Stories

Kevin Pitts, DG District 5495 delivered the Friendship Trophy to the Rotary Club of the Verde Valley on September 14, 2023.  The Rotary Club of the Verde Valley, President Amanda Arnold, delivered the traveling "friendship" trophy to the Rotary Club of Sedona Village on October 12, 2023 at a joint club service project at Manzanita Outreach in Cottonwood.  The The Rotary Club of Sedona was also represented in this joint club service project. Rotarians lined cartons with plastic bags for their weekly food distribution and labeled donation request cards for about 2 hours.

Tristan Trezise traveled to Kenya with the Rotary International Crutches for Africa team to deliver mobility devices to the disabled and school supplies to under-privileged schools.  He was sponsored by the Rotary Club of the Verde Valley and the Mingus HS Interact Club.

We celebrated the end of the two year Presidency term of Lynette Prouty, Treasurer, Tom Taylor and Secretary Dino Viotti, with the Installation of our new officers, Amanda Arnold, President, Richard Persely, Treasurer and Dino Viotti, Secretary.  We also celebrated 17 years of distinguished service by Brian Sawyer.  He will be moving to Casper, Wyoming and joing a Rotary Club there.  We appreciate all of your hard work over the years and wish you the very best Brian.  You will be missed!

 

We are excited for new ideas and fun projects with Amanda as the new President as of July 1, 2023.

 

 

The Rotary Club of the Verde Valley celebrated its 100 year Anniversary in collaboration with the Cottonwood Chamber of Commerce who celebrated their 75th Anniversary.  We held a Chamber Mixer at the Springhill Suites by Marriott on April 10, 2023.  It was a great turnout, including a visit from the current DG from Rotary District 5495, Larry Horton.  We had many of our club members in attendance, as well as some from other clubs, in Arizona.  Many local businesses were represented as well as Chamber members.  Thank you all for supporting our Club.

 

You can find some photos here, and some information about the club's beginnings in a 50 year anniversary program from 1973.  Our club began in Jerome, Arizona in 1923.

 

Enjoy!

We are proud to announce the Rotary Club of the Verde Valley Scholarship Winners for 2023!

 

Academic Scholarships 

Victoria Black - Camp Verde HS

Ian Contreras - Mingus HS

Lillyanna Hillman - Mingus HS

 

Keo Kowalcyk - Camp Verde HS

Miranda Ramos - Mingus HS

Rodrigo Rodriguez Lopez - Mingus HS

Bransen Smith - Mingus HS

 

Makai Arnaudo - Mingus HS

Tristan Black - Camp Verde HS

Luke Fangman - Mingus HS

Mayra Landaverde - Mingus HS

Amy Udave - Mingus HS

One of the amazing organizations in the Verde Valley that the Rotary Club sponsors is Steps to Recovery Homes.  The Director is Damien Browning, a Rotary Club member.  There was an article in the local newspaper and we wanted to share it here.  Great job Damien and staff.

 

 

 

We are proud to announce the Rotary Club of the Verde Valley Scholarship Winners for 2022  Congratulations!!!

 

Aria Christianson - Mingus Union High School

Mariana Lopez - Mingus Union High School

Dominic Rezzonico - Camp Verde High School

 

Deanna Mae Barber Memorial Scholarship - 2022

 

Malia Romero - Mingus Union High School

Delainey Kesler - Camp Verde High School

WE ARE PROUD TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL INTERACT CLUB AT MINGUS UNION HIGH SCHOOL.  ONE OF THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT IS THE LITTLE LIBRARY.  THEY HAVE INSTALLED 5 LITTLE LIBRARIES AT LOCAL SCHOOLS.

 

Rotarians from the Verde Valley Club, along with high school students from American Heritage and Mingus High School Interact Club and their Sponsor, cleaned up a mile-long stretch of Hwy 260 in Camp Verde on Saturday, April 17.  We enjoyed getting together on a beautiful Spring day to pick up over 300 lbs of trash.  We will continue picking up trash all over our community during the AZ Rotary Clubs Week of Service.  Please join us in our efforts to clean up the Verde Valley.  

 

Join us during the AZ Rotary Week of Service to help make the Verde Valley beautiful.  We will be collaborating with the Sedona Rotary Clubs to pick up trash all over the Verde Valley, starting with cleaning up the mile on Hwy 260 adopted by the Rotary Club of the Verde Valley.  If you would like to join in the fun, just pick up trash where you are and report back to us how much trash (in lbs) you picked up.  Get your friends, family and students involved.  Together we can make a difference in our community.  Report to us at this email: rotarycluboftheverdevalley@gmail.com by April 24.  Include a photo of you and your trash if you wish.