Successful SCARC in the Bag!
Our speaker, Susan Farren from First Responders Resiliency gave a moving presentation about what their organization is doing to support the mental health of first responders.
Our club hosted the monthly Sonoma County Area Rotary Clubs (SCARC) on April 24th. We had a great turnout of our own club members as well as representatives from other clubs throughout the county.
The event was held at our venue, Chop's Teen Club which gave us the opportunity to highlight their event space and organization. Dan Rosaschi, the current board chair for Chop's took the opportunity to talk a little about Chop's and invite Rotarians to their fundraiser last Saturday. We also had to get over a small obstacle, we couldn't serve alcohol until after 7:00pm when the Teen Club closes. So, we had a mocktail hour with wonderful drinks prepared by bartenders Bill Bailey (Cindy's husband) and Ken Petro. It was so popular we ran out of glasses! Not to worry fellow Rotarians, we did bring wine to the table with dinner.
We also partnered with Sonoma Family Meals a non-profit that provides meals during disasters and is now offering culinary job training to youth. To support their mission, they have a catering team who we hired to provide our meal. The food was delicious! We also gave their Community Engagement Manager, Elana Nelson the opportunity to tell the Rotary group about their organization.
Thanks much to the SCARC Meeting Committee - Stacy Andress-Drucker, Peter Hoberg, Mark Campbell, Dan Rosaschi, Paul O'Rear, Lori Rodrigues, Penny Millar and all those that helped out on the night of the event.
