Sponsorship revenues passed the $18,000 mark in March. Last year sponsors donated a record $17,500 to the clay shoot. So, this year’s are an new all-time record for sponsorship donations.

Sponsorships are only about half our revenues. The charity auction is the next biggest revenue center. Last year it brought in close to $10,000. The raffle brings in another four to five thousand dollars. Practice rounds, extra meal tickets, shooting games, and individual registrants tend to match the raffle.
Club members will find raffle tickets in their April bill. The Club Board approved giving each member a book tickets and charging $20. There are three options: 1. Donate the money, 2. Buy the tickets and participate in the drawing, and 3. Sell the tickets for $5 each and make a commission of $5. Note, none of the options includes returning the tickets.

Now is the time to make yourself available for this very special event as a volunteer, for whether it be monetary donation, auction item or your precious time, your gracious help is greatly appreciated. The Shoot is less than two weeks away. From the last Clay Shoot Coordination Meeting it appears we are ready with equipment and supplies. Now, all we need are the people.

Our 2005 goal is to exceed last year’s donations to our local area youth programs that are dear to all of our hearts. Last year we cleared a little over $36,000 to split with our partner, Boys & Girls Club of Victoria.

Fifty-seven sponsors have signed through the end of March. Sixteen corporate sponsors have stepped forward along with twenty station sponsors. Another nine elected youth sponsorships followed by ten auction sponsors. Two food sponsors round out the field.
The corporate sponsors are: AEP-American Electric Power, Alexander & Marek, Brannan Paving, Calvo’s Janitorial, Chesnick Furniture, Crossroads Title, First Victoria National Bank, Jack Whitmire, Palm Harbor Homes, Pryor Sales & Service, Rexco, Ruth Constant, Speedy Stop, Suwannee Supply, Texas Glass & Tinting, and Zarsky Lumber.

Station sponsors are: Anderson Smith Null & Stofer, Barbara Biggs, Blackwood Toyota, Brown & Associates, Bruce Bauknight & David Drost, Friendly Oaks Bed & Breakfast, HEB, Hospice of South Texas, JHC Insurance, KAVU TV, Lauger Companies, Pat Pachta—State Farm, Peggy Cunningham, SCCI Hospital, Shirley Breedlove, Truman Transfer & Storage, Victoria Advocate, Victoria Air Conditioning, Victoria Business Magazine, and Victoria OMS Associates.
Youth sponsors are: Associated Engineers & Surveyors, BHP Engineering, Cole Cole & Easley, Derek Cox, Dink Jones, Don Krueger Construction, Mr & Mrs Ron Peace, Premier Properties, and The Glass Doctor of Six Flags.

The ten auction sponsors are Boardwalk Properties, Gerald Parker, Houston Marek & Griffin, Interiors by Sherry, Linwood Place, McAdams Floral, Retama West, Robert Clegg, and Wells-Fargo. ▲


Joe writes. . . . I've been feeling a little blue of late. Here it is 3/4 of my year is over and I was thinking that I had not accomplished anything during my tenure as your president. That is until I started to fill out the "President Citation" certification form.

I started to list the activities that we have been involved in this year and the list kept growing and growing. We as a club have reached out a helping hand to our local community, our district, our state and our world in so many ways it was almost impossible to count. Where there was a need we as Rotarian were there. My heart swelled to a point of bursting with the pride that I have in each and every one of you.

You have all helped the causes of Rotary in your own way. I thank you for trusting me with honor of serving as your president and look forward to many more productive years of service to Rotary.

Yours in Rotary,

Joe Truman    ▲

Club Centennial Project dedicated in February                                             Terry Robinson

The Rotary Clubs of Victoria dedicated their Centennial Project, a playground system serving over thirty families at the Anna Blackley Apartments, on February 19, 2005. Rotarians from all three Victoria clubs were present along with children from the Anna Blackley Apartment complex. The dedication was performed by Judge Don Pozzi with both the Victoria Advocate and KAVU Television coverage. The project was completed by over 40 Rotarians in the heat of August of 2004. Finishing touches were completed by an additional 15 Rotarians in January 2005. The project will be presented to the full district during the District Conference this year. A special thank you to all who dedicated their time and energy to completing this project. I hope to see all of you for the bicentennial project in 2105. A sign up sheet will be passed around soon…make plans on being there! ▲

WAHOO

The District conference, sometimes known as WAHOO, is on its way—-April 21-24.

Headquarters—Holiday Inn, Emerald Beach—has a special Rotarian rate of $85.00 per night single or double!
Pre-Conference starts in Laredo at the Laredo Entertainment Center, noon April 21. In addition, a golf tournament at the Rockport Country Club will be at 8:30 AM on April 21.

Official kick off time is Thursday evening April 21 in Corpus Christi with an ice breaker at the Holiday Inn.
RI President’s Representative is PDG Ron Denham from Toronto, Canada. He is coordinator for the RI Presidential Task Force on Water Resources.
Friday and Saturday will be filled with plenary sessions, so you can get to know what is going on in the world of Rotary. Friday, noon, all clubs luncheon. Saturday is Spotlighting the youth of Rotary. Presentations by Rotaract, Interact, RYLA, Youth Exchange and the Four Way Speech Contest.. Scholarships and prizes will be awarded to the winners of the speech contest. Saturday’s luncheon will Celebrate Rotary Youth and feature an inspiring youth International Flag Ceremony. Saturday night is the District Governor’s Banquet. This will be a celebration of Gov. George Dawson’s year—a special night to remember.

There will be a room devoted to showing what your club Centennial Project was. Ours will be among those.

Registration forms are available on the District web site, www.rotary5930.org. There is a link on the home page of our web site, also.

Don’t miss our District Conference, Corpus Christi, April 21-24 2005! AKA WAHOO.▲

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