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Gilroy Rotary Cleans Up
THE GILROY ROTARY CLUB
enjoyed pitching in for a
Community Service Project in
March 12 at Gilroy Gardens. For
the second straight year a team of
Rotarians showed up with paint-
brushes, hammers and wrenches
in hand to help spruce up the
Gardens prior to opening day.
Club President Peter Katavich
led the charge as dozens of picnic
tables and park benches were
repaired and stained. Club
members also installed new
railings and applied a fresh
coat of paint on the dock at
Coyote Lake.
THIS YEAR’S GILROY SISTER CITIES Association International
Dinner and Auction featured guest chefs from Takko-
Machi, Gilroy’s sister city in Japan, as well as selections
from each of Gilroy’s six sister cities. The event was held at
the Portuguese Hall.
The Gilroy Sister Cities Association was established in
2005 to facilitate the ongoing interpersonal relationships
between Gilroy and its six sister cities: Angra do Heroismo,
Azores, Portugal; Tecate, Mexico; Saint-Clar, France;
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Takko-machi, Japan; Monticelli d’ Ongina, Italy; and Koror,
Republic of Pala.
The Sister Cities program encourages the people of Gilroy
and the people of similar cities of foreign nations to get to
know and understand of each other as individual members of
their communities, as citizens of their countries, and as part of
the family of nations. The association welcomes any citizen of
Gilroy to participate. The program includes welcoming events,
host families and fundraising events.
MAY/JUNE 2016
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PROGRAM
Gilroy Sister Cities Annual International Dinner & Auction