and would like to have about 500 by the time the auction is held.

“We give gift baskets, T-shirts, embroidery sweatshirts, even used books,” Sessions said of the variety of goods donated.

Auction participants purchase tickets in advance and then put a ticket on any of the items. When the auction begins, one ticket is drawn for each item and the ticket holder is announced the winner.

“It’s kind of like a game of chance,” she said.

Anyone who would like to donate an item for the auction may contact Bonnie Sessions by calling 207-595-3480 or e-mailing her at [email protected].

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