Guests get a license to party at Longwood Rotary Gala

03/05/2018 10:46AM ● By J. Chambless

About 350 preople enjoyed the annual Longwood Rotary Club gala on March 3.

Hundreds of people from across Chester County got a top-secret assignment on March 3 when the Longwood Rotary Club held its annual fundraiser gala at Longwood Gardens.

The theme was “Bond 007,” and guests were granted a “License to Thrill” and encouraged to “Dress to Kill.” There was a silent auction and dinner, music and dancing, and the guest list included some notable names. Proceeds helped the Longwood Rotary Club provide funding and services for a wide range of causes throughout the region.

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District Judge Al Iacocca and his wife, Mary, at the Longwood Rotary Gala.

From left: John Sanville, the superintendent of the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District, his wife Debbie, and Donna and Paul Canberrry.

Jim Horn, former Chester County Chamber of Commerce 'Citizen of the Year,' with his wife, Betty.

From left: Longwood Rotary president Lenny Rivera, and Rotarians Sadia Kahn, Leonne Kolvenbag, Rodney Ciafre and Dawn Talley. Ciafre's company, Olive Heating and Cooling, donated a $10,000 heating and cooling system to the Longwood Rotary Foundation for the gala.

Rotary District 7459 District Governor David Haradon (right) with his wife Peggy, and former Rotarian Brooke Williams.

Robert Listermanh (left), a Kennett Township official who heads the Rotary's Youth Leadership Program, with Kennett Square attorney David Myers, who recently helped with Historic Kennett Square's economic development program.

Casino games were part of the fun. All of the money raised at the casino tables went back into the fundraiser.

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