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…
Here is a letter sent to the Monrovia Rotary Club in care of President Bill Shieff: Dear Bill, Blessa Chloe Zamora is a happy, healthy 5-year old who loves food and will eat anything, except maybe vegetables. Abandoned by her birth mother as a baby, Chloe blossomed after receiving nutritious Stop Hunger Now meals at…
Not only did Kohls in Monrovia assist the club with discounts at the Santa Clothes event, the clubs investment also resulted in a substantial amount of Kohls cash. In an effort to wring every last ounce out of that Kohl’s cash, event chair Dr. Sylvia Domotor went looking for the best way to extend the good will…
For the fourth year in a row, the club’s Santa Clothes event was a huge success. According to Dr. Sylvia Domotor, founder and chairperson of the event, 65 kids, many of them victims of or witness to domestic violence or drug abuse, were the beneficiaries of a department store shopping spree, likely providing them with…
With the assistance of 100+ volunteers, The Monrovia Rotary Club packaged 17,000 nutritionally sound meals to be distributed to areas of need. Stop Hunger Now is an international relief organization that relies on financial donations but also on volunteer manpower to package the meals. The Monrovia Rotary Club has participated for the last two years in…
The third annual Rotary Club of Monrovia Santa Clothes Event took place on December 14, 2014 at the Kohl’s in Monrovia. 50+ children ages 4 to 12 went shopping for school-appropriate clothing, shoes and backpacks. This year, due to urgent pleas from Rotary Club members, each child was also allowed one small toy item. The children are…
Rotarians and Interact students from Monrovia High School met last Saturday morning to package food for the hungry in conjunction with Stop Hunger Now. Over the 2 hours, they managed to work together to package over 14,000 meals! Everyone attending the event came away stating how fun and rewarding the experience was.
The Monrovia Rotary Club and MHS Interact Club will be holding a Stop Hunger Now food packing event at Monrovia High School on November 11, 2014 to assemble over 12,000 meals to help support ongoing school feeding programs that sustain lifelong change. Stop Hunger Now is an international hunger relief agency that has been fulfilling…
The Monrovia Rotary Club and the Monrovia High School Interact Club teamed up on Saturday, October 25, 2014 to clean up Rotary Park on E Lime Avenue and S California Ave in Monrovia for the annual Make a Difference Day. We cleared out overgrown plants and trimmed them down to 4ft high to allow for…
We are pleased to be able to conduct a Holiday Food Drive for the Foothill Unity Center. Please bring the items (listed below) to our regular meeting on July 29th or the Unity Center will gladly accept a cash donation. Foothill Unity Center is a 501(c)3, and your donations are tax deductible. President Earll is…