Rotary fundraiser set to help trio of charities

The Breakfast Rotary Club is having a gala next weekend to help several charities, including Romanian orphans.

The eighth annual McMinnville Breakfast Rotary Charity Gala is this coming Saturday from 7-10 p.m. at McMinnville Country Club.

Tickets are $100 per couple. All proceeds benefit the club’s Romanian Orphanage Project, Habitat for Humanity and the Greenway Overlook Project.

For ticket information, or to donate an item for the silent auction, contact Dave Wideman at 473-9615.

The event will feature a wonderful meal, dancing with music in several styles, including big band and swing, from the South Jackson Street Band, and a silent auction with a variety of great items to bid on for everyone at the gala. Dress will be coat and tie, or formal if preferred.

With the Romanian Orphanage Project, Breakfast Rotary provides about one-half the support for an orphanage that cares for 12 children, ages 2-15.

For Habitat for Humanity, the Breakfast Rotary and Rotary Club of McMinnville provide the windows and doors, materials and labor, for Habitat houses built locally.

The Greenway Overlook Project is an overlook, sitting area, and gathering place at the site of the old generator building on the Barren Fork dam site on the greenway. This project involved many hours of volunteer work and material donations from Rotarians and local businesses.

Rotarian Peggy Bratcher says the gala will be a treat for everyone involved. “It’s a fun evening,” Bratcher said, “and benefits a lot of worthy projects.”