Sedona AZ (June 10, 2020) – The Rotary Club of Sedona Village and the Rotary Club of Sedona Village Charitable Fund presented checks for $8,930 to eight area not for profit organizations recently. The grant recipients socially distanced at the Oak Creek Country Club for a morning recognition ceremony.
“Each organization’s application highlighted a specific service or program which enhances our community” stated Rob Schaefer, Charitable Fund President. “Our club raises funds annually, through various means, to support worthy endeavors impacting the Verde Valley”.
Foreground: Damian Bruno, Club President; Rob Schaefer, Charitable Fund President Background: Rachelle Jarvis, Village Learning Center; Dan Peterson, Imagination Library; Christine Ryan, Conscious Education; John Lothrop, Hope House; Laurie Altringer, Science Vortex; Richard Sidy, Gardens for Humanity and Peg Schlichtemeier, Verde Valley First Books
Organizations receiving the Village Rotary Grants included: Verde Valley Imagination Library, Hope House of Sedona, Conscious Education, Gardens for Humanity, Science Vortex of the Verde Valley, Sedona Village Learning Center, Verde Valley First Books and the ACF Covid-19 matching campaign.
The club’s mission: Where neighbors, friends and problem solvers share ideas, join leaders, and take action to create beneficial change within our local and worldwide communities. Members currently gather via zoom twice mostly for club meetings.