Member News • Jun 12th, 2018 • (updated: Jan 30th, 2020) • 2 Comments
On June 8th, 2018, Covina Sunrise Rotary suffered a monumental loss - one of our own, Hugh Ledford, left us peacefully in his sleep. Although Hugh has been fighting for his life at City of Hope for several years, his time had come to pass. Hugh has been a Charter Member of CSR from its origin in 1982 and was a keystone of its existence ever since. [download slideshow] He became Club President in 2000 and served many years on the Board of Directors in many capacities....(read more)
Fundraisers • Mar 14th, 2018 • (updated: Jun 12th, 2018) • 0 Comments
The 2018 Country Fair was held at 6:00pm on Saturday, May 19th this year. It was the 25th year CSR has held its major annual fundraiser. The event primarily provides funding for our Operation Santa Clothes and the Tex Everson Humanitarian Endowment. As has been the rule for the past few years, we held it at the Hurst Ranch in West Covina. This year's Fair followed the successful lead of past years with the return of 25 local restaurants, free beer and wine bars, the great Big Band Theory...(read more)
Member News • Mar 21st, 2018 • 0 Comments
On March 20, 2018, the "Ladies of CSR" decided to recognize the 30th anniversary of women being allowed in Rotary. Basically asking the male members of CSR to walk a mile few steps in their shoes. With help from district members, a collection of high heel shoes and feather boas were distributed to the guys. Not all opted to don the distaff garb, deciding that a $60 alternative "donation" to the Rotary Foundation would be worth the possibility of a pulled hamstring. Some of the "dancers" seemed strangely experienced in...(read more)
Fundraisers • Jan 23rd, 2018 • (updated: Feb 23rd, 2018) • 0 Comments
"It's the coldest winter on record" we've all heard on the news! Accordingly, to help solve the nation's chillblains, on Sunday, February 18th, 2018 our annual Chili Cook Off competition was held downtown at Casa Moreno - 223 N Citrus Avenue in Covina. The CCO series has been well received in past years by the cooks AND the community of tasters. This year, Galen Metz defended his sweeping victory of last year with his exotic concoction by taking the People's Choice Award. Newcomer Cherri Walsh...(read more)
Fundraisers • Oct 24th, 2017 • (updated: Nov 20th, 2017) • 0 Comments
On Sunday, November 19, 2017, CSR created a group service club project in conjunction with Pauly’s Project to give back to the homeless in the skid row community of Los Angeles. Skid Row is no longer just a "row". A huge 54 block section of downtown Los Angeles has been the generally accepted limits of the area. Dozens if not hundreds of camps are set up in this area each with a dozen or so tents clustered. Our day saw us traveling with a caravan of cars to several of...(read more)
Fundraisers • Oct 23rd, 2017 • 0 Comments
Thunderfest 2017 was held downtown Covina on Saturday, October 21. Covina Sunrise Rotarians were on site at the Beer Garden volunteering all day to set up, sell tickets, check ids & issue wrist bands, pour beer and more beer and tear down as well! A big thank you to all club members, family and friends that helped and a HUGE thank you to Galen and Kathy Metz for their tireless efforts. Without them, there would be no beer garden! Another successful community event and fundraiser!
Member News • Oct 23rd, 2017 • 0 Comments
Covina Sunrise Rotary hosted our second Rotary Social Hour on October 17 at City Grill in Covina! All who joined in had a great time eating, drinking and socializing with fellow rotarians and guests. Thank you to Joel Camacho for setting the night up. Watch for news on our next Rotary Social Hour in the next few months.
Member News • Oct 13th, 2017 • 0 Comments
At our weekly meeting on Tuesday, October 10,on behalf of Covina Sunrise Rotary, President Shannon presented Chief John Curley from Covina Police Department with a check in the amount of $1000 for the K-9 Unit! Chief Curley was also our featured Speaker of the Week! We are proud to support our community!
Uncategorized • Sep 26th, 2017 • (updated: Sep 27th, 2017) • 0 Comments
A fun day was had by all who attended our Annual Family & Friends Picnic on Sunday, September 17 at Gladstone Park! The weather was perfect, the food provided by Me 2 You BBQ and sides by the club members was delicious. The kids had a blast playing in the playground and the adults enjoyed a relaxing afternnoon visiting and soaking up the day! Covina Sunrise Rotarians know how to throw a picnic!
Member News • Aug 21st, 2017 • 0 Comments
Covina Sunrise Rotary donated 4 boxes of personal hygiene products for Packages of Love drive, headed up by Covina Mayor Jorge Marquez. The mayor attended the club's Tuesday morning meeting at South Hills Country Club on August 15 to accept the donations. President Shannon said "I'm so proud of our club for stepping up and helping with this charitable cause!".
