Kentucky Derby Party
Posted on May 30, 2017 by Ching under Community, Events.
These are pictures from the Kentucky Derby Party event earlier this month. The fundraising event was hosted by the Rotary Club of East Wichita and benefited Starkey, EmberHope, and Heartspring.
I donned by best hat and put on my party face and off we went!
The boys had a great time competing in the horse-racing event.
Brian and I agreed that I would not be any good at this event so we decided that he should represent team FLIP + CHING. He actually did quite well in his heat and advanced to the semi-finals and, eventually, the finals.
This is what they were racing.
I’m not sure who came up with this game but I found it clever and fun.
This is the final round.
Brian did fantastic overall and finished in third place.
Instead of having a silent auction, they decided to raffle off some of the smaller packages and then conducted a live auction for the bigger prize packages. All the prizes were great but the only one that we were interested in was the Symphony in the Flint Hills package. We didn’t end up winning that package because Brian and I couldn’t decide quickly enough whether or not we wanted to bid on it. However, I volunteered us to help with the SFH event this year so we are going to be there anyway. The best part of volunteering for these types of events is that I get credit for the volunteer hours and still get to enjoy the show!
This is a list of the generous people and businesses who made the first ever Kentucky Derby Party a success.
I’m so glad Tammie invited us because we had a great time.
I saw lots of familiar Rotarians and I also ran into Ginger’s daughter Sarah.
Although we didn’t win any of the raffle or auction items, Brian got to hang out with some amazing people and learned more about the Kentucky Derby in one afternoon than we ever would have had we not attended the event. Tammie and the rest of the event committee did a fantastic job. They raised $10,500 for the three charities.
It was a fabulous fundraising event/party and a great way to spend our Saturday afternoon.
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