DROP IT LIKE IT’S HOT FOR SHELTERBOX!
 | Drop it Like It's Hot for ShelterBox was the title and theme of a fund-raiser conducted by The Interact Club of Crown Pointe Academy, in Westminster, Colorado on May 7, 2017. More precisely, it was a fund-raiser for ShelterBox conducted by three eighth grade boys, Asher Aragon, “Moose” Gomez and Jaden Cornett. Over the course of about three months, they designed, organized and implemented this golf-ball-drop raffle. They visited Rotary Clubs, making their presentation and selling golf balls; arranged for student assemblies at their school, including a display of a ShelterBox tent; they solicited the families of their school through daily announcements and the distribution of flyers; and hosted the event at their school where the local fire department provided a ladder truck for the dropping of the golf balls. |
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The goal of these three young men was to raise enough money for the purchase of two ShelterBoxes. They were extraordinarily successful in raising a total of $2,350.00, $1000.00 which can be used for a ShelterBox for future disasters, and $1,350.00 for deployment essentials.
The event day was a tremendous success and a fun day for about 50 attendees.
The food vendors, a Rotarian owned pizza restaurant, iPie, and a bakery, Nothing Bundt Cakes, made money while promoting their products; a teacher at their school DJ’d with great music; the ShelterBox representatives, David Adorr and Tammi Mayfield came with the tent display; and the Westminster Fire Department Chief, Doug Hall, a member of Westminster 7:10 Rotary, showed up to support his fire crew and the sky-high ball drop.
The Westminster 7:10 Rotary Club supported the efforts of these three Interact “champions” by matching their first $1,000.00 raised and buying a very generous amount of golf balls for the raffle. Crown Pointe Academy’s Interact program is supported by an amazing faculty sponsor, Kari Knudson. Westminster 7:10 Rotary Club sponsors three Interact clubs and is so proud of the student-led programs and fund-raisers hosted by these clubs, and so appreciative of the time and dedication of the faculty sponsors.