Sooke Rotary’s Auction & Spring Fair is this Saturday, May 5, at the SEAPARC arena. With this year being the club’s 25th Anniversary, here are 25 reasons to attend this year’s Auction & Spring Fair.
#25 Live music and entertainment all day.
#24 Help send a Sooke youth to college or university.
#23 Make someone smile... free entry for door prize, $100 flower bouquet from Sooke Flower House.
#22 Happily spend some $$, knowing it ALL goes directly to helping neighbours and friends in need.
#21 Get a brand-new-to-you bike at such a great price, you can afford to buy one for a friend too.
#20 Help eradicate polio world-wide http://www.rotary.org/en/EndPolio/Pages/learn.aspx.
#19 Because there’s no Canucks game on Saturday, May 5. :-(
#18 Empower Sooke’s youth, tomorrow’s community leaders http://www.sookeyouth.ca/
#17 Buy some plants, talk gardening with other greenery-obsessive folks.
#16 Catch up with old friends over a beverage. Or meet a new friend (maybe someone who will buy you a beverage).
#15 Send a teen on a Rotary Youth Adventure ... technology, leadership, film, forestry, culinary arts.
#14 Learn how fun and fulfilling it is to be a Rotarian, maybe join the club!
#13 Support literacy, contribute to book buying for Sooke’s libraries http://www.sookewestshoreliteracy.ca
#12 Sing O’Canada in public, loud and proud.
#11 Raffle for a Broil King BBQ, $2 a ticket.
#10 Tasty dinner ... pork roast with all the trimmings. Mmm, mmm, good.
#9 It’s a party! Sooke Rotary is 25 years young and going strong!
#8 Business expo... who’s who in Sooke... see and be seen!
#7 Party time....clowns, miniature ponies, free cupcakes, bouncy castle... oh yeah!
#6 Rotary pier, SEAPARC bus, what’s next? Help us decide on Sooke Rotary’s next big project.
#5 Bargains, bargains, bargains ... silent auction, live auction, online auction
#4 Because Mother’s Day is a week away, buy a nice gift early (and maybe save a few bucks, but don’t tell mum).
#3, 2, & 1 to attend Rotary Auction & Spring Fair: Because it’s fun. Because you care. Because we need your help kicking off our next 25 years of serving Sooke!
Some honourable mentions that didn’t make the Top 25:
•Highest bidder can learn Indian Food Cooking Lesson with Ron Kumar (Peoples Drug Mart). Ingredients, recipes, lessons included. Food for four people.
•You know you’re going to need it anyway ... 96 rolls of toilet paper.
• You don’t need it but you sure do want it ... salmon fishing, halibut fishing, crabbing tours, horseback riding, golf, art, jewellery.
See you at SEAPARC on Saturday, May 5, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.