Lone male member of Rally for Children helps with Arts in the Park

FALLBROOK – Part of the charm of the Friendly Village is the many volunteers that play such an active role in the community including putting on the upcoming Arts in the Park. Glenn Zajic is one of the super volunteers. He also has the distinction of being the only male member of Fallbrook’s Rally for Children organization.

For the past 10 years, Zajic has been making Peanut Butter Bird Feeders at Arts in the Park. The children smear peanut butter over pine cones and then plaster the cones with bird seed. It is a messy business, according to Zajic, whose biggest problem is keeping the kids clean. AVID students have been helping with buckets of water at the popular project.

Rally is not the only group lucky to have had Zajic in its membership. In the past he has volunteered for Red Cross, been a GANAS mentor for five years, made helium balloons for Safe Halloween for 10 years at the community center, and been past president of the Optimist Club.

“I just love children,” said Zajic. When not volunteering, he tends to his avocados and chauffeurs his eight-year-old daughter C.J. and her friends. Children can come to make bird feeders at Arts in the Park, Sunday, April 26, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Live Oak Park.