On
Saturday, October 28, 2017, the community of Visalia again came together to
help "Make a Difference."
According to our head count, approximately 300 volunteers turned out to
assist the city in freshening up our local parks and city properties, including
planting trees and plants, spreading bark, weeding, painting, and trash clean
up. The projects included Rotary Park,
the Piano basin, Packwood Creek, Soroptimist Park and Oval Park. In addition to private individuals who came
out to show their civic mindedness, the event was supported by Downtown Rotary,
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the Alpha Gamma Sigma Club at
COS, Redwood Key Club, World Link, Sequoia Visalia Kiwanis, West Coast
Believers, Ismaili Community Engaged in Responsible Volunteering (ICERV),
Visalia Sunset Rotary, V-Town Roller Derby Team, Center for Spiritual Living,
and Soroptimist International of Visalia.
Afterwards,
most of the participants came to Lions' Park where my wife and I served free
root beer floats to say "thank you" for a job well done. Two thumbs up to the many Visalians who came
out and donated their Saturday morning to make "Make a Difference
Day" a success!
Mayor
Warren Gubler
Valley Voice, Nov. 2, 2017
