The Rotary Club of Monrovia will once again be helping out local children in need for the holiday season. On December 7th, 50 disadvantaged children identified by Santa Anita Family Services will get a special treat this holiday season. Through the assistance of the Rotary Club of Monrovia, Kohl’s and Wells Fargo, the 50 students…
Rotary International Districts 5770 and 5750 are supporting the relief and recovery efforts related to the tragic events in Moore, Oklahoma, and the destruction from the tornado that hit there on May 20. Many families and friends have suffered great loss. It is estimated that there were between 12,000 and 13,000 homes destroyed or damaged,…
On December 8th, 30 disadvantaged children identified by Santa Anita Family Services will get a special treat this holiday season. Through the assistance of the Rotary Club of Monrovia, the 30 students, ranging in age from 5 to 10 year old, will get the opportunity to shop for new clothing and shoes. Each child will…
The Rotary Club of Monrovia will be organizing Service Saturdays about once every other month to provide volunteer service projects to help out in our local community. This Saturday, August 18, 2012 will be our first and we are very excited to get started! We were first notified by the Monrovia Fire Department that a…
The Rotary Club of Monrovia has announced the winners of the club’s 2012 Academic, Community Service & Vocational Scholarships. Twenty scholarship winners have been selected and the Rotary Club of Monrovia has allocated an unprecedented $22,700 in total scholarship money this year. Over 100 scholarship applications were received and interviews held with 36 of those…
We are pleased to report that the selections have been completed for the 2011 Monrovia Rotary Club Scholarships. We truly appreciate all the cooperation we received from all the school counselors, who contributed their valuable time. A very special thank you is also owed to our scholarship committee, who did an outstanding job….
On April 20 & 21st, 2011, Monrovia Rotary Club Scholarship Committee interviewed 36 elite high school students in Monrovia for our annual Scholarship grants. These students have survived the rigorous process of being graded on their academics, test scores, commitment to their community and their achievements. The final hurdle was the face- to-face interview with…
The Rotary Club of Monrovia is proud to announce the selection of Giselle Moreau, Jamie Truong, Stephanie Garcia, Dushani DeSilva, Amanda Aquilar, Corrine Marino, Kevin Romero, Levi Helm, Christopher Rosedale, Saul Denova, Diego Nieves, and Michael Arevelos (all 11th grade students at Monrovia High School) as award winners for the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards…
Our Rotary District 5300 will be hosting a Rotary Group Study Exchange Team from Dubai, Bahrain and Egypt from June 2 to June 10, 2011. They are looking for Rotarians to provide housing for 4 to 8 nights for one of the team members. The housing requirements include a separate bedroom with access to a bathroom with a locking door (presumably inside the house). The host Rotarians will be invited…
A member of the Arcadia Rotary Club has asked for our help in planning the future of the L.A. County Arboretum. The Arboretum is creating a strategic plan to determine how it can best serve the community. To inform their decisions, they’ve created an electronic survey to solicit as much community input as possible, and…