Summer is slowly turning into fall, and we’re increasingly aware that the fall charity auction season is about to begin. The Coronado Rotary Auction is always the first charity auction of the giving year, giving you a head start on gift packages and bargains galore. This year, Rotary’s annual End Polio Now online auction launches August 21, giving you unique opportunities to snag bargains and deals earlier than usual. 26 local merchants are participating in this annual frenzy of opportunities galore. Visit the website early to start bidding on exceptional items not otherwise available to the public!
More than two dozen unusual items, exclusive offers, gift certificates for local retailers and extraordinary experiences are available online at www.coronadorotaryauction.com. Be the first to bid on the Electra Townie Go! Electric Bike, the lightest of the Go! E-Bike series with a retail price of just under $2,000. Or secure an exclusive champagne tasting and painting party where you’ll learn to paint champagne bottles in style while enjoying this bubbly beverage with some of your friends.
Also awaiting auction is an original abstract expressionism painting by internationally renowned artist Samira Rostamabadi, valued at $1,000, just waiting to grace the right room in your home. Or if you’re a fan of the Del Mar racetrack, where “the turf meets the surf,” place your bid to win four tickets to the Turf Club at Del Mar and head to the races in true Hollywood style.
This is just a small sampling of the incredible items available, so be sure to visit the site early to check out all the activities, experiences and opportunities you could take advantage of. How about a $500 shopping spree at our very own La Mer on Orange Avenue, where we have everything from signature sweaters and stylish pants to shoes and accessories for your closet? With the Coronado Island Film Festival happening in November, you could score yourself a pair of Emerald Badges for arguably the best film festival in Southern California.
There’s the option to play a round of golf for four at Coronado Golf Course, considered one of the best public golf courses in the country, followed by lunch for your team of four at Miguel’s Cocina (extra white sauce included). Or dinner at the newly opened Blanco, before one of the Lamb’s Players’ amazing performances. Additionally, there are gift baskets, rare jewelry finds, Padres tickets, pickleball lessons including new clubs, a limited edition giclee print by a favorite local artist, and restaurant gift certificates to venues across the city. With more than two dozen items available online, there’s something for every taste and pleasure!
Each year, the Rotary Club of Coronado hosts an exclusive End Polio Now wine tasting, which has already sold out, as well as its signature online auction to raise funds to finally eradicate polio from the earth. Several members of the local Rotary club have experienced polio themselves or grew up in households where another close family member survived this debilitating disease. Rotary International has been working to eradicate polio for more than 35 years and, with its alliance of partners, has reduced polio cases by 99.9%.
But the disease still exists. Currently, the endemic poliovirus type 1 is still raging in two countries: Pakistan and Afghanistan. Given the war and devastation currently taking place in Gaza, health experts fear that an outbreak is imminent in this region of the world.
By browsing and shopping through the Coronado Rotary online auction portal, you not only promise to receive unique and extraordinary experiences or items, but you will also help eradicate this deadly disease that millions of children around the world have not been vaccinated against.
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