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VOCATIONAL
SERVICE PROJECTS
Career
Day
Each Fall, 70 to 80 of our members participate in this
program at Coronado High School. These members spend time
with the students, explaining their professions and responding
to their questions in order to provide our students with
a better understanding of what the real work world is
like.
Four
Way Test Speech Contest
Rotary
has developed a code of conduct that guides all of us
in our daily lives. It is called the Four Way Test and
it is:
Is
it the TRUTH?
Is it FAIR to all concerned?
Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
Once
a year our Club sponsors a speech contest based upon this
test. The five finalists then deliver their speeches to
us at one of our lunches. A winner is selected, awarded
a monetary prize, and has the opportunity to continue
to compete at the District and even National level.
Rolling
Readers
This is a national program that provides both books for
children to read and volunteers to either read to them
or assist them with their own reading skills. We present
our weekly speakers with an approved book for them to
sign, which we then donate to the program. This accounts
for over fifty books per year getting into the program.
Numerous Rotarians also volunteer as Readers.
Good
Egg Award
Once a quarter a Rotarian selection committee chooses a non-Rotarian
community volunteer who provides unselfish service to our community.
Senior
Fair
Every two years our Club sponsors this event to provide seniors
with the opportunity to discover goods and services available to
them that can assist them with special needs that develop as they
age.
Summer
Jobs Fair
Once a year, Coronado Rotary works with the Coronado Chamber of
Commerce to put on this jobs fair so that local employers can provide
information to our high-schoolers about job opportunities right
in their own community.
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RYLA
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards is a Rotary International program
that takes top student leaders and gives them the opportunity to
experience fellowship with other top students from around the San
Diego County region in a retreat environment. Our Club normally
selects five students from Coronado High School to attend this prestigious
program.
8th
Grade Achievement Awards
This is a relatively new program designed to recognize high achievers
in our Middle School.
5th
Grade Four Way Test Speech Contest
This duplicates our high school program at the grammar school level.
INTERNATIONAL
SERVICE PROJECTS
Ambassadorial
Scholarships
This program, supported by our Club, is the largest foreign
study program in the world. Its purpose is to further
world peace and understanding among peoples and nations
by sending outstanding scholars to countries the world
over to live and interrelate with the citizenry of those
countries, thereby fostering better human and personal
relationships. The awards can reach as high as $25,000,
including airfare for a year of study in a foreign country.
Group
Study Exchange
This program, again supported by our Club, is an international exchange
program involving teams of business and professional persons visiting
and living with Rotarians in other countries to learn about their
customs, culture, living and business practices.
Limb
Camp
This project was held in cooperation with an all-womenÕs
Rotary Club in Ensenada, Mexico. Upon completion of the
first camp, over 180 Mexican citizens were provided with
220 prosthetic devices that assisted them in actually
standing and walking unassisted.
Microcredit
This program is designed to provide small loans to woman
in third-world countries to assist them in starting small
businesses, thus breaking the chain of economic hopelessness
which many face on a daily basis. One of our members has
been responsible for the creation of banks in Mexico.
PanAmerican
Institute
This is a school in Tijuana, Mexico. For years the wife
of one of our past club presidents and district governors
has worked tirelessly to provide the students there with
a library. Another member assists in providing food baskets
during the holidays. This same member has gotten other
clubs and our district to supply computers to this school.
Recently, another member provided the funding to allow
all of the schoolÕs computers to have unrestricted access
to the Internet.
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Polio
Plus
This is a Rotary International project whose objective is to eradicate
polio from the planet by its centennial in 2005. In 1988, our club
provided $88,000 towards this goal, and continues to support this
project today.
Rotary
Youth Exchange
This program provides both long and short-term programs for children
between the ages of 15 and 18. The short-term program gives boys
and girls the opportunity to spend 3 to 8 weeks abroad living with
a family and host brother or sister. The long-term program provides
children with the chance to spend a full academic year in the country
of their choice, living with a family, learning the different customs
and absorbing a different culture.
Thousand
Smiles
This project has been a continuing program of our club since 1986.
One of our members collects a dollar from each of our members at
our weekly lunches if they forgot to wear their Rotary pin or need
to leave the meeting early. These dollars are used to provide funding
to support the great work of many Rotarian volunteers who travel
to Mexico to do surgery to correct severe facial disfigurement.
CLUB
SERVICE PROJECTS
Operations
This area of Club Service provides for the operational
support of the ClubÕs fund-raisers and numerous projects.
Charger
Game
An opportunity for Club members to gather together for a Monday
Night Football game in which the local team is a contestant.
Christmas
Party
A more formal luncheon where Rotarians and their families
enjoy a terrific meal at the Hotel del Coronado, and fantastic
entertainment provided by our local LambÕs Players. Santa
drops by to deliver gifts to our children and grandchildren.
Concert
In The Park
One Sunday afternoon in the summer, our Club turns out in force
for one of our seasonal concerts in Spreckels Park.
Flags
On The Avenue
Coronado Rotary places 180 American flags in the Orange Avenue median
on every major American holiday.
Military
Holiday Guests
With Coronado serving as a major US Naval Base, there
are a number of lonely sailors and their families who
have nowhere to go on Thanksgiving and Christmas. Our
club members open their homes and hearts to those individuals
during those holidays in an attempt to thank them for
their service to this great country.
Day
At The Races
One a year our Club members gather at the Del Mar Racetrack
to share the excitement of the races and fellowship with
each other.
Octoberfest
Family Picnic
What started out as a fund-raiser has now turned into
our annual family picnic. Great food, great games and
the bright California sun add up to another great experience
for our members and their families.
Padre
Game
A reserved skybox provides an incredible venue for our
members to attend one of the home games of the San Diego
Padres.
Catalina
Island Trip
This event is our most recent creation. It is designed to give our
members the opportunity to share a short ocean sail to the Island
of Catalina for a day of sightseeing and fellowship. The owner of
the vessel that transports us is a fellow Rotarian and he will be
donating a portion of the fare back to the club.
Does
any of this sound interesting to you? If you would like more information
on the Rotary Club of Coronado, please contact us by using this
link to our Contact Information page.
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