Community Service

MISSION STATEMENT: To meet the needs of the community at large with meaningful projects and Donations. To seek opportunities to bring the Rotary Mission to the community and inspire others to dedicate themselves to “Service Above Self”.

Light the Night Walk: Donated $500 and participated in the Light the Night Walk which is run by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The walk is in support of leukemia and Lymphoma Research and was held at UCLA. We are planning to continue our participation in this worthwhile event.

Westwood Village Public Library: We provide ongoing support of Westwood Village Public Library through board membership at the Library. Each month, we donate three books as gifts from the members that have birthdays in that given month, and the Library inserts Book Plates recognizing the donation of Rotary.

Charitable Donations: We donate to the following organizations throughout the year. These charities are chosen mainly due to member involvement and Board membership.

· Meals on Wheels, West LA - $500 (Our members are volunteers who deliver meals)

Volunteer Poll Workers: We will continue to supply poll workers at the polls during the general election.

Braille Institute: Each year, we supply WVRC members and Rotaractors to help serve food and drinks at the Braille Institute’s Christmas luncheon. This year, we will continue this event on Friday, December __, 2008.

Project Earth-Angel: Angel Flight is a 501(c)(3) organization which coordinates and solicits pilots to fly patients to and from medical treatment throughout the western United States (from Hawaii in the west, California Arizona and New Mexico in the south, Washington Idaho and Montana in the North and Wyoming, Colorado and Utah in the East). Earth Angel, a joint project of Westwood Village Rotary Club and the Santa Monica Rotary Club, is composed of Rotarians and their spouses who have agreed to transport patients to and from Santa Monica airport (at the end or the beginning of an Angel Flight) and various healthcare facilities located in Los Angeles such as St. John’s Hospital and UCLA Hospital. The two clubs are established and furnished a small lounge area for the patients and families to rest and relax between flights and medical treatment which our Auxiliary keeps supplied with snacks and drinks (water and juice). The two clubs have transported several hundred patient to and from medical treatment since the beginning of 2007.