The Dress-A-Child, Silent Auction, Salt & Pepper

Bidding Blues

by Ross M. Burkhardt

November 2009

It’s that time of year again – time you should place

your bid on an item with a smile on you face.

Each year we enjoy raising money for kids,

But none of it happens unless you make bids.

So bid on some jewelry from Keith Austin’s store;

Bid till your wallet hurts – you know what it’s for.

When bidding for items, please do not hedge –

You just might acquire a Bob Hollman pitching wedge.

Or a Peter Krebs glider ride, or bottles of wine;

Or a Tom Kemp dinner – they’re tasty and fine.

It’s likely you’ll find (since we do every year)

that perennial present – the basket of cheer.

Don’t be a Scrooge – you know your role,

so put in a bid in for that centerpiece bowl!

One of the wonderful bids of the night

is the Eddie Binns “Name Your Own Street” naming right.

And who, after all, could resist bringing home

that witty creation – a Ross Burkhardt poem!

Live auction items once again will be sold

by that dynamic duo – they’re brash and they’re bold –

they’ll not let the bidding come to a halt –

not Victor and Kenneth, a.k.a. Pepper and Salt.

So, come to Picacho Hills on the 4^th of December

with your partner, or spouse, or a friend, but remember

it’s all for the kids, the fun and the kidding.

Be generous, Rotarians. Now, who’ll start the bidding?