Stories

 

Our club was proud to award $7,732 in grants to support local schools and nonprofits during our 2023 Spring Grant Program.

 

Our community grants help us fulfill our mission of serving our community. We are grateful to our sponsors and to community members who participate in our fundraisers, especially the Annual Chili Cook Off, as well as to our members for funding these grants. And we are proud to partner with these organizations to improve the quality of life for members of our community.

 

Our club was proud to host the 2023 Rotarian Foundation of Livermore Grant Awards at our April 25th meeting. Almost $200,000 was awarded by the Rotarian Foundation of Livermore to 29 community organizations. President Kevin McCallum welcomed RFL President Mary Anne Rozsa and Club Member Bassant Abdelrahman, RFL Grant Co-Chair, to lead the special program.

 

The Rotary Club of Livermore Valley invites community members to bring unwanted documents to a free shredding event. This is great timing for safely and privately destroying financial and legal papers that are no longer needed.

 

 

 

We will be donating almost 1,000 books to Livermore students.

 

Each student will receive a book with a customized bookplate attached to the inside of the book (template pictured left). 

 

All Rotarians are invited to serve Livermore's youth by participating as a Team Coach in the Ambassadors of Compassion R.I.S.E. program that launches on March 8, 2023 for 7th and 8th grade students at Junction Avenue K-8 School. The Rotarian Foundation of Livermore is making this program possible for our local youth. Rotary volunteers will make it successful.

 

 

 

We shared the Thanksgiving spirit on Saturday, November 19 by giving turkeys and grocery gift cards to 57 families whose children attend CAPE Head Start Preschool in Livermore. Thanks to Sherri Simoni for organizing the turkey giveaway and thanks to all who participated!

 

Pictured is Rotarian James Hays giving a turkey to a CAPE parent.

 

Thanks to our chili cooks, merchants, breweries & wineries, musicians, celebrity tasters, and community members for making Saturday, October 1st a fun-filled day!

 

 

 

  

 

 

The Rotary Club of Livermore Valley has been awarded the 2021-22 Rotary Citation for outstanding work in serving others to change lives. This honor is reserved for the clubs throughout the world that set goals and achieve success as they contribute to Rotary International.

 

 

 

We are celebrating 35 years of supporting our community through the Rotarian Foundation of Livermore! Since our funding goal was reached in 1999, we have donated over $2 million to nonprofits, schools, and our city.

 

 

On July 21st, we celebrated our anniversary on the Rotary Bandstand in Carnegie Park, one of our most visible community gifts.

 

 

 

We celebrated our successful 2021-22 Rotary year and said goodbye to outgoing President Angelika Voss-Quinn at our annual Demotion Dinner on June 22, 2022.

 

Thanks to Jerry Hawkins for leading us in song, to Eric Dillie and Pete Patterson for making us fall off our chairs laughing, to Sarah Palmer for opening up her beautiful backyard to us, and to the Demotion Committee for all of their planning.

 

Click Read More for party pics.

 

The Rotarian Foundation of Livermore was proud to award over $94,000 in grants to 22 deserving community organizations. Our club joins with the Rotary Club of Livermore to lead the work of the Foundation, allowing us to enhance our service to our community. 

 

Pictured are the grant recipients, along with Grant Co-Chairs Bassant Abdelrahman and Mary Anne Rozsa, far left.

 

 

 

 

Club President Angelika Voss-Quinn welcomed over 200 volunteers on Saturday, March 12th during the Statewide Amplify the Urban Forest Arbor Day event in Livermore. Everyone worked together to plant 65 trees.

 

Friends, families, neighbors, co-workers, and Daisy Scouts joined with Rotarians to make this day a success. We beautified Livermore and helped to improve our global environment!

 

 

 

On Sunday, February 20th, we enjoyed a beautiful afternoon at the Olivina tasting olive oil, meeting prospective members, and sharing food and fellowship.

 

The Olivina is open to the public from noon - 4:30 on the third Sunday of each month. Come on out to 4555 Arroyo Road any time after noon and enjoy the beautiful weather while meeting some new friends.

 

Rotarian Charles Crohare is on hand to discuss the olive oils.

 

 

We were proud to award almost $6,000 in grants to local schools and organizations during our November 30th meeting. Thanks to the leadership of Grant Chair, Sarah Palmer, we supported the work of seven groups, enabling us to fulfill our mission of serving others.

 

 

Jill Duerig was recently honored for her generosity to the Rotarian Foundation. She is pictured with Rotary International President Shekhar Mehta (right) and Past President and current Foundation Chair, Mark Maloney (left).

 

Jill currently serves as a District 5170 Lieutenant Governor overseeing Avenues of Service, and she is a Past President of our club.

On Saturday November 20, 2021 we met at Grocery Outlet where Store Owner and Rotarian Kelli Wiggins (pictured, left, with Roy Porfido) helped us load 52 turkeys into our cars as we set out to deliver them to deserving families in Livermore.

 

Thanks to our fundraising efforts through Football Follies and the World Series & Super Bowl Pools, we raise enough money to purchase turkeys and $50 gift cards to Grocery Outlet that we then delivered to families in time for Thanksgiving.

 

 

Our First Annual Chili Cook Off at Carnegie Park on Saturday, October 23, 2021 was an awesome community event! Over 800 people attended throughout the day, enjoying chili, local beer and wine, and food truck fare. Shoppers visited local vendors and visitors learned about local non-profits. We danced to live music and had a fabulous day all around!

 

 

For more information on this fun day, please visit the Chili Cook Off at Carnegie Park page and the Chili Cook Off 2021 Photo Album!

Mark your calendars for Saturday, October 23rd and plan to enjoy a fun-filled day of local music, wine, beer, arts & crafts - and, of course the best chili in town! We will be hosting our First Annual Chili Cook Off at Carnegie Park from 11:00 am - 5:00 pm.

 

Admission is free. All ages are welcome!

 

Funds raised will support our local community grant program.

 

Click here for more information: Chili Cook Off at Carnegie Park

Our club is proud to support the international Wheelchair Foundation during our 2021-22 club year!

 

On Tuesday, November 2, our International Chair, Leslie Lemieux, presented District 5170 Governor, Richard Flanders, with a check for $6,150 from our club to donate directly to the Wheelchair Foundation!

Members of the Rotary Club of Livermore Valley joined other Area 4 Club members on Saturday, September 25, 2021 to serve our community by packing 38,016 meal kits to provide food for those in need.

 

We enjoyed camaraderie with Rotarians from throughout the Bay Area - Livermore, Pleasanton, Dublin,  Castro Valley, Hayward, and San Leandro.

 

Thanks to Kids Against Hunger for welcoming us!

 

 

 

 

The Rotary Club of Livermore Valley awarded almost $6,000 to community organizations to enhance our positive impact throughout our community. This year's awards were given in loving memory of longtime Rotarian and Grant Chair, Rosemary Almand. 

 

 

On April 13, 2021, the Rotarian Foundation of Livermore awarded $81,500 to community organizations as part of its annual grant program. Both Livermore Rotary Clubs join together to raise funds for the Foundation grants and to serve on the Foundation Board.

 

The Rotary Club of Livermore Valley joined with the Livermore Valley Education Foundation (LVEF),  the Rotary Club of Livermore, and the Rotarian Foundation of Livermore to donate funds to provide Chromebooks to students in the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District (LVJUSD) during distance learning, necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

 

We have not seen a more challenging time than the current coronavirus pandemic, with the emergency creating desperation and needs, both locally and globally. Rotarians are people of action who want to help during such times.  The Livermore Valley Rotary Club was able to serve our community during this challenging time.