Great new Restaurant in our Neighboring town Healdsburg

Valette- simply amazing .

Beauty

Beauty: this is G'Ville

Visit the Geyserville Lodging Association for details and rates on rooms! 

Spirit of Giving Alive in Geyserville

Geyserville is the Little Town with the Big Heart
Each year at the Geyserville Chamber dinner members are fed a wonderful dinner, for the past several years cooked by the Northern Sonoma County Locals Unlimited guys.  They're the ones who bring the Tractor Parade to our town on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. The money raised by the group helps them support the parade costs for next year's parade, which has become a favorite holiday event for Geyserville and surrounding communities.

Attendees at the chamber dinner also bring canned food, toys and other contributions for the Geyserville Christian Church Pastoral Fund, and pastor Hilary Marckx and his crew lead everyone in a rambunctious sing-a-long of holiday tunes that often gets everyone up to dance.  I ran into Margie, a chamber member, at Safeway the day after this year's dinner.
"That was one of the most delicious dinner's ever. I will remember that party for a long time to come!" she told me.  This event has become a favorite for many.

This year the hat was passed and Hilary collected over $1,300 from Chamber members for the Pastoral Fund. Our local Kiwanis guys also contribute to this fund, with the club matching the individual member donations. From those individuals and families, and the Geyserville Kiwanis Club, the pastoral fund collected approximately $7,000.  

The Geyserville Fire department also collects toys for kids of all ages and drops them off at the church for distribution in their Christmas Eve giveaway. Hilary, and his wife Cherie, get assistance in finding out where the needs lie, then a group of volunteers descends on the church on Christmas Eve to package, wrap, translate, and distribute food and gifts to those families in need right here in our community.

The funds collected in December help to buy holiday meal staples, gifts, and provide much needed assistance to folks at Christmas and throughout the year. Pastor Hilary recently learned of a family facing the prospect of losing their home. The Pastoral Fund allowed Hilary to cover their rent for the month, as well as providing food and gifts for Christmas. These funds are needed for just that sort of emergency situation.  

The contributions go a long way toward making the holidays a little brighter for local families that might not otherwise have a very joyful Christmas.  This year 70 families representing over 350 individuals received food and gifts thanks to the efforts of so many in Geyserville.  As Hilary shared on the church facebook page, "I do believe that the people of Geyserville have the biggest, most generous hearts in the world!  Thank you, Geyserville!"

 

After the Quake

After the Napa earthquake of about 6.1 we heard bad news from our friends in Napa with wine barrels falling down, glass breaking throughout the kitchens, sprinklers going off and flooding some businesses. It was tragic. Thankfully, we in Geyserville were not affected by the quake. We are all still here, standing tall in Geyserville with the art sculpture trail continuing to grow along the highway 128. There are some stunning new pieces to come and enjoy!

As for the quakes: we have over thirty mini earthquakes every single day up in the geysers. Sometimes we feel them, and sometimes we do not, but it's almost always just a mere rumble. Nothing to fret about.

Photo Contest!

Do you want to win the ultimate wine country experience?

Post your photos on our Facebook page, showing your favorite parts of Geyserville. The best photo will be decided on June 1st and the winner will take home an amazing wine country experience including gift certificates to local businesses, hotel stays, discounts and wine!

Must post photos here: https://www.facebook.com/Geyserville to enter and "like" the page.

Let the photo magic begin!! 

Oriental Community Hall Needs a New Roof

Geyserville Community Foundation's First Fundraising Project

We are Geyserville Community Foundation, a newly formed 501(c)3 non-profit group, that has taken on their first project--the task of raising funds to help Oriental Hall finance a new roof.  The Oriental Community Hall, Inc., owners sought foundation help shortly before the February dinner of the Geyserville Chamber of Commerce.

“One third of the floor was covered with water when I brought in the food on Sunday before the Tuesday dinner,” said Kathy Zunino of the Oriental Hall group, who was helping prepare the Chamber dinner. “Had the rain not stopped, we would have been forced to postpone or cancel the dinner,” she added.  “So far, damage has been minimal,” she concluded.  

Many residents of Geyserville and the surrounding community are familiar with Oriental Community Hall (sometimes called the Grange Hall), located just across the river from downtown Geyserville on Highway 128.  This building, that for many is the heart of Geyserville, began as a one room schoolhouse. It has become the meeting place of the local Geyserville Grange, Geyserville Kiwanis, and the Geyserville Chamber of Commerce, and the place for special private and community events for a very long time. The 100+ year old building is owned and held by Oriental Community Hall, Inc. This non-profit corporation was formed specifically to carry out the wishes of the family who donated both the property and building and wished them to be used for the community as a community hall.  They exist with the express purpose of maintaining the hall and grounds for our community.

The monthly Chamber of Commerce dinners have been a fixture in Geyserville for nearly 40 years. If you have been in Oriental Community Hall lately you may have noticed stains on the ceiling tiles or puddles on the floor due to the recent rains.  While the current drought has allowed OCH, Inc., additional time to raise funds to replace the failing roof, there is more rain coming and now the need is urgent.

The cost of a new roof will be $45,000, and plans are to replace the current roof with one that will last for years.  OCH has already raised $15,000 toward this goal.  In the first week of this project, more than $7,500 in additional funds have been raised for this project, coming from Geyserville, Cloverdale, Healdsburg, Santa Rosa, San Rafael, and San Francisco.  While the early response is encouraging, there is still a long way to go to meet the goal of $45,000.  The Geyserville Community Foundation is asking for your help. Please consider making a donation to this cause.  

This is Our Hall--Geyserville's Hall. Help us keep it available for our school and children's events, weddings, memorial services, special family birthday and anniversary celebrations, and our community group meetings.

Please send your tax deductible donation, marked "HALL ROOF" (in the memo section of your check) to:

Geyserville Community Foundation

P. O. Box 593

Geyserville, CA  95441

Geyserville Community Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.  

Federal Tax ID #45-5571717

Thank You!