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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Parade of Hats Showcased at Rotary's Mad Hatter's Tea Party (Photos)

The Rotary Club of South Brandon hosts the Fifth Annual Mad Hatter's Tea Party at the Cross Creek Ranch bed and breakfast and event facility in Dover.

  The annual Mad Hatter's Tea Party hosted by the Rotary Club of Brandon South serves as a major fundraiser for the group's yearlong support of Greater Brandon non-profits and charities. Beneficiaries of Rotarian goodwill include the Emergency Care Help Organization (ECHO), the Brandon Sports & Aquatic Center, American Cancer Society, Bell Shoals Children Services' summer camp, Ronald McDonald House, Hands of Hope, Brandon Outreach Clinic and Rotary's Camp Florida. Food is donated and tables are sponsored, which prompted Rotarian Lori Bukaweski to thank the Feb. 19 gathering and supporters for their donations, "so we can do all the wonderful things we do again this year." Each table is given a straw hat to build upon in the weeks leading …

Monday, February 20, 2012

Rotary's Award-Winning Mad Hatter's Tea Party Hat a Family Affair

The Grafs made it look easy with this year's top-hat win at the Fifth Annual Mad Hatter's Tea Party at Cross Creek Ranch in Dover. The event is an annual fundraiser of the Rotary Club of Brandon South.

  Cassandra Graf is not at a loss for arts and crafts. Her house is full of them. For that, thank her mom, Denise, whose latest piece of work was set to be on display at the Osprey Observer newsroom on Lithia Pinecrest Road in Brandon. There, a special place is being set aside for Graf's winning hat at the Fifth Annual Mad Hatter's Tea Party at the Cross Creek Ranch bed and breakfast and event facility in Dover. The annual event is a major fundraiser for the Rotary Club of Brandon South and each year it features a "parade of hats" showcasing the talents of craftsmen and artists representing each table's sponsor. "I just fanned out from the base and went up from there," said Denise Graf, of her winning hat, featuring a deck of cards (or two…

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