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Rotary Raises Record Riches in Annual Auction
Fairfield Suisun Rotary fundraiser will support Meals on Wheels, Food Bank and others this holiday season.
The Fairfield Suisun Rotary Club teamed up with Paradise Valley Estates and Portrero Hills Landfill to raise $6000 in 20 minutes to fund local non-profits and community service projects.
The fundraiser was part of the Rotary’s Annual Gift Auction in which teams of Rotarians bid on gift bags during their meeting to raise funds for the club. Usually the bags contain wine, gift cards or Christmas goodies for the teams to share.
This year, the gift bags instead contained $3000 in charitable contributions made in the Club’s name and funded by PVE and Portrero.
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On behalf of the Rotary Club, Paradise Valley Estates contributed $1500 to the Fairfield Community Services Foundation for their coat, food and toy drives. Portrero gave $500 to Meals on Wheels for senior home meals and $1000 to the Rotary Club for their multiple community projects.
With the $1000 from the gift bag and $3000 given by members of the Rotary Club bidding on the bags, the total raised for the Club was $4000.
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The Rotary Club’s community projects include the Rotary Feeds Families Project, the Teen Good Character Awards, the Ready to Succeed Program and the Rotary Success Scholars at the Police Activity League Center, among others.
The public is invited to attend Rotary meetings via Zoom every Tuesday starting again on January 5th at noon. Email fsrotaryclub@gmail.com to receive a link for future meetings.