Celebrating the 35th Anniversary of the Rotary Wild Game Feast
A very special thank you to the over 1,800 people who attended the 2017 Rotary Wild Game Feast. We had a beautiful evening filled with fun, food and fellowship and we raised funds for park projects to benefit the youth and elderly of our community. We look forward to seeing you on March 7, 2019 for our 35th anniversary.
Over the past 34 years the Wild Game Feast has become not only the largest annual fundraising event for the Gainesville area Rotary Clubs, but also one of the most highly anticipated and well attended such event in the entire Gainesville area community. During that time the Rotary Clubs of Gainesville Foundation has raised over $2.25 million for worthy local charitable organizations. The event began in 1985 when a group of Alachua County Rotarians got together to raise money for the Scholarship house – to provide support for UF students in need of room and board assistance. The pursuant fundraiser was held at a site east of Gainesville known today as the Rotary Conservation Area at Hatchet Creek. With its vast open layout and rugged natural outdoor beauty, the site has proven to be an elegant venue for Rotarians, friends and other community members to enjoy superb, unique food and casual, genuine fellowship as we support wonderful local charities.
Past Feast Masters
| Year | Feast Master(s) | Year | Feast Master(s) |
| 1985 | Bob Kelly | 2003 | Janet and Karl Owens |
| 1986 | John James | 2004 | Dan Boyd and Lee Pinkoson |
| 1987 | Jerry Beran | 2005 | Coy Bost and Charlie Palmer |
| 1988 | Randy Caton | 2006 | Ben Campen |
| 1989 | Wesley Eubank | 2007 | Elena Fraser |
| 1990 | Lee Pinkoson | 2008 | Nic Brown and Lewis Brown |
| 1991 | Dickie Cameron | 2009 | Lee Pinkoson |
| 1992 | Bob Wigglesworth | 2010 | Grace Horvath |
| 1993 | Roger Brower/Wesley Eubank | 2011 | Grace Horvath |
| 1994 | Lee Pinkoson | 2012 | Martin Dickinson |
| 1995 | Charlie Vodanovich | 2013 | Charles Allen |
| 1996 | John Haswell/George Elmore | 2014 | M. David Gracy, Jr. |
| 1997 | Buddy Crevasse and George Elmore | 2015 | Jason Shank |
| 1998 | Buddy Goodman and Lee Pinkoson | 2016 | John Brunner |
| 1999 | Jerry Painter | 2017 | Ernie Turbyfill |
| 2000 | Jeff Sims | 2018 | J. K. “Buddy” Irby |
| 2001 | Don Frowick | 2019 | Matthew Braddy |
| 2002 | Lewis Brown |
Rotary Clubs of Gainesville Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) organization with representation from all recognized Alachua County Rotary Clubs.
Purchase Tickets
You may order tickets selecting the appropriate button below. Checkout will be through PayPal which is a secure online ordering system. You do not need a PayPal account in order to purchase tickets online. If you are paying for tickets that have been distributed to you through your club, after paying with PayPal please send email to: Feastmaster@rotarygainesville.org indicating the ticket numbers to be credited. If you have any questions please send them to the same email address (or click on the mail link at the bottom of the screen. Thank you for supporting the 34th Annual Rotary Wild Game Feast.
Order Wild Game Feast Tickets ($75.00 each.) Please be sure that you chose the mail option if you would like for the tickets to be mailed. TICKETS ORDERED AFTER FRIDAY MARCH 1, 2019 WILL NOT BE MAILED. THEY WILL BE AT THE WILL CALL WINDOW THE NIGHT OF THE EVENT. ONLINE TICKET PURCHASE WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE AFTER 5 PM TUESDAY MARCH 5, 2019.
When purchasing your tickets please pick a delivery option and club prior to clicking on the “Buy Now” button. Tickets may be picked up at a regular Rotary club meeting, mailed or picked up at the “Will Call” window the night of the event (March 7, 2019.) Ticket price prior to March 6 is $75.00 each. Ticket price the day of the event is $100.00 each.
Through the years our Wild Game Feast sponsors have been very generous in their support of this community event. As we enter our 35th Anniversary year we are looking forward to your continued support. We are asking each of you to look at the information on the link shown below and be generous in your support to our efforts.
Your support is critical to the success of this great Rotary effort. Please let us know if you have any questions or suggestions.
2019 Sponsor Schedule and Application Form
2019 Wild Game Feast Online Ticket Purchase
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