A Year Of “Service Above Self ”
May 2015
A record number of people attended the Rotary Club of Morgan Hill’s
10th annual Dazzle fundraiser dinner and celebration on May 29th.
Exceeding the goal of 250 attendees and raising $47,000 for phil-
anthropic purposes, the 256 guests enjoyed the near perfect weather
at the picturesque Clos LaChance Winery.
The annual speech contest with 8 participants from our local high
schools. First Place went to Roxanne Ohayon, second place to
Makena McElroy and third place to Nina Singh
Donates van to Martha’s Kitchen helping them expand their ser-
vices and further their efforts to serve meals to those in need in
Morgan Hill and the South County Area.
By The Numbers:
March 2015
Alban Diaz, Director of the Boys and Girls Club of Morgan Hill,
was presented with a check for $7,000 from the Rotary Club
of Morgan Hill for scholarships to their summer program. These
scholarships will be used for those families who need help to send
their children to their summer camp. Refreshments were prepared
by the parents of the youth who attend the Boys and Girls Club.
Locally
100
19
245
929
12
65
8
11
285
774
500
people received winter clothing at Cecilia’s Closet
graduates received college scholarships
students participated in five Interact clubs
3rd graders received dictionaries
students went to RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Academy)
kids received scholarships for El Toro Boys & Girls Club
students participated in the Rotary speech contest
elementary and 6 secondary students received recognition
Senior citizens received lunch and entertainment
patients received free care at the RotoCare in Gilroy
hot meals delivered in van donated to Martha’s Kitchen
All Morgan Hill Unified School District students benefited from dona-
tion to Teachers Aide Coalition. All Morgan Hill residents benefit from
work completed at Morgan Hill House.
The 33rd Harvey Barrett Annual Senior Dinner at the Buddhist
Community Center on Saturday, March 21st. Named in honor of
Harvey Barrett, the 29th president of the Rotary Club of Morgan
Hill, and first held in 1983 under the leadership of the 1983-84
club president, Marvin Cohn, the 2015 event fed, entertained
and celebrated 280 of Morgan Hill’s elders.
GILROY • MORGAN HILL • SAN MARTIN
Internationally
845 students in Ghana have clean “disease-free” water
5,140 children received polio immunization drops
138 students in Ameca Mexico received hot meals at school
1,462 students in Ameca now have computer education
100 students in Kabul Afghanistan received school supplies
20 refugees received safe housing with a “Shelter Box”
Club Numbers
60 Years of Service
22 Fun Events
119 Member
$83K Raised to fund all the above
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2015
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