18th Crab Feed by DeAnza Lions & Sunnyvale Sunrise Rotary Club – A Solid Fundraiser

In good tradition, the DeAnza Lions and the Sunnyvale Rotarians put together the 18^th annual Crab Feed on January 25^th, 2014. Six hundred tickets for 2 seatings were available for sale, only a few dozen remained unsold. Once again we were able to rent the Community Hall of St. Williams Parish in Los Altos – surely the regulars already knew the drill: where to park, where to check in, where to get drinks, etc.

As in previous years, the hall was soon filled with happy noise and cheerful music, presented by the famous Thrown-Together-Jazz-Band, while a substantial group of LEOs, Interact Students, and other high-schoolers lined up to wait the tables.

The scrumptious fare included staples like family-style salad, bowls of crispy crunchy garlic bread, spaghetti with tomato sauce and of course an endless supply of crab, prepared and cooked by volunteers of the FishMarket.

Lion Steve and his wife Ellen once again had worked full time jobs for weeks before, during and after the holidays to secure prizes for the raffle and the silent auction – the latter included a Disneyland outing with 4 hopper tickets and a 2 night stay in the Anaheim Marriott Hotel.

Thanks to our young helpers, tons of raffle tickets were sold, and all prizes were handed over to the happy winners. The sale of keys to the ominous lockbox went really well, too – from the proceeds, $ 1, 000 were donated to the victims of Typhoon Haiyan which struck parts of the Philippines in the first week of November 2013.

This year’s takings overall might be slightly lower than last year’s record profits due to the increased price of the crab, but the preliminary results show that all efforts in putting the event together paid off.

A roaring Thank You to all of our guests, sponsors and contributors!

We also want to thank all of our volunteers, Rotarians, LEOs, members of other youth clubs like Interact, the Fish Market, the Band, Lions and their family members for working to make this fundraising event a huge success.