Use this QR code to purchase your tickets to attend the Rotary Club’s Casino Night.
Mary Kay Utecht
Literacy shouldn’t be a “gamble” but in today’s world literacy is not guaranteed. The Rotary Club of Goodyear PebbleCreek (GYPC) has made a concerted effort to improve the literacy rates for the young people in our communities. We have devoted our time and resources to that cause. On Jan. 10 , from 6 to 9 p.m. in the PebbleCreek Tuscany Falls Ballroom, you can join us for our “Gamble for the Cause” evening. We are holding a Rotary Casino Night to raise funds to continue and expand our programs for literacy and other youth service programs. It will be a fun evening of friendship and fellowship and “gambling for the cause.”
For our serious gamblers, $75 will purchase you $250 of funny money and open the door to Rotary Casino. You can show your luck at the roulette wheel, the blackjack table, slot machines, or the craps table. Throughout the evening there will be four special spins on the roulette wheel with payouts of $125. Later in the evening a special raffle provides the lucky winner with a $500 cash payout. If you find yourself short of “money,” you can always purchase more funny money throughout the evening. If you need a break, relax at the cash bar and share complimentary snacks with your friends. Once you have restored your gambling energy, check out the fabulous raffle items and join in with the live auction.
Your evening of gambling will help Rotary enroll more youngsters in the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. With the new funds, Rotary can provide a new book to be mailed to the child’s home each month. Currently, GYPC Rotary Foundation is providing and paying for books to be mailed to 1,650 children ages birth to 5. Since the program started in 2021 we have mailed over 37,000 free books. Also, to help support our literacy message, Rotary Club of Goodyear PebbleCreek Foundation provided our school districts’ school buses with signage that reminds parents about the importance of reading to their children daily. And next month, we will complete our efforts to put 10 Little Lending Libraries in neighborhoods throughout the community. Our GYPC Rotary Club and Foundation is committed to stocking each library with new children and adult books every month. Each month the children in the neighborhoods should have new books to add to their reading lists. All this is made possible through our business partnerships and community fundraising. Please think about attending Rotary Casino in this effort on Jan. 10. We invite you to think about becoming a member of the Rotary Club of Goodyear PebbleCreek.
We meet each Wednesday morning at 7 a.m. at the Eagle’s Nest Clubhouse. Join us any time! It takes a village … come be part of our village!
Questions? Contact Colleen Malany at 630-651-1677 or Jim Frey at 415-271-0714.
See you at “The Rotary Casino.”