WOODLAND — A fire on April 27 brought down a storage barn at Jenny and Muriel Stanton-Johnson’s farm. The fire destroyed tools, family heirlooms and chairs used for weddings held at the farm. It also killed Holly, a mama pig, and her seven piglets. They lost an estimated hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of equipment, including about 165 resin wedding chairs, tools for farm management, original lumber used to build the barn in 1919, a golf cart, a camper trailer and a riding lawn mower.
The couple live in a house on the farm, where they plan on retiring. They host weddings on the property and rent out the carriage house to vacationing visitors.
To help rebuild, the two are hosting a fundraiser to rebuild the barn and support the local firefighters who extinguished the blaze. The fundraiser is from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. today at Adeline Farms, 3906 Lewis River Road, Woodland. The entrance fee is $20. It costs $20 for tent camping and $30 for RV camping.
There will be live music throughout the day, food, a silent auction and breakfast Sunday morning. For more information and to buy tickets, go to www.firereliefbenefit.brownpapertickets.com.
