I’ve been an active participant and a believer in Rotary Club of Marble Falls $10000 night since it was a twinkling in Susie Keiser’s eye many years ago. It symbolizes fun, entertainment, and more importantly, started out as a source of scholarship funds to benefit worthy local high school graduating seniors. Marble Falls Noon Rotary began the fundraiser selling only 200 tickets at $100 each per event. The basis for $10000 Night is a reverse drawing where the last ticket drawn out of the barrel is the winner of $10000 and $10000 goes to scholarship recipients. A few years ago, the Rotary Board decided to raise the bar and upped the club ticket sales to 300 per event. This allowed the Club to distribute $20,000 to scholarship recipients and to local non-profits. My sister was with me in the Hill Country Community Theatre when we won. I remember going up on stage with Sherrie and receiving the prize in disbelief that we had actually won.
My second win was on a ticket with my daughter Allison. That ticket was drawn at the Boys and Girls Club back in the day when we could socially gather. Our ticket was one of the last two in the drum and since we both checked split, got $5000 each. So I split $5000 with Allison. Allison’s $2500 started my Grandson Levi’s college fund and Toni and I used $2500 on our trip to Hawaii.
So the bottom line is to participate in the programs and have fun. I’ve always contributed to the event in service or goodies for the event and had a blast. All the while knowing that it’s a Win Win for Rotary and the community for which we serve. Jim Weber