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EXHIBIT 10.1

                              PRELIMINARY AGREEMENT

     WHEREAS, WaterChef, In, (WaterChef) a Delaware corporation domiciled at
1007 Glen Cove Avenue, Glen Head, New York 11545 is desirous of intRODUCING its
patented water purification products to emerging economies, and

     WHEREAS, Samaritan Group International Corporation (501), a Delaware
corporation domiciled in New York, New York is desirous of providing
humanitarian project consulting services to WaterChef to advance its
humanitarian project goals, and

     WHEREAS, the International Multiracial Shared Cultural Organization
(IMSCO), an international non-governmental organization (NGO) in consultative
status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, with offices
at One United Nations Plaza, New York, New York 10017, is desirous of working
cooperatively with WaterChef and SGI to provide access to United Nations member
countries and organizations for the sale and placement of WaterChef's water
purification products,

     IT IS AGREED, that WaterChef, SGI and IMSCO will enter into a definitive
agreement to work cooperatively toward the successful funding and placement of
WaterChef products in emerging economies in need of pure water resources. Under
the terms of the "Proposed Agreement", through its relationships with SGI and
IMSCO, WaterChef will be vested with authorization to pursue certain
humanitarian projects, and the certification and funding required for their
successful completion, under the auspices of, and with the certification of,
IMSCO.

     IT IS FURTHER AGREED that the parties will utilize all best efforts to
enter into a series of definitive agreements within thirty days of the signing
of this preliminary agreement and that during the thirty day period while the
definitive agreement is being prepared, this preliminary agreement will
authorize WaterChef in concert with IMSCO, to proceed with the certification
and, funding of the humanitarian water projects for the Republic of Honduras and
the Republic of Bangladesh.

     This Preliminary Agreement is made among the parties signing below on this
8th day of September, 2004.

For WaterChef, Inc.                         For Samaritan Group Intl. Corp

/s/  David A. Conway                        /s/  Kurt Mahoney
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     David A. Conway                             Kurt Mahoney
     President & CEO                             President/CEO

For the International Multiracial Shared Cultural Organization

/s/  Frank Weston
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     Frank Weston
     ChairmanExhibit 10.1 - Agreement and Plan of Merger

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER 

OF 

SONOMAWEST HOLDINGS,
INC. 

(A Delaware Corporation) 

AND 

SONOMAWEST HOLDINGS, INC. 

(A California
Corporation) 

        THIS
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of November 15, 2004 (the
“Agreement” ), is made by and between SonomaWest Holdings, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (“SonomaWest Delaware” ), and SonomaWest Holdings,
Inc., a California corporation (“SonomaWest California” ). SonomaWest
Delaware and SonomaWest California are sometimes referred to herein as the
“Constituent Corporations.” 

R E C I T A L S : 

        WHEREAS,
SonomaWest California is a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the
State of California. On the date hereof, the total number of shares of Common Stock, no
par value, of SonomaWest California (the “SonomaWest California
Common Stock”), authorized to be issued is 5,000,000, and the total
number of shares of Preferred Stock of SonomaWest California (the “SonomaWest
California Preferred Stock” ) authorized to be issued is
2,500,000. As of September 10, 2004, there were 1,114,257 shares of SonomaWest California
Common Stock issued and outstanding, and no shares of SonomaWest California Preferred
Stock were issued and outstanding. 

        WHEREAS,
SonomaWest Delaware is a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Delaware. On the date hereof, the total number of shares of Common Stock, $.0001
par value per share (the “SonomaWest Delaware Common
Stock” ) authorized to be issued is 5,000,000, and the total number of shares
of Preferred Stock, $.0001 par value per share (the “SonomaWest
Delaware Preferred Stock” ) authorized to be issued is
2,500,000. The SonomaWest Delaware Preferred Stock is undesignated as to series, rights,
preferences, privileges, or restrictions. As of the date hereof, 100 shares of SonomaWest
Delaware Common Stock were issued and outstanding, all of which were held by SonomaWest
California, and no shares of SonomaWest Delaware Preferred Stock were issued and
outstanding. 

        WHEREAS,
SonomaWest Delaware is a wholly owned subsidiary of SonomaWest California. 

