The Monrovia Rotary Club was pleased to have Zanaida Robles as its guest speaker yesterday, March 1. She was here to speak about her passion, the San Gabriel Valley Choral Company, of which she is the artistic director. The San Gabriel Valley Choral Company (SGVCC) was founded by Dr. Thomas M. Miyake in September 1995…
A small but dedicated group of Rotarians partnered with the Monrovia Area Partnership (MAP) and the Volunteer Center of San Gabriel Valley to plant drought tolerant materials at a home in Monrovia. Hard at work were Bill Shieff, Steve Knight, Bryan Earll, Trevor Fessenden, Lindy Hercus and Sylvia Domotor.
Jenny Pappano acted as master of ceremonies as four anxious young men each awaited his turn in front of us, hoping to demonstrate his virtuosity on his chosen instrument in the club level of the Dan Stover Music Competition. The completion, named in honor of the Alhambra Rotarian and dedicated musician, is one of three…
Rotary brings us many remarkable stories about how one person can motivate wonderful projects. Today’s breakfast speaker at the 2016 multi-district PETS (President-Elect Training Seminar) was David Bobanick, talking about Rotary First Harvest. RHF was started in 1982 by one Rotarian, Norm Hillis. He recognized that roughly 38% of grown food in the United States is…
The Monrovia Rotary Club has funded a picnic table at Rotary Park in memory of Bill Faith. He was a long time and respected member of the Club. Learn more about Bill here: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/pasadenastarnews/obituary.aspx?n=william-earl-faith-bill&pid=148136373
Persons drawn to Rotary membership are often involved deeply in many other charitable activities – Monrovia Rotarian Malcolm Graham is no exception. Following a successful 26 year career in insurance, first with a British Insurance Company (Royal Sun Alliance Group) and thereafter a CEO of an Insurance brokerage company he became a missionary for 30 years with African Enterprise as…
The Monrovia Rotary Club is pleased to present Mr. Richard Ashworth as its guest speaker on Tuesday February 1. Mr. Ashworth holds the position of Vice President, Private Client Advisor at CitizensTrust. Mr. Ashworth earned his BS degree in Business Administration from East Carolina University at Greenville, NC. Over the past 17 years Rich has…
The Monrovia Rotary Club is pleased to welcome Dana Sacdalan to membership. Dana is a financial coach, mother and business owner. She started a tax, accounting and financial coaching practice (RMD Financial Services) together with her husband Manny, in Monrovia in January 2015. Dana grew up in Spain and moved to Los Angeles to complete…
The Monrovia Rotary Club will welcome Nic Fetter on January 26th at its regular club meeting. As the Director of Marketing, Nic oversees the leasing of the company’s office portfolio, as well as being intimately involved in the planning of new developments in the San Gabriel Valley. He will bring the club up to date on…
The Monrovia Rotary Club is pleased to announce that Sandy Burud, Ph.D. will be the featured speaker at the regular meeting of the club on Tuesday, January 19th at noon. Sandy is the Co-Project Director of the Monrovia Legacy Project. She is a writer and certified graphic designer who recently turned her talents to researching and…