Lamorinda Sunrise Rotary
We are "Unique"
Actually, every Rotary club is unique, but we all share the same purpose: to bring innovative, sustainable change to improve communities worldwide. Our 60 members work together to produce results that we are proud of for people we believe in. While our locality is Lamorinda, we also serve surrounding communities in which needs are greatest.
We are not your father’s Kiwanis club. First, we are family-friendly. Children of all ages and other family members routinely participate in our activities. Second, we favor hands-on service projects over monetary contributions. Third, you are unlikely to find us barbecuing burgers at a local festival. You are more likely to find us using our creativity and ingenuity to solve problems. For instance, we have:
• Designed and built craftsman-quality canoes and a teardrop trailer to raise funds for our service projects
• Developed the infrastructure of a working farm serving at-risk youth
• Provided innovative technology solutions that offer the greatest possible social impact. Solutions include VR, AR, XR, and web-based technologies
If you have passion, creativity, and a desire to give back to your community, we invite you to explore our website to learn how you can engage, connect, and make an impact with us.
Check out our photo gallery to see us in action by clicking the link below.
News and Press
Lamorinda Sunrise Hosts Winter Workshop For Kids
Date: November 20, 2022
Publication: Our Press Room
Description: Calling all elves and holiday helpers: join us at the Winter Workshop for Kids! This first-ever event will be held Saturday, December 17, at Lafayette Plaza Park, from 10 AM to 2 PM. Children will have the opportunity to make a gift for someone they love. All materials and assistance will be provided, and parents/guardians can help with assembly too. Gift options will include wreaths, photo boxes, and ornaments; Christmas and non-Christmas choices will be available. This event is sponsored by Lamorinda Sunrise Rotary, which invites you to join us and help spread the spirit of giving!
New Hiking Trail In Moraga
Date: June 8, 2022
Publication: Lamorinda Weekly
Description: Volunteers built over one-half mile of hiking trail across Painted Rock's steep northern slope. The new trail takes visitors from the top of Painted Rock northerly to hundreds of adjacent acres that will open to the public in the near future. Funding for the project was provided by Lamorinda Sunrise Rotary. We provided some volunteers too!
Lamorinda Sunrise Rotary makes vital donations to Putnam Clubhouse
Date: May 12, 2021
Publication: Lamorinda Weekly
Description: Raise your hand if you know what a "blackboard" is. Those who know went to school ages ago. They also know what chalk is. What they may not know, however, is what an "interactive whiteboard" is. Also known as an "electronic smartboard," not only is it white in color, it also incorporates technology that enables its use as a remote learning tool.
Honoring frontline workers, supporting Orinda restaurants
Date: April 2021
Publication: The Orinda News
Description: Emergency vehicles deliver patients to local hospitals all too often but a 1971 Ford fire engine unloaded a very different cargo on March 16. Owned by Michael Karp of Fourth Bore Tap Room and Grill, the fire truck carried 250 boxed meals from various Orinda restaurants, 250 gratitude cards colored by local school children and a floral arrangement from the Orinda Garden Club to Concord’s John Muir Medical Center.
Volunteers move a mountain of mulch at Family Harvest Farm
Date: March 2021
Publication: LSR Update
Description: A baker's dozen of volunteers from Lamorinda Sunrise toiled for hours one recent Saturday at Family Harvest Farm (FHF), a working farm located in Pittsburg, Calif., and operated as a program sponsored by the John Muir Land Trust (JMLT). The volunteers' collective task was to move by dint of wheelbarrow a mountain of dumped mulch to cover furrowed irrigation lines.
Hope Initiative COVID-19 launches new website
Date: November 21, 2020
Publication: From Our Press Room
Description: Each week, we produce and distribute the free Newsletter COVID-19 in 20 Spanish-speaking countries across Latin America. The Newsletter contains relevant pandemic-related scientific information in Spanish. This information is otherwise unavailable to those who need it in their native language. Distribution of the Newsletter has expanded exponentially since its inception in April 2020. The new Hope Initiative website will make this life-saving information more widely accessible.
Rotary Clubs unite to present big payday for local food bank
Date: November 25, 2020
Publication: Lamorinda Weekly
Description: Two Rotary clubs - Lamorinda Sunrise and Clayton Valley-Concord Sunrise - have stepped up to the plate by donating a total of $50,000 to the Food Bank of Contra Costa Counties.
Scholarships awarded to deserving nursing students
Date: October 22, 2020
Publication: From Our Press Room
Description: Lamorinda Sunrise Rotary has awarded its 2020 Ann Estelle Richter Memorial Scholarship to two outstanding Merritt College nursing students, Rehan Siddique and Sunbun (Kym) Tibayan. Both are second-year students in the nursing program who have demonstrated a commitment to “pay it forward.”
Letter: 40th anniversary of the global battle to end polio
Date: October 5, 2019
Publication: Mercury News
Description: World Polio Day, Oct. 24, is a time to reflect on what has been accomplished. Worldwide, polio is nearly eradicated. In 1988, some 350,000 cases were reported in 125 countries. Thanks in no small part to efforts by Rotary International, cases reported globally last year were down to 13.
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Related Organizations
Rotary International
The Rotary Foundation
Rotary District 5160
The Global Impact Group