Members of the Merced High School Football Team were assembled to help deliver the shrimp to all the tables.
Local disc jockey Dave Luna and Rotary member Michelle Allison have fun on stage during the event.
Atwater Mayor Mike Nelson appears excited as the bowls of shrimp arrive.
Miss Atwater Hallie Billings helped with the dessert auction.
More than 600 hungry locals filled up the Pavilion Building at the Merced County Fairgrounds for the annual shrimp feed.
The fundraising tickets were going fast as Rotary supporters enjoyed the night.
A display details Rotary efforts to eradicate polio from the world.
The Rotary cooks were kept busy all night for the big event.
Chris and Summer Vitelli, along with Vikram and Priya Lakireddy, and friends, get ready to enjoy the shrimp feed.
The annual Bob Hobbs Memorial Shrimp Feed, organized by the Merced Sunrise Rotary club, is doing quite well despite the recent covid years.
The Pavilion Building at the Merced County Fairgrounds last Saturday, March 18, was packed with more than 600 people who enjoyed bowls and bowls of fresh shrimp and plenty of other dinner items, along with drinks, a lively dessert auction, and great conversations.
All the funds raised from the event are directed into the club’s Charity Account to support many projects and programs. Shrimp Feed sponsors and Rotary efforts continue to support the World Health Organization and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to eradicate Polio. They also support the local Clothes for Kids program, the Merced Field of Honor at Merced College, and related veteran Honor Flights.
The Merced Sunrise Rotary has an unbroken commitment to vocational and college scholarships, book
and reading drives, youth leadership, academic and sporting events, and donations to non-profits, schools, homeless shelters.