FogHorn April 6, 2017  -  The After Party - Celebrating Magic 2017

 

The list includes: 
Catherine Yaque pulled off a delicious dinner for 200. Mary Rogren met with success with the auction, which brought in more than $16,000, and Susan Shapira found similar success with sponsorship which brought in around $17,000. 
Dianne Bobko headed the Service Above Self award committee, and also worked with tickets, marketing and the overall event.
Dave Dickson helped with tickets.
Rosi Fontana helped with event setup and in the kitchen.
Christine Quinn served as the "secret shopper," helping with decorations and with getting items needed to make the dinner a success.
Wes Burgess secured the entertainment and had a record success with the raffle.
Linda Crose-Anderson, along with Mitone Griffiths, helped get together the student helpers for the evening.
Warren Barmore was instrumental in overall planning, plus event setup and takedown.
Paul Wrubel helped with the arrangement of the room, including the auction items and furniture, and worked with the I.D.E.S. Society members beginning days before the event.
Joe Brennan ran the bar and its crew.
Dave Andrews helped transport items for the event and auction from storage. 
Teresa Adam helped with setup for the evening.
Dick Charnock was acknowledged as a sponsor.
Ginger Minoletti was acknowledged for her help with the event setup, with the auction and as a sponsor.
Irwin Cohen helped with the takedown after the event.
Dave Cresson was thanked as a sponsor.
Ed Daniels was thanked for his help with setup, with the bar and with takedown.
EJ Dieterle was thanked for donating auction items.
Bonnie Dunham was acknowledged for her help in taking the photos for the life-size forms of the Service Above Self award finalists. 
John Evans helped with tickets and setup.
Millie Golder helped with storage of auction items.
Exchange student Caroline Gossart was acknowledged for a lot of help behind the scenes.
Robin Jeffs was thanked as a sponsor -- of two tables!
Bill Johnston helped in the kitchen, and his wife Ayn Johnston represented him at the meeting.
Renee Lewis was thanked for her help with the auction.
Charise McHugh was acknowledged and thanked for her help with banner setup and takedown.
Kevin O'Brien was thanked for his help in room setup and takedown for the event.
EP and Rick were thanked for their help in making the many name cards!
Shana "Rusty" Reilly-Pond was thanked for once again getting our 2 MAJOR SPONSORS including her bank.
Other thanks for sponsorship went to Nate Serdy, Pat Roma and Rose Serdy.
Also acknowledged for helping at the event and for sponsorship were Eric Shapira, Betty Shapira and Stacy Trevenon.
Richard Wright was credited with helping out a lot. Dwight  Wilson and Steve Wilson.

Dianne Bobko thanked the Rotary members of the SAS Judges Panel - Wes Burgess, Ginger Minoletti, EP, Dwight Wilson, and she talked about the process of selecting the Service Above Self finalists and award recipient, describing how it involved sifting through application forms and a lot of behind-the-scenes work. She mentioned how people who serve and help others and stand out for their service. Rose pointed out that Mike Serdy had been humbled and touched by having been nominated.
President Liz, who received a standing ovation at the meeting for her leadership during the event,  mentioned comments that she had heard from people who praised the Magic of the Coastside for the quality of its food. She also mentioned Rotary's benefiting the HEAL project.
Other Rotarians gave comments about the evening, including Mitone Griffiths mentioning how lovely the auction items' displays were and how people raved about the evening's entertainer, magician Tom Ogden. Dave mentioned how the other entertainer, magician Suzanne, was known for stumping Penn & Teller. Robin praised how well  the event had been organized.
Ginger updated everyone on her mother-in-law who had taken a fall on the stairs at Magic, saying she is doing well. 
Prez Liz noted that we should soon have a final figure as to how much was raised by the event. She mentioned that even Rotarians' children were promoting the event on that evening. 
Eric suggested making a gesture of appreciation to the I.D.E.S. members for their help and support, and Liz responded that Dave was working on a proclamation for the I.D.E.S. Ginger mentioned the helpers around the  bar, and suggested how their participation could serve as a model for a service project.

Someone also suggested that a Service Above Self category for young members of the community could be created. Liz explained that we have already been doing that for the last 3 years, but decided that since the students haven't been able to attend Magic the last couple of years because of the HS play, we will recognize the recipient as part of the High School Scholarship night event. Students have already been nominated and selected.

 

DG Jeri reminded us about the District Conference May 5^th, 6^th, and 7^th. On Saturday night the 6^th the big club awards will be given out and on Sunday the 7^th our very own Pres Liz will be the MC – don’t want to miss that. 

She also advised that the Club Baskets that we all participated in brought in $300K including 3 Arch Klumpf donors and a lot of other crazy Rotarians giving money for the Foundation!  District 5150 (that’s us) is now #1 in the world for RI Foundation giving…..and that results in a lot of money flowing back to the district for our projects!