Chester Rotary raises $9,000 for college scholarships
The Chester Telegraph | Mar 23, 2016 | Comments 0
With a large silent auction and Master of Ceremonies Townsend Gilbert at the microphone for the live version and raffles the Chester Rotary Club raised $9,000 for the Ladd Scholarship Fund to help local students with college expenses. The event filled the first floor of the Fullerton Inn on Saturday night.
Baskets filled with donations stand ready to be raffled off to lucky ticket holders. Photos by Shawn Cunningham.
Barb Westine of NewsBank and Maureen McAveeney of Sunshine Acres enter bids in the silent auction.
A buffet supper filled with comestibles for every palate was served.
Kathryn and Joe Evans of Table 19 and artist Lew Watters fortify themselves for the live auction.
One table gets joyfully rowdy before five of its diners win baskets.
From left, Steven Davis, Malcolm Summers and Ann Summers total up the proceeds for the scholarship fund during dinner.
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