Rotary Club of Monrovia News
Local 11th Graders Chosen for Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) Program
by Webmaster on 12/28/11
The Rotary Club of Monrovia is proud to announce the selection of Charissa Huntzinger, Annie Laurie Lamb, Sela Rich, Denean Minifield, Amanda Mansoorbakht, Cary Osimo, Warren Chu, Adam Szymkowski, Nathaniel Coleman, and Vartkes (Jesse) Essaian (all 11th grade students at Monrovia High School) as award winners for the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) program. Brianna Duarte and Kenneth Banuelos from Mountain Park/Canyon Oaks High School in Monrovia were also selected as award winners to attend RYLA.
RYLA is an intense 3-day seminar organized by the Rotarians of District 5300 of Rotary International. Once there, the students debate issues of professional responsibility and human relations, work on improving leadership and communications skills, learn about businesses and institutions, and meet Rotarians while having fun and making friends.
Each student has many accolades to their credit and was selected after an interview process with current Rotarians.
RYLA will take place this year on March 2-4 in Idyllwild, CA. 288 students will be in attendance coming from Southern CA to as far as Nevada. Rotarians from across District 5300 will help facilitate workshops and activities that help foster leadership and problem solving.
Students interested in attending in the future (during their Junior year of High School) can learn more at http://www.district5300.org/ryla/
Rotarian Rob Hammond wins Monrovia School Board Election
by Webmaster on 11/09/11Congratulations are in order for fellow Rotarian Rob Hammond!
Steve Baker to be 2011 Cathy Hotchkin Humanitarian Awardee
by Webmaster on 09/02/11
Our own Rotarian Steve Baker is being honored by the Santa Anita Family YMCA on Thursday, Sept 29th as the 2011 Cathy Hotchkin Humanitarian Awardee!
Are you a Star in the Making?
by Webmaster on 08/10/11
Do you have a talent that stands out from the rest? If so, the Rotary Club of Monrovia is looking for you...Maybe you can even win the title and $500 cash for your talent!
Open auditions will be held at the YMCA (501 S Mountain Ave) on Saturday, August 27, September 10, and September 17 each from 12 noon-3pm for our annual Monrovia's Got Talent competition. Come on out to audition for the show and tell all your friends. All ages are welcome.
Please RSVP to Denise Harvey (626-483-4861) prior to the auditions to pre-qualify. All types of acts are welcome such as singing, dancing, comedians, instrumentalists, magicians, guitarists, novelty acts, or any other unique talents.
The annual talent show titled "Monrovia's Got Talent" is a fundraiser to help raise money for local scholarships and charities that are offered by Rotary in our community. The event will be a talent competition as well as a Texas BBQ held on Saturday September 24, 2011 from 5pm to 10pm at the Monrovia Historica Museum (742 East Lemon).
Tickets are $35 and can be purchased by contacting Denise Harvey (626-483-4861) or Julie Roybal (626-222-0571).
Continually updated information on the event can be found at http://www.monroviarotaryevents.com/
Monrovia Rotary Scholarships Announced
by Webmaster on 05/01/11
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.
Our Scholarship committee made the following selections:
Canyon Oaks School: Anthony Lopez
Mountain Park School: Michael Carter
MHS: Pedro Almaraz, Erling Eriksen, Samantha Wette, and Margaret Johnson
Monrovia Adult School: Danny Alonso and Rainee Bethley
All the students have shown commitment to their education and have been excellent examples to their peers in their classes.
Congratulations!
