After sending 100 solar panels converted to cell phone chargers for use by the people of Ukraine, the Lander Rotary Club is launching a District-wide artwork raffle and auction fundraiser to send another 100 of the cell phone chargers to war-torn Ukraine.  The campaign goal is $15,000. 

 

 

Paintings and photographs newly created by artists in central and western Wyoming especially for this fundraising effort will be offered – six items in a silent auction and five smaller items in a $25-per-ticket raffle (limit: 250 tickets).  The offerings range from “Barn Owl Over the Snake,”  a framed oil painting by Noelle Weimann, to “Gathering the Herd,” a metal print by Scott Copeland.  The market value of the artwork in the auction ranges from $1,200 to $5,000, and in the raffle from $175 to $250.

 

“Today more than ever, the people of Ukraine need our help and support,” Lander Rotarian Ken Schreuder, the project lead, says.  “They rely on their cell phones for everything -- from receiving airstrike warnings to getting medical care to sending their children to school.  We can’t abandon them now.”

 

To purchase raffle tickets and bid on the auctioned artwork – and to view all of the art pieces -- go to  the Lander Rotary Club’s Website, http://landerrotary.org/.  To donate to this international project without purchasing artwork, click on the link for “Raffle Items,” which offers a donation option.  For further information, contact the project lead, Ken Schreuder, at ken.schreuder@gmail.com.