OGDENSBURG -- The Ogdensburg Kiwanis Club will host an auction Friday at 6 p.m. at the Ogdensburg Odd Fellows.

Some of last year's items included gift certificates to area restaurants and businesses, an extensive variety of flowers and plants, a John Morrow print, as well as many, many more items. The Odd Fellows concession stand will be open.

The auction, at the corner of Rt. 37 and Linden Road, will feature Bob and Nancy Kosman and the staff of Kosman Auction and Realty who are donating their services to help the Ogdensburg Kiwanis Club’s extensive youth charities programs.

Programs that will benefit from the auction includes:

- Kiwanis Youth baseball, softball and soccer which serves more than 800 children in the Ogdensburg, Lisbon, Heuvelton and Morristown area.

- Ogdensburg Free Academy Key Club, a high school service club

- Ogdensburg Free Academy Builders Club, a junior high service club

- Ogdensburg Aktion Club, a service club for disabled adults

- Ogdensburg K-Kids, an elementary service club

- Scholarships for graduating seniors at Ogdensburg Free Academy, Heuvelton, Lisbon, Morristown and Northwest Tech

- First book programs for newborn babies at Claxton Hepburn Medical Center

- Ogdensburg Free Academy’s Academic Recognition Dinner

- Academic enrichment program

- Athletic fields at the Clifford Montroy Sports Complex