The Courtenay Rotary Club’s Annual On-Line Auction successfully raised just over $35,000 during March.
The majority of the funds raised will go towards extending the Rotary Trail from Eighth Street to 17th Street, working in conjunction with the City of Courtenay and the Island Corridor Foundation. The balance of the funds raised will go towards other worthwhile community projects.
Courtenay Rotary Club president Naomi Carmichael is very pleased with this year’s success and says, “Thanks everyone who donated to our fundraising auction, our success is the communities success. Also thanks to everyone who participated by bidding on the advertised items, we were extremely pleased by the increased community participation this year and we look forward to doing it again in 2013.”
On-Line Auction public relations co-ordinator Neil Havers thanks the media for their support.
“Their generous support allows us to grow the auction year after year through ever increasing awareness of the event. Working together we can grow this event and raise even more monies for much needed community projects. Particularly I’d like to thank Eagle-FM, the Comox Valley Echo and the Comox Valley Record,” says Havers on behalf of the Courtenay Rotary Club.
Continued fundraising for the Rotary Trail will take place this summer with the first Rotary Summer Garden Party to be held at the Old House Restaurant on Aug. 19. This event replaces the On-Live Auction Gala Event.
“We’ve run the Gala Auction successfully for 26 years and it’s time for a change,” says auction chair Art Meyers. “This first year will be an exclusive event for those who have supported our Gala Auction over the past 26 years," Meyers added.
The Summer Garden Party will take place in the afternoon featuring gourmet appetizers, entertaining fund raising activities and live auction items, all in a casual summer garden party setting.
Meyers adds, “If you’ve supported our auction in the past, expect to hear from us. We are going all out to put on an exciting event that we can carry on for many years to come."
If you have a project or are an organization looking for funding, please contact the Courtenay Rotary Club. Our advisory committee (made up of Courtenay Rotary Club past presidents) reviews community funding requests on an ongoing basis and determines which worthy recipient(s) will be selected for support.
A funding request application is on the club's website (www.clubrunner.ca/courtenay). Mail your completed request application to: Courtenay Rotary Club, Box 3336, Courtenay, B.C. V9N 2N5.
— Courtenay Rotary Club