RB Sunrise Rotary Parties For A Good Cause

Our club's holiday party was anything but dull. We got several dozen of us into one house (Nasrin's place is GORGEOUS, but no surprise there - she's an architect, for heaven's sake!) and then spent the night having a grand old time.

Naturally, as the club's publicity chair I figure no opportunity should be wasted for trying to get the word out about what we're all about. Therefore, this story was just sent out to the local press.

RB Sunrise Rotary Parties For A Good Cause

One thing the RB Sunrise Rotarians know how to do is to do well by doing good.

Whether they’re delivering dictionaries to third graders in San Diego, building homes for needy families in Tijuana, or helping US soldiers in Iraq to communicate with their families at home, this group of professionals never stops looking for ways to help make the world a better place.

So it comes as no surprise that they were thinking of feeding the hungry, even as they celebrated the holidays amongst themselves. 80+ members and spouses were in attendance at the sumptuous home of Poway-based architect Nasrin Barbee.

“We’re having an auction tonight” intoned veteran Rotarian Mike Moffett “with every dollar raised going back to help our community and the less fortunate.” With those words, Moffett and chief elf Jim Roth supervised an auction that raised almost $2,000.

Items donated by, and then auctioned to members of the club, included gift baskets, etched vases, and fine wine. Moffett and Roth provided an entertaining and interesting dialogue as the steady parade of auction items – some apparent and others disguised as mystery gifts – came up for sale.

As in past years, the highlight of the sometimes spirited auction event came when the contribution of Fred Nasseri (Unicorn Jewelry) was put on the block.

“People were getting a bit crazed to bid for Fred’s package.” observed club president Steve Sayler, adding “They know he’s a classy guy, and he always donates something sure to fit into any lifestyle.” Nasseri’s contribution to the evening – a pair of his and hers wristwatches – alone generated 10% of the evening’s proceeds.

As the RB Sunrise Rotary party wound down for the evening and checkbooks were put away, club vice-president Kendra Jeffcoat noted: “Many of us got to buy things tonight, but the real winners at the auction were the members of the community that we’ll be able to help with the extra money we’ve raised.”

The RB Sunrise Rotary meets each Tuesday morning at 7:15 am at the Country Club of Rancho Bernardo, 12280 Greens East Road, San Diego, CA 92128. Prospective members are invited to attend these meetings as guests of the club.

The public is also invited to review the blog of Paul Gorman, one of the club’s newest members, as he traces his adventure in joining and participating in Rotary. It can be found at www.redbadgerotarian.blogspot.com. Another blog, maintained by club publicity chair Rob Weinberg, is tracing a year of a more established Rotarian. That one – entitled THE ADVENTURES OF ROB THE ROTARIAN can be found at rbsunrise.blogspot.com/.

The Rancho Bernardo Sunrise Rotary club can be found online at www.rbsunrise.org.