ADESA announced Thursday that its Kansas City auction recently raised a total of $50,457 for a local children’s hospital.

The auction held a special sale and live charity auction event named  “Cars-n-Kids” for Children’s Mercy Kansas City.

In addition to donating $150 for every car sold during the sale, ADESA Kansas City sold event T-shirts, hosted a shrimp boil dinner, and auctioned items such as end zone pylons autographed by Kansas City Chiefs players.

“As a not-for-profit children’s hospital, Children’s Mercy is so appreciative of community partners like ADESA Kansas City, who do more to make a difference for our patients and families,” Megan Stock, assistant director of philanthropic community engagement and events, said in a news release. “We are grateful to everyone involved with the Cars-n-Kids charity car auction for making it such a successful fundraiser.”

ADESA said auction general manager Kevin Rhoads and his team chose to help Children’s Mercy this year because the hospital has helped several auction employees and their families.

“When we were choosing a charity to sponsor, Children’s Mercy immediately came to mind,” Rhoads said. “The event was a huge success, with dealers raving about the shrimp boil and the charity auction. But the best part is we raised over $50,000 for Children’s Mercy.”