Shipley Center’s gala set for Oct. 10

Published 4:00 am Wednesday, September 30, 2015

The Shipley Center’s 4th Annual Gala Dinner and Auction, presented by Sequim Health and Rehabilitation, will be held at Sunland Golf & Country Club on Oct. 10, with doors opening at 5:30 p.m.

Auction items include a week’s stay in an ocean side condo in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, with airfare for two, a scenic flight in a Navy T6 training airplane used to train pilots in World War II, a holiday adventure in Victoria, a two-night stay at Lake Sutherland, fudge every month for a year, a fun metal yard art pig and many more.

Emmy Award winning host of “Evening Magazine,” John Curley, will be the auctioneer.

Tickets, $60, are on sale now through Oct. 7 and can be purchased at the Shipley Center, 921 E. Hammond St., Sequim. or by calling 683-6806.

Shipley Center is a trade name of Sequim Senior Services, an independent 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. The center has over 1,700 members and provides a place to meet new friends while participating in activities, classes, trips and volunteer opportunities designed for active older adults.

Membership is $40 per year per person, or $70 per couple. Free memberships for low-income seniors, funded by grants from the City of Sequim, the Albert Haller Foundation, the Halloran Foundation and others, are available.

The Shipley Center is named in recognition of the generosity of member R. Leo Shipley, who donated his 51-space mobile home park, Baywood Village, to Sequim Senior Services to benefit its nonprofit operations and to help toward its goal of building a new center near the Washington Street exit off U.S. Highway 101.

Shipley purchased 4.5 acres of the site in 2010 for the organization, with the remaining 1.3 acres purchased through the gifts of other generous donors in 2012. A capital campaign is under way to raise funds for construction.

The mission of Shipley Center is to enrich the lives of adults through social, health and fitness activities, trips, educational classes, low-income housing opportunities and referrals to community resources.