Tahoe Douglas Rotary
Members of the 60 member strong Tahoe Douglas Rotary Club recently completed two kiosks for the public to use in the South Lake Tahoe area. The first one is located at Kahle Community Park and the second one is at the new Van Sickle Bi-State Park. The kiosks are now used to hold information, including maps of trails and topography as well as pictures and events. The club took on the projects as part of the worldwide volunteer work day. Every year, Rotarians from around the world hold a “Rotarians at Work Day.” This event is held on the same day in each country, showing how everyone working together can make a difference by volunteering.
Pictured here are Tahoe Douglas Rotary Club members and representatives of Nevada State Parks in front of the kiosk built at Van Sickle Bi-State Park. At the lower left, pictured are Marc Lepire, Project Manager of Nevada State, Parks, Jay Howard, Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park Supervisor (2nd from left) and Dave Morrow, Director of Nevada State Parks (third from left).
Tahoe Douglas Rotary was founded on September 7, 1962. They will be celebrating their 50th year anniversary this year! Their service to the local community includes scholarships, physical and financial support to local groups and non-profits, and projects such as the scoreboards at local fields, the climbing wall at Zephyr Cove Elementary, local bus shelters and picnic pavilions at Kahle Community Park and Zephyr Cove Park. They have also worked together with others to provide clean drinking water in communities without, a floating hospital in the Philippines and delivered fire equipment to a town in Mexico. The club’s contributions are helping Rotary and the world put an end to Polio which is now in just 3 countries.
Rotary International is a worldwide humanitarian service organization with 29,000 clubs in more than 160 countries. Founded in 1905 in Chicago, members of Rotary are business and professional leaders united worldwide to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations and help build good will and peace in the world. For more information about Rotary in the South Lake Tahoe area, visit their website at www.tdrotary.com or email club President Jenny Buscher at jennybuscher1@hotmail.com.