Support the Rotary radio auction

On Saturday the Cape Girardeau West Rotary Club will host its 44th annual radio auction at the Show Me Center. The auction, which will be broadcast all day on KZIM 960 and KSIM 1400, includes vacation packages to Florida, the Riverwalk in San Antonio and Keystone, Colo. The auction also features a semester's tuition to Southeast Missouri State University, tickets to Cardinals and Blues games, gift certificates to numerous restaurants and other businesses and many more items.

This year the primary beneficiaries of the auction are the Honor Tour and Out of Poverty Thru Education Inc. The Honor Tour is an excellent program that arranges trips for veterans to visit the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. Out of Poverty Thru Education Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation that has the goal of building a school and orphanage for impoverished children in Haiti. These are both great programs that exemplify the Rotary motto of "Service Above Self." For more information about the auction, including a list of items available for bid, please visit our website at www.capewestrotary.org.

MICHAEL E. GARDNER, Auction Committee Member, Cape Girardeau West Rotary Club