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SD Themed Trivia Night Fundraiser
Join us for San Diego Themed Trivia!
Get ready to show off your knowledge of all things San Diego at our fun trivia night fundraiser - it's going to be a blast!
Mission Valley Evening Rotary invites you to join us at Novo Brazil Brewing Mission Valley for a night of fun and friendly competition. Test your knowledge of all things San Diego while supporting a great cause. Gather your friends, form a team, and get ready to answer questions about our sunny city. Prizes await the top trivia masters, so bring your A-game! Let's come together for a memorable evening filled with laughter, good drinks, and a dash of friendly rivalry.
You can sign up either as an individual or as a team of up to 4 members. Each round will include one San Diego focused question in addition to general knowledge questions. Delicious food and drinks will be available for purchase from Novo Brazil Brewing. Please arrive at 3:30pm so we can start promptly at 4:00pm. Attendees are encouraged to dress in San Diego themed attire so wear your favorite Padres jersey, rep your Aztec gear, wear your favorite beach look, or get creative!
We're fundraising to pack 10,000 high-protein meals for the San Diego Food Bank to be distributed to San Diegans experiencing food insecurity. California food banks are seeing more families requesting food assistance now than before the pandemic, and fewer donations of food. Our goal is to provide thousands of shelf-stable, protein-rich meals to the San Diego Food Bank to help them meet the demand for healthy food options. You can learn more and contribute to our fundraiser in partnership with The Outreach Program and Old Mission Rotary here.
With the help of Old Mission Rotary and a matching grant from Rotary District 5340, we’ll be able to pack over 10,000 meals if we reach our goal of $1,450. Any additional funds raised our goal will go to the Mission Valley Evening Rotary Foundation (MVE Rotary Foundation). The MVE Rotary Foundation is the grant giving arm of Mission Valley Evening Rotary which provides funds to local and international organizations. Mission Valley Evening Rotary is an organization of business and young professional leaders based in San Diego that provides humanitarian service, encourages high ethical standards in all vocations, and helps build goodwill and peace in the community.
Outreach Program Meal Packing Project
Join us in packing 10,000 high-protein meals for the San Diego Food Bank to be distributed to San Diegans experiencing food insecurity!
California food banks are seeing more families requesting food assistance now than before the pandemic, and fewer donations of food. Our goal is to provide thousands of shelf-stable, protein-rich meals to the San Diego Food Bank to help them meet the demand for healthy food options.
All training and instructions will be provided. This opportunity is open to volunteers ages 7+ when accompanied by a parent. This project is hosted in partnership with Old Mission Rotary and with grant funding from Rotary District 5340.
RYLA Youth Leadership Camp
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, or “RYLA,” is a program that originated with Rotary International and has since been specifically designed by Rotary District 5340 for students in San Diego and Imperial counties.
RYLA encourages servant leadership in youth by recognizing and rewarding deserving 11th grade students who are chosen to attend RYLA as an "award" for their past and present leadership and service activities.
These select young people attend an all-expenses-paid full-day experience where they are inspired by a diverse group of exceptional speakers, make life-long friends through fellowship activities, and discuss the ethical and social issues of today. These activities are conducted in an atmosphere of trust and respect. The result is that these students return to their schools and communities motivated to take on additional leadership roles and to find additional ways to serve.
RYLA's intent is to encourage students to be more effective servant leaders. RYLA is not a camp intended to teach leadership skills (it is assumed that the students in attendance already possess those skills), however the following topics naturally arise in the course of RYLA activities and discussions:
Fundamentals of leadership
Ethics of positive leadership
Qualities of a "servant leader"
Importance of communication skills in effective leadership
Conflict management and problem solving
Building self-esteem and self confidence
Elements of community and global citizenship
Rotary's purpose of service to the community and world
Facilitators
One of the great joys of being a Rotarian is to share your vision of leadership and service with young people. RYLA gives you the opportunity to participate in leadership, learning and fellowship activities with some of the District’s finest high school juniors.
Your RYLA "Family"
Families are the essence of the RYLA conference. Participants will be divided into families to provide a more intimate learning and sharing experience. Each family consists of a Rotarian facilitator and up to 10 students from different high schools throughout our Rotary District. The family will become a close-knit community as a result of working together and sharing ideas after each major presentation and activity.
The process of facilitation is to guide or lead the family as it reflects on an experience, whether that experience was a speaker, a workshop or an activity. Effective facilitation enables students to share perspectives on a common experience through a productive dialog and then develop behavioral changes through enriched communication, trust, and teamwork.
What's required?
A desire to spend a weekend in a beautiful location with a group of inspiring young leaders.
All facilitators must undergo the Rotary District 5340 youth certification process.
Facilitators have a list of supplies to bring, which typically cost around $100. If you need assistance with this cost, please contact the facilitator coordinator.
RYLA takes place at a youth camp in Idyllwild, which is at an elevation of about 5,400 feet.
