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During the COVID-19 Shutdown the Rotary Club of San Marino met on-line using Zoom Meetings.
The club resumed in-person meetings on July 8, 2021. See the information on the right for meeting times and locations.
Winning Artwork Slideshow
Winning videos and more information about the completion and judges – see the Art Contest page
2020-2021 San Marino Rotary Club
Students of the Month
August 2020 – Luke Jain
September 2020 – Isabella Lee
October 2020 – Caleb Lian
November 2020 – Vahini Garimella
December 2020 – Bryce Tobiano
January 2021 – Charis Chung
February 2021 – Matthew Lee
March 2021 – Justin Li
April 2021 – Chloe Wong
May 2021 – Mia Park
Cambodia Village Aquaponics Project Completed
This project provides additional funds for aquaponics family units in the villages in Sen Sok. Aquaculture allows the waste produced by farmed fish to supply nutrients for plants grown hydroponically, which in turn purify the water. The fish and produce may be...
Hospital Equipment for Thailand Hospital
Equipment for Hospital in Nakhon Ratchasima Province in Thailand The Thailand Hospital Equipment project provides patient monitors, infusion pumps and pulse oximeter to a 60-bed hospital that serves about 68,000 people in South Eastern Thailand. Soeng Sang Hospital...
Introducing the First District 5300 Global Grant Scholar 2020-21
Rotary International announced that San Marino High School Class of 2015 graduate, Mark Liang, has received a Global Grant Scholarship for graduate study in the MPhil Health, Medicine and Society program at Cambridge University (UK) beginning this October. His...
International Projects Committee Presentation
Andrew Kindler gave this presentation to the San Marino Rotary Club about the work of the International Projects Committee. (Click "read more" then use the arrows at the bottom of the presentation to view the slides)
Photos and Videos of Our Activities
Chili Cookoff - February 18, 2021
Russ Osmonson, Barbara Bice, Jean-Pierre Mainguy and Stephanie Johnson
Rotary on the Town - October 17, 2019
2019 San Marino Motor Classic
2019 San Marino Motor Classic
New Cal-State LA - Rotaract Club - October 3, 2019
Check Presentation to the new California State University at Los Angeles Rotaract Club.
Art Contest - April 18, 2019
Rotary Foundation Awards Presented at the March 7, 2019 Meeting
Rotary on the Town - May 2, 2019
2019 Mini-Grants
School Montage (Business Plan, Interact, RYLA, MiniGrants) Spring 2019
Corazon House Build 2019
Corazon House Build on 4/13/19 sponsored by South Pasadena Rotary; more than 50 Rotarians joined in the effort.
District Conference May 2-4, 2019
Paul Harris Fellowship Recognition Luncheon - 2019
February 28, 2019 Meeting
Speaker – Dr. Tye Jackson. speaking about teaching to learn and the pathway to career success.
Student of the Month
Rotary Readers Book Distribution 2019
Holiday Party - Rotary on the Town - December 14, 2018
Tijuana Soccer Field Dedication, December 8, 2018
Rotary on the Town, October, 2018
Ice Cream Social - Southwestern Academy - 9/20/18
2018 Fourth of July Parade
Demotion Party 2018
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 to those they help in serving above themselves. Since the beginning of the creation of the Rotaract Club of Cal State LA, San Marino has been a tremendous help and role model for us Rotaractors. Throughout my experience as a Rotarian and Rotaractor, I have seen how anyone can reach out to any Rotarian for help and will be helped. However, if that person happens to ask for help from a San Marino Rotarian, the club will go above and beyond to help that person. I know that whenever I have faced a challenge at Cal State, LA members like Bill Payne, Denise Wadsworth, Issac Hung, Gilda Moshir, and Fang Fang Ho have been the first to offer their wisdom and help. I especially want to thank San Marino Rotarian Lemaud James Nash for his outstanding help, support, and advice. I had always wanted to be a Rotarian, but after seeing how truly inspiring and helpful Mr. Nash and the Rotary Club of San Marino are, I knew I had to become a Rotarian immediately. If it were not for the club, I would not have achieved many things, including becoming an intern in Washington D.C. for the Panetta Institute for Public Policy.
The Rotary Club of San Marino is truly the club that makes a difference.
Kindest Rotary/Rotaract Regards
Bianica Cruz
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CSULA’s 2021 Panetta Congressional Intern Bianca Cruz
Bianca Cruz has been selected as a Congressional Intern for CSU Angeles. As a 19-year-old junior in the University, Bianca has founded the Cal State L.A. Rotaract Club and served as Director of Events, Vice President, and President of the club. Since the club’s founding, Bianca has assisted in creating collaborations with eight other Rotary Clubs helping interact with the Los Angeles County community.
In addition to the Cal State L.A., Rotaract Club Bianca is a member of the Alhambra Rotary Club, where she was named Rotarian of the Year in 2021, along with her mother, Isabel Carlos. As an active member of her community and continuous dedication to helping others, Bianca hopes her time in Washington D.C. will help further her education in politics and policy reform to help promote her knowledge of how best to serve communities in California.
