What does one do when Cinco de Mayo and the Kentucky Derby fall on the same day? Celebrate big during the Wakefield Rotary Cinco de Derby reverse raffle party.
On Saturday, May 5, 2018 from 4 to 8 p.m., Wakefield Rotary Club will host a Cinco de Mayo fiesta and Kentucky Derby festival during a single event that will culminate in someone winning $2018.
The event will be held at Heritage View Clubhouse, 1037 Marshall Farm Street, in Wake Forest. Proceeds will go toward the club’s new vocational education scholarship for local graduating seniors pursuing a trade.
Only 100 Cinco de Derby tickets will be sold. Cost is $100 and admits two people to the event with heavy appetizers and one reverse raffle ticket for the chance to win the grand prize of $2,018. Ticket purchasers need not be present to win.
A cash bar will serve margaritas, mint juleps, wine and beer. The 144th annual Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs will be broadcast on television sets in the clubhouse. Prizes will be awarded to the best dressed individuals wearing Kentucky Derby and Cinco de Mayo attire. There will be a 50/50 raffle and other horse race games of chance.
“It’s not very often two cultural celebrations occur on the same day,” said Wakefield Rotary President Steve Arrington. “We’re bringing people together for a fun time and at the same time raising money for our club’s new local Vocational Education Scholarship fund.”
Tickets may be purchased online at www.WakefieldRotaryNC.com/cdd. For more information, visit the club’s website www.WakefieldRotaryNC.com or social media page www.facebook.com/WakefieldRotary.
The Wakefield Rotary Club of Wake Forest was chartered in 2009 and meets Thursday mornings from 7:45 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. at Heritage Golf Club, 1250 Heritage Club Avenue in Wake Forest. For more information visit www.wakefieldrotarync.com or www.facebook.com/wakefieldrotary