Facilitators may share a dorm or cabin with students. In this case, they are expected to ensure students are accounted for each night before lights out.
RYLA is a busy three days starting at around 7 a.m. and ending between 9 and 10 p.m. You won't have time to check in with the office, take phone calls or much else while you are with your student family.
The terrain at the RYLA camp is uneven with some hills. Facilitators need to be able to walk a couple of miles a day and sit on the ground.
If you have questions about becoming a RYLA facilitator, contact our club’s Youth Chair Bélgica Crespo.
Supporting Native Plants in Olivia Canyon
With two restoration sites actively maintained, join HandsOn and Canyonlands in keeping the sites clean to better help the landscape and wildlife. Home to milkweed and other native plants, Olivia Canyon is a popular trail that is frequently used. Canyonlands wants to make sure the trails are clear and that the native plants are safe from potential fire. Your work will also assure that the plants present in the canyon will continue to thrive and be resilient in the face of the ever-present danger of climate change.
Volunteers will be removing brush and invasive plants.
Attire: Wear sturdy shoes or boots (closed-toe shoes are required) and comfortable clothes you don't mind getting dirty (long pants). This opportunity takes place outdoors with little or no shade so volunteers should wear sun protection such as sunscreen and a hat.
Bring: Reusable water bottle. Water, tools and gloves are provided.
Physical Requirements: These events are flexible, but they ask that volunteers are comfortable with hiking short distances, bending, and physically removing weeds with hands and tools. A positive mental attitude and a willingness to have fun is mandatory! Unfortunately this opportunity is not able to make accommodations for individuals with physical limitations and the space where this project takes place is not wheelchair accessible.
Waiver: Volunteers under 18 must have a parent or guardian sign a San Diego Canyonlands Youth Waiver to participate in the event. Please have a waiver signed and turned in before the event starts.
Weather: San Diego Canyonlands rarely cancels due to weather. If necessary, the event will be canceled the morning of the project.
Note: There will not be a restroom available at this project space.
Email us at mverotary@gmail.com so we can register you through our team on HandsOn San Diego.
Banding Together Jam Session
Join our Community Service Chair Linda at Banding Together’s Jam Session in El Cajon. She volunteers there every Thursday during the 6-week program. Email us at mverotary@gmail.com so we can register you through our team on HandsOn San Diego.
Be a mentor to 1-4 teen/young adults with special needs, such as autism, while they learn to play music. Volunteer mentors provide encouragement, model expected group behaviors, give compliments, give directions, and help their mentees build friendships and practice social skills. Mentors are important because they help the students with special needs gain social skills (e.g. learning how to make eye contact, have a conversation, have self control, etc.) that are essential to living a meaningful life in their community.
No matter your level of musical experience, you'll have a great time shaking a shaker, playing a drum, signing along and much more. Before and after the group, volunteers assist with set up (unloading musical equipment, setting up chairs, music stands, music books, etc.), process with the volunteer team after (complete a journal entry about experience and rate mentee responses), and tear down (load equipment).
About Banding Together
Founded in 2009, Banding Together’s mission is to bring music opportunities to individuals with special needs in our community. This is accomplished through key objectives that include providing: music therapy scholarships, free Jam Session programs, mentorships, and instruments.
LEAD Youth Conference
The LEAD, Leadership, Ethics, Aspirations & Determination, Conference is a leadership and personal development program for 8th grade students that has been held annually since 2009. Talented young people attend a two day (Saturday and Sunday) camp developed, presented, and hosted by the Rotarians of Rotary International District 5340. There is no cost to the student, the family, or the school - all expenses are paid by the Rotary Clubs of District 5340. Students and Rotarian Advisors all ride buses to and from camp. LEAD is held at Cuyamaca Outdoor School, a San Diego County Office of Education campus.
LEAD encourages young people to discuss issues of ethical responsibility, improve leadership and communication skills, become self-motivated to reach goals, and develop a positive outlook on life ... all while having fun and making friends. LEAD provides the opportunity for young people to refine skills and explore pertinent topics with their peers and adult community leaders. For Rotarians, LEAD offers the chance to share their love of service, help develop a new generation of leaders, provide valuable expertise, and bridge the gap between generations.
One of the great joys of being a Rotarian is to share your vision of leadership and service with young people. LEAD gives you the opportunity to participate in leadership, learning, and fellowship activities with some of the District’s finest 8th grade students.
Being an Advisor involves participating in a LEAD activity with your group and guiding the group, as necessary, during that activity. Effective advising enables each student to participate fully in each activity, to share their point of view in an effective manner with others, and to develop skills to excel at life such as ethical decision making, efficient communication, trust, personal growth, a positive attitude, and teamwork.
HOW DO I BECOME A LEAD ADVISOR?
There are no formal requirements to be an Advisor. You must be a Rotarian and be interested in working with youth. The steps to become an Advisor are as follows.
