Rotary Club of Hermosa Beach

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Meets:

Tuesdays at 12:15 pm

Where:

Rotary Youth Building

2521 Valley Drive

Hermosa Beach

Interested in Joining?
Email contact: Info@HermosaBeachRotary.org

Note: The RCHB Board of Directors meets on
the 1^st Tuesday of every month.

Chartered in 1931, in the depth of the depression. Meetings were held at various locations, such as the Builtmore Hotel, until 1948 when the club's Youth Building was built by local Hermosa Beach Rotarians. Enlarged in size from 1950 to 1954, the clubhouse was occupied by youth groups, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Headstart, Student Classes and other non-profits for free.

HIGHLIGHTS:

1951- Sponsored the Manhattan Beach Rotary Club.

1962 - Home hosted and assisted staffing of events at the Los Angeles Rotary International Convention.

1987 - The Rotarian Magazine recognized Hermosa Beach Rotary as the third highest per capita giving to Polio Plus.

2000 - Shipped thousands of used school text books to the Rotary Club on the Island Country of Bequia.

2008 - Were awarded a Matching Grant from RI to bring clean drinking water to four rural schools in Thailand, working with sister club Taksin-Pattaya.

2010 - Became a sister club to RC of Subic Bay in Freeport Zone of the Philippines to support feeding programs for children as well as leadership programming.

2014 - Became the City of Hermosa Beach's official host for international athletes from Belgium and Belize for the Special Olympics World Games at the Los Angeles Coliseum.

OVER THE YEARS: Staffed the beer garden at Fiesta to raise funds for the Chamber of Commerce as well as local non-profits; Sponsored several Ambassadorial Scholars; Hosted and housed GSE visitors; Awarded scholarships to international communities in need; Awarded scholarships to 8th grade students at both HVS and OLG; Sponsored the creation of the Manhattan Beach Rotary Club, Partnered on projects with the Hermosa Beach Historical Museum, Friends of the Parks, Kiwanis, Woman's Club and Veteran's Memorial and more; Continue to use our Rotary building as a Youth Building, Community Building and as a fund-raiser.

Hermosa Beach Rotary sponsors the Certified Farmers Market. In addition to supporting our community, the market provides substantial funding for our Charitable Foundation, a 501(c)3, which we use to financially support these projects.

We offer an effective network of people who serve our local communities and people in need throughout the world. Historically, Rotary was the first service club. Formed in Chicago by successful businessmen who wanted to make a difference, round table formats intended an equal voice for all. Rotary International now has 1.4 million members- people of action around the world- solving problems large and small for people in need. Fun fact, it was Rotary that mobilized in the early 80's to eradicate Polio - flash forward to 2019, it utilized its worldwide network to respond to COVID-19 as well as staffing food banks.