February 18th Club Meeting Last week at our Rotary Club of Minden Nevada meeting - our program entailed asking one of our fellow Rotarian's to tell us something about themselves. "Rotarians Time to Shine" What an amazing and enlightening time - thank you so much for sharing with us Dick! |
Carson Valley Community Food Closet.jpg) Today, 9/10/2019, our guest speaker was Sarah Sanchez, Director of the Carson Valley Community Food Closet. The Food Closet has been serving Douglas County, NV since 1989 providing assistance with groceries to those in need. Sarah provided our Club with an overview of the amazing services provided to our community. The Food Closet is located at: 1251 Waterloo Lane, Gardnerville, Nevada. The Food Closet operates through contributions made by Carson Valley residents, local service groups, churches, businesses and local food merchants. Food is picked up each day at local grocery stores by volunteers. As a member of the Northern Nevada Food Bank in conjunction with Feeding America, food items are purchased through the Food Bank at greatly reduced cost. |
Douglas County Bookmobile 1 of 4 in All Nevada.jpg) On 8/9/2019 the Douglas County Library celebrated the Grand Opening of its Bookmobile at Heritage Park (Minden). This will be a wonderful addition to our community and is one of four bookmobiles in the entire state of Nevada. Club Member John Carne actively participated in this process and was at the event on behalf of the Rotary Club of Minden Nevada. For more pictures click on the link on the left side of this page. |
Rotary clears ground at CV Food Closet This past Saturday, we saw the great people of the Minden Rotary pull weeds for 2 hours at the Carson Valley Food Closet. Organized by Ken Miller, Minden Rotary cleared a large portion of the drainage ditch and a section of the food closets property making it ready for future landscaping. Thanks to all. |
Upcoming Meeting Rotary Club of MindenThe Rotary Club of Minden will meet next Tuesday, July 16th at CVI. Our "Guest Speaker" will be Catherine O'Brien, Equine Manager & Program Director for Kids & Horses, a local non-profit. Kids & Horses is a non-profit organization that serves children and adults with disabilities in Northern Nevada through the use of horses. Hope to see you there. |
2019 Beast Feast |
Rotary Club of Minden Voted #1 |
Minden RotaryClub Foundation
In the late 1980s there was a tragic automobile accident in Carson Valley involving a very well-liked young woman (born and raised in Carson Valley and a graduate of Douglas High School). As a result of the accident, there was a lawsuit and her family was awarded a settlement. The family wanted the money to be used to benefit people in the Douglas County community, but didn't have a pl...an on how to proceed. They left it to the court to decide what the beneficiary would be. The Court awarded the settlement to the Rotary Club of Minden to be used in accordance with the families wishes. The settlement funds were used to help establish the Minden Rotary Club Foundation by a group of Minden Rotarians. It was granted 501 (c) (3) status by the Internal Revenue Service in April 2008 as a charitable foundation. Additionally, this foundation has provided scholarships to Douglas County working parents, funded defibrillators in schools and is currently partnering with the Library Foundation to fund a mobile library for the valley - but more to come on that soon! |