CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Coming right off of another successful Community Christmas Dinner, the Rotary Club of Clear Lake is gearing up for its 12th annual Seafood Boil and Auction.

The popular event will be held beginning at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, at the Highlands Senior Service Center, 3245 Bowers Ave. in Clearlake.

About 30 tickets are left for the event, organizers said Monday. More than 200 people are expected to attend.

The feast includes salad, bread, tri-tip, lobster tail and traditional seafood boil prepared by the Rotarians and delivered by the bucketful to each table by student volunteers.

The $75 per-person ticket price includes two drink tickets, bottomless soft drinks and water, and for each adult guest, a complementary wine tasting presented by Gregory Graham Winery, and a no-host bar.

There also will be a silent and live auction featuring such items as a stay in a cabin in the jungles of Costa Rica and a private flyover of Lake County. 

The seafood boil is the club’s main fundraiser of the year, netting more than $23,000, which will allow the club to provide community benefits. 

These benefits include new dictionaries for all third graders in the Konocti Unified School District, college scholarships for high school seniors, and support of Lower Lake High School, St. Helena Hospital Clear Lake, the Safe House, the Senior Center and more. 

The largest of these community benefits, the Community Christmas Dinner, was held last month and provided 860 dinners, including 68 meals-on-wheels for homebound seniors; 270 pictures with Santa were taken; and 428 toys given to children.

Mendo Lake Credit Union and Westamerica Bank also helped support that event.

To purchase tickets to this year’s seafood boil, please contact Jen Totten at 707-490-5681 or any Clear Lake Rotarian.