Riverside Sunrise Rotary Programs
For a full list of all of our events see our calendar.
Annual Fundraiser
Signature Initiatives
RYLA- Rotary Youth Leadership
Rotary District 5330 hosts a Youth Leadership Camp each year, and Riverside Sunrise sends ten or more local high school juniors. This training equips students with leadership skills that inspire them to excel and stay engaged in community projects, continuing their journey as future leaders.
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Eddie Dee Smith Senior Center
Each year, we bring our Interact students to serve meals, decorate, and call Bingo for seniors with few visitors. Their energy is often the highlight of the seniors' week, and it's an excellent lesson for the students in helping those who are often overlooked. It's a rewarding experience for all!
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Feeding Homeless Vets at the Veterans Village at March
Homeless vets face challenges, but March Air Reserve Base offers housing. Due to budget cuts, our Rotary club, with Interact and Rotaract students, steps in to prepare and serve meals. We ensure they have essentials and enjoy special holidays.
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Rotary International Global Grant
For over 20 years volunteers have been traveling to the remote village of San Javier to provide medical, dental, and optometry services to the residents of the village and surrounding farms and ranches. The people that we serve receive, without charge, treatment and medications that would otherwise not be available to them.
All medications and supplies are paid for by the Riverside Sunrise and Riverside East Rotary Clubs. Many smaller items, such as things which benefit the dental and medical health of the local people have been donated by individuals and organizations.
Volunteers for the San Javier Clinic make four trips a year; the 3rd weekend of January, March, May, and October. To reach San Javier, volunteers fly in private aircraft from Riverside, California to the international airport in Loreto, Baja California. This 600-mile trip takes approximately four hours. The health professionals, supplies, and medications are flown in aircraft owned and operated by experienced pilots.
Each trip costs the volunteer approximately $450.00 which includes a share of the cost of operation of the aircraft, all
Mexican airport and immigration fees, meals and lodging. All expenses incurred on a clinic trip are tax deductible.​​
