MIDDLETOWN ROTARY CLUB SAYS
"COME ON OVER TO CHAMPIONS SKATING CENTER
FOR A NEW YEARS DAY FUNDRAISER!"
Saturday, January 1, 2011 at 2:00 p.m.
8 Progress Drive, Cromwell 860-632-0323
(Champions is located off of Rt 372 behind Burger King and Chili’s Restaurant)
The Greater Middletown Rotary Club invites kids of all ages to join us for an Open Skate Fundraiser on New Year's Day from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm at Champions Skating Center in Cromwell, CT. All proceeds--every single dollar--will be used to benefit The Middletown Rotary Scholarship Fund. The Middletown Rotary Scholarship Fund gives scholarships to area high school youth who get good grades but who also have shown exceptional interest and leadership in community service. We want to nurture future leaders of our community.
A big thank you goes out to Rotarian and former Hartford Whaler Bob Crawford for hosting this fundraiser at Champions. (Bob's now working on bringing The Whale back to Hartford, among other things, like teaching young people ice hockey!) Also, a big thank you goes out to the entire Rotary Club for their help in organizing and supporting this event and to our friends out there--young and old-- who will be joining us for this important fundraiser. We really appreciate you and we are looking forward to welcoming in the New Year with you...on ice skates!
Admission is only $5.00 per person. Skate rentals are $3.00. There will be monitors on the ice to help pick you up if you fall down. If you're a land-lubber, that's ok because the snack bar will also be open with hot chocolate and coffee. So gather up the kids, call your friends, put a smile on your face, and get some exercise! We're certain you will see an old friend or two, or that you'll make a new friend. Now that's a great way to start 2011!
The Middletown Rotary Club provides services to the Greater Middletown community and internationally throughout the year. Local projects include supporting area food pantries, raising funds for an annual Turkey Drive, the Amber Alert child identification program, support to the Warm the Children program, hosting youth community service clubs at Mercy High School and at The Independent Day School, hosting young people in the Rotary International Student Exchange Program, and providing scholarships to high school and college youths. International projects that Middletown Rotary supports includes raising funds in the worldwide effort to eradicate polio, water filtration projects, and support to Haitian relief organizations, for example. This public skate fundraiser will specifically support the local Student Scholarship Program.
Update on the Skating for Scholarships fundraiser....we had about 75 people join us at Champions Skating Center and got a great head start on funding the Rotary Youth Scholarship program for 2011! A big thank you to all who came out and skated or volunteered for the cause. It was an awesome display of "community" and of people making big things happen in small ways every day. Thank you and let's make it a New Year's Day tradition!
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