Rotary Christmas Turkey Shot Raises $3000.00 for Charities

Posted by John Borst

on Dec 14, 2010

As each Rotarian passed the Greeter, at Wednesday's December 8th luncheon they were handed three darts to try and hit at least one of the turkeys on the board.

For the past month, fellow Rotarians had been out selling a chance to win a Christmas Turkey at $3.00 a shot or 2 for $5.00 decreasing the odds of winning to 1 in 11.

Ninety three turkeys were placed on a huge sheet of foam board to determine who the lucky winners of an IGA turkey would be.

Actually only 85 turkeys got pierced with a dart as 8 of the turkeys were purchased by generous donors for the Dryden Food Bank to share with families this Christmas.

Rtn Clare Thompson who lead the Turkey shoot, reported that Dryden Rotary grossed approximately $4,600 and would net nearly $3,000 after the turkeys and other costs such as printing were paid.