Scrum for Volunteers

Rotarians Needed to Help with Scrabble Event in 2 Weeks

LIFE (Literacy Is For Everyone, the non-profit created by Sunrise Rotarians three years ago) is planning its second annual Scrabble Scrum fundraiser in conjunction with International Literacy Month. The fun competition will take place on Tuesday evening, 29 September, starting at 6:00pm at Abacus in Camana Bay.

The fundraiser helps support various literacy programs in select Grand Cayman schools and helps reduce reliance on Rotary Sunrise for much of LIFE’s annual budget. Rotary and Rotaract volunteers played a key role in the success of last year’s inaugural event, where teams of six players –usually employees of the teams’ sponsors—compete in a fast-paced variation of the board game. Teammates work together in a limited period to create a board filled with high-value words, incorporating bonus words and working around twists such as confiscated letter tiles! Further twists are planned this year to keep the teams on their toes.

Event organizers need your help in two areas: help recruit players by asking local business to sponsor a team for a $500 donation to LIFE, or be a volunteer who helps add up the game boards or perform other duties to make the evening go smoothly.

Director Patrick Kreitlow imported the event to LIFE after helping create it for a literacy organization in Wisconsin. See him if you can assist with volunteering or recruiting teams. We need a lot of bodies to make it work and appreciate your willingness to be part of a fun evening that benefits literacy.