Our first club fundraiser “Wine’d Up for Youth” could not have happened without the support and hard work of so many Passport One members. The event was everything we hoped for. We had a variety of wonderful wines and delicious food for patrons to sample. The hit of the evening was the RYE (Rotary Youth Exchange) students who each made food from his or her home country.
A special shout out goes to our hard working past president, Dwight Chambers. The Wine’d Up event was his vision, and he chaired the fundraising committee. The group met weekly for months making sure every detail was covered.
Our amazing President Elect, Leigh-Ann Reinero, went to other Rotary club meetings to sell tickets.
We are so grapeful that Ms. Grape (past president, JoAnne Tanner) went everywhere (including channel 10) to promote the evening.
We don’t have the final figures for the event, but we will share the results when we get them. We were raising money for our club, but also for RYE and other youth programs. They were excited to know they will share in the proceeds.