Thanks to our 2011 Blackhawk Food, Wine & Film Festival Sponsors

Armanino Mckenna Logo

Our primary motivating force, “Service Above Self”, is to give back to the community and to help those in need. The generous participation of our sponsors provides us with the resources to undertake more projects than ever before. Through your generous donations we are able to reach out to those in need in our community [...]

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Spreading Rotary Good Will in Monterey Mexico

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Thanks to donations from Danville/Sycamore Rotary club members, Debbie, Melanie, and Bob were able to make a bunch of kids happy in Monterrey MX.  Villa Club Cumbres is an ‘after school’ program for children from low income families.  This program is non-profit. The Rotary Club of Santa Catarina has adopted them, and with a Matching [...]

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SAVE THE DATE for the 21st Annual Blackhawk Food Wine and Film Festival

Save the Date Brochure

Date:       Thursday, May 5th, 2011 Time:            5:30 – 8:30 PM Location:       The Blackhawk Museum – 3700 Blackhawk Plaza Circle, Danville, CA A “CASABLANCA” Evening of Great Food, Wine & Entertainment! We would be delighted to have you participate in a wonderful evening event, the 21st ANNUAL BLACKHAWK FOOD, WINE AND FILM FESTIVAL [...]

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Upcoming Speaker Dr. Patrick Hatcher 3/22/2011

Patrick Loyd Hatcher

We are delighted to announce that our speaker next Tuesday morning will be Dr. Patrick Hatcher, who is a professor at the University of San Francisco Center for the Pacific Rim and formerly a Kiriyama Fellow, Center for the Pacific Rim. A military historian by profession, Dr. Hatcher taught in both the history and political [...]

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Asante Africa Tanzania Partner Dennis Lyamuya

Dennis Lyamuya

At our meeting on March 1st, our guest speaker, Dennis Lyamuya ,spoke of his upbringing at the base of Mt. Kilmanjaro. He told an amazing story of perseverance. He was the oldest son in a family of 9 living in a hut. He dropped out of school to earn money to support his family by [...]

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10 Days left to provide donations for Ludoteca de Cumbres

Ludoteca de Cumbres

Current President Melanie and Past President Debbie are taking a trip to Monterrey Mexico to visit some of the Matching Grant projects the Danville/Sycamore Valley Rotary Club helped fund as a result of their trip in 2008. They will be visiting Ludoteca de Cumbres, an after school program in a distressed neighborhood in Santa Catarina. Danville/Sycamore [...]

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