2016 Reverse Raffle

 
Join Us at our
2016 Reverse Raffle
 
Announcing the 2016 KC Plaza Rotary Reverse Raffle & Auction! This is our club’s major fundraiser of the year, with proceeds to support the club's major beneficiaries Hope House, Urban Ranger Corps, Plaza Rotary Foundation, and Rotary International programs including the drive to eradicate Polio in the world. 
 
Plan on joining us for this evening of fun, fellowship and fundraising with Rotarians and friends:
When:  6:30 – 9:30pm on Saturday, May 21, 2016
Where: at the Merriam home of our own Will H. 
What: In a Reverse Raffle, you keep your fingers crossed and hope that your number(s) do NOT get drawn. It's the last number drawn that's the big winner of the $1,000 cash prize. There's more:
    
    •    prize drawings for each group of 10 numbers that  have just been pulled
    
    •    a ‘wooden spoon’ prize for the winner of all non-prize winners (aka the losers)
 
    •    a live auction for awesome experiences conducted by fellow Rotarian and professional auctioneer, Bob Mayo
 
    •    a silent auction for unique items, events, and baskets of enjoyment
 
What else could you win? Here's a sample: 
  • $250 consolation prize 
  • First ticket drawn wins $100
  • Golf Package
  • Handyman Services
  • Wine Tasting
  • Royals Baseball Tickets
  • Baskets containing spectacular items from Cuba, Scotland, Africa, and Russia
  • Single Malt Scotch Tasting Party
  • Makeover Session, including a photo session, hair and make-up
How you can help:
  1. PURCHASE TICKETS! Tickets are $75 each, and are available from Plaza Rotary. Make checks payable to Plaza Rotary Foundation. For more info, contact Denise Holt, Beth Bahner or Jennifer Kyle.
  2. DONATE AUCTION ITEMS! We welcome additional auction items from businesses and individuals. We're looking for large items such as trips and fun experiences, as well as smaller items such as services, classes, and gift baskets. 
The event includes heavy hors d’oevres, and a cash bar. 
 
Our beneficiaries: 
Urban Rangers:
The Urban Ranger Corps is an organization established to provide boys and young men ages 12 to 18 with a unique opportunity to develop the appropriate life skills necessary for them to become successful and contributing members of society. The Urban Ranger Corps is designed to assist boys and young men in discovering their individual talents, skills and abilities while guiding them successfully from childhood to adulthood. They offer each participant a global view in the content areas of Career & Academic Enhancement, Financial & Entrepreneurial Education and Neighborhood & Community Involvement. The program works as a comprehensive community- based system that promotes and shares ownership of its success with the entire population of Kansas City.  All programs and activities are designed to offset some of the major problems affecting youth in the urban core while at the same time working to upgrade the status of our future human resource pool.
 
Hope House:
Hope House opened an onsite dental clinic operated by volunteer dentists in December 2011. Services are offered free of charge, regardless of insurance status or income level; onsite at a location where survivors are already receiving services; and with staff nearby whom they have grown to know and trust.  Hope House’s dental clinic includes two dental chairs and an x-ray machine.  Primary volunteers include a retired dentist who brings hygienists and assistants, though other dental professionals also volunteer their time.  The main dentist volunteers an average of two days per month and generally sees seven patients each day.  In 2014, the clinic provided 101 unduplicated survivors with a total of 160 visits.  Treatments included 129 general exams, 26 emergency exams, 58 cavity fillings, and 48 extractions.  Hope House anticipates continuing to serve at least as many clients in 2015.
 
 
Polio Eradication Worldwide:
Since 1985 Rotary has contributed more than $1.3 billion and countless volunteer hours to protect more than 2 billion children worldwide from polio. Rotary, along with our partners, has reduced polio cases by 99 percent worldwide since our first project to vaccinate children in the Philippines in 1979. We are close to eradicating polio, but we need everyone’s help.