History
Reunite Cultures Fund is 501(C)3 nonprofit organization. Established in 2003 by Rotarians of Lakewood-Rocky River Rotary Club, OH and currently managed by members of Downtown Fuquay-Varina Rotary Club, NC.
The main program of the Organization is to run and manage Cultural Youth Exchange Program “Golden Gates”.
Since 2003 over 30 groups of young people from Russia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Croatia, Serbia, Italy, etc. had an opportunity to travel abroad to learn about USA and introduce their culture to American People.
Mission
The RCF exists to promote good will between countries by funding organizations that contribute to peace, cultural understanding and appreciation through the arts.
Finding young artists, performers and musicians worldwide to share their Cultures through their performances and workshops which feature their talents, traditional costumes and individual personalities.
Improving good will between the people of America and other countries. Developing a better understanding of cultures, music and traditions. Building Cultural Bridges
Partners
Our Donors/Sponsors/Contributors
- Walmart
- The Rotary Foundation
- Microsoft
- Barry Phillips Charitable Fund
- United Community Bank
- Bob Barker Foundation
- Miami University Regionals
- Mercedes Benz of Fayetteville
- AdorUSA
- Southern Pines Rotary Club Charitable Foundation
- American Alliance of Performing Art Educators
- Legrand L Malany P Enterprise Fund
- Creative Arts Guild
- Alexandria West Rotary Foundation Inc.
- Halle Cultural Arts Center
- PayPal Giving Fund
- Amazon Smile Foundation
- American Alliance of Performing Arts Educators
- RACC -Russian American Cultural Center
- Lithuanian American Club of Central Illinois
- Springfield Arts Council
- FRUA Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoption
- United Arts Council
- Ethnic Express
- Rotary Clubs worldwide
- United Methodist Churches USA
- AOPS Academy
- Subway
- Cockos Incorporated
- COREL Corporation
- Eltima Software
- VidPaw
- Eternal Storms Software
- SuperSprings International
- Lakewood-Rocky River Rotary Club, Ohio (RCF Founder)
Our team
Officers
Director of programs and projects for a NC statewide education non-profit. Board member on a number of nonprofits including Amazing Grace Adoptions, ReCity of Durham, the Fuquay-Varina Arts Council and the RCF. National Board Certified educator, mathematics and health content teacher in various settings including traditional and online classrooms. PhD in Educational Research and Policy Analysis.

Thomas Ray
President
RCF Vice President, Professional musician, owner of the Booking Agency, Founder and Coordinator of the International Cultural Exchange Program
GOLDEN GATES, Cultural Arts Chair, vice president of
Fuquay-Varina Arts Council, Rotary Friendship Exchange

Vitaliy Bezrodnov
Vice president Management and coordination of projects
NAVY Veteran, Past President of the ROTARY Club, Past President/Founder of the Fuquay-Varina Arts Council, Business Owner, past Chamber of Commerce Board Member, BS in Accounting.

David Morris
Treasurer
Writer, Artist, Teacher, Public Speaker,
Founder and President of Fuquay Varina Writters Guild

Jill Eagan
Secretary and advisory
Choreographer, stage director, Head of the Arts Council of
the International Cultural Exchange Program GOLDEN GATES. Regional representative of the Program in Ukraine. Director
of one of the oldest dance school in Ukraine, member of the Ukrainian National Choreographic Union. Honorary Member of the Rotary Club Dnipro City.

Dmitry Vasilyev
Project coordinator Ukraine
President at Armenian National Delphic Committee
International Arts Managment

Aleksan Zakyan
International Exchange Coordinator
Major of Choreography. Director (1986 – 2014) of award winning Ensemble “Yuni Leningradetz” St. Petersburg, Russia.
Merited Worker of the Arts Industry of the Russian Federation
Best Teacher of Secondary Education Award, issued by the Sate Educational Institution of St. Petersburg (2012) Listed in Golden Fund of Professionals in St. Petersburg Encyclopedia.
Teacher at The Brighton Ballet Theter School of Russian Ballet in New York.

Sofia Ioffe
Arts Council Advisor
Major of Choreography, Klaipeda University, Lithuania
Artistic Director of Cultural Center
Director of International Festival
Director of the Dance Ensemble SUVARTUKAS

Ilona Baltikauskaite
Arts Council Advisor
Associate Director of Integrated Communications
at North Carolina State University, St Petersburg State University Public relations

Maria Potepalova
Marketing and Social relations
Teacher, Drama Instructor
at Artistic Motion School of the Arts

Dex Davison
Grant Advisor
Artist, Media Professional, International Public Relations

Grigor Zakyan
Project Coordinator Armenia
Proffesional Musician, Teacher, Recored Artist

Danil Zvonkov
Social media and relations
Charter President of Rotaract Club Dnipro City Radost
Media proffesional

Alexey Vasilyev
Motion designer & video maker
Social media & video maker

Nikita Avdeev
Media proffesional