After sending 100 solar panels converted to cell phone chargers for use by the people of Ukraine, the Lander Rotary Club is launching a District-wide artwork raffle and auction fundraiser to enable the club to assemble and send another 100 of the cell phone chargers to war-torn Ukraine.
Paintings and photographs newly created by artists in central and western Wyoming especially for this fundraising effort will be offered – six items in a silent auction and five smaller items in a $25-per-ticket raffle (only 250 tickets will be sold). The offerings range from “Barn Owl Over the Snake,” a framed oil painting by Noelle Weimann, to “Gathering the Herd,” a metal print by Scott Copeland. The market value of the artwork in the auction ranges from $1,200 to $5,000, and in the raffle from $175 to $250.
“Today more than ever, the people of Ukraine need our help and support,” Lander Rotarian Ken Schreuder, the project lead, says. “They rely on their cell phones for everything — from receiving airstrike warnings to getting medical care to sending their children to school. This is an especially critical time for them and we can’t abandon them now.”
To purchase raffle tickets and bid on the auctioned artwork – and to view all of the art pieces — go to the Lander Rotary Club’s Website, http://landerrotary.org/. To donate to this international project without bidding on the artwork, click on the link for “Raffle Items,” which offers a donation option. For further information, contact the project lead, Ken Schreuder, at ken.schreuder@gmail.com.
The campaign goal is $15,000. The fundraiser will close on June 15.