PI Rotary’s Great Big Give Back a Great Big Success
By every measure the Presque Isle Rotary Club’s Great Big Give Back was a great big success. From the number of tickets sold and funds raised, to community service and shop local pledges, the pandemic time retooling of the club’s annual auction exceeded all expectations, and will result in even greater benefit to four local projects.
“We are beyond excited and so incredibly grateful to everyone who whole-heartedly embraced this effort to give back to our community. Because of all the support we received, not only was our event a smashing success, it’s also created this wave of giving that will continue to ripple out into our community for some time to come,” said Rachel Rice, who along with fellow Presque Isle Rotarian Chantal Pelletier, co-chaired the Great Big Give Back.
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This scene from the 2016 Presque Isle Rotary Auction in the upstairs ballroom of the Northeastland Hotel shows a flurry of activity. Due to COVID-19 restraints, this year Rotarians are pursuing a different community fundraiser: The Great Big Give Back, featuring a gift basket raffle and online auction.
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This scene from the 2016 Presque Isle Rotary Auction in the upstairs ballroom of the Northeastland Hotel shows a flurry of activity. Due to COVID-19 restraints, this year Rotarians are pursuing a different community fundraiser: The Great Big Give Back, featuring a gift basket raffle and online auction.
(Contributed photo)
‘Great Big Give Back’ online auction goes live
Fourteen “big ticket” items – with a total value of more than $6,500 – are now up for bid in an on-line auction, launched this week and running through March 17, 2021, that is part of the Presque Isle Rotary Club’s Great Big Give Back.
Auction items range from $3,000 toward a heat pump and hotel accommodations to college tuition certificates and tools. The first lot will close during a Facebook Live event hosted by PI Rotarians on Wednesday, March 17 at 6:30 p.m., with the next lot closing one minute later, then the next lot one minute after that and so on. If a lot receives a bid in the last minute prior to its closing then that lot will be extended for one minute and not affect the closing of other lots.