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generous, especially after feeling the effects of going through the pandemic.” The Penny Sale has been a staple in the Newfound Community for 70 years. It gets a highly positive response from the community, with hundreds of people showing up to partic- ipate. “Generations of families look forward to it every year,” Broadhurst said. The outpour- ing of support from the commu- nity doesn’t dwindle with each year the Penny Sale continues. In fact, Broadhurst noted that many have talked about how they attended as children, and now they can share the experi- ence with their kids and grand- children. Just as the families are supportive, there’s no denying the fact that the local businesses are just as helpful. “We are al- ways amazed at how supportive our local businesses are from all over the Newfound Region and beyond. Local small businesses donate the prizes that we award. They know what Bristol Rotary does to benefit the community and are glad to help our cause.” When asked about the process of the Bristol Rotary Club put- ting on the Penny Sale, Broad- hurst went on. “The Penny Sale is a lot of work, but it is spread out with our many members. And we really enjoy working to- gether! Having the school allow us to hold the event in their fa- cility is tremendously helpful. And we have a lot of fun! As I said, we work well together as
each year.”
Most of the proceeds will go to the Bristol Rotary Club, where they contribute to their scholar- ship fund for the schools. In the past, they have donated about eight to ten thousand dollars for these scholarships and plan to do just that again this year. For more information on the Bristol Ro- tary Club’s Penny Sale, you can check out their Facebook page at @bristolrotaryclub.
For those who are not famil- iar, Rotary is a worldwide non- profit organization of more than 1.2 million business, professional, and community leaders. Mem- bers of Rotary clubs, known as Rotarians, provide humanitar- ian service, encourage high eth- ical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world.
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The Bristol Rotary Club Penny Sale will be held on Au- gust 10th at 6:30 PM at the New- found Regional High School in Bristol, so start feeling lucky! With tickets only being one dollar, one ticket gives you a hundred chances to win some awesome prizes from local busi- nesses. The penny sale consists of three rounds; the red, white, and blue round, and each round has one hundred prizes. When your ticket is called and you claim your winnings, someone will come out and run your prize to you, and the round will keep going. Since there will be three rounds on top of a silent auc- tion, the Rotary Club has about three hundred amazing prizes to give away on this fun-filled night! People are welcome to write their bids on those prizes for the silent auction, and may the best bid win!
This will be the Bristol Ro- tary Club’s 70th year holding the penny sale, and each year is better than the next. Bob Broad- hurst, a Bristol Rotarian, told me that last year’s Penny Sale went exceptionally well. They had an excellent turnout despite cancel- ing the 2020 Penny Sale because of the pandemic. It just goes to show people were ready to get back to the fun event! “Those in attendance were very generous,” Broadhurst informed me. “Local businesses were also extremely
a group, from soliciting prizes
tinues to do admirable work by putting on the Penny Sale. to setting up and going through
Broadhurst said that the best what can be a long evening. It is
gratifying for our Club to be able
things about putting on this popular event are “seeing every- to fund our scholarship program
one’s smiling faces, continuing a through the Penny Sale fund-
raiser each year. It feels like we
beloved tradition for 70 years, and being able to give substan- are able to make a difference in
tial scholarships to graduating the community we love.”
The Bristol Rotary Club con-
Newfound High School seniors
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