Officers

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President-Ann Peters

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Past President-Kyle Fisher

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President-Elect

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Treasurer -Barbara Slatkin

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Secretary-Don Jayne

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Avenues of Service

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Community Service-

 

Coordinator-Barnum Watkins

Committee-Alec Peters, Kathleen Bunte, ,Ann Peters Joel and Maureen Feldman,  John Meserve, Christina Boston, Gordon Freeman

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International

 

Chair-John Meserve

Committee-Christina Boston, Barney Watkins, Catherine Jefferson

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Foundation

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Chair-John LemMon

Committee-Barney Watkins, John Meserve, Kathleen Bunte, Alec Peters

 

Membership

 

Chair-Kyle Fisher

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Committee-Catherine Jefferson

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Club Service

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Fundraising

 

Chair-Ann Peterrs

Committee-Alec Peters, Barney Watkins, Kyle Fisher, Don Jayne

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Members

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Nicki Artieres

Christina Boston

Beth Brannock

Kathleen Bunte

Dave Chappell

Joel Feldman

Maureen Feldman

Kyle Fisher

Gordon Freedman

Jimmy Galvin

Deborah Holmes

Tim Holmes

Don Jayne

Catherine Moylan Jefferson

Christine Lee

John LemMon

John Maher

John Meserve

Russ McCracken

Denise Paup

Alec Peters

Ann Peters

Adam Reyes

Sanford Smith

Barbara Slatkin

Jeff Tyler

Suzette Tyler

Barnum Watkins

 

For information on Membership, please contact Kathleen Bunte at buntekb@gmail.com

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Rotary Club of Glen Ellen Kenwood recently celebrating at the site of our last project

at the Glen Ellen Regional Park!

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This was March 20, our workday at Sonoma Valley Regional Park. the completion of our District Grant Project renovating the picnic area. It was done in conjunction with Sonoma Valley Regional Parks Foundation, Redwood Trails Alliance, and California Conservation Corps. We also received a $750 grant from the Jack London Yacht Club that went toward our part of the project.

 

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GEK Rotary Arnold Drive Adopt a Highway

Rotary Club of Glen Ellen Kenwood Adopt a Highway Arnold Drive Crew, left no trash behind, natural beauty abounds....thanks to all!

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Rotary Club of Glen Ellen Kenwood Projects

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SOS Haven Grange Neighborhood Lunch and Dinners

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At the moment, we are most in need of volunteers to help with food prep and keep the kitchen organized at Sonoma Springs Community Hall at The Grange. The address is 18627 CA-12, Sonoma, CA 95476.  This is the site where where food is served and organized.  If interested email us at barneywatkins@yahoo.com for access to GEK Rotary volunteer polls.

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GEK/Food Bank Valley Food Assistance

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This is a program post Valley wildfires to nourish the underserved in our community,and continue what we have been doing for four years with the backpack program at Dunbar.  Our current project with the Food Bank is at the Jack London Village parking lot the first and third Friday of each month email barneywatkins@yahoo.com for access to GEK Rotary volunteer polls.

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Mayan Families

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Financial assistance to Mayan Families, a non-profit providing health and educaiton services to the indigenous people living in rural areas of Guatemala. 

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Operation Bicycle-Teen Center

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Funding and hands-on assistance for a vocational program to train teens in repairing bicyles. The club assists in providing needed tools and hardware

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Sonoma Overnight Support

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SOS provides shelter and food to the homeless in Sonoma Valley. The ciub has provided funds for warm clothes and sleeping bags for clients during the winter months.  Community Feeds for Breakfast and Lunch for 100s of Valley underserved.

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The Sonoma Ecology Center

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We have partnered extensively on SEC's various projects for creek evaluations and remediation as wheel as providing substantial assistance post October wildfires to prevent toxic runoff into the creeks and general forest and trail restoration to help prevent future wildfire vulnerabilities.

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Bell Ringing for FISH

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Each holiday season, members volunteer to collect money for Friends in Sonoma Helping by ringing bells outside the Glen Ellen Village Market, encouraging patrons to donate money into a collection box.

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Agua del Pueblo

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We provided our assistance as part of a larger Rotary Global Grant to create widespread potable water and sanitation programs to all residents of the Lake Atitlan watershed in and around the towns of Nuevo Progreso and Chocol, Guatemala.

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Jack London Park

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We are providing assistance for vegetation management to reduce fuel loads in the historic Eucalyptus grove. This donation will be used for a pilot project to illustrate the larger needs for fuel reduction in the park.

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Bouverie Audubon Canyon Ranch

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The club assisted in upplying tools and equipment post October Wildfires and we have applied for a $50,000 Fire Relief Grant from District 5130 to help restore fire damaged land.

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Dunbar Elementary School

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The Dunbar elementary school experienced major losses to the playground, their outdoor theatre/stage and the children's garden all of which we have been actively working to restore through raising funds and volunteering.

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July 4 Event at Kenwood Plaza Park

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Each year, the club holds a communty-wide event on July 4, featuring food, music, games, and spreading the word of Rotary!

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Kenwood School lunch program 

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Eagle Scout project 

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We are providing financial and hands-on assistance to a young man who is leading an Eagle Scout Project, the Dunbar Pathway Project, which is constructing a path to the school’s garden, this is an extension of our Fire Relief program with Dunbar School.

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CONTACT US

PO Box 91 Kenwood, CA 95452
Rotary.glenellenkenwood@gmail.com

 

FACEBOOK

https://www.facebook.com/gekrotary/

 

INSTAGRAM

https://www.instagram.com/gekrotary/

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