A private sailing club that calls Lake Martin home recently raised $5,000 for Children’s Harbor, a non-profit organization helping to provide resources for families with seriously ill children at Children’s of Alabama in Birmingham and a facility on Lake Martin.

The Dixie Sailing Club raised the funding at its charity regatta dinner and silent auction marking its annual e Po’ Ol’ Kowaliga Regatta race at Lake Martin.

“Friday night was a great night for feasting and socializing, but it was also a great night to raise money for our selected charity,” DSC Rear Commodore Bobby Edmond told Lake Magazine. “There was a silent auction that our club’s Ship Mates organization planned and executed flawlessly. Bidding began two weeks earlier online on Dixie Sailing Club’s Facebook page.”

The Dixie Sailing Club was first formed in 1960 with the regatta on Lake Martin dating back over thirty years.