The Rotary Club of Sparks will be partnering with Champion Chevrolet, Great Basin Brewing Company, Northern Nevada Safari Club and Pinocchio's Bar and Grill to provide meals to medical workers!
 
The Rotary Club of Sparks wants to do their part to help the community during this COVID 19 pandemic.  President Mike asked for suggestions, a special meeting was held, and the club decided on a project that helps support the medical workers in our community as well as local businesses that have been economically impacted by this pandemic.  The following is a history and description of the project.  We will keep the club updated about dates and if any other help is needed for this project!
 
Our own Sparks Rotarian, Dick Gammick, and Jack Stanko of Champion Chevrolet where having a conversation when Jack mentioned that this community owed the Emergency Room personnel at Renown  Regional Medical Center a debt of gratitude for the services they have been rendering due to the COVID 19 Pandemic, in spite of the personal risks.  Jack suggested the idea of having meals delivered to these folks for at least the next couple of weeks and maybe longer.  
 
With that in mind they approached the Rotary Club of Sparks to determine if they wanted to join in the effort.  As it turned out, President Michael Day stated that they were already discussing the idea of doing the same for Northern Nevada Medical Center (NNMC) located in Sparks.  The funds for the endeavor would be raised by asking the members to donate a sum equal to the missed lunches due to cancellation of weekly meetings the last 5 weeks.
 
Further discussions wound up including St. Marys Regional Center and the VA Medical Center (Hospital).  Sparks Rotary agreed to go ahead and supply NNMC, while Jack Stanko and the Gammicks (to a small part) would ensure the three Medical Centers in Reno would be served.  J.P. Pinocchio of Pinocchio's Bar and Grill and Tom Young of Great Basin Brewing Company were both contacted and agreed to prepare and arrange scheduled deliveries of the meals to the hospitals with Tom serving NNMC and J.P. the Reno medical centers. Special thank you to the Northern Nevada Safari Club for their financial support of this project.