Murrieta Rotary's 'Margaritaville' Spring Fling Set for March 9

A festive Margaritaville-themed show and dinner will highlight the 16th annual Rotary Club of Murrieta "Spring Fling" fundraiser on Saturday, March 9.

The "Margaritaville" fundraiser will held at the Murrieta Community Center beginning at 6 p.m. The public is invited and single seats are $50 each. Seating is limited and tickets are on a first come, first serve basis as a sell-out is expected.

The Spring Fling is the Murrieta Rotary Club's annual fundraiser which allows it to accomplish local community and international service projects, including the Field of Honor, Valentine's dinner dance for special needs adults, Vocational Service Awards and many youth programs and scholarships. 

Entertainment throughout the evening will be by "The CoastRiders," a Jimmy Buffet tribute band. The Caribbean-style food will be provided by Wagon Master Catering.

Murrieta Rotarian Patsy Orr, club president-elect, is event chair and Mickie Evans is co-chair for the evening.  There will be live and silent auctions for many quality items, coordinated by Dawn Fujiwara-Pavlik.  

"Parrot Head" Spring Fling sponsors include: Key West -- Bailey and Hall, attorneys.

St. Augustine sponsors are: American Pacific Mortgage, George and Sue Steele, ISO-Med, James D. Yanoschik DDS, Jim McMahon, Pechanga, Steve's Towing, Stromsoe Insurance, The Gas Company and Wilson Creek Winery.

Everglades sponsors are: Accurate Accounting; Bob Bryant; California Bank & Trust; Constant Companions Home Care; Dick Lawe State Farm Insurance; Flacks, Inc.; Glass Doctor; Kohl's; LaPointe Wealth Management; Mike Shirley; Murrieta Chamber of Commerce; NAPA Auto Parts; Nigro & Nigro; Quality Nissan; Rosenstein & Hitzeman AAPLC, and Strachota Insurance.

Among the live and silent auction items are: a week's stay at a Kauai, Hawaii, condo; a Mission Inn macaw pendant and chain from Mardon Jewelers; a flight in the Planes of Fame Museum's Boeing PT-17 Stearman open cockpit plane and one year membership to the museum, an "I Love Lucy" Barbie doll collection, and a week's stay at a Huntington Beach vacation home with four one-day Disneyland and California Adventure tickets.

For information on tickets and sponsorships, please contact Orr at 951-693-5589 or go to the club website at murrietarotary.org.

The Rotary Club of Murrieta was chartered on April 28, 1992 and serves the City of Murrieta and area.  The club is involved in many local area and several international projects in cooperation with Rotary International, which has as its theme "Service Above Self."   For information regarding Rotary membership and more, please visit www.murrietarotary.org.  

Some of the other community service projects provided by the Rotary Club of Murrieta are the Day of Service, Thanksgiving community dinner partnership with Murrieta Mesa High School, and Bell Ringing for the Salvation Army at the local Wal-Mart. 

On the international front, the Murrieta club has projects in India and Mexico.

Rotary is a non-profit organization of professionals and leaders in the local community who volunteer to improve the community and world. The Murrieta club meets every Monday, except national holidays, at Richie's Diner, 40651 Murrieta Hot Springs Road in Murrieta. 

"Individuals interested in the opportunities for service provided by Rotary are invited to attend one of our lunch meeting," said President Frank Donahoe (951-704-3622).

—News release submitted by Rotary Club of Murrieta