Trail Mix: McGrath’s Iditarod auction

Volunteers welcoming Dallas Seavey, the first musher into McGrath. (Photo by Zachariah Hughes/KSKA)Trail Mix is Alaska Public Media reporters’ inside look at life on the Iditarod trail.
Iditarod is far more than dog racing. Small Alaska communities celebrate the arrival of longer days and the people in the community. McGrath hosts an auction fundraiser each year when the Iditarod rolls through to raise money for a local organization and a family in need.
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