Merrill W. Francis
April, 3, 1933 – November 10, 2020
Merrill joined the club on October 24, 1985 and Past President of San Marino Rotary (1990-1991). Services will be private.
COVIS-19 Shutdown - Club Zoom Meetings
During the COVID-19 Shutdown the Rotary Club of San Marino is meeting on-line using Zoom Meetings.
Santa Claus
is coming to
San Marino Rotary Club’s
Virtual
Christmas Party
December 17, 2020
5-6pm Wine Tasting (small group only)
6-7pm Cocktail Mixing
7-8pm Dinner & Program
$35.00 (Fee for Party)
Sign on with your kids or grand kids, and they can talk to Santa Claus at 7:45pm
Q and A Christmas Party
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Chili Cook-off - February 18, 2021
Prepare your recipes and taste buds for the annual San Marino Rotary Chili Cook-off that will be held February 18, 2021. Whose chili will win this international competition? Will it be the chefs from the San Marino Police or Fire Department, or a cook who can dish up the heat?
To prepare for this event, we would like volunteers:
♦ To be a member of the organizing committee
♦ To be a Judge
♦ To prepare your favorite chili dish
Please contact Stephanie Johnson – 626-808-3270 or stephjohnson17@hotmail.com
Rotary Club Member Survey
In this Pandemic Year, it’s critical we stay connected, we need to “Think Outside the Box” and share our talents, skills and other projects we are doing with other organizations. Help us find out what will help you stay engaged and help us achieve our ROTARY ideals. Please complete this survey and help the club plan events that will bring our club together in our virtual format.
Barth Rotary Scholarship Winners Announced
The Barth Rotary Scholarship winners, given to a girl and boy just-graduated from either/both of San Marino and Southwestern, were announced at last Thursday’s Rotary luncheon. They are Richelle Chow from Southwestern Academy, and Ethan Wang from San Marino High. Each...
Gaelen Stanford-Moore – Greetings from San Francisco
All is well in SF. I am still working, though they have cancelled all of our non-emergent surgeries. As part of the fellowship of Rotarian Doctors there have been bi-weekly phone calls with doctors from around the world to discuss the COVID pandemic. In San Francisco...
Photos and Videos of Our Activities
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
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San Marino Rotary’s Global Scholars
Jacqueline Chen
Oxford University
Oxford, England
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www.rotary.org/en/hunger-hits-home-pandemic-reminds-us-food-insecurity-isnt-just-over-there
Hunger hits home: The pandemic reminds us that food insecurity isn’t just ‘over there’
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Late 2019, just before the coronavirus began its relentless march around the world, I joined a group of fourth graders in their crowded classroom in an Ethiopian village. Their teacher posed an adventurous question to the students: What would you like to be one day?It’s a HOOT!
At least that is what OLIVIA LEE hopes the owls will say as they are attracted to her 30 newly-constructed and recently-installed owl boxes in the trees at The Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens in San Marino.
As her Girl Scout Gold Project, Olivia, a senior at Flintridge Prep, created a sustainable project to help eradicate persistent rodents from the gardens of The Huntington by attracting their prime predator.…Barn Owls.
At the suggestion of Jim Folsom, Director of the Botanical Gardens for the Huntington, and Olivia’s mentor throughout the process, she designed the project, created a means to share her work with other scouts and constructed the owl boxes in a carpenter’s shop. She submitted an application to the San Marino Rotary for partial funding. In a competition with eight other applicants, Olivia was awarded $1,000. Working as a sales representative for a knife company, she earned the other half of the cost of her project.
The Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens have been an important part of Olivia’s life since she was a child; she visited regularly with her parents. Olivia’s goal in completing this project was to give back to the institution that has meant so much to her and to visitors from around the world.
The completion of these owl boxes is a win-win for The Huntington, Olivia, hungry owls and for those friends and family who, thanks to a super salesperson, have new knives for the holidays.
Nice work, Olivia. Thank you for “paying it forward” with your creative idea.
By Barbara Brice, a member of San Marino Rotary Club since 2008. She is the chair of the 2020 Boy and Girl Scouts projects community grants.
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A “FOOD SYSTEMS THINKING” ROADMAP FOR POLICYMAKERS AND RETAILERS TO SAVE THE ECOSYSTEM BY SAVING THE ENDANGERED HONEY PRODUCER FROM THE DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES OF HONEY FRAUD.
This White Paper recognizes how complicated the food supply chain is and how difficult it can be for stakeholders to see the big picture. This challenge is particularly true when it comes to the problem of the endangered US honey producer via honey fraud in the United States. This White Paper invites both policymakers and retailers to engage in food-systems thinking and recognize two critical points. The first point is the symbiotic relationships and interdependence between the domestic production of authentic honey, the critical eco-sytem role of honeybees as pollinators in the United States, and the livelihoods of the managers of these honeybee pollinators – the honey producers. The second point is the destructive force of honey fraud in undermining these symbiotic activities and the resultant threat to the ecosystem. To address these two points, this White Paper makes a number of food-systems recommendations to policymakers and retailers – two stakeholder groups who can really make a difference – in order to save the endangered honey producer from fraud and in turn benefit the ecosystem. This White Paper follows on the heels of the Resnick Center’s previous publication on food fraud: The Pursuit of Food Authenticity: Recommended Legal and Policy Strategies to Eradicate Economically Motivated Adulteration (Food Fraud) (2016). The Resnick Center is also pleased to partner recently with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on a series of research and advisory initiatives, the first one of which is addressing food fraud on a global scale.
by Michael T. Roberts, Michael T. Roberts is the founding Executive Director of the Resnick Center for Food Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law. He is well versed in a broad range of legal and policy issues from farm to fork in local, national, and global food supply systems. This White Paper was researched and written by Michael T. Roberts, Founding Executive Director of the Resnick Center for Food Law and Policy at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law. Diana Winters, Assistant Director of the Resnick Center, assisted with cite-checking sources and editing suggestions. You can read full Whit Papper information in law.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/PDFs/Publications/_RES_PUB_Honey%20White%20Paper%20Final%20v2.pdf
Roberts was a guests speaker for San Marino Rotary in Sept. 24,2020.
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The 2019-2020 International Projects of the San Marino Rotary
Members of the Rotary Club of San Marino work together to make improvements in our community and around the world. San Marino Rotary 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.
In 2019, the following projects were completed:
Corazon House Build in Tecate, Mexico
Coconut Plantation project in Siem Reap, Cambodia
Water tanks and furniture for a school in Kabaale, Uganda
Fish Tanks for Farm School in Sen Sok, Cambodia
Spanish books for school in Tijuana, Mexico
In 2020, the following projects are in process:
Village Aquaponics in Sen Sok, Cambodia
School Restoration in Tijuana, Mexico
Ambulance for Clinic and School in Siem Reap, Cambodia
Equipment for Hospital in Nakhon Ratchasima Province in Thailand
The Information is provided by International Projects Committee
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www.endpolio.org/african-region-declared-free-of-wild-poliovirus
African region declared free of wild poliovirus
www.endpolio.org
Rotary and its GPEI partners celebrate a monumental achievement, say global eradication of wild polio is possible with the continued dedication and persistence of Rotarians.