Club Roundup

Kiwanis Club of Scotts Valley
Kiwanis operated refreshment booths for the Holiday Lights Festival on Dec. 5. The club sold homemade cookies, hot spiced cider, cocoa and coffee (thanks to Peet’s) for $1 at both the senior center and the rink. Members decorated a Christmas tree with $500 in cash. It was raffled off and then won by a Kiwanis member, who donated it to Valley Churches United Missions.
The Kiwanis also helped the Scotts Valley Educational Foundation at its Christmas tree lot.
The December dinner meeting was a breakfast at Peachwoods. It featured a scrumptious buffet, Christmas caroling by the Scotts Valley High School choir and a silent auction of unique gift baskets
Kiwanis meets Wednesdays starting at 7 a.m. Jan. 6 at Heavenly Café, 1270 Mount Hermon Road. Cost is $5.
Rotary Club of the San Lorenzo Valley
Speakers for upcoming weekly meetings will be Rebecca Pearson, Ag Against Hunger, Jan. 6; a club assembly Jan. 13; Jennifer Bahr, director of Mountain Community Resources, Jan. 20; and Santa Cruz County 5th District Supervisor Mark Stone, talking about the “Big Swim,” Jan. 27.
The club meets at 7:15 a.m. Wednesdays in the Birch Dining Room on Conference Drive at the Mount Hermon Conference Center. Cost is $10.
Scotts Valley Host Lions Club
The club thanked the residents of Scotts Valley and the San Lorenzo Valley for supporting the club and its functions.
The club meets at the Scotts Valley Senior Center at 7 a.m. Tuesdays, with the exception of the second Tuesday of each month, when the meeting begins at 6:30 p.m.
Santa Cruz Moose Lodge No. 545
On Dec. 4, Santa Cruz Moose Lodge members prepared and served a prime rib dinner, with half of the dinner sales — plus donated food, toys, dessert sales and raffle proceeds — going to Valley Churches United Missions.
The lodge then participated in the VCUM benefit by decorating a Christmas tree for the raffle with handmade decorations and handcrafted gifts. Members also volunteered at six stations for the poker walk.
On Dec. 19, lodge members prepared and delivered six hams and six bean casseroles to the SC Mental Health Client Action Network for its holiday party. They also donated personal-hygiene items the agency used as holiday gifts.
To recap 2009, the Lodge helped Meals on Wheels, the Alzheimer’s Walk, Monte Foundation Fireworks, Team in Training, Big Brothers and Big Sisters, Friends of Scotts Valley Library, Cub Scout Pack 676, Youth Awareness, Familia Center, Mooseheart Charities and others.
For information: www.scmoose545.org.
Rotary Club of Scotts Valley
The Rotary Club of Scotts Valley raised $1,150 and brought in 1½ barrels of food during the Holiday Lights Festival on Dec. 5, which raises money for Valley Churches United Missions. The club was honored with the Grand Can Award for bringing in the most food and cash during the festival.
On Dec. 16, the Scotts Valley City Council presented a proclamation to the club in support of Rotary International’s ongoing efforts to end polio.
The club is erecting 10 safety signs throughout Scotts Valley neighborhoods to remind drivers to slow down and drive conscientiously.
Stay tuned for opportunities to join the club in its service efforts in 2010.
The club meets from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Mondays at the Scotts Valley Hilton. Lunch is at 12:15 p.m. and costs $16.
For more information: www.scottsvalleyrotary.org.
Contributors to the Club Roundup are Joe Miller, Kiwanis; Priscilla Weiss, SLV Rotary; Lisa Bustichi, SV Host Lions; Amanda Matthews, Scotts Valley Rotary; and Robert Oneto, Santa Cruz Moose Lodge No. 545.