Club Awards

Club Garners Triple Honors

President Merle Hayes proudly displays our award recognizing the Club's leadership in promoting Peace and Conflict Resolution.

One of three garnered at the District Conference at Lake Tahoe, Sunrise also received awards for International Service and Public Relations.  

The International Service award is for the Sunrise participation in the Sabalos Surgical Center in Nicaragua.

At the conference with Merle to accept the Peace Builder award was Mike Kelly, Sunriser and Rotary Peace Fellowship member who became inspired at a recent Peace and Conflict Resolution conference.  Mike proposed a travelling "Peace Wall" be built, and with the help of Sunrise' Golden Hammer Leroy Carlenzoli, designed and constructed a four-panel peace wall.

The wall made its' debut at our club hosted SCARC (Sonoma County Area Rotary Clubs) dinner in January.  The wall has since been on display at The Living Room, Women's Recovery Center,  and District Training  in Ukiah.  Participants write/draw "what does Peace" look like to you?"

Through Jack Strange's role as Public Relations Director, our club developed a first class informational resource.  The trifold brochure provides a quick reference to our club activities here and abroad.  It is an excellent PR and Recruitment tool.

Congratulations Sunrise!!