Norfolk Sunrise News

The Rotary Club of Norfolk Sunrise kept calm and “shamrocked on” at its annual Bargains, Bling and Blarney event held on St Patrick’s Day at the Greens of Renton Golf Club in Simcoe.  This was a ladies only event and there was no hesitation to wear lots of green and Irish bling.  A friend is like a four leaf clover – hard to find and lucky to have, and all felt fortunate that many Rotary friends attended this sold out event. 

 

The ladies of Norfolk County brought a re-gifting item from their closets or found a gently used item to bring to the event.  The venue was decorated in a St. Patrick’s Day theme.  It was noted that none of the four leaf clovers were ironed because Rotarians did not want to “press their luck”!  The Sunday afternoon event included a delicious lunch covered by the entry ticket.  The ladies registered for their bidding paddles and donated their re-gifting items that were placed on the silent auction tables with bid sheets.  After lunch, the live auction started.  Items were generously donated by local merchants and Rotary members.  Rotarian Nancy Sherwin was the lucky winner of the “key in the lock” fundraising draw and she generously donated back the handcrafted earrings that were specially created for this event.  The earrings were put up for auction and yielded a substantial amount. 

 

At the end of the day, this event was a pleasure to host and a public service was offered as the ladies were encouraged to clean out that overstuffed re-gifting closet.  The Rotarians organizing this event are congratulated for their hard work and enthusiasm in making this event so successful.  Committee members included: Gail Catherwood, Yvonne DiPietro, Mary Mercato, Tina Milea, Bettyann Carty, Lucine McKay, and Cathy Harrop.  In keeping with this theme is the wish that "your troubles be less and your blessings more, and nothing but happiness comes through your door."