Dear Members of the Placentia City Council, June 21, 2023 The Rotary Club of Placentia received a charter from Rotary International on December 7, 1936, to form our club, this is our 87th anniversary. During the past 87 years, the club has contributed to the families, children and schools in Placentia.
This year we provided $17,000.00 in scholarships to graduating seniors, meals for less fortunate families from the Whitten Center area, \ Placentia -bags of emergency hygiene products for individuals in situations where they need a hand up, flagpole & flags @ Bradford Park, tree dedication to Bradford Park, pancake breakfast @ Heritage Day, backpacks for the children from LOT 318, the Community Prayer Breakfast, partnering with the Placentia Round Table Women's Club, cookie decorating @ the Whitten Center, a visit with Santa Claus @ the Tamale Festival.
For the past 13 years, our annual fundraiser, Cowabunga, has been held to raise the necessary funds to accomplish these lofty goals. We are hoping the city will consider supporting our efforts to once again conduct this necessary fundraiser on Saturday, September 16, 2023, at Kraemer Memorial Park.
We would plan for 350-400 attendees, there would be food available, beer and wine, a silent auction and a live band. We are all volunteers and all 28 members of the club participates in one manner or another. The timing for this fun event would be 3-8 PM, with set up in the earlier part of the day and clean up beginning by 8:00 PM if not before.
This is a family friendly event and the high school and college members of Ro- tary, Interact and Rotaract respectively, would be part of the event, as well as local Boy Scout Troop 723, providing set up and clean up.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Kathi Baldwin
Immediate Past President 2021-2022
Alice Shiozawa
Current President 2022-2023
Turgut Cakiraga
Incoming President 2023-2024