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Police, Fireman, First Responder honored

Sunrise Rotary of Covina along with Holy Trinity church of Covina honored 3 dedicated 1st responders on Sunday, September 29th. In this photo (left to right) are co-chairman Father Steve DeMuth of Holy Trinity, co-chairman John Espinoza of Sunrise Rotary, Firefighter Paramedic Arnold Newman, Police Officer Thomas Gooch, and Mayor Walt Allen. Karen Conception from Emanate Intercommunity Hospital is not present.

Mardi Gras 2024 a Success!

May 18, 2024 from 6pm to 10pm! That's when CSR held its most recent major annual fundaiser! This year the new theme was Mardi Gras in May and, as usual, we did everything we could to make it a major party as were the Boots, Booze & Boogie events. Attendees were invited to wear their most glitzy and glamorous attire and costumes in spirit of the theme. The event was held once again at the Covina Womans Club on San Jose Street in Covina and featured all the great things CSR is known for: great...(read more)

Sunrise Rotarians & Interactors package 15,000 meals for local distribution thru the Outreach Program!

For yet another year, the CSR Outreach Food Program held in February 2024 at Covina HS was a huge success! Sunrise Club members alongside Covina HS Interact & Key Club, Las Palmas MS Interact, and students from Northview HS and Charter Oak HS plus a handful of Boy Scouts packaged 15,000 nutrition packed meals of Rice & Beans in just under 2 hours. Recipients of the meal packs are food banks: Project 29:11, Sacred Heart Church, Elim Community Food Pantry & Shepherd's Pantry.

This was such a great event, not only providing nutritious, protein packed meals to...(read more)

Boots, Booze & Boogie Redux

The 2023 Boots, Booze & Boogie fundraiser will be held on April 29, 2003 as we pass our 40th anniversary year. The event will be held at the Covina Woman's Club on San Jose Street in Covina starting at 5:30pm. There will be the usual auction items, free beer & wine, great food from several of Covina area restaurants, casino room and the fabulous $1000 Cash Tornado for you to win! Tickets are $75 from any CSR member or at the door. Dress code: Western Boogie!

Las Palmas MS Interactors in action!

On Wednesday, February 16, proud CSR mentors, Robert Avila and Shannon Hidalgo, attended LP Live at Las Palmas Middle School. Our newly formed Interact club greeted visitors with a tour of different stations layed out to showcase what Interact is all about! This is their second club event held at Las Palmas Middle School. Their first was a fundraiser at the school's Tailgate Party. They also participated in Stockings for Troops alongside Covina HS Interact Club and Sunrise Rotary of Covina members last November. Keep up the good work LP...(read more)

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New Members

Our newest member is Ms. Nancy Leal. She has been a Member of CSR since 2023, working on our projects and attending meetings. She joined Covina Sunrise because of her desire to help the less fortunate people in our community. She also appreciates the fellowship and social interaction that our club provides. Welcome aboard, Nancy!

Checkout our our digs!

We have a great home right here in Covina! We meet every Tuesday morning at 7:15 at the Covina District Field at 220 W Puente (west of Citrus). Our meetings are held in the new Conference Center, on the 2nd floor in the South Hills room. If you'd like to join us for a free breakfast there, we'd be happy to show you what we're all about. Just drop us a note on the Contact page!

Free Reading Program for Kids!

We are a proud sponsor of a new, online FREE Reading program for kids in K-6. The program is compatible with most Internet browsers used by desktop and tablet computers. Anyone can easily sign up for the program free through our website. Just click on the logo above to get to the login page for the program.

The goal is to enhance the literacy skills of English language learners of all grade school ages. The FREE reading program will help improve English reading comprehension, grammar, vocabulary and much more! Currently there are over 110,000 kids enrolled! If you have or know children of grade school age, check out the program - we believe it can really help improve literacy in our youth.

Operation Santa Clothes

Our flagship Operation Santa Clothes program has clothed over 35,000 kids with new clothes! We have also been able to provide over $50,000 in scholarships in seven high schools. OSC began in 1994 serving 73 children from one Covina school. The project focuses not only on provided clothing, but giving self esteem, character development, and a sense of caring to these kids. You can help with a tax deductible donation here. See our Santa Clothes page to make a donation or for more information.

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