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ROGUE VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY
P.O. BOX 951
Grants Pass, OR 97528

2nd Annual Event a Huge Success

 

On Saturday night (March 20) the Rogue Valley Humane Society enjoyed its most successful fund raising benefit in its long history. Over 200 people gathered at the Grants Pass Elks Lodge for a great spaghetti dinner, music and an auction all in support of our animals.

In 2009 this event was the brainchild of RVHS board member, Dawn Franz (who is also the Elks Club Manager) who once again led the way for all the volunteers to follow. The other spearhead in this and all our fund raising events was our shelter manager, Margaret Varner. Her love for animals, hard work and desire to make the RVHS the best it can be is an inspiration to us all. Her staff is pretty darn good too!

We would also like to give a big thanks to Dennis Roler and his staff at the Grants Pass Daily Courier for all the great publicity they gave the event. We could not have filled this room without them. And a big high five to Marty Sether with KAJO/KLDR radio for his role as our Master of Ceremonies.

Many thanks to the volunteers from the shelter, Elks and shelter staff who donated their time and talents to prepare and serve this fine dinner and all those who attended and pulled out their wallets to bid on one or more of our donated gifts in the auctions. It truly was a group effort.

But the best part was that EVERYTHING we raised went directly to help our never ending goal of saving animals in distress or abandonment and making sure they all find a good home. We are a no kill shelter so some of our guys have been with us a while and will be until they are placed... maybe with you?

Many changes, all for the better, have taken place at our shelter in the last year and if you haven't been there for a while stop by and visit. You can also arrange a tour in advance and who knows, maybe you'll find the new love of your life.

Finally, please support the generous local merchants who donated services or goods to this cause. See their names at the bottom of this page.

 

Several board members, Elks and volunteers spent the afternoon setting up the room including all the great items donated for the live auction. Freedom and Truman welcomed all.

 

Master Chef Rudy Ramos, who normally prepares the monthly Gourmet Dinners at the Elks Lodge, volunteered to cook up a huge batch of his private recipe spaghetti with the help of Elks staff cook, Eric. While the main room was being readied, his volunteer staff were getting ready to serve nearly 200 dinners.

 

As we said, this was a total volunteer dinner so all the cooking, serving and clean up was done by shelter board members, employees, volunteers, patrons and let us not forget the great Elk members.

 

During "Cocktail Hour" the guests took time to view all the donated items that would be up for auction.

Assistant Shelter Manager, Tanya Allen and RVHS board members Mary Jane Manzi and Susan Beldman taking five at one of the Elks refreshmet stands.

Among the wonderful and varried items up for auction were some really cool antiques that were generously donated by Michael Vincent.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elks Club Manager and RVHS Board Member Dawn Franz started the dinner with a salad assembly line.

After the salad course RVHS Vice-President June Peterson welcomed the guests and introduced shelter manager, Margaret Varner.

KAJO/KLDR radio personality Marty Sether did a great job as Master of Ceremonies. He gave the audience some info on the shelter and got them primed for the auction.

Joanne Stuebing, who was just installed as the first female Exhaulted Ruler of the Grants Pass Elks Lodge did a masterful job of selling 50/50 tickets... like $750.00 worth.

The highlight of the night was our live auction that featured the current Elks Exalted Ruler, Greg Bock. The folks were asked to open their hearts and wallets for the animals - and many did.

We again want to thank EVERYONE who had a part in this fun and profitable affair. See you all in 2011 for our 3rd Annual Spagehitti Dinner and Auction!