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La Mesa

Service Above Self

We meet In Person
Wednesdays at 12:00 PM
La Mesa Community Center
4975 Memorial Drive
La Mesa, CA 91942
United States of America
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On Sunday, Oct. 26,2025 Grossmont High School Interact students walked in Balboa Park to promote eradication of Polio.  There were 40 other Rotarians, Rotaractors , and friends walking also.  With their bright red shirts and happy smiles they hoped hoped to make an impact.  After the walk everyone enjoyed burritos. Thank you to District 5340 Rotaractors for organizing this walk.
Our Rotary Club donated $1,000 to the La Mesa Police Department to assist with their one week youth leadership camp. These students show potential for being our next community leaders. The young adults are challenged both physically and mentally to work as both individually and with others.
Our Rotary Club donated $1,000 to the Davis YMCA to help with the Drowning Prevention Program. This program provides swim lessons for children 2 and older.  This is one of our Charitable Giving Program for 2024-2025.
Our Rotary assembled and donated 100 backpacks to the Resource Office of the La Mesa Spring Valley School District.  The backpacks had crayons, markers, pencils and spiral notebooks.
Several of our Rotary Club members attended the La Mesa Park and Rec Music in Harry Griffin Park on Sunday, July 27, 2025. The band was the "Sonic Epidemic".  There were 14 band members playing and singing songs from the 1970's.
For current information, please click on CENTURY OF SERVICE at the top of this page.
La Mesa Rotarians and GHS Interact students joined with about 2,500 other supporters to walk at Liberty Station to support of NAMI.  Our Rotary District 5340 raised nearly $5,500+.The NAMI organizers had arranged for about 50 other mental health organizations to have tables with current information to be shared with those seeking help, or for any individual who might help someone else in need. With all of these caring walkers, they raised over $190,000.
The Bill Kalt scholarship  has been  awarded to PHHS students by the Mission Valley Rotary and the La Mesa Rotary since 1998. We have presented over 60 scholarships to students graduating from PHHS.  This year three students were each awarded a $3,000.  This scholarship grant may be used, in a wide variety of ways, to assist the students pursue further education in a vocational school, community College, or four year university. The students have two years to determine how they will use the money.  These students were selected early during their freshman year.  The Rotarians have met and mentored the students, in a group setting, twice a year.  For more information call Bill Ashman  619-876-6784


 After Nikki Schbert spoke at our meeting, on January 15,2025, our Rotary Club donated $700 to this foundation. This organization is an  international faith based non profit providing wheelchairs for people with disabilities in developing nations who do not have  access or the resources to obtain one.  The wheelchairs are developed, packaged and shipped at the cost of $96 each. The organization has 49 vetted distribution partners serving 33 countries.  For more information see the January 29,2025 Tattler on the right side of this webpage.
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays:
  • Jim Kline
    November 8
  • Rose Hurst
    November 23
  • Ron Morell
    November 27
Spouse/Partner Birthdays:
  • Martha
    November 27
Anniversaries:
  • Louise Herr-Marshall
    Keith Marshall
    November 11
Join Date:
  • Becki Schwartz
    November 2, 2012
    13 years
  • William Ashman
    November 11, 1994
    31 years
  • Bonnie Welch
    November 14, 2012
    13 years
  • Dale Bailey
    November 17, 1971
    54 years
 
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