La Mesa Rotary Welcomes Ryan Barnhill as their newest memberLa Mesa Rotary welcomes Ryan Barnhill as their newest member! Ryan joined La Mesa Rotary on August 19, 2020. Ryan was inducted into La Mesa Rotary by our District Governor Steve Weitzen. Ryan has his own Edward Jones financial advisement practice here in La Mesa. Ryan and his wife Heather live in San Diego.  |
La Mesa Rotary Celebrates 95th AnniversaryLa Mesa Rotary Celebrates their 95th Anniversary! Founded in 1925 La Mesa Rotary is one of the oldest clubs in San Diego! With a long history of supporting the community La Mesa Rotary is still going strong after all these years! La Mesa Rotary celebrated their 95th Anniversary on October 28, 2020! La Mesa Rotary Club - 2018  La Mesa Rotary Club - 1958  La Mesa Rotary - 1939  |
La Mesa Rotary InstallationLa Mesa Rotary 2020-21 Installation  Scott Elam President 2020-21 |
La Mesa Rotary Club meets on ZOOMLa Mesa Rotary Club is now meeting each Wednesday at 12:30 pm on ZOOM! |
La Mesa Rotary 5K and Family Fun DayThank you to everyone that participated in our 1st Annual 5K and Family Fun Day at Lake Murray Park on Saturday April 8th! A great time was had by all. Special thanks to Becki Schwartz and her team for putting this event together! |
La Mesa Rotary 5k and Family Fun Day
La Mesa Rotary 5k Family Day Come spend time with family and friends to support our local community and veterans April 8, 2017 Lake Murray Park 8:00am-1:00pm Registration 7:30-8:00am Race 8:00-10:00am Food truck, games 11:00-1:00pm Please fill out a Participation Form. We have a number of options for Sponsors - please see our Sponsorship Form! To purchase your Fun Run Tickets or to support our event please visit our La Mesa Rotary Foundation Online Payment Portal by clicking on the link below: (All contributions to La Mesa Rotary Foundation may be tax deductible) Also please fill out the forms you will find to the right under Download Files. Questions: Becki 619-993-1414 |
Shelter-To-Soldier Program Graham Bloem the founder of Shelter to Soldier will be speaking about the work of the charity. This is a CA 501c3 nonprofit organization that rescues dogs from an otherwise uncertain future in local shelters and trains them to become psychiatric service dogs for post-9/11 combat veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and/or other injuries associated with traumatic service experiences. Every day, 22 US veterans and 1 active duty service member are lost to suicide. That’s an average of one life lost every 63 minutes. The suicide rate among the nation’s military personnel has spiked this year, eclipsing the number of troops dying in battle and on pace to set a record annual high since the start of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan more than a decade ago. The links below are for an impact report, a video and the last link is to a page showing the body parts and how you can donate.
At the meeting Rob Ridge and Mark Matthews will be selling “ dog body parts” to create a complete dog. The objective is to raise $12,000 to donate a dog for a veteran, for which there is a desperate need in this area that has so many returning military personnel.
Note: You can now donate through the La Mesa Rotary website as well!
Go the La Mesa Rotary Foundation Web Payment Portal to donate now!
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La Mesa Rotary Sponsors High School 4-Way Test Speech Contest |
La Mesa Rotary Sponsors Bikes for Kids |
Comedy Hypnosis Show a Roaring Success! |
Ron Morell named La Mesa Rotary's ROTARIAN OF THE YEAR |
Bill Kalt Scholarship AwardsThe Bill Kalt Scholarship was started in the Mission Valley Rotary club and has carried over to La Mesa. Each fall the committee selects 2 incoming freshman at Patrick Henry High School to participate in the Bill Kalt Scholarship program. They must sign a commitment letter about their grades and behavior for the next 4 years. They must meet with the committee four times a school year. Upon graduation they are presented with a $2,000 scholarship. This year Bonnie was able to award these awards to 2 very deserving seniors: Chanti Butler & Tony Lam. Congratulations!
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La Mesa Police Youth Leadership CampLa Mesa Police Youth Leadership Camp
June 29th – July 2nd
La Mesa Rotary received a donation request from the La Mesa Police Department for their Youth Leadership Camp and the BOD has voted to sponsor this program with ea $1,000 donation. Same as we did in 2014.
The Youth Leadership Camp is to provide leadership training and life enhancing skills, personal development training, academic enrichment, team building, and to teach responsibility to one's family and community. Participants will be challenged physically and mentally, as they develop the concepts of becoming a successful leader. It is hoped that the Youth Leadership Camp will have a meaningful impact on the participants' character and leadership development, as well as contribute to their success in life.
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2015-16 Installation DinnerLa Mesa Rotary Installation Dinner
Save the Date
Friday June 19th 7:00pm
There is one event a year that every member of La Mesa Rotary should attend! Our annual INSTALLATION DINNER! Bring your spouse! This is THE event of the year.
This is the annual dinner event where we can thank the out-going President and Board of Directors for all their hard work and dedication over the past year to the La Mesa Rotary! Awards and Certificates will be handed out.
This is also the night when the new club president will be introduced along with the new set of Board of Directors!
This is an event EVERY member of La Mesa Rotary should attend! This year, since we are holding the event on Friday night the club will be DARK for lunch on Wednesday June 17th. The fees you pay for lunch will then be used to offset the cost of the dinner. More information will come as we get closer to the date. But mark your calendars now as this is a can’t-miss event!
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