Valley Women’s Club Update
The Valley Women’s Club announced that its long-time SLV Redemption and Recycling Centers’ Ben Lomond Site Manager, Matt Harris, has been hired to take on the interim Director position for the Club’s three recycling centers. Matt is skilled in team and program development, communicating and working with the public, and maintaining a healthy, safe and productive work environment. Read more about Matt and the recycling centers online at www.vwcweb.org.
Residents are encouraged to bring their recyclables to the SLV Redemption and Recycling Centers. All three centers handle the same materials as curbside, as well as providing California Redemption refunds for beverage containers. The Ben Lomond Transfer Station also handles scrap metals, electronics and batteries for free Monday through Thursday (and appliances for a small fee). Then on Thursdays you may bring household hazardous waste items for free as well. Call 335-1728 for information, or go online to http://valleywomensclub.org/recycling/.
The new VWC Board is planning for an exciting 37th Annual Meeting, to which the public is invited, on Sunday, March 22nd, 11:30-2, at the Highlands Park Senior Center. This annual potluck features a “State of the District” address by our 5th District Supervisor, Bruce McPherson, and Updates from the offices of US Representative Anna Eshoo, State Senator Bill Monning and Assembly Member Mark Stone.
And don’t forget, the Redwood Mountain Faire is coming May 30-31, and artists, crafters, and non-profit organizations are all invited to apply for a booth to sell their self-made items or share information. Apply on-line at www.redwoodmountainfaire.com. Volunteers are encouraged to sign-up online as well! The Faire donated $50,000 to local nonprofits in 2014, and hopes to meet that goal again this year.
Kiwanis of the Valleys
In January, the club had a workday to refurbish our mobile stage. The stage will be in top shape for the many local community events in which it will be utilized in 2015. In early February the club performed trash collection on the Scotts Valley section of southbound highway 17. Kiwanis supported our “Circle K” UCSC youth group by participating in their casino night fundraiser on Feb.20. The bands for this summer’s Music at Skypark have been finalized. The line-up is bigger and better than ever, and it will be announced soon. Coming up on Feb 28, members will attend and handle registration duty at the Kiwanis district convention in Monterey.
Kiwanis meets 7:00am every Wednesday morning at Bruno’s BBQ. The second Wednesday of each month is an evening meeting at Bruno’s at 6:30 pm. Please visit our website at www.kiwanisofthevalleys.org/
San Lorenzo Valley Rotary Club
The San Lorenzo Valley Rotary Club is proud to announce its annual Scholarship awards; two $1000 scholarships are available to SLVUSD seniors who are planning to further their education. Club members Joe Griffin and Linda Fawcett have generously contributed an additional $1000 for the John & Beverly Fawcett Memorial Scholarship Award. Information and applications for all three scholarships will be available at the Counseling Office at SLV High School, or contact the club at slvrotaryclub.org.
In International Service, the SLV Rotary Club provided support to both a women’s sewing project in Botswana, and the Becca/Communidad Project in Ensenada, Mexico.
The SLV Rotary Club will welcome Michael Loik, Associate Professor at the UCSC Environmental Studies Department to its Wednesday morning meeting on March 4th, his presentation will be, “Climate Change in the San Lorenzo Valley”. On March 11th, there will be a club assembly.
All members of the community are invited to attend club meetings held every Wednesday, 7:15 am in the Birch Dining Room at Mt. Hermon Conference Center.