Check your personal calendar against the LEAD Club Timeline to insure that you will be available to participate in the Advisor Orientation at the beginning of October and the LEAD Conference.
Notify our Youth Chair Bélgica Crespo that you will attend LEAD as an Advisor. There is no cost to you or to the club for you to participate!
You must become Youth Certified before you are allowed to participate in any youth program of this District or of your Rotary club. You can become Youth Certified by contacting the Youth Protection Officer, Doug Clements, at ypo@rotary5340.org, or 858-487-8617, and Doug will guide you through the process.
Print out the Advisor Application, review the pre-filled information, fill-in all additional information, and get all required signatures on the form.
Please scan the completed application to a PDF file and email the file as soon as possible to Paul Pierce, LEAD Advisor Coordinator, at pepjr@peplaw.com.
Clear Brush & Remove Invasive Plants at Lake Murray
Improve a nature and recreation hotspot in San Diego. Lake Murray is a heavily used open space that provides opportunities for walking, biking, hiking, playing baseball, playing tennis, and more.
Volunteers will be clearing brush from obstructing park spaces, roadways, and parking spaces. They will also be removing invasive plants, such as foxtails, which will beautify the park and give the native plants more room to thrive.
Attire: Sturdy, closed-toe shoes are required. Please wear long pants to protect your legs from getting scratched by brush. This opportunity takes place outdoors with little or no shade so volunteers should wear sun protection such as sunscreen and a hat.
Bring: Reusable water bottle. Work gloves if you have them. They will be provided if needed.
Physical Requirements: Volunteers will be standing for the duration of the shift, bending, and squatting. This project is able to make accommodations for individuals with physical limitations. The space where this project takes place is wheelchair accessible.
Email us at mverotary@gmail.com so we can register you through our team on HandsOn San Diego.
Tree Planting at River Center at Grant Park
Join us in helping to "beautify" San Diego River Park Foundation’s new River Center at Grant Park! You can help take care of this exiting new nature education center and eco-park by joining the community in vegetation removal and weeding, trash pick-up, graffiti removal, and occasional planting.
Here are a few tips to help you prepare for the event:
Bring trash grabbers, loppers, hand pruners, shovels, and gloves (if you have them)
Attire: Long pants and closed-toe shoes are required
Other Items to Bring: Reusable water bottle, hat, other forms of sun protection
Weather: Light rain will not cancel the event
For safety reasons, no pets are allowed at this event
There are restroom facilities at this location
All ages are welcome, but those under 16 need supervision. Ages 16 and 17 are allowed alone but with a parent signature.
Banding Together Jam Session
Join our Community Service Chair Linda at Banding Together’s Jam Session in El Cajon. She volunteers there every Thursday during the 6-week program. Email us at mverotary@gmail.com so we can register you through our team on HandsOn San Diego.
Be a mentor to 1-4 teen/young adults with special needs, such as autism, while they learn to play music. Volunteer mentors provide encouragement, model expected group behaviors, give compliments, give directions, and help their mentees build friendships and practice social skills. Mentors are important because they help the students with special needs gain social skills (e.g. learning how to make eye contact, have a conversation, have self control, etc.) that are essential to living a meaningful life in their community.
No matter your level of musical experience, you'll have a great time shaking a shaker, playing a drum, signing along and much more. Before and after the group, volunteers assist with set up (unloading musical equipment, setting up chairs, music stands, music books, etc.), process with the volunteer team after (complete a journal entry about experience and rate mentee responses), and tear down (load equipment).
About Banding Together
Founded in 2009, Banding Together’s mission is to bring music opportunities to individuals with special needs in our community. This is accomplished through key objectives that include providing: music therapy scholarships, free Jam Session programs, mentorships, and instruments.
Banding Together Jam Session
Join our Community Service Chair Linda at Banding Together’s Jam Session in El Cajon. She volunteers there every Thursday during the 6-week program. Email us at mverotary@gmail.com so we can register you through our team on HandsOn San Diego.
Be a mentor to 1-4 teen/young adults with special needs, such as autism, while they learn to play music. Volunteer mentors provide encouragement, model expected group behaviors, give compliments, give directions, and help their mentees build friendships and practice social skills. Mentors are important because they help the students with special needs gain social skills (e.g. learning how to make eye contact, have a conversation, have self control, etc.) that are essential to living a meaningful life in their community.
No matter your level of musical experience, you'll have a great time shaking a shaker, playing a drum, signing along and much more. Before and after the group, volunteers assist with set up (unloading musical equipment, setting up chairs, music stands, music books, etc.), process with the volunteer team after (complete a journal entry about experience and rate mentee responses), and tear down (load equipment).
About Banding Together
Founded in 2009, Banding Together’s mission is to bring music opportunities to individuals with special needs in our community. This is accomplished through key objectives that include providing: music therapy scholarships, free Jam Session programs, mentorships, and instruments.
