Over $162,000 Raised--Rotarians Celebrate
Our Rotary Club celebrated a great fund raising effort at the home of Cindy and Jeff Huleatt on July23. It was the29th year of the Great Stilly Duck Dash and it was chaired by President Elect Paul Ellis.
A Great Venue for a Fun Event
The celebration brought members and their families and friends together for a great afternoon of fellowship and fun. Jeff grilled his famous "trash steak" on his open fire grill and Cindy provided her great strawberry shortcake. Side dishes were provided by members, so no one left hungry.
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Activities for the kids included a bouncy house and dunk tank. Of course adults were also expected to take the hot seat at the dunk tank particularly our ducks, Carla and Jim, and the Duck Dash chair, Paul.
Dunk Tank Fun
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Those who contributed to the success of the event were also recognized by Paul.
Recognitions
.jpg) Jola chaired a very successful sponsorship drive! $80,050 raised. | .jpg) Carla and Dale were our "Ticket Masters" not only in keeping us motivated and organized to sell, but by also leading everyone else in tickets sales. $82,200 in total ticket sales! |
 For the 2nd time on the last several years Carla out sold Duck Dash "Yellow Alert" Dale. Congratulation Carla! Carla's sales totaled $5,580 with Dale next at $5,460. |  Carla was also recognized as our female duck along with our male duck Jim. Thanks Carla and Jim for doing a great job and for being such good sports! |
There were others who were recognized by Paul with photos in the album: Bill and Robin for hosting the refreshment station; Simona for taking over as our money manager and Kathy for working with her for a smooth transition; Duane for being our gambling manager and Dave for working with him for a smooth transition; Jeff and Cindy for hosting the celebration;
Paul also wants to recognize a couple of our members who were not at the celebration--Fitz Couhig for the boom crew and Ryan Berg for his great effort in trying to get our train running for the event. Big thanks also to Marysville Rotarian and past District Governor Harv Jubie for allowing us once again to use the Marysville train.
Bob and Paul
Next year's Chair will be our current Vice President and President Elect for 2018-19 Bob Campbell. Bob was recognized by Paul for organizing the day of the race venue--Haller Park. In turn, Bob and all those present, gave a great big thunderous applause for the job Paul did at making the 2017 Great Stilly Duck Dash one of our most successful! THANK YOU PAUL!!