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 its 100th anniversary April 11, 2012. Our local club is in its 41st year of providing support to Carson Valley and Douglas County. In those 40 plus years we’ve given thousands of hours and 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, Suicide Prevention, DAWG, Douglas High School Culinary Program 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 41 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.
To read about the parent organization, Sertoma, Inc., the website is https://sertoma.org
The new Board for 2021-2022: Susan McKie (Social Events), Teri Byers (Fundraising and Health & Cheer), Mike Schuman (Treasurer), Tim Powers (President-recently retired), Sharon Beller (Sgt at Arms), Joe Cooke (Chairman of the Board), Christine Miner (Membership), Kathy Johnson (Pres. Elect/Attendance), Birgit Okamoto (Public Relations), Nancy Humphries (Secretary), Dianne Ford (Sponsorship), and Kathy Schuman (Programs).
Officers 2021/2022 Year
Board of DirectorsPresident - *Open Position*
President Elect - Kathy Johnson Secretary - Nancy Humphries Treasurer - Mike Schuman Sgt at Arms - Sharon Beller |
Vice PresidentsSponsorship - Dianne Ford
Fundraising - Teri Byers Membership - Christine Miner |
DirectorsPrograms - Kathy Schuman
Public Relations - Birgit Okamoto Social Events - Susan McKie Chairman of the Board - Joe Cooke
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Special AssignmentsQuartermaster - Tim Powers
Club Shirts - Martha Voss Speech/Hearing Committee - Dave Rich Scholarships - Bob Centanni Beer Wagon Coordinator - *Open Position* Coat Drive Chair - Eileen Behr Webmaster - Birgit Okamoto Facebook - Sue Cooke Attendance/Records - Kathy Johnson Health/Cheer - Teri Byers |