        WHEREAS, the
Board of Directors of SonomaWest California has determined that, for the purpose of
effecting the reincorporation of SonomaWest California in the State of Delaware, it is
advisable and in the best interests of SonomaWest California and its shareholders that
SonomaWest California merge with and into SonomaWest Delaware upon the terms and
conditions provided herein. 

        WHEREAS,
the respective Boards of Directors of SonomaWest Delaware and SonomaWest California have
approved and adopted this Agreement and have directed that this Agreement be submitted to
a vote of their sole stockholder and shareholders, respectively, and executed by the
undersigned officers. 

        WHEREAS,
the Merger (as hereinafter defined) is intended to qualify as a reorganization described
in Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 

        NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements and covenants set forth
herein, SonomaWest Delaware and SonomaWest California hereby agree, subject to the terms
and conditions hereinafter set forth, as follows: 

ARTICLE I
 MERGER

          Section
1.1   Merger. In accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the
Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL” ) and the California
General Corporation Law (the “CGCL” ), SonomaWest California shall be
merged with and into SonomaWest Delaware (the “Merger” ), the separate
existence of SonomaWest California shall cease, and SonomaWest Delaware shall survive the
Merger and shall continue to be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware. SonomaWest
Delaware shall be, and is sometimes referred to herein as, the “SurvivingCorporation.” The
name of the Surviving Corporation shall be SonomaWest Holdings, Inc.  

          Section
1.2   Filing and Effectiveness. The Merger shall become effective when
the following actions shall have been completed:  

		    (a)       this
Agreement and the Merger shall have been adopted and approved by each
          Constituent Corporation in accordance with the requirements of the DGCL and the
          CGCL;  

		    (b)        all
of the conditions precedent to the consummation of the Merger specified in           this
Agreement shall have been satisfied or duly waived by the party entitled to
          satisfaction thereof;  

		    (c)       an
executed Certificate of Ownership and Merger meeting the requirements of the
          DGCL shall have been filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware
          (the “DelawareCertificate” ); and  

		    (d)        a
certified copy of the Delaware Certificate, as provided in Section 1108           of
the CGCL, shall have been filed with the Secretary of State of the State of
          California.  

          The
date and time when the Merger shall become effective, as aforesaid, is herein called the
“Effective Date of the Merger.” 

          Section
1.3   Effect of the Merger. Upon the Effective Date of the Merger, the
separate existence of SonomaWest California shall cease and SonomaWest Delaware, as the
Surviving Corporation shall:  

          		    (i)     
               continue to possess all of its assets, rights, powers and property as
               constituted immediately prior to the Effective Date of the Merger; 

               

          		    (ii)     
               be subject to all actions previously taken by its and SonomaWest
               California’s Boards of Directors; 

               

          		    (iii)     
               succeed, without other transfer, to all of the assets, rights, powers and
               property of SonomaWest California in the manner more fully set forth in
               Section 259 of the DGCL; 

               

          		    (iv)     
               continue to be subject to all of the debts, liabilities and obligations of
               SonomaWest Delaware as constituted immediately prior to the Effective Date of
               the Merger; and 

               

          		    (v)     
               succeed, without other transfer, to all of the debts, liabilities and
               obligations of SonomaWest California in the same manner as if SonomaWest
               Delaware had itself incurred them, all as more fully provided under the
               applicable provisions of the DGCL and the CGCL. 

               

ARTICLE II
CHARTER DOCUMENTS, DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS 

 

          Section
2.1 Certificate of Incorporation . The Certificate of Incorporation of SonomaWest
Delaware as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date of the Merger shall continue
in full force and effect as the Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation
until duly amended in accordance with the provisions thereof and applicable law. 

          Section
2.2 By-Laws . The By-Laws of SonomaWest Delaware as in effect immediately prior to
the Effective Date of the Merger shall continue in full force and effect as the By-Laws of
the Surviving Corporation until duly amended in accordance with the provisions thereof and
applicable law. 

           Section
2.3 Directors and Officers. The directors and officers of SonomaWest California
immediately prior to the Effective Date of the Merger shall be the directors and officers
of the Surviving Corporation until their successors shall have been duly elected and
qualified or until as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation of the
Surviving Corporation or the By-Laws of the Surviving Corporation. 

