Fellowship & Service 2021-2022
The last Thursday of the month our club is meeting at an off-site location (venue’s TBA) in the evening – we could meet at a local restaurant, visit with another club that meets in the evenings, a member business or home – the purpose is fourfold:
- To offer an evening option to members who can not attend a noon time,
- To bring more visibility to our club by being in the community either in San Marino or neighboring and open these events to extended family and potential members
- To allow to collaborate and support other clubs and our local community and
- To think out of the BOX that everything does not need to happen at a noon hour and a lunch
Our 1st gathering at the garden of our President JP’s home boasted an attendance of 70
Our 2nd gathering at Ogopogo Brewery was to connect us to the Alhambra New Gen and consider collaboration.Ā 50 attended.
We hope you will support by attending, inviting and chip in to help make these gatherings a success!
More Information:
Isaac Hung isaac.hung@icmresources.comĀ Ā 626-577-8151
Gilda Moshir gmoshir@gmail.comĀ 818-807-6060
Ā The “Photos and Videos of Our Activities”Ā below include pictures of our events……
Kenneth Veronda
December 12, 1940 – April 9, 2022
Club President 1999-2000
Ken joint the club on September 9, 1969
Stuart N. Cypherd
October 2, 1925 – March 24, 2022
Stu joined the club on October 13, 1984
Grow & Know Rotary
Help Rotary Grow – Our club and 3 other clubs in our Area are collaborating to support our District Governor Betsy Barry’s Membership Drive this year – the other clubs are Altadena, Pasadena, South Pasadena.Ā We are hosting a Happy Hour on Wednesday May 18 from 5 – 7 pm at Gaucho Grill on S. Lake Avenue in Pasadena.
The goal of the event is to invite Potential Rotarians.
We are encouraging all members to invite 1 friend, colleague, neighbor to this Happy Hour so they can learn what ROTARY is all about, and meet Rotarians from the 4 clubs.
Space is limited.Ā We want to have 4 members from each club and allow the rest of our guests to be non-Rotarians who would be a good fit for membership into our organization.Ā Having 4 clubs there will give guests an idea of the character of our 4 clubs and will give them choices on which club is the best fit.Ā In this way, we help our neighbors and we grow ROTARY as a whole – hence the name Grow & Know Rotary.
Help us get the word out – promote through your social media pages, send email invites to your friends, colleagues, neighbors.
Let’s pack the house!
RSVP by May 11 to Gilda Moshir – gmoshir@gmail.com – 818-807-6060
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Photos and Videos ofĀ Our Activities
Corazon House Build - April 22, 2022
1st Annual Rotary Business Mixer - March 31, 2022
A Holiday Message for a Club Member - December 16, 2021
Art Contest - March 24, 2022
March 3, 2022 - Randy Shulman ā Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens
Christmas Party - December 2, 2021
March 17, 2022 - The Rotary Foundation Donor Recognitions
February 17, 2022 - Induction of Howard Weng

Joseph Chang, Proposer, Howard Weng, New Member and JP Mainguy, Club President
San Marino's Little Christmas House Setup - November 29, 2021
November 4, 2021, Meeting

Induction of new member, Marcella Marlowe.

Celebration of Partnership with the San Gabriel Chamber of Commerce
Octoberfest Party at the Home of Dennis and Liz Kneier 9/30/21
San Marino and San Gabriel New Generations Clubs Meeting at Ogopogo in San Gabriel 8-27-21
Club Participates in San Marino's National Night Out And A Summer Concert - 8/6/21
Rotary Club participates in San Marino’s National Night Out event!Ā The Police and Fire Departments joined forces with the Community Services Department to create an extra special community event.
San Marino Rotary Club Presents Lucille Norberg with a Distinguished Service Award - 8/5/21
Video by Gilda Moshir
TOO OLD FOR SERVICE ABOVE SELF, THINK AGAIN
Ninety-nine year old San Marino Rotarian Lucille Norberg was recently presented with a Distinguished Service Award by Club president, JP Mainguy. While the treat of getting Covid-19 has kept Ms. Norberg sequestered at home since March 2020, her Service Above Self continued.
Norberg has been vital part of the selling of tickets and public relations for all of the 10 Car Classic Shows, held each June (except for 2021, in August). These car shows generate over $100,000 per year to the San Marino Clubās charities foundation.
She would be seen going to all of the retail stores along Huntington Drive and Mission Road, putting posters in merchant windows, and leaving show tickets on the counter for merchants to offer their customers.
Her business-career smarts taught her to call and send out Save-The-Date postcards, beforehand, to retailers, so they would know she was about to pay them a visit. These personal contacts also resulted in her selling ad space in the program booklet or being a sponsor, and to buy their own tickets.
On the event day, Ms Norberg would welcome all guests at the VIP tent, insuring that each knew where to find their reserved seating.
Since her induction in 2006, she has sponsored a dozen new members, including the immediate Club past-president, the current Club president and the president-elect.
And, she has been the point person for reservations for the Clubās annual Foundation Luncheon held each March at the Huntington Library, Art Gallery and Botanical Gardens. Attendance is at about 170 Rotarians, guests, awardees and Ambassadorial Scholars.
She was the instigator of the twice a year Rotary on the Town dinners for Rotarians, spouses and guests. These are opportunities for Rotarians to enjoy the social part of membership⦠getting to know each other better.
Club President Mainguy in presenting the DSA boasted āLucille Norberg is the energizer bunny in our Club, always talking up Rotary, doing much of its work, and leading by example. If a 99-year old can manage, how about all you āyoungstersā!
Chili Cookoff - February 18, 2021
San Marino Rotary Club Members 2005
Medical Equipment for Campana Municipal Hospital in Argentina – April 2022
Thank You Note to Shody Chow, International Projects Committee Chair ---- Very nice to be in contact with you again to communicate the ceremony to deliver to Campana Municipality Hospital Ā the sonographer, that your Club and the District 5300 helped us to acquire....
Operation Sacred Promise – Afghanistan Evacuation and Resettlement in the US – Club Program on February 3, 2022
Operation Sacred Promise was founded in August 2021 when the Taliban took control of nearly every major city in Afghanistan. The U.S. withdrew all troops by August 31, and Western countries were left largely unprepared to execute the safe and swift evacuation of those...
Mark Liang, Global Scholar, and His Initial Impressions of Cambridge
Greetings from Cambridge! After many jetlagged nights, frantic scrambling for laundry detergent, and the occasional Fresherās Flu, I am finally settled into student life here in the university. Iām standing in front of my College housing, New Court, which dates back...
California State University at Los Angeles Rotaract Club Member – Thank You
A Thank You Letter to Rotary Club of San Marino from Bianca Cruz To the Rotary Club of San Marino, I wanted to thank the club for its continuous effort to support students like myself to achieve their higher education goals. In helping others, the club sets an example...
ROTARY ON THE TOWN
MAY 26, 2022
6PM – 8PM
Dinner $25 per person | Open cash bar
Please RSVP by Monday, May 16th
San Marino to Gilda Moshir
gmoshir@gmail.com
818-807-6060
Limited Seatings
RESERVE YOUR SPOT NOW!
The Rotary Club of San Marino and the San Gabriel Chamber of Commerce are celebrating our new partnership.

Celebration of Partnership with the San Gabriel Chamber of Commerce