UPDATE - Issue 09 - October 2001
Epping Rotary raise £9000
Last February, the Rotary Club of Epping held an Auction of Promises. A local restaurant offered a dinner for four; one individual offered the use of his holiday cottage for a week; a lady offered an iced birthday cake; the local estate agent even offered house conveyancing for free.
When the great day dawned there were some eighty lots for local auctioneer (and Rotary Club member), Trevor Johnson to knock down in impressive and amusing style to the 150 or so attendees. One of the tricks of the trade is to make sure that the auction follows an enjoyable supper party. "It is much easier to push the prices along amongst a group of suitably mellow bidders" explained Trevor.
The proceeds amounted to the splendid sum of £9000. Club members had debated beforehand to whom the proceeds should be sent and decided upon the digital mammography appeal at St. Margaret's Hospital Epping and the Prostate Research Campaign UK.