The following is a list of past and existing fellowship activities. Links to these activities are in the photo albums that show the history of The Rotary Club of Almaden Valley.
- Bocce Ball Social
A fun late afternoon learning to play bocce ball and enjoying dinner (or snacks)afterward.
- Camera Three
An evening enjoying an old classic movie at Camera Three for the benefit of The Centre for Living with Dying.
- Charter Party
Members and spouses celebrate the founding of the Almaden Valley Rotary Club early in May. Lobster (or crab), steak and lots of dancing is on the menu.
- Christmas Party
Members and spouses celebrate Christmas at the Boulder Ridge Country Club with a wonderful dinner and dancing to an orchestra into the night.
- Christmas Wrap Party
A past event of an evening at a Rotarian's house eating a fine buffet and finishing up any wrapping of presents for the homeless families. The presents are now wrapped at home.
- Columbus Day Party
Member, spouses and friends enjoy a night to celebrate the "founding" of the new world. For many years we partied at the Paul Consentino house.
- Harvest Festival
We travelled to Sarah's Vineyard in Gilroy to celebrate the Harvest time for the vineyards. We enjoyed some wine, a bar-b-que, hayride, grape stomping and bottled and labelled our own bottle of port.
- Joint Board Meeting
Members of the outgoing and incoming boards meet in South Lake Tahoe to discuss the activities of the club as well as have a little fun. We stay at Harveys or Harrahs and in the past we met at the Peppermill in Reno.
- KartFest
An afternoon of driving go-karts around a squiggly indoor track. Competition seems to be the theme.
- San Jose Shark Fest
An evening at the Shark Tank in the luxury boxes eating a fine buffet and enjoying an occasional San Jose Shark victory.
- Ski Trips
Members and spouses enjoy a weekend of skiing or just having a good time in the snow and at the local pubs. In the past we have stayed at Sugar Bowl and Northstar.
- Tony/Tina Wedding
An evening enjoying Tony and Tina's wedding at the Cable Car theater in San Francisco.
- Valentines Luncheon
Members and their valentines celebrate a wonderful lunch and a good speaker at our regular meeting at the Boulder Ridge Country Club.
- Wine Tours
A day of winetasting at several wineries in Napa Valley and recently a day at the Byington Winery in Los Gatos.
- Shooting/Picnics
- San Jose Giants
- Other activities include special luncheons such as St Patrick's Day and Secretary's Week and special recognition of anniversaries.
|