Dream Auction selling out fast
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You better act fast if you want tickets for this year’s Kalamalka Rotary Dream Auction.
The annual banquet and auction runs Nov. 21 at the Best Western Vernon Lodge.
“We had about 50 tickets left at the end of last week and we expect a sell out this week,” said Riley Twyford, ticket committee chairman.
“Dream Auction has become the premier charitable event in Vernon.”
This is the 25th anniversary of Dream Auction which has raised, to date, $1.96 million for local and international projects.
“Our generous supporters have come through yet again and we have some excellent items for this anniversary auction,” said auction chairman Brent Barker.
“As well as the expected high quality furniture, electronics, wine and art, we have a number of excellent golf and fishing excursions as well as a three day men’s cooking class for eight on a 90-foot houseboat and a beach house in Brazil with cash for air fares.”
Net proceeds from the 2009 Dream Auction will bring the total auction amount raised by Kalamalka Rotarians to more than $2 million.
The money is directed into major and minor local projects as well as international projects such as the Rotary Student Exchange and Polio Plus, dedicated to the eradication of polio worldwide.
The donations canvass has wrapped up and Kal Rotary president Cheryl Schmidt urges businesses, individuals and professionals to attend this year’s auction.
“The banquet pays all of the costs surrounding Dream Auction which allows us to return 100 per cent of auction funds raised to projects,” she said.
Tickets are $75 each and are available through Kalamalka Rotarians or Twyford at 250-545-5371.
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