Banding Together Jam Session
Join our Community Service Chair Linda at Banding Together’s Jam Session in El Cajon. She volunteers there every Thursday during the 6-week program. Email us at mverotary@gmail.com so we can register you through our team on HandsOn San Diego.
Be a mentor to 1-4 teen/young adults with special needs, such as autism, while they learn to play music. Volunteer mentors provide encouragement, model expected group behaviors, give compliments, give directions, and help their mentees build friendships and practice social skills. Mentors are important because they help the students with special needs gain social skills (e.g. learning how to make eye contact, have a conversation, have self control, etc.) that are essential to living a meaningful life in their community.
No matter your level of musical experience, you'll have a great time shaking a shaker, playing a drum, signing along and much more. Before and after the group, volunteers assist with set up (unloading musical equipment, setting up chairs, music stands, music books, etc.), process with the volunteer team after (complete a journal entry about experience and rate mentee responses), and tear down (load equipment).
About Banding Together
Founded in 2009, Banding Together’s mission is to bring music opportunities to individuals with special needs in our community. This is accomplished through key objectives that include providing: music therapy scholarships, free Jam Session programs, mentorships, and instruments.
Care n' Share Toy Drive: Sorting & Bagging
For 15 years, Nancy Stoke at the Torrey Pines Rotary Club has been collecting toys at the San Diego County Fair. Each year, she and her team of dedicated volunteers set up collection boxes and collect toys and stuffed animals from willing participants. Volunteers interact with guests departing the fair to encourage donations of toys won there, answer questions, arrange for hand-offs of gently used donations that may be at home, and hand out bookmarks or some token item as a Thank You for a donation which has Rotary contact info on the back. Volunteers get complimentary admission tickets to the Fair, so you can enjoy the Fair before or after your shift.
Over the years, Nancy’s project has collected over 110,000 toys that have been distributed to children in need. She and her team typically receive at least 400-500 donations daily. At the end of each day, the donated toys are taken to a secure location to be sorted.
Volunteers are needed to help with collecting donations and moving donations to the storage facility at the end of the day. This year more than ever there are many children in need of the comfort of a stuffed animal. Donations will be distributed to Hospital Infantil de las Californias.
Our members will volunteer as a group at the Sorting & Bagging shift on July 15. This will involve preparing donations for distribution by: inspecting each donation to be sure it is clean and has no rips/tears, cleaning donations, and sorting donations by size. Donations that don’t pass inspection are divided as needed: spot cleaning, full washer/dryer cleaning, stitching, or impossible to salvage.
Contact us at mverotary@gmail.com if you’re interested in signing up!
If that shift doesn’t work for you, you can view the master volunteer calendar and job descriptions to find an alternate shift.
Banding Together Jam Session
Join our Community Service Chair Linda at Banding Together’s Jam Session in El Cajon. She volunteers there every Thursday during the 6-week program. Email us at mverotary@gmail.com so we can register you through our team on HandsOn San Diego.
Be a mentor to 1-4 teen/young adults with special needs, such as autism, while they learn to play music. Volunteer mentors provide encouragement, model expected group behaviors, give compliments, give directions, and help their mentees build friendships and practice social skills. Mentors are important because they help the students with special needs gain social skills (e.g. learning how to make eye contact, have a conversation, have self control, etc.) that are essential to living a meaningful life in their community.
No matter your level of musical experience, you'll have a great time shaking a shaker, playing a drum, signing along and much more. Before and after the group, volunteers assist with set up (unloading musical equipment, setting up chairs, music stands, music books, etc.), process with the volunteer team after (complete a journal entry about experience and rate mentee responses), and tear down (load equipment).
About Banding Together
Founded in 2009, Banding Together’s mission is to bring music opportunities to individuals with special needs in our community. This is accomplished through key objectives that include providing: music therapy scholarships, free Jam Session programs, mentorships, and instruments.
Banding Together Jam Session
Join our Community Service Chair Linda at Banding Together’s Jam Session in El Cajon. She volunteers there every Thursday during the 6-week program. Email us at mverotary@gmail.com so we can register you through our team on HandsOn San Diego.
Be a mentor to 1-4 teen/young adults with special needs, such as autism, while they learn to play music. Volunteer mentors provide encouragement, model expected group behaviors, give compliments, give directions, and help their mentees build friendships and practice social skills. Mentors are important because they help the students with special needs gain social skills (e.g. learning how to make eye contact, have a conversation, have self control, etc.) that are essential to living a meaningful life in their community.
No matter your level of musical experience, you'll have a great time shaking a shaker, playing a drum, signing along and much more. Before and after the group, volunteers assist with set up (unloading musical equipment, setting up chairs, music stands, music books, etc.), process with the volunteer team after (complete a journal entry about experience and rate mentee responses), and tear down (load equipment).
About Banding Together
Founded in 2009, Banding Together’s mission is to bring music opportunities to individuals with special needs in our community. This is accomplished through key objectives that include providing: music therapy scholarships, free Jam Session programs, mentorships, and instruments.
