Solvang Theaterfest & The Rotary Club of Solvang
Present
An Evening with Brian Regan
Fundraiser
September 19, 2023
THANK YOU SANTA YNEZ VALLEY
FOR YOUR WONDERFUL SUPPORT
THE FUNDRAISER OF THE YEAR!!
SOLVANG ROTARY PRESENTS:
SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 2023
AT THE
SYV HISTORICAL MUSEUM & CARRIAGE HOUSE
SANTA YNEZ DAYS PORK LOIN SANDWICHES
JUNE 24, 2023
HALF OF ALL PROCEEDS GO TO THE
SANTA YNEZ VALLEY HISTORICAL MUSEUM & CARRIAGE HOUSE
Nicaragua Medical Project 2015
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Members of the Solvang, Santa Ynez Valley, Lompoc and San Luis Obispo Rotary Clubs
have returned home from a medical mission to Nicaragua where they served the communities
of Ciudad Sandino and Nueva Vida.
The delegation worked at the Nueva Vida Clinic from Oct. 26-30, supporting the overworked
and underfunded local staff by seeing hundreds of patients daily and bringing in
needed medical supplies. The Clinic was established in 1999 in response to a refugee
resettlement program after Hurricane Mitch devastated parts of Nicaragua and Honduras.
The resulting barrio houses thousands of poor families. The Clinic serves those
in the barrio and in the nearby community of Ciudad Sandino.
Linda Johansen, International Chair for the Solvang Rotary, organized the trip of
17 members.
Dr. Art Kaslow, Yomaira De Leon and Pat Gimmer worked in the dentistry unit. They
treated over 80 patients and performed over 85 procedures.
The cardiac unit, with Dr. Claudio Bonometti and Jose Adorno, treated more than
200 patients and also donated a $10,000 electrocardiogram (EKG) machine, while Max
Jensen performed over 200 EKGs.
Dr. Dennis Bales and Ron Jones, in the ophthalmology unit, saw over 80 patients
providing eye exams and glasses that would otherwise not have been affordable to
patients whose average income is less that $2 per day.
Carol Anders, retired RN, and Tom Bormes, handled triage and check-in.
Norm and Jan Clevenger and Johansen worked in the pharmacy saving staff 120 hours
and dispensing $5,000 worth of medicines.
Rob Klug, Rich Saferite and Joe Brown helped service the Clinic's construction
needs by assembling rebar for a new building, digging trenches, extending a suction
line to the new surgical unit, installing a roof air duct for suction housing, laying
tile in the surgical unit, and providing over 120 hours of manual labor while sharing
their skills with the staff.
Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital and Atterdag Village of Solvang provided many
of the medical supplies the Rotary team took with them to Nueva Vida Clinic.
"We all returned home emotionally and physically exhausted but with touching
memories of service to these lovely people," said Johansen.