KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – Rotary Club of Kelseyville Sunrise announced that its 2021 club fundraiser will be a socially distanced poker run.
The event will take place in downtown Kelseyville on Saturday, May 8, from noon to 4 p.m.
To add to the fun, the Club is sponsoring an online auction, with bidding opening at 9 a.m. on Friday, May 7, and closing at 9 p.m. Sunday, May 9.
Not sure how a poker run works? The club said it’s easy and loads of fun.
Check-in and draw your first card at Chacewater Winery to start your run. Visit six more stops along Main Street in Kelseyville including Fore Family Wine Room, Lyndall’s Sports Stop Grill, The Brick Tavern, Smiling Dogs Tasting Room, Kelsey Creek Brewing, and A & H General Store to draw your next card.
If you draw a queen, you win a prize donated by the stop location. Stop in at the many businesses along the way to double the fun and adventure. Masks and social distancing are advised to keep everyone safe.
Turn in your best hand of five cards at Saw Shop Public House and pick up your grab and go Mexican dinner. The top three hands will win a prize.
Tickets are $50 (plus convenience fee of $2.33) and can be purchased online.
Wonderful lots will be offered during the online auction including “The Bride,” a signed and numbered serigraph by well-known Chinese artist Ting Shao Kuang, a flight over Lake County followed by lunch for two at Red’s Sky Room and a delicious Farm to Fork Dinner in a century-old orchard and many more.
Auction lots will be available for preview here.
The club offers its thanks to the sponsors for the event: Bella Vista Farming Co. LLC, California Exterminators, C&S Waste Solutions, Stokes Ladders, The Travel Centers and Richard Knoll Consulting Rents, and UCC Rentals.
Additional sponsorships are available. For information, contact Terry Dereniuk at 707 337-2871 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Rotary Club of Kelseyville Sunrise supports many projects in the community each year with funds raised at the annual fundraiser event. In 2020, scholarships were awarded to eight deserving Kelseyville students. During the holidays, the club purchased and wrapped gifts for more than 30 children under the care of Child Protective Services and donated a decorated Christmas tree to the Hospice Festival of Trees.
This spring, dictionaries were given to third grade students at the two Kelseyville School District elementary schools. Current projects include planting a native plant garden at Ely Stage Stop Museum and funding scholarships for Kelseyville High School students to attend Rotary Youth Leadership Awards program.
The Rotary Club of Kelseyville Sunrise chapter is made up of local business, professional and civic leaders. Members meet regularly, get to know each other, form friendships, and through that, get things done in the community.
For membership and other information about the Rotary Club of Kelseyville Sunrise, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..