The Rotary float in the 2023 Rose Parade won the Princess Award.  Although our Rotary club did not participate this year, we thought for the fun of it, that we would announce on our club website, the Rotary award winner.

For the annual Vision-to-Learn event, held at the South Bay Adult School in Redondo Beach, volunteers from the Rotary Club of Redondo Beach screened 140 children and referred 66 children to professional optometrists for free eyeglasses. These 66 children will enter the coming school year better prepared  to learn, play and enjoy the world around them.

 the friendship and cultures. The representatives from districts who serve on these ICCs are called Peace Ambassadors. Marsha Hunt PP PP Westwood Village is currently the representative on USA-Ukraine committee, and I have been appointed by DG Olivia to serve as the Peace Ambassador representative from 5280 to USA-Turkey ICC. This is a big deal since the USA has ICC relationships with only 12 countries. Romania, France, Russia, Austria, Germany, Lebanon, Mexico, Egypt, India, Honduras, Spain, Ukraine and now Turkey in on the horizon.
 

 

Supporting students through all aspects of their education in a priority at El Camino College. The Warrior Pantry is just one of our many resources providing vital assistance to those in need.

Food problems with community college students is a real problem that impacts the ability to learn new vocational skills and improve life in our community.

John Barnett (center) accepts thanks from El Camino College officials for the   donations by the Redondo Beach Rotary Club to the El Camino College Warrior Pantry.

             Local Initiatives
 

 

Buddy Benches at key locations;

Serving Thanksgiving Dinners through the Salvation Army;

 

Worldwide Polio eradication (Rotary wide) -- since the mid-1980s, Rotary International has worked at eradicating polio worldwide. The dread disease is now only in Nigeria and Pakistan.
Girls' hygiene initiative in Kenya -- teaching hygiene to female students;
School uniforms for orphans in Africa -- often the first school attire for youngsters;
Literacy initiative in Guatemala - teaching reading & writing.
Education & female empowerment  in Bangladesh. southeast Asia - mothers teaching other mothers;
Life-saving neonatal equipment for      hospitals in Mexico - to give newborns infants a chance.
Clean water initiatives on Fiji Islands and around the world;