Rotary Club of Alamo Names Vicki Koc 2010 Alamo Citizen of the Year
Alamo, CA, September 11, 2010 – At the 28th Annual Alamo Music and Wine Festival held on Saturday, September 11th, the Rotary Club of Alamo named Vicki Koc as the 2010 Alamo Citizen of the Year.
“This is the 26th year that the Rotary Club of Alamo has presented this award,” said Steven Polcyn, Club president. The Rotary Cub of Alamo selects the Citizen of the Year based on service, integrity, citizenship and is a person who has demonstrated a unique commitment to the Alamo community that places her/him in a special place deserving this recognition. All members of the Alamo community are encouraged each year to nominate that person who best meets these criteria.
Senator Mark DeSaulnier, Alamo Citizen of the Year Vicki Koc, Steven Polcyn
A 29 year resident of Alamo, Vicki has volunteered extensively for many years in various community, school and charitable activities. After moving to Alamo from Rome, Italy in 1981, Vicki became active in the leadership team to save Alamo Elementary School, served as co-president of the Alamo Elementary School PTA, and undertook the Miranada Avenue bike project to cover ditches on both sides of the roadway making it safe for children to use a bike path. She served on parent committees at Monte Vista High School, Stone Valley Middle School and Alamo Elementary School, and also the district wide facility committee. She was an early Vice President of the San Ramon Valley Education Foundation and remembers voting as to whether or not the foundation would put on the now popular Primo’s to Primo’s Run! From 1989 to 2005, Vicki served on the Alamo Road Improvement Committee and the Zone 36 Alamo Landscape and Lighting Committee. From 2003 to 2005, she was a member of the R7A Alamo Parks and Recreation committee. She founded the Alamo logo contest to bring an identity to Alamo, founded the Teacher in the Workplace program at Monte Vista High School, and initiated and was president of the Alamo Incorporation Movement.
In addition, Vicki has been very active in Diablo Valley National Charity League (DVNCL) serving in various positions in her local chapter as well as president, and at the district level of NCL becoming a National Charity League mentor in the formation and founding of the Rolling Hills Chapter. Vicki currently serves as parliamentarian for the Alamo Women’s Club, is Philanthropy Chair for AWC and is the advisor to the high school Juniorette group “Together We Give”. In February 2010, the Alamo Women’s Club named her their “Community Woman of the Year.”
Vicki resides in Alamo with her husband Blake. They have three grown children: Blake, Jennifer and Noelle. Vicki’s mother now resides in Walnut Creek.
“Vicki Koc is one of those behind the scenes community servants who effects changes and has a keen grip on the goings-on of Alamo,” said Alamo resident Nancy Dommes.
“Vicki is one person who believes in ‘buying Alamo’ and she has taught me that it’s important to look at home to purchase rather than go elsewhere,” Ms. Dommes stated.
The Rotary Club of Alamo was founded on May 7, 1971 and has 50 members. Each year, the Club sponsors the Alamo Music and Wine Festival, which supports the music programs at Alamo and Rancho Romero Elementary Schools, Lucille Mauzy School, Stone Valley Middle School, Monte Vista and San Ramon High Schools. The Club meets on Wednesdays at 12:15 p.m. at Round Hill Country Club, 3169 Roundhill Road, Alamo. To learn more about the Rotary Club of Alamo and its many activities, visit the Club’s website at www.alamorotary.org.
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