Hands On Projects

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Local Hands-On Service Project

Palo Alto Rotary and Palo Alto City Parks teamed up for three landscaping project in the past 12 months.  The projects renovated by Palo Alto Rotary:

• Menlo/Middlefield Gateway just south of the San Francisquito Creek crossing -  October 2008
  
• Alma St./El Camino Real “triangle island” Gateway - April 2009.  The island, with carpet roses and a new welcome sign, was previously invisible, having only a few forlorn plants.
• Hoover Park over 175 new plants in areas selected by Parks personnel, to replace dead and worn vegetation. 

The City of Palo Alto and the Rotary Club of Palo Alto will divided the cost of this project, with Rotary volunteers providing the manpower. Robert Ward, Palo Alto’s Interim Open Space and Parks Division Manager, said the City is very enthusiastic; “We feel that this is a great example of volunteer stewardship. These types of collaborative improvements will benefit us all.”

New Landscaping for Palo Alto’s Hoover Park - October 2009

The City's Menlo Gateway - October 17th, 2008

Breaking News Press Release

Our Thanks to the City of Palo Alto, Palo Alto's Interim Open Space & Parks Division Manager Don Piana, Interim Community Services Director Greg Betts, Photographer and Organizer Brian Steen, and all Palo Alto Rotarians who have teamed up to mulch, plant, water, beautify, and maintain this space for the next three years.

Gateway Photo Album by Mark Nadim & Webpage by Joyce Cusick

Previous Hands-On Projects

Bread of Life, East Palo Alto

The local Hands-On project was done in conjunction with the Kiwanis Club; the project was at the Bread of Life in East Palo Alto. The Kiwanis Club project leader was Brian Dahlquist, the Palo Alto Rotary project leader was Hersh Davis.

Many thanks to our Palo Alto Rotary Volunteers:  Larry Bailey, Cyrille Betant, Bill Busse, Kevin Curry, Steve Emslie, Annette Glanckopf and Tom Ashton, Scott Glissmeyer, Tom Gracon, Walt Hays, Rob Lancefield, Mike McMahon, Adrian and Evelyn Mickolajczak, Lindsey North, Dennis Sheehan , Art Stauffer, Brian Steen, Photographer Dan "The Mighty" Quinn, Sharon Wagner and Daughter Julia, and Geoff and Ann Ziman

Click on the image to the left to go to the photo album for more photos of the project

Palo Alto American Red Cross

  Monday, power washing by a Red Cross volunteer; and trenching by two Rotary volunteers

  Friday, Art Stauffer and Joyce Cusick helped almost all day with the masking initiated by a Red Cross volunteer, accompanied by Mike McMahon and Annette Glanckopf in the morning.  Walt Hays picked up ladders and delivered to the Red Cross -- Trish Bubenik onsite consultant

  Friday Afternoon, Bob McCowan, Jack Woodson, and Bill Busse worked on a project to convert a closet into workstations for volunteers doing data entry--removing cabinetry, installing ceiling fixture, and assessing plumbing revamping

Team Work, YCS from Gunn High School 12, Rotarians 29, with Spouses, 35

    Saturday Morning, Super Hands-On Project Organizer and painter, Hersh Davis, and David (who worked the morning and afternoon shift)s Art Stauffer who managed the supplies from NASA, the CAR project, and the new Kelly Moore Paint Store on Friday, and worked Friday and both shifts on Saturday.  Iris Korol helped transform the front of the building. Charles Cheng painted; and photographed before and after photos, and work crews of the morning.  Art Stauffer was also a shutterbug at this event.

  Geoff and Ann Ziman, Karen and John Singer painted; and Brian Steen tended the power boxes.  Painters:  Tom Gracon, Mark Heyer; Le Levy and Judy Huey focused on the El Camino side of the building.  Peggy Stauffer painted the base of the south wall, and Rob Lancefield helped to conquer the back and south side wall. Trish Bubenik served as go-fer and was keeper of the keys.

Saturday Afternoon,   Painters:   Hersh Davis, President Art,  Geoff and Ann Ziman, Wes Gardner, Rachel Meyer, Inge Angiletta, Cash Alaee, David and Cindy Blitz, and Judy Kleinberg.  Trish continued as go-fer and keeper of the keys; and Walt picked up ladders for return.

Total number of volunteers - Red Cross  Renaissance  Project:  51

Palo Alto American Red Cross Building

Lovingly Transformed from Battleship Gray

To an oasis in (Kelly Moore) Desert Sand

Webpage Design by Joyce Cusick