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Wednesday, 29th July 2009 (583 views)

A gala fundraising event themed around the California Gold Rush has generated around $48,000 (£29,339) for a family support centre.

The Gold Rush Gala included a silent auction, dinner from a Wild West chuck wagon and an "eye-catching" replica of an 1856 stagecoach, the Montgomery Advertiser reports.

All proceeds from the event, which was attended by over 250 people, will go towards the Montgomery Family Guidance Center, a non-profit organisation that provides child care support, parenting guidance, adult day care and job training services.

The newspaper said the fundraising event is a prelude to the centre's 50th anniversary celebrations, which will take place in October.

Gold Rush Gala co-chairs Scott Harris and Donna Stricklin said the event had attracted its "best turnout ever".

The California Gold Rush was sparked in 1849 after James Marshall, a worker at a sawmill belonging to Swiss pioneer John Sutter, discovered the precious metal in the American River near Coloma.

 

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