Member News • Aug 4th, 2017 • (updated: Aug 9th, 2017) • 0 Comments
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Covina Sunrise Rotary proudly participated in the recent National Night Out event put on by the City. We represented our club and rotary well with our Rotary EZ up and Unbelievable T-Shirts!
Club members enjoyed a great, although hot and stormy, night visiting with locals, including Mayor Jorge Marquez, that stopped by our booth to find out what we are all about and enter our wine raffle.
Stay tuned for information on our next big event!
Member News • Jun 30th, 2017 • (updated: Aug 10th, 2017) • 0 Comments
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On June 24, 2017 ol' President Avila was semi-ceremoniously discharged from his lofty office as CSR President. The event was held at the home of Ms. Shannon Hidalgo who coincidentally was kicked IN as Robert's successor. The party was fully booked as revelers consumed massive amounts of food and quaffed assorted libations, followed by a roast-like program to certify the passing of the gavel. The program continued with a video tribute to Robert's year (see it HERE) as well as a reprise video of his performance in a sequence...(read more)
Member News • Jun 30th, 2017 • (updated: Aug 10th, 2017) • 0 Comments
The 2017 Rotary International Convention took place June 10-14 in Atlanta, Georgia (state, not the country) and CSR showed up in force! Five members of our club attended!
Fundraisers • May 30th, 2017 • (updated: Aug 11th, 2017) • 0 Comments
Fundraisers • Mar 6th, 2017 • (updated: Aug 10th, 2017) • 0 Comments
On Sunday, April 2, 2017 our annual Chili Cook Off competition was held at Arrow Lodge Brewing at 720 E. Arrow Highway "C" in Covina (between Barranca and Grand). Many attended for an unlimited chili tasting from our lineup of competitors. There were prizes awarded for the People's Choice as well as a winner selected by our panel of judges. This year Galen Metz took BOTH awards with his spicy concoction. There were also great raffle prizes awarded throughout the event. Stop by to enjoy a fine craft beer from...(read more)
Fundraisers • Jan 20th, 2017 • (updated: Aug 10th, 2017) • 0 Comments
Pam and Jon Pomeroy hosted a fundraiser for OSC at the grand opening of "Pomeroy's Station" - A Museum of Oil, Advertising and Memories. The event was on Saturday, February 4, 2017 from 4-9pm. Very few people have ever had the privilege of viewing the incredible Pomeroy Oil Collection and now it has been expanded with an amazing collection of memorabilia. The existing oil collectables have been supplanted with an amazing amount of artifacts from yesteryear. Everything from soda bottles to Burma Shave signs bring back memories of days long...(read more)
Member News • Dec 1st, 2016 • (updated: Aug 15th, 2017) • 0 Comments
On November 24, 2016 Rayne celebrated its 22nd year of serving Thanksgiving dinner to anyone who might need a place to go. Many of the guests have been coming for years. This year 682 meals were served, complete with turkey, ham, stuffing, yams, mashed potatoes, corn, salad, fruit cocktail, rolls, cranberry sauce and of course, pumpkin pie. With live music in the “dining room” and face painting for the kids it’s the place to be. A large tent was set up to house the clothing and household goods collected throughout...(read more)
Interact and Rfutures • Dec 3rd, 2016 • (updated: Aug 15th, 2017) • 0 Comments
On November 10, 2016, CS Rotarians and CHS Interact Club assembled and stuffed over 150 stockings for our troops overseas. This annual effort has been a very successful collaboration of the two clubs and had collected generous donations of snacks, trail mix, candy, beef jerky, hand-written holiday cards, socks, gloves, and stocking hats to our troops overseas. This year's stockings have already been shipped to Kuwait and are being transferred to troops in Afghanistan. Last year's shipments went to troops in Okinawa and Iraq. We are supported by Cynthia...(read more)
Member News • Aug 26th, 2016 • (updated: Aug 15th, 2017) • 0 Comments
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Basking in the shade of the new CSR easy-up, the DG, Luciano de Sylva and his wife Hazel display the booty bestowed upon them by his nibs from the coffers of CSR (the CSR flag and a t-shirt). Also visiting were AG Bill Longacre and EG Mark Barragan. Bill said of the 16 clubs he’d visited, ours was the best! The Club and the members were decorated in red, white, & blue as would be a typical meeting. The Two Skins did a rousing Grand Old Flag to start the...(read more)
Member News • Jun 30th, 2016 • (updated: Aug 15th, 2017) • 0 Comments
June 2016 saw the end of an empire. One that had flourished successfully under the guiding hand of Sal Flores-Chatfield, taking CSR to a new level. He initiated the "Rotary Moments" where members pointed out an event that was impacted by their association with the Club. His year had witnessed the growth of the Club, particularly with the inclusion of the R'futures Club for the millenials. Other projects, such as the Rosarito Project where backpacks and shoes were distributed, went very well. The Club's fame was exemplified by the huge...(read more)
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.
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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