A popular trip raffle and the presentation of the Rock of the Community Award will be among the highlights of the Rotary Club of Ponte Vedra Beach’s Mineral City Celebration.
To be held April 23 at the Sawgrass Marriott Resort & Golf Spa, the annual charity benefit will feature a disco theme and include entertainment by the popular Boogie Freaks as well as cocktails, dinner and a silent auction.
The evening will also feature the selection of the winner of the club’s annual trip raffle. The winner will receive his or her choice of an all-expenses paid trip for two to Hawaii, Costa Rica, Tuscany, Sonoma Valley or an Alaskan cruise. Raffle tickets are $100 each or five for $400 and may be purchased online at mineralcitycelebration.com/trips-overview.
Rock of the Community Award
A special highlight of the evening will be the presentation of the club’s annual Rock of the Community Award to Ernie Bono.
A longtime Prudential Insurance executive, Bono has been an active philanthropist in the Jacksonville area. In addition to serving as a board member of Catholic Charities and Baptist Beaches Medical Center, he serves as vice president and secretary of the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation, where he has helped raise more than $5 million for area families who have been impacted by childhood cancers. The Tom Coughlin Jay Fund will be one of the special charity beneficiaries of this year’s Mineral City Celebration.
“Ernie Bono’s record of giving back to the community makes him richly deserving of the Rock of the Community Award,” said Lori Anderson, president of the Rotary Club of Ponte Vedra Beach.
The Mineral City Celebration is the signature annual fundraising event for the Rotary Club of Ponte Vedra Beach. Proceeds from the event have benefited more than two dozen local nonprofit organizations and charities, including the Beaches Dial-a-Ride program, Mission House, BEAM, HEAL, the Council on Aging and many more.
The Diamond Sponsor of this year’s event is The Coughlin Family. To learn more about the Mineral City Celebration sponsors, go to mineralcitycelebration.com/sponsorships.
