2009 Fundraiser is a Huge Success
Posted by Vicki Rowe
Our meeting was mainly a recapping of the fundraiser and a discussion of possibilities for additional fundraisers. Our speaker did not make it, so we enjoyed hearing Ozzy Karakas, Rotary Exchange Student from Turkey who was here in 2003 - 2004 tell us about how his exchange changed his life. He was brought to the meeting by Ike Khowdhury of Sunrise Rotary. Ozzy is here for a geophysicists' conference and will be around for a few more weeks. Hopefully, we will see him again. Gwen and Charlie Durrenberger will be in touch with him because Gwen was his counselor when he was an exchange student.
Good news included Glen's happiness at having his wife back home. Justin Jenkins observed that "the Texans didn't lose." Vicki Rowe praised Glen for his dedication to the exchange students. He took a group to the Renaissance Festival on Sunday and didn't make her go along! Lloyd recognized the Cy Fair Band students for their stellar ratings at two contests as well as their amazingly successful food drive and fundraising for CAM.
Vicki thanked Marilyn who was assisted by Tiffany for her hard work on the silent auction. Gwen thanked Vickie Botkin for running the raffle and keeping up with the silent auction proceeds, a huge task.
We all owe Gary and Keith a big thank-you for their joint efforts. Because of the letter campaign that they initiated, we got several big sponsors for the event. John Shirley sold 44 of the 177 tickets that were sold, making him the top ticket salesman again this year. Tom Benson made sure that the drinks were there, a very important contribution! Many people showed up to help set up and others stayed to clean up. Without everyone's hard work, we couldn't have done it.
The winning $5000 raffle ticket was sold by Justin Jenkins to one of his clients who is the CEO of Cypress North Medical Center. Justin will call him and give him the good news.
We also wanted to thank Kim Botkin, who assisted Vickie in the raffle and silent auction, Sandra Peterson, who did the table decorations, and Susan Culp who along with Trenton Peterson played a big part in the success of our fundraiser. The following Rotarians attended and helped make the event a success: Gary Gray, Keith Peterson, Tom Benson, Justin Lindstrom, Vickie Botkin, Stan Carr, Ted Lewis, Tom Benson, Vicki Rowe, Glen Rowe, Marilyn Farrell, Tiffany Moore, D. Ray Young, Mike Castro, Mike Hoke, Lloyd Culp, Gwen and Charlie Durrenberger, John Shirley, Justin Jenkins, Sammy Tao, and David Feldmeyer. Several spouses and mothers contributed delicious desserts. Spouses and kids who attended also made the event special. The high school students recruited by D. Ray helped with the ticket drawing (see picture) and food service clean-up. We also owe a big thanks to Mike and Sherry Reiland who had to miss the event, but supplied the delicious barbeque which makes the event so special. Thanks, everyone, for pitching in.
Thanks to everyone's efforts we grossed over $20,000. You can find more pictures from the event on the website under "Photo Journals." Be sure to check out Sandra and Marilyn getting down to "Ride, Sally, Ride."
Good news included Glen's happiness at having his wife back home. Justin Jenkins observed that "the Texans didn't lose." Vicki Rowe praised Glen for his dedication to the exchange students. He took a group to the Renaissance Festival on Sunday and didn't make her go along! Lloyd recognized the Cy Fair Band students for their stellar ratings at two contests as well as their amazingly successful food drive and fundraising for CAM.
Vicki thanked Marilyn who was assisted by Tiffany for her hard work on the silent auction. Gwen thanked Vickie Botkin for running the raffle and keeping up with the silent auction proceeds, a huge task.
We all owe Gary and Keith a big thank-you for their joint efforts. Because of the letter campaign that they initiated, we got several big sponsors for the event. John Shirley sold 44 of the 177 tickets that were sold, making him the top ticket salesman again this year. Tom Benson made sure that the drinks were there, a very important contribution! Many people showed up to help set up and others stayed to clean up. Without everyone's hard work, we couldn't have done it.
The winning $5000 raffle ticket was sold by Justin Jenkins to one of his clients who is the CEO of Cypress North Medical Center. Justin will call him and give him the good news.
We also wanted to thank Kim Botkin, who assisted Vickie in the raffle and silent auction, Sandra Peterson, who did the table decorations, and Susan Culp who along with Trenton Peterson played a big part in the success of our fundraiser. The following Rotarians attended and helped make the event a success: Gary Gray, Keith Peterson, Tom Benson, Justin Lindstrom, Vickie Botkin, Stan Carr, Ted Lewis, Tom Benson, Vicki Rowe, Glen Rowe, Marilyn Farrell, Tiffany Moore, D. Ray Young, Mike Castro, Mike Hoke, Lloyd Culp, Gwen and Charlie Durrenberger, John Shirley, Justin Jenkins, Sammy Tao, and David Feldmeyer. Several spouses and mothers contributed delicious desserts. Spouses and kids who attended also made the event special. The high school students recruited by D. Ray helped with the ticket drawing (see picture) and food service clean-up. We also owe a big thanks to Mike and Sherry Reiland who had to miss the event, but supplied the delicious barbeque which makes the event so special. Thanks, everyone, for pitching in.
Thanks to everyone's efforts we grossed over $20,000. You can find more pictures from the event on the website under "Photo Journals." Be sure to check out Sandra and Marilyn getting down to "Ride, Sally, Ride."