Banding Together Jam Session
Join our Community Service Chair Linda at Banding Together’s Jam Session in El Cajon. She volunteers there every Thursday during the 6-week program. Email us at mverotary@gmail.com so we can register you through our team on HandsOn San Diego.
Be a mentor to 1-4 teen/young adults with special needs, such as autism, while they learn to play music. Volunteer mentors provide encouragement, model expected group behaviors, give compliments, give directions, and help their mentees build friendships and practice social skills. Mentors are important because they help the students with special needs gain social skills (e.g. learning how to make eye contact, have a conversation, have self control, etc.) that are essential to living a meaningful life in their community.
No matter your level of musical experience, you'll have a great time shaking a shaker, playing a drum, signing along and much more. Before and after the group, volunteers assist with set up (unloading musical equipment, setting up chairs, music stands, music books, etc.), process with the volunteer team after (complete a journal entry about experience and rate mentee responses), and tear down (load equipment).
About Banding Together
Founded in 2009, Banding Together’s mission is to bring music opportunities to individuals with special needs in our community. This is accomplished through key objectives that include providing: music therapy scholarships, free Jam Session programs, mentorships, and instruments.
Banding Together Jam Session
Join our Community Service Chair Linda at Banding Together’s Jam Session in El Cajon. She volunteers there every Thursday during the 6-week program. Email us at mverotary@gmail.com so we can register you through our team on HandsOn San Diego.
Be a mentor to 1-4 teen/young adults with special needs, such as autism, while they learn to play music. Volunteer mentors provide encouragement, model expected group behaviors, give compliments, give directions, and help their mentees build friendships and practice social skills. Mentors are important because they help the students with special needs gain social skills (e.g. learning how to make eye contact, have a conversation, have self control, etc.) that are essential to living a meaningful life in their community.
No matter your level of musical experience, you'll have a great time shaking a shaker, playing a drum, signing along and much more. Before and after the group, volunteers assist with set up (unloading musical equipment, setting up chairs, music stands, music books, etc.), process with the volunteer team after (complete a journal entry about experience and rate mentee responses), and tear down (load equipment).
About Banding Together
Founded in 2009, Banding Together’s mission is to bring music opportunities to individuals with special needs in our community. This is accomplished through key objectives that include providing: music therapy scholarships, free Jam Session programs, mentorships, and instruments.
District 5340 Conference Cruise
The 2024 Rotary District 5340 Conference will be held on a 3-night cruise April 26 to 29, 2024 aboard Royal Caribbean's Navigator of the Seas departing Los Angeles on Friday the 26th at 4pm for Ensenada. There will be a Rotarians at Work Day service project in Ensenada on Sunday.
Pricing varies from $509.34-$679.34 per person based on double occupancy (rate depending on room type).
Banding Together Jam Session
Join our Community Service Chair Linda at Banding Together’s Jam Session in El Cajon. She volunteers there every Thursday during the 6-week program. Email us at mverotary@gmail.com so we can register you through our team on HandsOn San Diego.
Be a mentor to 1-4 teen/young adults with special needs, such as autism, while they learn to play music. Volunteer mentors provide encouragement, model expected group behaviors, give compliments, give directions, and help their mentees build friendships and practice social skills. Mentors are important because they help the students with special needs gain social skills (e.g. learning how to make eye contact, have a conversation, have self control, etc.) that are essential to living a meaningful life in their community.
No matter your level of musical experience, you'll have a great time shaking a shaker, playing a drum, signing along and much more. Before and after the group, volunteers assist with set up (unloading musical equipment, setting up chairs, music stands, music books, etc.), process with the volunteer team after (complete a journal entry about experience and rate mentee responses), and tear down (load equipment).
About Banding Together
Founded in 2009, Banding Together’s mission is to bring music opportunities to individuals with special needs in our community. This is accomplished through key objectives that include providing: music therapy scholarships, free Jam Session programs, mentorships, and instruments.
Banding Together Jam Session
Join our Community Service Chair Linda at Banding Together’s Jam Session in El Cajon. She volunteers there every Thursday during the 6-week program. Email us at mverotary@gmail.com so we can register you through our team on HandsOn San Diego.
Be a mentor to 1-4 teen/young adults with special needs, such as autism, while they learn to play music. Volunteer mentors provide encouragement, model expected group behaviors, give compliments, give directions, and help their mentees build friendships and practice social skills. Mentors are important because they help the students with special needs gain social skills (e.g. learning how to make eye contact, have a conversation, have self control, etc.) that are essential to living a meaningful life in their community.
No matter your level of musical experience, you'll have a great time shaking a shaker, playing a drum, signing along and much more. Before and after the group, volunteers assist with set up (unloading musical equipment, setting up chairs, music stands, music books, etc.), process with the volunteer team after (complete a journal entry about experience and rate mentee responses), and tear down (load equipment).
