Sebastopol Sunrise held its annual Cajun Zydeco Festival last Saturday on September 12. We had a good crowd that enjoyed wonderful music, delicious food, shopped our vendors' offerings and had a good time. Check out our Facebook pages for Wine Country Cajun. We raised money for projects that benefit our communities, both local and international.
For example our club with partners built the stage in Ives Park where the festival was held. It was a good hands on project and many theatrical and musical events have made use of the stage.
We regularly feed people, help kids learn to read, learn to swim and enrich arts, science and athletic facilities. Brook Haven Middle School has a "make" classroom thanks to our Rotary club. The list of local projects is long and varied.
On the international side we have projects in Asia, Africa, and South and Central America, so we touch lives all over the world. Clean water, microcredit and promoting sustainable agriculture are big interests. We work with partner organizations to make sure our donations are well spent and we often visit projects. It is a great feeling to see a plaque acknowledging our contribution on a project in Thailand or Mexico or other country. Rotary does a lot of magic around the world and we are glad to part of it.
At our meeting today on Sep 16, Bill Sauber shared a look at the equipment he used while hiking the Appalachian Trail this year. He spoke about the adventure and the experience which was not totally exciting every day as the trip wore on. But it was well worth it, especially now that he is home. He said he especially missed his wife. Glad you are back, Bill and I look forward to the next installment of the story.
