CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Rotary Club of Clearlake is sponsoring its 11th annual Seafood Boil & Auction, a Mardi Gras-themed event, on Saturday, Feb. 22.
The event will take place at the Clearlake Senior/Community Center, located at 3245 Bowers Ave.
Tickets are $75 each and some are still available.
The seafood boil is the Clearlake Rotary Club’s major fundraiser. Monies raised go toward scholarships, local projects and an international project.
The Rotary Club of Clearlake was founded in 1973. Since then the club has continued to support the community in a variety ways.
That support includes annual scholarship donations to local, college bound seniors totaling with more than $250,000 to date, and giving more than 2,500 dictionaries to local third grade students.
Each year, Clearlake Rotary hosts its annual community Christmas dinner for all, complete with Santa photos and gifts for each child. This past December, more than 600 children received gifts and more than 900 community members were served dinner.
The club also has been a major sponsor of donations and work to the community's safe house for homeless teens, committed $25,000 to help fund the new emergency department at St. Helena Hospital Clear Lake, sponsored the Rotaract and Interact clubs, hosted exchange students and supported sending local students abroad for exchange years.
In addition, Rotarians have installed multiple bus stop shelters throughout the area, participated in developing Austin Park and the Lower Lake High School athletic field, worked and paid for dedication of Highway 53 as a Veteran’s Memorial Highway, and offered ongoing aid to the South Shore Little League, the Clearlake Senior/Community Center, Anderson Marsh State Historic Park, Konocti Unified School District and the city's annual fireworks display.
To purchase seafood boil tickets call Jen Totten at 707-995-2663. If you would like to donate an item to the live or silent auction, contact Donna Becnel at 510-813-3589.