About Banding Together
Founded in 2009, Banding Together’s mission is to bring music opportunities to individuals with special needs in our community. This is accomplished through key objectives that include providing: music therapy scholarships, free Jam Session programs, mentorships, and instruments.
Banding Together Jam Session
Join our Community Service Chair Linda at Banding Together’s Jam Session in El Cajon. She volunteers there every Thursday during the 6-week program. Email us at mverotary@gmail.com so we can register you through our team on HandsOn San Diego.
Be a mentor to 1-4 teen/young adults with special needs, such as autism, while they learn to play music. Volunteer mentors provide encouragement, model expected group behaviors, give compliments, give directions, and help their mentees build friendships and practice social skills. Mentors are important because they help the students with special needs gain social skills (e.g. learning how to make eye contact, have a conversation, have self control, etc.) that are essential to living a meaningful life in their community.
No matter your level of musical experience, you'll have a great time shaking a shaker, playing a drum, signing along and much more. Before and after the group, volunteers assist with set up (unloading musical equipment, setting up chairs, music stands, music books, etc.), process with the volunteer team after (complete a journal entry about experience and rate mentee responses), and tear down (load equipment).
About Banding Together
Founded in 2009, Banding Together’s mission is to bring music opportunities to individuals with special needs in our community. This is accomplished through key objectives that include providing: music therapy scholarships, free Jam Session programs, mentorships, and instruments.
Banding Together Jam Session
Join our Community Service Chair Linda at Banding Together’s Jam Session in El Cajon. She volunteers there every Thursday during the 6-week program. Email us at mverotary@gmail.com so we can register you through our team on HandsOn San Diego.
Be a mentor to 1-4 teen/young adults with special needs, such as autism, while they learn to play music. Volunteer mentors provide encouragement, model expected group behaviors, give compliments, give directions, and help their mentees build friendships and practice social skills. Mentors are important because they help the students with special needs gain social skills (e.g. learning how to make eye contact, have a conversation, have self control, etc.) that are essential to living a meaningful life in their community.
No matter your level of musical experience, you'll have a great time shaking a shaker, playing a drum, signing along and much more. Before and after the group, volunteers assist with set up (unloading musical equipment, setting up chairs, music stands, music books, etc.), process with the volunteer team after (complete a journal entry about experience and rate mentee responses), and tear down (load equipment).
About Banding Together
Founded in 2009, Banding Together’s mission is to bring music opportunities to individuals with special needs in our community. This is accomplished through key objectives that include providing: music therapy scholarships, free Jam Session programs, mentorships, and instruments.
River Rescue Service Project
Join us in traversing an area of the San Diego River to help remove trash and debris with the San Diego River Park Foundation. Clean-up locations can be anywhere from Ocean Beach in San Diego to Walker Preserve in Santee.
An estimated 1 million pounds of trash enters the San Diego Riverbed annually, and the River Rescue team works diligently to remove an average of 2,000 pounds out of the riverbed at every clean-up!
Volunteers should expect to get dirty, physically exert themselves, and occasionally trek through treacherous terrain.
Signing up on the San Diego River Park Foundation’s site (linked below) is required to attend.
Banding Together Jam Session
Join our Community Service Chair Linda at Banding Together’s Jam Session in El Cajon. She volunteers there every Thursday during the 6-week program. Email us at mverotary@gmail.com so we can register you through our team on HandsOn San Diego.
Be a mentor to 1-4 teen/young adults with special needs, such as autism, while they learn to play music. Volunteer mentors provide encouragement, model expected group behaviors, give compliments, give directions, and help their mentees build friendships and practice social skills. Mentors are important because they help the students with special needs gain social skills (e.g. learning how to make eye contact, have a conversation, have self control, etc.) that are essential to living a meaningful life in their community.
No matter your level of musical experience, you'll have a great time shaking a shaker, playing a drum, signing along and much more. Before and after the group, volunteers assist with set up (unloading musical equipment, setting up chairs, music stands, music books, etc.), process with the volunteer team after (complete a journal entry about experience and rate mentee responses), and tear down (load equipment).
About Banding Together
Founded in 2009, Banding Together’s mission is to bring music opportunities to individuals with special needs in our community. This is accomplished through key objectives that include providing: music therapy scholarships, free Jam Session programs, mentorships, and instruments.
Just in Time for Foster Youth - My First Home Shopping Day
We are hosting a shopping day for Just in Time for Foster Youth’s My First Home program. We secured a matching grant from Rotary District 5340 to help purchase household items for the foster youth that participate in the program and we’re recruiting 24 volunteers to help out. The time for this project is tentative and will be determined as the date nears.
Just in Time for Foster Youth's (JIT) is a San Diego nonprofit based in Mission Valley that focuses on engaging a caring community to help transition age foster youth (ages 18-26) achieve self-sufficiency and well-being.
The My First Home service assists youth in creating a place they can call home, which is fundamental to creating their foundation for success. Youth attend their Distribution Center for a shopping day, where they can select everything they need to create a safe, comfortable and reliable environment they can be proud of. These items can include dressers, nightstands, dining tables and chairs, desks, dish sets, utensils, bedding, lamps, and much more.
