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Senior News April, 2005 Vol. 24. No. 4
Published by the Humboldt Senior Resource Center in Eureka, California. HSRC is a non-profit community-based organization offering services for senior citizens, multi-generational families and caregivers.
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Dancing for Dollars Rotary gets nonprofits together for fun and fundraising by Barbara Clark
In years to come, when the Adorni Center is packed to the rafters with people celebrating nonprofits in the Eureka Rotary's Dancing for Dollars, we will remember these early years with fondness. There was enough room on the dance floor for the many dancers to strut their stuff, to step back and twirl their partners and to show off their kicks. It will grow in future years because it might be one of the most enjoyable events anyone has thought of for a community to do. Rotarians Neal Carnam and Sally Arnot organized the dance this year, and 13 local nonprofit organizations participated. The dance began at 3 p.m. and ended six hours later, with special dance presentations giving sweaty dancers a break every 30 minutes. The music was a lively selection of popular songs from the '60s to current time spun by DJ Pete Meyer. Swing was a favorite. Participating groups raised money from Dancing for Dollars in two ways. They invited friends and staff members to make pledges to members of their dance teams, and they each had a number of silent auction items available to the highest bidder. Last year, Carnam said, participating groups raised a total of $25,000. Roy and Becky Endberg danced during the afternoon to raise funds for the Humboldt Senior Resource Center. Roy first met Becky at a dance in 1974. Sara Senger, a McKinleyville attorney, danced all day, whether she had a partner or not. In addition to the Humboldt Senior Resource Center, the organizations participating in this fundraising benefit were the Clarke Museum, Discovery Museum, Food For People, Humboldt Arts Council, Humboldt Literacy Project, Humboldt Sponsors, The Ink People, Interact Club, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, North Coast Dance, Reading Service of the Redwoods, the Red Cross and the Whimsey Garden. Rotary provided the venue so that the nonprofits had no overhead for the site. To cover their expenses, Rotary charged $2 general admission and sold wine, beer and other beverages. Food was provided by Fork in the Road catering service of St. Vincent de Paul. "Rotary is about service to others, and the money we raise goes to nonprofits," Carnam said. "We thought up this event to serve a whole lot of nonprofits at one event. They get to keep 100 percent of what they raise here." He explained that most nonprofits have to spend money to make money, and that their costs of fundraising often run to 56 cents of every dollar they raise. Rotary Club of Eureka sponsors Bowling for Kids' Sake for Big Brothers Big Sisters, the annual jump into Humboldt Bay for the Discovery Museum and the Relay for Life for the American Cancer Society. The club is also the sponsor of HSRC's special drive, No Senior Goes Hungry, which supports the Home Delivered Meals program. The Rotary Club of Eureka, which began in 1923, is the original Rotary in this area, Carnam said. |
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