The Rotary Four-Way Test
In 1932, Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor created The Four-Way Test, a code of ethics adopted by Rotary 11 years later. The test, which has been translated into more than 100 languages, asks the following questions: Of the things we think, say or do ...
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- Cleft palate surgery project - newspaper article
- "Little Jurupa Rotary" a giant contributor in the community - newspaper article
- Food Festival write-up
- Ambassadorial scholar honored
Fundraisers
Our 10th annual Jurupa Valley Food Fest was wonderfully successful! Sponsorships available now for this year's ELEVENTH ANNUAL festival in September. Contact us now.Annual Golf Tournament
One of our annual fundraisers is our golf tournament at Jurupa Hills Country Club. And although we kept the entry fee well below comparable events, we still raised funds for our local high school scholarships and world-wide polio eradication efforts.
The Eddie Dee Smith Senior Center is a well-known anchor of the Western Riverside County senior community. Its offerings provide services that include social activities, health, nutrition, food boxes, exercise and enrichment. The center’s pottery class instructor and participants presented some of their functional, decorative and wearable art at the July 21 Rotary Club of Jurupa meeting.
Glen Avon 4-H, Ambassadorial Scholar Honored
On July 14th, 2009, the Jurupa Rotary Club presented Ashley Stanley and George Kantner of the Glen Avon 4-H club with a set of Lister clippers valued at $200. The clippers were presented in recognition of the assistance of Glen Avon 4-H with serving dinner at the Eddie Dee Smith Senior Center. The dinner and clippers were funded through grant from the Jurupa Rotary Club. The 4H members were accompanied by their club sponsor, Melissa Kantner. The clippers will help groom the animals of 4H club members for local fairs.
The Glen Avon 4-H club is 60 years old. 4-H has grown into a community of 6 million young people across America learning leadership, citizenship and life skills. 4-H can be found in every county in every state and over 80 countries around the world. 4-H'ers participate in fun, hands-on learning activities that are focused on three areas called Mission Mandates of Science, Engineering and Technology, Healthy Living, and Citizenship.
Amanda Damewood was selected as the Rotary District 5330 Ambassadorial Scholar for 2009-2010. Rotary District 5330 contains 56 Rotary clubs from Jurupa to Temecula to Palm Springs. Amanda was selected from a field of 25 other applicants. The $24,000 scholarship will permit Amanda to study in Leicester, England for a year. She will be pursuing her master's degree in museum studies. Amanda is a graduate of University of California Riverside and has served with the Riverside County YWCA in teen pregnancy prevention programs and as the Director of Community Programs.
The Rotary Foundation international scholarship program is the world's largest privately funded international scholarships program.
05/05/09 - Stephen Anderson and Dick Lynch Inducted
Dick Lynch and Stephen Anderson are the newest members of the Rotary Club of Jurupa! Each of them is a board member of the Jurupa Area Recreation and Parks District board, and they were inducted by club president Karen Bradford and Dr. Ed Hawkins, a long-time member and their sponsor. This club, originally called the Rotary Club of Rubidoux, has been a contributing member of the Jurupa community since 1961.
03/10/09 - Joy Stoeffler Inducted
Chuck and Barbara Veitch,
Kathy Rohm, Karen Bradford, and Milt Levinson
I felt that is was necessary for me to send a letter of appreciation from my Team and myself for the hospitality and friendship that was extended to us all during our stay in Southern California from 25th October to 22nd November. You are I hope aware that we thoroughly enjoyed our experiences both from a cultural and vocational viewpoint. Many friendships were made and I am sure the Team will, on an individual basis, be returning such was the impact made. The weather also played its part although I believed it changed after we left.
Please do pass on our thanks to your Club members as well as our greetings for the festive season that will soon be upon us. Our best wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year, if that is possible in the current economic climate, but I’m sure we will all weather that.
We always said it would be a life changing experience and the process has started with Lisa Welford leaving the event management side of hotel Management to be a Teacher. What will happen next I wonder?
Once again our grateful thanks.
Yours in Rotary,
Geoff Brown
(Team Leader)
Click here for photos of the team while in the Inland Empire.
The 8th Annual Jurupa Valley Food Fest
Reprinted with permission from the Riverside County Record newspaper
The Jurupa Valley Food Fest on will feature over twenty booths from food vendors, along with musical performances and prize drawings.
Where: Jurupa Valley Spectrum, 8052 Limonite, Riverside
Not all food festivals are glamorous, done-up affairs.
Some are there to give off a low-key neighborhood vibe, such as the Jurupa Valley Food Fest at the Jurupa Valley Spectrum.
"It's a nice community event that gathers people. You see people you haven't seen in months or since the last food fest," said Linda Thompson, chairman of the Jurupa Valley Food Fest. "People visit with each other and have a nice time."
The festival, sponsored by the Jurupa Rotary and Lions clubs, will feature more than 25 booths from vendors such as Quiznos, Romano's, Sizzler, Charro Chicken, Brooklyn Bagel, Jamba Juice, Starbucks and Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf.
There will be a silent auction, live auction, musical performances and prize drawings. One aspect of the festival is the selection process for the Tasters Choice Award.
"When people come in, we give them three poker chips and they sample the food, and they go back and deposit the chips to their favorite spots," Thompson said. "They can put the three in their top three favorites; they can put all three chips in one booth."
The contest generates a little friendly competition among the vendors, who strive to please taste buds.
Inland volunteers help Venezuelan kids in need of cleft palate surgery
July 2, 2008
By NITA HILTNER, Special to the Press-Enterprise
Humanitarian aid trumped international politics recently when 101 Venezuelan children had their cleft palates and lips corrected by Rotaplast International Inc., a nonprofit organization offering free corrective palate surgery to children worldwide.
Photo by Karen Bradford.
"We served the 101 children and young adults even though President Hugo Chavez specifically called us imperialists who are trying to destabilize his country," said Karen Bradford, of Mira Loma, who served as the photojournalist for the trip.
More than $65,000 for the mission was raised by Rotary District 5330, which is bounded by western Riverside County, Temecula, Big Bear and Indio. Funds were raised over 1 ½ year period through events such as a chili cook-off at French Valley Airport, and a grant from the Rotary Foundation that matched $12,000 in district funds. The volunteers pay their own expenses.
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February 4, 2008
By NITA HILTNER - Special to The Press-Enterprise
With only 24 members, the small Jurupa Rotary accomplishes big things for its community. While some other Inland Rotary clubs have hundreds of members and big budgets, the Jurupa club still sends thousands of dollars back into the Jurupa Valley.
The 40-plus year-old club, made up of working and retired business and professional people, will send out well over $12,000 to support the school district spelling bee, the Jurupa Children's Christmas Party, Eddie Dee Smith Senior Center dinner, college scholarships, the Rotary club speech contest and sending students to the Rotary Youth Leadership conference, among other causes.
Another $6,000 goes to Rotary International for its polio-eradication and clean-water programs.
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Fundraisers
Our annual Jurupa Valley Food Fest in September have been wonderfully successful! Sponsorships available for the September, 2011 11th annual event. Contact us.
Rotary's Four-way Test
In 1932, Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor created The Four-Way Test, a code of ethics adopted by Rotary 11 years later. The test, which has been translated into more than 100 languages, asks the following questions:
Of the things we think, say or do
- Is it the TRUTH?
- Is it FAIR to all concerned?
- Will it build GOOD WILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
- Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?