Your Rotary club is holding an event on April 6, 2024, the goal of which is to raise money to support the good work of the Buckeye Foodbank, All Faith Community Services.  

 

Date:  April 6, 2024, 5:30pm

 

Type of Event:  Farm-to-table dinner, featuring a gourmet meal provided by Chef Kevin and Heritage Street Cooks

 

Where:  W T Gladden Family Event Center, 6113 South Dean Road (Dean is parallel to and west of Verrado Road. Access from Lower Buckeye or Yuma and go south). Here is a link to a short video which shows an aerial view of this fantastic site. 

 

To benefit: All Faith Community Services will receive 80% to 90% of net proceeds.  The balance will support Verrado Rotary charities.

 

How members can help.  The club's board and the organizers of the event are asking that all members consider participating by either purchasing two tickets for themselves or by selling at least two tickets to other parties.  We expect to have 150 people in attendance.  The organizing committee is also asking that you volunteer to assist with the event before, during or after the event.  Volunteers are asked to provide 1 or more hours, as appropriate.  

 

What tools are available to me?  All event registrations, confirmations and tickets are sold on line.  Here is a link to the event website. Gathering Buckeye Website.   Following is a QR code which takes you to the same site if you are using a mobile device.  If people are unable or prefer to avoid on-line registration or payment, Doug Bredow is happy to accept their registration on the phone or in person and accept their check in payment.  Doug also has business cards with the QR code you can hand out to others.  

 

 

Please consider registering yourself today!  The early bird registration discount ends March 15.

 

 

 

 

 

Did you know that Vernon Walker was a pilot and flight instructor?  Did you know that Trish Hosking and Mary Lou Cannelos lived through the 1964 Alaska Earthquake (9.0 on the Richter scale). Or that David Faragher served in Operation Desert Storm?  If you were at Rotary, you might also have learned that Margie Cossette is from New England and her son is a pilot at Luke, who is married to Todd's daughter.  Speaking of Todd, did you know that Todd's mom and dad responded to a call from Douglas MacArthur for missionaries to come to Japan to help with the war recovery and that Todd lived in Japan for five years and is still fluent in Japanese.  Other tidbits: George Cannelos met Marly Lou in the checkout line at Costco.  Ed Williams served on the California Board of Parole.  In 2,000 cases he reviewed, he saw perhaps 7 cases where he would have recommended parole.  Verlynne Meck was the Arizona State High School Tennis Champion and later served as Woman's Tennis Coach at Grand Canyon College.  Mayor Meck was also a pilot and recounted a store where he had to return to an unlighted field in a windstorm in Salome.  To his knowledge no one else has ever made a successful night landing in Salome.  Lloyd Trilling went to high school with two members of the band Aerosmith.  Don Ester said he is not against marriage, but he still needs some time to think about if its right for him.  Cheryl was introduced to now husband Greg by a co-worker - who just happened to be looking for a suitable wife for her son.  The rest is history.  Greg should say thanks to his mom.   I know I missed a few, and if you are amongst them, please accept my apologies - - but without Trish's help the list would have been much shorter, so I am grateful to her for a good memory.   Thank you to Todd Halberg for coming up with a fun activity in lieu of a speaker at the last minute!

Volunteers are needed to help support the club's signature fundraising event to be held on April 6, 2024, at 5:30 PM. We are seeking volunteers to assist with the execution of this event.  Whether you plan to buy a ticket to the dinner or not, we can use your volunteer skills as many hands make for lighter work.

Set up the day of the event. 

During the event.

 

After the event

Salary and benefits:  Commensurate with other roles in a Rotary Club. (in other words, your compensation is knowing you helped make a difference)

 

If you can assist please sign up with Doug Bredow, Mike Hosking or Trish Hosking.  

 

Please do what you can. It will take all of us to make this event a success.