There are typically 6 participants attending a shopping day which requires the support of approximately 24 volunteers. Each participant gets assigned a team of volunteers to support throughout their shopping experience in the following roles:
1 Shopper (Total of 6 volunteers): Helping a youth select items on their wish list and ensure all the items are marked for movers. The shopper will also be taking notes on items selected by the participant.
2 Movers (Total of 12 volunteers): Once items are selected at the Distribution Center, the mover will move the items to a designated area outside and will help load furniture/household items into the moving vehicles, drive to the youth's home, and unload and move items into the youth's home. There is a lot of heavy lifting, and you must be comfortable with lifting heavy items.
1 Driver (Total of 6 volunteers): Help transport items using their SUV, pick-up truck, or a larger vehicle. Drivers do not need to arrive until 10am.
Banding Together Jam Session
Join our Community Service Chair Linda at Banding Together’s Jam Session in El Cajon. She volunteers there every Thursday during the 6-week program. Email us at mverotary@gmail.com so we can register you through our team on HandsOn San Diego.
Be a mentor to 1-4 teen/young adults with special needs, such as autism, while they learn to play music. Volunteer mentors provide encouragement, model expected group behaviors, give compliments, give directions, and help their mentees build friendships and practice social skills. Mentors are important because they help the students with special needs gain social skills (e.g. learning how to make eye contact, have a conversation, have self control, etc.) that are essential to living a meaningful life in their community.
No matter your level of musical experience, you'll have a great time shaking a shaker, playing a drum, signing along and much more. Before and after the group, volunteers assist with set up (unloading musical equipment, setting up chairs, music stands, music books, etc.), process with the volunteer team after (complete a journal entry about experience and rate mentee responses), and tear down (load equipment).
About Banding Together
Founded in 2009, Banding Together’s mission is to bring music opportunities to individuals with special needs in our community. This is accomplished through key objectives that include providing: music therapy scholarships, free Jam Session programs, mentorships, and instruments.
Banding Together Jam Session
Join our Community Service Chair Linda at Banding Together’s Jam Session in El Cajon. She volunteers there every Thursday during the 6-week program. Email us at mverotary@gmail.com so we can register you through our team on HandsOn San Diego.
Be a mentor to 1-4 teen/young adults with special needs, such as autism, while they learn to play music. Volunteer mentors provide encouragement, model expected group behaviors, give compliments, give directions, and help their mentees build friendships and practice social skills. Mentors are important because they help the students with special needs gain social skills (e.g. learning how to make eye contact, have a conversation, have self control, etc.) that are essential to living a meaningful life in their community.
No matter your level of musical experience, you'll have a great time shaking a shaker, playing a drum, signing along and much more. Before and after the group, volunteers assist with set up (unloading musical equipment, setting up chairs, music stands, music books, etc.), process with the volunteer team after (complete a journal entry about experience and rate mentee responses), and tear down (load equipment).
About Banding Together
Founded in 2009, Banding Together’s mission is to bring music opportunities to individuals with special needs in our community. This is accomplished through key objectives that include providing: music therapy scholarships, free Jam Session programs, mentorships, and instruments.
Banding Together Jam Session
Join our Community Service Chair Linda at Banding Together’s Jam Session in El Cajon. She volunteers there every Thursday during the 6-week program. Email us at mverotary@gmail.com so we can register you through our team on HandsOn San Diego.
Be a mentor to 1-4 teen/young adults with special needs, such as autism, while they learn to play music. Volunteer mentors provide encouragement, model expected group behaviors, give compliments, give directions, and help their mentees build friendships and practice social skills. Mentors are important because they help the students with special needs gain social skills (e.g. learning how to make eye contact, have a conversation, have self control, etc.) that are essential to living a meaningful life in their community.
No matter your level of musical experience, you'll have a great time shaking a shaker, playing a drum, signing along and much more. Before and after the group, volunteers assist with set up (unloading musical equipment, setting up chairs, music stands, music books, etc.), process with the volunteer team after (complete a journal entry about experience and rate mentee responses), and tear down (load equipment).
About Banding Together
Founded in 2009, Banding Together’s mission is to bring music opportunities to individuals with special needs in our community. This is accomplished through key objectives that include providing: music therapy scholarships, free Jam Session programs, mentorships, and instruments.
Just in Time for Foster Youth - My First Home Shopping Day
The Rotary Club of Del Mar-Solana Beach has invited us to join them in volunteering with Just in Time for Foster Youth’s at a shopping day for their My First Home program. It will be a great trial run for the shopping day our club is hosting in December.
Just in Time for Foster Youth's (JIT) is a San Diego nonprofit based in Mission Valley that focuses on engaging a caring community to help transition age foster youth (ages 18-26) achieve self-sufficiency and well-being.
