Today is the Rotary August Golf Classic, Dinner, Auctions & Raffle!

 

Hi Rotarians - Today is the culmination of several months of planning for our Joint August Golf Classic, Dinner and Silent and Live Auctions, and Raffle at the Burl Oaks golf Club.  This fundraiser is our main fundraiser of the year and allows us to fund this year's charities which include ICA, Can Do Canines, The Bridge for Youth through the Open Hands Foundation, Reach for Resources, The Karen Sorbo Foundation and funding for Rotary International's drive to Eradicate Polio in the World!  

 

The funds raised today also help to fund our various programs like STRIVE and Strive Scholarships, Dictionary Project, Scholarships for MHS Students, Kids Against Hunger, Resource West Back Packs - Hats and mittens - and Toy chest for Christmas, and many more!  Did I mention the Blue Bird Cabin at Tanadoona which we donated over $40,000 for a Rotary Cabin.  

We want to thank all of the 100 golfers and 70 dinner guests for the support of this fun event.  We especially want to than our major sponsors which include Cargill, Steiner Development, and all of the 28 Hole sponsors too numerous to mention here by name.  We also want to thank Kowalskis Market and BP Gas Stations for their support of our Raffle Ticket Prizes and all of the community that bought these raffle tickets.  So, we will give away four $300 Kowalski Gift Cards, four $250 BP Gas Gift Cards, a 32" Smart TV and a iPad Mini at tonight's event.  We also want to thank our members and the community businesses for the 90 Silent Auction Items and the 13 Live Auction items.

 

We had a great committee of 12 members that worked on this and we appreciate their time and passion and all of the Rotarian volunteers that helped in this worthy event.  All of the proceeds go to support the charities of the Minnetonka-Excelsior Rotary and the Excelsior Rotary Clubs mentioned above.  Stay tuned for the results!