Founded in 1997 by Leon and Sylvia Panetta, the Panetta Insitute for Public Policy offers a Panetta Congressional Internship to one student selected by each of the 23 California State Universities and one student from SCU, Dominican University of California, and Saint Mary’s College, every year. Interns will attend the Panetta Institute for Public Policy’s 23rd annual Congressional Internship Program from August 8th to December 6th, 2021. The program consists of a two-week orientation followed by an eleven-week departure to Washington D.C.
by California State University, Los Angeles Press Release
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Mr. Jean-Pierre Mainguy
The 2021-2022 President of San Marino Rotary Club
"My name is Jean-Pierre Mainguy. I have lived in South Pasadena for 20 years. I’m happily married to Barbara Hoskins who is an educational consultant with an office in Pasadena. She changes the lives of people every day. She has also been volunteering in Kenya for the last 15 years. I have 3 adult children. My two daughters live in France and I have 7 wonderful grandchildren. My son Pierre has created an NGO in Cambodia and lives there most of the year.
I was born in Paris in a family originating from Brittany, this Celtic province on the Atlantic shore, its rocky cape pointing straight at America. I spent my childhood in Africa where my father was a veterinarian. I went to school in Paris and studied Mathematics. After my Ph. D. I took a job with Hewlett-Packard in Germany. I worked at HP in different executive positions in 3 different countries: Boeblingen in Germany, Grenoble in France, and Geneva, in Switzerland. In 1998, I took a job at HP headquarters in Palo Alto. This is where I met Barbara and settled in Southern California for good. I worked for Amgen in Thousand Oaks and taught evening classes at the University of Redlands business school. I’m now retired and the time has come for me to help others in my community."
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Congratulations Jean-Pierre and wishing you a wonderful year ahead!
Congratulations, I am so honored to have you as our President of San Marino Rotary Club. 🎊🎉
Jean-Pierre, this is great news. Congratulations!
Congratulations !
The San Marino Motor Classic, an outdoor event in Lacy Park, San Marino, CA, is scheduled for the weekend of August 21-22, 2021. Aaron Weiss and the organizers are pleased to present the Motor Classic and celebrate its tenth anniversary as one of the premier concours-level exhibitions in Southern California. The Motor Classic, as a non-profit, has over the last nine years, awarded over $2,300,000 to local charitable beneficiaries.
The San Marino Motor Classic expects to have more than 400 mint condition collector cars on view throughout the day. A number of vendors and food trucks will be onsite at the show. Sandwiches, salads, beverages, and snacks will be available for purchase. VIP Tickets include a gourmet luncheon and an adult beverages.
Additional information about the San Marino Motor Classic is found on the web site: www.sanmarinomotorclassic.com
2020-2021 International Projects in The Rotary Club of San Marino
San Marino Rotary International Projects Committee is actively involved in International Projects, in line with the focus of Rotary International in preventing diseases, providing access to clean water and sanitation, enhancing maternal and child health, improving basic education and literacy, and helping communities develop.
Because of the pandemic time. There are few projects had temporary stopped continue work. There are two projects that we had completed in the year of 2020-2021.
AMBULANCE - RUN TA EK HEALTH CENTER CAMBODIA
The Tuk tuk ambulance provided a very rough and slow ride to critically ill patients needing transport from the Run Ta Ek village health center to a hospital in the city of Siem Reap. Patients died along the way, in one case tossed out of the ambulance during a particularly rough ride. The center serves 5 villages in the Run Ta Ek commune. Oct. 2020
EMERGENCY COVID – 19 AGRICULTURAL AID CAMBODIA In the summer of 2020, we funded the tourist industry has collapsed because of COVID -19 in Cambodia. Employees have gone back to their family in the villages putting severe pressures on these subsistence farmers. Provision of Seeds, Fish Fingerlings and Training to 200 families produce nutritious food very rapidly to meet emergency needs. Such produce includes snakehead fish, morning glory, and Chinese cabbage among others. Seeds will also be provided to produce high value added super foods (moringa leaves) and health tea (butterfly tea) for export.
Equipment for Hospital in Nakhon Ratchasima Province in Thailand
The Thailand Hospital Equipment project provides patient monitors, infusion pumps and pulse oximeter to a 60-bed hospital that serves about 68,000 people in South Eastern Thailand. Soeng Sang Hospital has adequate infrastructure funded by the government and qualified staff, but it lacks funds to buy and replace old and obsolete medical equipment. The lack of proper equipment not only impacts the quality of treatment, but places an unacceptable strain on human resources in a time when the patient population is rising. This is a Rotary Global Grant project with the involvement of the Rotary Club of Patumwan in Thailand and E-Club of 9920 Francophone.
Beds for Maternity Ward in Kabaale, Uganda
Buseesa Community Development Centre was founded in 2009 to start a microcredit program in Uganda. The organization has since expanded into education and healthcare. Since 2014, the school has grown from its initial two-classroom block with students in first and second grades to having 10 classrooms with 333 students. The health clinic serves over 3,000 patients with 169 babies delivered during the past 2 years. The clinic currently does not have sufficient space to meet the demand for childbirth, and hence the need to build a new maternity ward.
San Marino Rotary will provide 11 metallic beds with mattresses and install two 5,000 liter water tanks for water harvesting, solar panels to generate electricity and copper lightning arrester on top of the new 5 room maternity ward.
by Andrew Kindler, Chair of San Marino Rotary International Project Committee
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Amazing work!