The Vi Keys annual hat auction will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Holiday Inn Gazebo.
All proceeds from the auction benefit the Arthritis Foundation.
The poster child for this year's auction is Amanda Wissman, a 6-year-old Cape Girardeau girl who has arthritis.
Seventy-five antique hats will be auctioned off, along with contemporary western hats donated to the event by factories in Marble Hill, Sedgewickville and Dexter.
Keys said a Mickey Mouse hat also will be auctioned.
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