Chester Rotary raises $9,000 for college scholarships
The Chester Telegraph | Mar 23, 2016 | Comments 0
With a large silent auction and Master of Ceremonies Townsend Gilbert at the microphone for the live version and raffles the Chester Rotary Club raised $9,000 for the Ladd Scholarship Fund to help local students with college expenses. The event filled the first floor of the Fullerton Inn on Saturday night.
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- Baskets filled with donations stand ready to be raffled off to lucky ticket holders. Photos by Shawn Cunningham.
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- Barb Westine of NewsBank and Maureen McAveeney of Sunshine Acres enter bids in the silent auction.
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- A buffet supper filled with comestibles for every palate was served.
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- Kathryn and Joe Evans of Table 19 and artist Lew Watters fortify themselves for the live auction.
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- One table gets joyfully rowdy before five of its diners win baskets.
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- From left, Steven Davis, Malcolm Summers and Ann Summers total up the proceeds for the scholarship fund during dinner.
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