CLEARLAKE — The Rotary Club of Clearlake is preparing for its primary fundraiser of the year. The annual “Seafood Boil and Auction” will be held on Saturday, Feb. 26 at the Clearlake Senior/Community Center on Bowers Road. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.; dinner served at 6:30 p.m.
“This is a well-attended event with people coming from all around the lake as well as from out of the area to participate,” Marvin Carpenter, promotional chairman said.
The $60 ticket price includes salad, bread, tri-tip, single lobster tail plus an all-you-can-eat Seafood Boil including crab, shrimp, fish, clams, mussels, crawfish, sausages, corn-on-the-cob and potatoes. Dinner tickets also include dessert, two cocktail beverage tickets and limitless soft drinks, bottled water and coffee. Shannon Ridge Winery will be offering wine tasting from 6 to 7 p.m. for an additional charge as well.
“This is our primary fund-raiser of the year. We depend on the proceeds from the event to ensure that our club can continue the many wonderful contributions we make to the community,” Carpenter said. “We maintain the baseball fields, give away dictionaries to our third graders and award scholarships to our college-bound high school seniors. We also support a Rotaract Club at the college and an Interact Club at Carl? High School, which will provide the primary servers for the Seafood Boil.”
The Rotary Club of Clearlake was also instrumental in the creation of the athletic field at Lower Lake High School, participated in the development of Austin Park and continues involvement in projects benefiting Southshore Little League, Big Brothers and Sisters, the senior/community center building and Anderson Marsh Historical State Park. The club also participates in a student foreign exchange program and is assisting with funding for the Safe House project for homeless teens.
“In addition, there are numerous contributions made annually of both dollar contributions and contributions of time to service projects by the Rotary membership, which is comprised of local business persons,” Carpenter said. “We”ve also been involved in many international projects through Rotary International, which has existed since 1905. The motto of Rotary is ?Service Above Self” and we have made a difference in our community following that motto.”
The event will include live and silent auctions. Rotary members Terry Stewart and Peter Ventura will be serving as the evening”s auctioneers.
Advance ticket purchase is advised as the event usually sells out before the date. Tickets are available by contacting any Rotarian or call Serena Stone at 994-0294, Karen Karnatz at 263-6444 or Marvin Carpenter at 994-5650. Checks payable to Rotary Club of Clearlake may be sent to PO Box 549, Clearlake, CA 95422. Credit card purchase is also available. Those wishing to contribute an auction items can also contact one of the aforementioned representatives.
Contact South County reporter Denise Rockenstein at drockenstein@clearlakeobserver.com or call her directly at 994-6444, ext. 11.
