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Canfield Rotary raffles off Chevy Cruze
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Crissi Jenkins (center) of Youngstown Hearing and Speech, spoke to the Canfield Rotary Club during its Jan. 28 meeting while her colleague Fred Pasini (right) and Canfield Rotary Club Presidnet Dante Zambrini looked on.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Canfield Rotary Club President Dante Zambrini addressed the club during the Jan. 28 meeting at Fair Park.
By ABBY SLANKER
As discussed at its Jan. 28 meeting, the Rotary Club of Canfield has many projects and events planned for 2011, including its annual pancake breakfast, poorest of the poor clothing drive and Fourth of July event.
But the biggest project for the year is a car raffle for a 2011 Chevrolet Cruze LTZ.
The Lordstown-built, fully-loaded Cruze is worth more than $27,000 and is waiting at Greenwood Chevrolet to be claimed. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased from any Canfield Rotary Club member or from Hospice of the Valley. Proceeds from the raffle benefit Canfield Rotary projects and main beneficiary Hospice of the Valley.
“This Chevy Cruze LTZ has every option on it that you can think of,” said Tom Pauley, Rotary Club of Canfield member and raffle chairman. “This is the third car in recent history the club has raffled off. In 2001, we raffled a PT Cruiser and in 2002, we raffled a Thunderbird.”
The drawing for the car will be held on Labor Day, Sept. 5, at the Canfield Fair. The winner does not need to be present, but must pay sales tax, title and transfer fees. “We wanted to offer a local product and wanted to offer people something they could benefit from having. The community has been so supportive in the past and the best news about the raffle is that 100 percent of the profits stay in the Valley,” Pauley said.
Guest speakers at the Rotary Club of Canfield luncheon meeting included Crissi Jenkins and Fred Pasini from Youngstown Hearing and Speech. Jenkins spoke about the facility’s Deaf Kids Youth and Recreational Club, which helps deaf children interact socially and build friendships with each other.
They club is the only provider for deaf children in 14 counties and offers field trips to such places at Camp Fitch and the I-X Indoor Amusement Park. The children are also given the opportunity to learn leadership and participate in community philanthropy projects.