CV Rotary Club Thanks Community Leaders

Dear Editor,

The members of the Rotary Club of Castro Valley were overwhelmed by the support of multiple organizations, companies and individuals working together to provide a memorable Christmas for the children in our community!

This year more than 250 toys, gifts and gift certificates were distributed to multiple shelters and other groups whose children are the beneficiaries of the generosity of others.

We were blessed by so many working together including The Castro Valley Office of the CHP, under the leadership of Commander Holeman and others such as Officer Gabriel Walters and Officer Daniel Jacowitz; Sutter Health, under the leadership of Director of Philanthropy Kathleen Jose-Le; the Alameda County School Administrators Association; Tire Pro, led by owner Jeff Candelario; Stacy Poulos of the Castro Valley Vibe; and many others, including Castro Valley Rotarians Jim Negri, Ceta Dochterman and President Dwight Perry, and led by Mark Poniatowski.  So many moving parts - all working together with one purpose in mind!

I am so proud and honored to call each of these community leaders my friends (some old, some new!), too!

Merry Christmas - and let’s all look for opportunities to bring a smile to the children we are blessed to have all around us in our greater Castro Valley Community and to remember to pray for our men and women in uniform as well as our First Responders!

 Blessings!

–Bruce D. Johnson, Rotary Club of Castro Valley