11th annual Mammoth Quick Draw breaks fundraising records
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Sean Mortimer
(Left to right) Washakie Museum Executive Director Marian Bender, Events Manager and Rotary Club member Chloe Stine, and Worland Rotary Club President Ken Westphal holding the giant checks made out to their respective organizations representing the funds raised by the 11th Annual Mammoth Quickdraw. The event raised $79,414, which comes out to $39,707 to each organization.
The Washakie Museum & Cultural Center hosted a 'thank you' lunch on Jan. 11 for the Worland Rotary Club and the artists that participated in the Mammoth Quick Draw, where results from the event were shared with attendees.
Museum Executive Director Marian Bender gave a speech to honor those who helped with the event and go over the results, and was happy to share that by many metrics, the 11th annual Mammoth Quickdraw on Nov. 4 of last year was a record-setting event.
The event brought in $36,800 in sponsorship revenue, over $10,000 more than the record set the previous year. The live auction accumulated a new record of $56,375, over $20,000 more than the record set the year prior.
Twenty-eight artists participated in the event, in which they were put under time constraints in front of a live audience to complete their artwork. The newly completed art and other pieces were then sold via live auction, silent auction and other sales as a joint fundraising effort between the museum and Rotary Club. The attendance was recorded at just over 400 people, which is not a record but a great turnout nonetheless, according to Bender.
Having drawn out the suspense, Bender ended with the announcement of the net proceeds raised by the event: $79,414 split evenly between the museum and Rotary Club, giving each organization a sum of $39,707.
Bender supplied these statements that address what funds from the event go toward:
"Quick Draw proceeds support two organizations that help make our community a great place to live and work:
"The Worland Rotary Club funds local and international projects. Local projects in past years have included funding for Sleep in Heavenly Peace, a cabin and bunks at the H Diamond W 4-H Camp, Worland's Rotary Riverside Park, playground equipment at the Children's Resource Center, a matching grant of $10,000 towards a drone for Search & Rescue, and the First Responders Annual Appreciation BBQ.
"International projects include latrine, fresh water and cooking/heating projects in Guatemala and El Salvador, International Youth Exchange programs, as well as ShelterBox donations for citizens of Ukraine displaced by war and other areas of the world impacted by war and natural disasters.
"The Washakie Museum and Cultural Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and receives no funding from the City or County. Its operations are funded through memberships, private donations, and fundraisers such as the Mammoth Quick Draw. The museum serves our community and attracts visitors by offering interactive exhibits of local human history and the geology, archaeology, and paleontology of our area.
"The museum also serves as a center for the visual and performing arts and provides cultural and educational events for all ages."