ARTICLE III 
MANNER OF CONVERSION
OF STOCK 

        Section
3.1   SonomaWest California Common Stock. Upon the Effective Date of the Merger, each
share of SonomaWest California Common Stock, issued and outstanding immediately prior
thereto shall, by virtue of the Merger and without any action by either of the Constituent
Corporations, the holder of such shares or any other person, be converted into and
exchanged for one (1) fully paid and nonassessable share of Common Stock of the Surviving
Corporation. 

        Section
3.2   SonomaWest California Employee Benefit Plans . Upon the Effective Date of the
Merger, the Surviving Corporation shall assume and continue any and all stock option,
stock incentive and other equity-based award plans heretofore adopted by SonomaWest
California (individually, an “Equity Plan” and, collectively, the
“Equity Plans” ), and shall reserve for issuance under each Equity
Plan a number of shares of SonomaWest Delaware Common Stock equal to the number of shares
of SonomaWest California Common Stock so reserved immediately prior to the Effective Date
of the Merger. Each unexercised option or other right to purchase SonomaWest California
Common Stock granted under and by virtue of any such Equity Plan which is outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Date of the Merger shall, upon the Effective Date of
the Merger, become an option or right to purchase SonomaWest Delaware Common Stock on the
basis of one share of SonomaWest Delaware Common Stock for each share of SonomaWest
California Common Stock issuable pursuant to any such option or stock purchase right, and
otherwise on the same terms and conditions and at an exercise or conversion price per
share equal to the exercise or conversion price per share applicable to any such
SonomaWest California option or stock purchase right. Each other equity-based award
relating to SonomaWest California Common Stock granted or awarded under any of the Equity
Plans which is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Date of the Merger shall,
upon the Effective Date of the Merger, become an award relating to SonomaWest Delaware
Common Stock on the basis of one share of SonomaWest Delaware Common Stock for each share
of SonomaWest California Common Stock to which such award relates and otherwise on the
same terms and conditions applicable to such award immediately prior to the Effective Date
of the Merger. 

        Section
3.3 SonomaWest Delaware Common Stock. Upon the Effective Date of the Merger, each
share of SonomaWest Delaware Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior thereto
shall, by virtue of the Merger and without any action by SonomaWest Delaware, the holder
of such shares or any other person, be canceled and returned to the status of authorized
but unissued shares. 

          Section
3.4   Exchange of Certificates. 

          (a)        After
the Effective Date of the Merger, each holder of an outstanding           certificate
representing SonomaWest California Common Stock may, at such           holder’s
option, surrender the same for cancellation to Continental Stock           Transfer & Trust
Company, as exchange agent (the “ExchangeAgent”), and each such
holder shall be entitled to receive in           exchange therefor a certificate or
certificates representing the number of           shares of the Surviving Corporation’s
Common Stock into which the           surrendered shares were converted as provided
herein. Unless and until so           surrendered, each outstanding certificate
theretofore representing shares of           SonomaWest California Common Stock shall be
deemed for all purposes to represent           the number of shares of the Surviving
Corporation’s Common Stock into which           such shares of SonomaWest California
Common Stock were converted in the Merger.  

               (b)       
          The registered owner on the books and records of the Surviving Corporation or
          the Exchange Agent of any shares of stock represented by such outstanding
          certificate shall, until such certificate shall have been surrendered for
          transfer or conversion or otherwise accounted for to the Surviving Corporation
          or the Exchange Agent, have and be entitled to exercise any voting and other
          rights with respect to, and to receive dividends and other distributions upon
          the shares of Common Stock of the Surviving Corporation represented by, such
          outstanding certificate as provided above. 

               (c)       
          Each certificate representing Common Stock of the Surviving Corporation so
          issued in the Merger shall bear the same legends, if any, with respect to the
          restrictions on transferability as the certificates of SonomaWest California so
          converted and given in exchange therefore, unless otherwise determined by the
          Board of Directors of the Surviving Corporation in compliance with applicable
          laws, or other such additional legends as agreed upon by the holder and the
          Surviving Corporation. 

