The Rotary Penny Press: Quesnel Rotary Fundation Dinner

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Quesnel Rotary Fundation Dinner

Saturday, January 29 we attended The Rotary Foundation dinner put on by the Rotary clubs of Quesnel and Quesnel Sunrise. A beautifully decorated room with red roses and hearts greeted just under 100 Rotarians and guests.

PDG Chris offer, Rotary Regional Foundation Coordinator was the keynote speaker for the evening.

Keith Corbett was the auctioneer for the evening, auctioning homemade desserts to finish off a delicious buffet, red rose table centerpieces and many auction items. The final auction of the night, the loony auction allowed participants to purchase numerous auction items with casino chips purchased for one dollar each. With each casino chip you purchased a numbered paddle to bid on the item. Numbers were drawn for each of the loony auction items. A unique and fun way to raise funds for international service and The Rotary Foundation.

Congratulations to all the club members who organized a very successful event. The event raised approximately $11,000 to be divided between the two clubs. A great evening in Quesnel BC celebrating The Heart of Rotary.

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Meet DG Penny

Penny Offer is the Governor of District 5040 for 2010-11. She served as Assistant Governor for the clubs in Vancouver from 2005 to 2008. She was chair of the District 5040 Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) committee and a RLI training leader.

Penny is a member of the RC of Vancouver Chinatown. She has served on a variety of district committees. In 2009 she was invited to serve on a panel at the RI Convention in Birmingham on strategic planning. She is a charter member of the Bequest Society, member of the Paul Harris Society and a major donor for The Rotary Foundation.

She was a Rotary Foundation volunteer in the Philippines delivering humanitarian aid and a volunteer on a Rotaplast mission to Chengde, China assisting a medical team with surgery for children with cleft lips and palates.

Penny's classification is Health Care Administration. She retired in 1998 as a senior health care administrator. She has a BA, MSW & MA.