It's always a strange sensation to wake up on the other side of our annual Auction & Rummage Sale -- and this year is no exception. Word on the street is that 2016 was record-breaking in every conceivable metric. We know you can't wait to hear what those numbers are -- and if you come to the Volunteer Celebration Picnic on Sunday from 1:00 to 3:00 at Battle Point Park, you'll be among the first to hear this exciting news.
The Auction & Rummage Sale is a reflection of who we are as a community, and who we are as a Rotary Club (our Rotarian participation rate was 95% this year!). You're an essential part of why this event has become such a success -- and is now, we believe, the only event of its size and revenue anywhere.
To everyone who worked, donated, and shopped: Thank you. And please join me in thanking Tom
McCloskey -- our Auction Chair Extraordinaire for three years running -- for his tireless leadership, talent, and enormous heart.
I look forward to seeing a full house of Rotarians at Wing Point on Monday evening as we launch the new Rotary year and honor those whose service during the past 12 months have made us proud.
We have so very much to celebrate.
In gratitude,
Susie Glass Burdick
President Elect
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