               (d)       
          If any certificate for shares of the Surviving Corporation stock is to be issued
          in a name other than that in which the certificate surrendered in exchange
          therefor is registered, it shall be a condition of issuance thereof: (i) that
          the certificate so surrendered shall be properly endorsed and otherwise in
          proper form for transfer; (ii) that such transfer otherwise be proper and comply
          with applicable securities laws; and (iii) that the person requesting such
          transfer pay to the Surviving Corporation or the Exchange Agent any transfer or
          other taxes payable by reason of issuance of such new certificate in a name
          other than that of the registered holder of the certificate surrendered or
          establish to the satisfaction of the Surviving Corporation that such tax has
          been paid or is not payable. 

ARTICLE IV 
GENERAL 

        Section
4.1   Covenants of SonomaWest Delaware. SonomaWest Delaware covenants and agrees that
it will, on or before the Effective Date of the Merger: 

               (a)       
          qualify to do business as a foreign corporation in the State of California and
          in connection therewith irrevocably appoint an agent for service of process as
          required under the provisions of Section 2105 of the CGCL; 

               (b)       
          file any and all documents with the California Franchise Tax Board necessary for
          the assumption by SonomaWest Delaware of all of the franchise tax liabilities of
          SonomaWest California; 

               (c)       
          file the Delaware Certificate with the Secretary of State of the State of
          Delaware; 

               (d)       
          file a certified copy of the Delaware Certificate with the Secretary of State of
          the State of California; and 

               (e)       
          take all such other actions as may be required by the DGCL and the CGCL to
          effect the Merger. 

        Section
4.2   Covenants of SonomaWest California. SonomaWest California covenants and agrees
that it will, on or before the Effective Date of the Merger, take all such other actions
as may be required by the DGCL and the CGCL to effect the Merger. 

        Section
4.3   Further Assurances. From time to time, as and when required by the Surviving
Corporation or by its successors or assigns, there shall be executed and delivered on
behalf of SonomaWest California such deeds and other instruments, and there shall be taken
or caused to be taken by the Surviving Corporation and SonomaWest California such further
and other actions as shall be appropriate or necessary in order to vest or perfect in or
conform of record or otherwise by the Surviving Corporation, the title to and possession
of all the property, interests, assets, rights, privileges, immunities, powers, franchises
and authority of SonomaWest California and otherwise to carry out the purposes of this
Agreement, and the officers and directors of the Surviving Corporation are fully
authorized in the name and on behalf of SonomaWest California or otherwise to take any and
all such action and to execute and deliver any and all such deeds and other instruments. 

        Section
4.4   Abandonment. At any time before the Effective Date of the Merger, this
Agreement may be terminated and the Merger may be abandoned for any reason whatsoever by
the Board of Directors of either SonomaWest California or SonomaWest Delaware, or both,
notwithstanding the approval of this Agreement by the shareholders of SonomaWest
California or the sole stockholder of SonomaWest Delaware or both. 

        Section
4.5 Amendment. The Boards of Directors of the Constituent Corporations may amend
this Agreement at any time prior to the filing of this Agreement (or certificate in lieu
thereof) with the Secretaries of State of the States of Delaware and California, provided
that an amendment made subsequent to the adoption of this Agreement by the stockholders of
either Constituent Corporation shall not, unless approved by the stockholders as required
by law: (i) alter or change the amount or kind of shares, securities, cash, property
and/or rights to be received in exchange for or on conversion of all or any of the shares
of any class or series thereof of such Constituent Corporation; (ii) alter or change any
term of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation to be effected by
the Merger; or (iii) alter or change any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, if
such alteration or change would adversely affect the holders of any class or series of
capital stock of any Constituent Corporation. 

        Section
4.6   Agreement. Executed copies of this Agreement will be on file at the principal
place of business of the Surviving Corporation at 2064 Highway 116 North, Sebastopol,
California 95472. 

        Section
4.7   Governing Law. This Agreement shall in all respects be construed, interpreted
and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware and, so
far as applicable, the merger provisions of the CGCL. 

        Section
4.8   Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (including by
facsimile), each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which, together,
shall constitute the same instrument. 

[SIGNATURE PAGE
FOLLOWS] 

        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year
first written above. 

			 SONOMAWEST HOLDINGS, INC.

  a California corporation

By: /s/ Roger S. Mertz
——————————————

Roger S. Mertz
Chairman of the Board

			SONOMAWEST HOLDINGS, INC.

     a Delaware corporation

By: /s/ Roger S. Mertz
——————————————

Roger S. Mertz
Chairman of the Board

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