About Sertoma
How many times have you seen newspaper photos of our members donating to various charities like the Young at Heart Soup Lunches, Carson Valley Food Closet, been the recipient of a Scholarship or hearing aids, or danced the Chicken Dance at our Oktoberfest? All of these activities demonstrate what our Sertoma name means-- SERvice TO MAnkind. Our International organization celebrated our 100th anniversary April 11, 2012. Our local club is working on its 40th year of providing service to Carson Valley and Douglas County. In those 40 years we’ve given thousands of hours and thousands of dollars to the Food Closet, Young at Heart at the Senior Center, China Spring and Aurora Pines Youth Facilities, Family Support Council, City of Refuge, Boys and Girls Club, the Fishing Derby and many youth organizations. Our members, past and present, have been instrumental in making the Carson Valley Swim Center a reality, getting the land donated to start China Spring, installing Hearing Loop equipment at the Senior Center, and even lending hands to build the first Ranchos VFD building. We put on the one and only Chicken Stampede back in 1982 that became the precursor to some years of actually having a Douglas County Fair. We started the annual Truck Pull and hosted many Barn Dances at the Fairgrounds. All of these activities are part of our heritage and are a history of a lot of hard work and fun. We do them to be a part of our community, and to raise funds to provide our type of Service to Mankind like hearings aids, hearing loops, book scholarships, soup lunches, and support for our active troops and veterans around the globe. And when we get a Thank You note from a hearing aid recipient that says “Thank you, there’s a whole new world out there for me to listen to and enjoy”, that makes it all worthwhile. Internationally we are well into our second 100 years. Locally we’re at 40 and counting, making plans for even bigger and better activities in the future. If you would like to find out more about what we do, and why, please visit us on Friday mornings, 7:00 a.m. at C.O.D. Casino. We will even offer you a cup of coffee. |
Upcoming Major Events
Oktoberfest: September 9th, Heritage Park, Gardnerville Crab & Tri-tip Dinner: February 16th, DC Senior Center Sponsors for these events are wanted. Contact us via email. 
Our Gardnerville/Minden Club meets every Friday 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM C.O.D. Casino 1593 Esmeralda Ave., Minden, NV Between 3rd St. and 4th St. Upcoming Speakers are listed on the Events page. Some of the contributions Carson Valley Sertoma has made. More on the Contributions page.
Young At Heart, for the Soup Lunch Program. Our collaboration with the DC Senior Center for the Crab and Tri-tip Dinner.
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