BURTON-MIDDLEFIELD ROTARY HOLDS
INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL
GEAUGA JEEP NIGHT
Friday, May 21, 2021, from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM saw the inaugural Geauga Jeep Night at Madricks Tavern & Restaurant in Newbury, OH. Over 140 Jeeps showed up to support another wildly successful Rotary fund raiser, this time for the benefit of the Geauga Veteran’s Food Pantry. Over $10,000 was raised for the pantry along with half a truck load of non-perishable food item donations that will serve many Geauga veterans and their families. Event chairman Jim Dvorak, a long time Rotary member who also serves as a Geauga County Commissioner and Madricks owners Brett & Leha Frederick declared the event way more successful than planned. The generosity of the attendees and the sponsors was overwhelming and will make it far easier down the road for the food pantry to accomplish their goal of serving all veterans.
All attendees had a great time socializing and comparing their Jeeps, especially after the long pandemic shutdown. A great DJ played a stream of American pride music all evening long and there was an endless stream of door prizes and 50/50 raffle winners. This created an endless stream of winners going to the podium to collect their prizes. The 50/50 winner was ecstatic to collect her $500 prize. One of the highlights of the event was when the national anthem played and all in attendance removed their hats, faced the flag and sang together as Americans.Madricks tavern manager Alexa Shenenian and employees were kept busy serving refreshments and great food all during the event and seemed to have a great time themselves. Their tireless efforts really helped to push the event over the top. Major sponsors Madricks Tavern & Restaurant, Junction Auto Sales and Ohio Stream Preservation provided great financial support and brought in dozens of attendees. The event was planned by the Burton-Middlefield Rotary organization as a build up to the huge Maple Splash Raffle drawing planned for July 3rd. at the Geauga County Historical Society grounds and the fall Geauga Jeep Jamboree held on October 10th. at the Mayfield Rd. Drive-In Theater. The incredible success indicates it may become part of Burton-Middlefield Rotary’s annual calendar of fund raisers for Geauga County’s non-profits.