Ray and Doreen Young Keeping Meaford Beautiful
Posted by John Malloy on 07/21/2009
Volunteers Ray and Doreen Young from beautiful Meaford, Ontario enjoy a a brief break to visit with Keeley Malloy and her pal Kelsey. The Rotary Club does a lot of great work around our community, to say the least.
www.meafordrotary.ca
Annual Fundraiser Gala
International Wine & Food Tasting
plus Live and Silent Auctions
Staged at the Meaford Hall September 22, 2007
Here’s what your gala evening looks like…
Lots of laughs with Dan Needles
Dan is the creator of the popular and funnyWingfield Farm plays. He won the 2003 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour for his book With Axe and Flask and his always entertaining presentations have tickled the funny bones of audiences across Canada for the past 15 years.
International wine and food tasting
- Wine-tasting workshop with LCBO expert, Steve Blender
- Wine-tasting tables where you can swirl, nose and taste
- Haute-cuisine finger foods to taste with each wine
- Wine raffles to win your favourite bottle
- Musical entertainment by the GBSS string quartet
Fundraiser live auction
Jim Snider of Sydenham Auction & Appraisal has led live auctions for over 29 years, and will provide you with some exciting and suspenseful moments as competitors start bidding on the exceptional items available.
Catalogue available on your arrival, or items list viewable beforehand at www.meafordrotary.ca
Fundraiser silent auction
Here’s your chance to bid on terrific items you may end up getting at a bargain price.
Catalogue available on your arrival, or items list viewable beforehand here on the website
Tickets go on sale August 1, 2007. Limited to 300 participants. Advance ticket reservations encouraged. $69.00 per person (includes GST and a charitable receipt for $40.00). Call the Meaford Box Office at 519 538-0463 or toll free at 1-877 538-0463 to book your tickets.
Sponsorship Opportunities
The following printed materials will be available for sponsor logos and messages, depending on the level of donation you choose.
- Silent auction catalogue
- Live auction catalogue
- Evening program
- Wine and food list
When the Rotary Club of Meaford received its charter in 1937, having been sponsored by the Owen Sound club, there were 20 members. The first meetings were held at member’s homes or their place of business. In 1938 noon meetings were started at the Blue Motor Hotel with meals costing 40 cents.
In the year that followed the founding of the Meaford club, Rotarians there continued the pattern by sponsoring clubs in Thornbury-Clarksburg and Markdale.
In 1939 the Meaford club held its first children’s Christmas party with each underprivileged child receiving a gift valued at $1. The party was judged a huge success.
During the Second World War, the club undertook the sale of Victory Bonds for the area. Club members also helped out on area farms since many young farmers were serving in the military. The club raised money to send packages to the soldiers overseas.
Over the years since that time the Meaford club has been involved in a wide variety of worthy causes. Just some of these include financial support for the arena and artificial ice installation, taking corn and ice cream to challenged children at the Blue Mountain Kids Camp, funds for the expanding Meaford hospital, to the Meaford Curling club, assistance for the purchase and operation of a handi-van and support for the skateboard park. Our community also has a new entrance to our harbour leading to the Rotary Pavilion both built by Rotarians.
Now the Meaford Rotary club has 37 members to help with the many projects locally and internationally that we support for the good of the respective communities. Our newest fundraiser is a Wine Tasting and Silent Auction event that will held at the Meaford Hall on September 22nd. This event will help support the Hospital Foundation and the Meaford Hall and many other projects.
Posted by
John Malloy
on 07/21/2009. Filed under
Meaford.
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