The My First Home service assists youth in creating a place they can call home, which is fundamental to creating their foundation for success. Youth attend their Distribution Center for a shopping day, where they can select everything they need to create a safe, comfortable and reliable environment they can be proud of. These items can include dressers, nightstands, dining tables and chairs, desks, dish sets, utensils, bedding, lamps, and much more.
There are typically 6 participants attending a shopping day which requires the support of approximately 24 volunteers. Each participant gets assigned a team of volunteers to support throughout their shopping experience in the following roles:
1 Shopper (Total of 6 volunteers): Helping a youth select items on their wish list and ensure all the items are marked for movers. The shopper will also be taking notes on items selected by the participant.
2 Movers (Total of 12 volunteers): Once items are selected at the Distribution Center, the mover will move the items to a designated area outside and will help load furniture/household items into the moving vehicles, drive to the youth's home, and unload and move items into the youth's home. There is a lot of heavy lifting, and you must be comfortable with lifting heavy items.
1 Driver (Total of 6 volunteers): Help transport items using their SUV, pick-up truck, or a larger vehicle. Drivers do not need to arrive until 10am.
Big West Rotaract Service Project
Join Rotaractors from across the west coast in a service project while they’re in town for the Zone Institute. Rotarians and guests are welcome!
Help spruce up an iconic San Diego landmark and one of the most significant historical sites on the West Coast. Presidio Park is the location of California's first mission and presidio (fort). It sits just above Old Town, the site of the first permanent European settlement in California. Presidio Park is a public park operated by the City of San Diego's Parks and Recreation Department.
Volunteers will work with Ranger Kyle from Parks and Rec to help spruce up the park. Tasks may include: raking up pine needles, gathering palm fronds, weeding and removing non-native plants, and trail maintenance.
Getting There: We'll meet at the top of Presidio Hill, near the restrooms, at 4299 Cosoy Way, San Diego, CA 92101. We'll be at the top of the hill, near the restrooms. Local Rotaractors and Rotarians may be available to help with carpooling. Please let us know if you can help drive Rotaractors to the project from the Town & Country in Mission Valley.
Attire: Closed-toe shoes are required. Volunteers should dress in layers and wear clothing they don't mind getting dirty.
Bring: Reusable water bottle and sun protection such as a hat and sunscreen. Gloves and tools will be provided.
Physical Requirements: Tasks will be provided to accommodate for a range of abilities. The park space is on a hillside and is unfortunately not ADA accessible.
Banding Together Jam Session
Join our Community Service Chair Linda at Banding Together’s Jam Session in El Cajon. She volunteers there every Thursday during the 6-week program. Email us at mverotary@gmail.com so we can register you through our team on HandsOn San Diego.
Be a mentor to 1-4 teen/young adults with special needs, such as autism, while they learn to play music. Volunteer mentors provide encouragement, model expected group behaviors, give compliments, give directions, and help their mentees build friendships and practice social skills. Mentors are important because they help the students with special needs gain social skills (e.g. learning how to make eye contact, have a conversation, have self control, etc.) that are essential to living a meaningful life in their community.
No matter your level of musical experience, you'll have a great time shaking a shaker, playing a drum, signing along and much more. Before and after the group, volunteers assist with set up (unloading musical equipment, setting up chairs, music stands, music books, etc.), process with the volunteer team after (complete a journal entry about experience and rate mentee responses), and tear down (load equipment).
About Banding Together
Founded in 2009, Banding Together’s mission is to bring music opportunities to individuals with special needs in our community. This is accomplished through key objectives that include providing: music therapy scholarships, free Jam Session programs, mentorships, and instruments.
Banding Together Jam Session
Join our Community Service Chair Linda at Banding Together’s Jam Session in El Cajon. She volunteers there every Thursday during the 6-week program. Email us at mverotary@gmail.com so we can register you through our team on HandsOn San Diego.
Be a mentor to 1-4 teen/young adults with special needs, such as autism, while they learn to play music. Volunteer mentors provide encouragement, model expected group behaviors, give compliments, give directions, and help their mentees build friendships and practice social skills. Mentors are important because they help the students with special needs gain social skills (e.g. learning how to make eye contact, have a conversation, have self control, etc.) that are essential to living a meaningful life in their community.
No matter your level of musical experience, you'll have a great time shaking a shaker, playing a drum, signing along and much more. Before and after the group, volunteers assist with set up (unloading musical equipment, setting up chairs, music stands, music books, etc.), process with the volunteer team after (complete a journal entry about experience and rate mentee responses), and tear down (load equipment).
About Banding Together
Founded in 2009, Banding Together’s mission is to bring music opportunities to individuals with special needs in our community. This is accomplished through key objectives that include providing: music therapy scholarships, free Jam Session programs, mentorships, and instruments.
4th Annual Walk to End Polio
You are invited to the 4th Annual Walk to End Polio!
Rotaractors and Rotarians will join forces to raise money to help End Polio! We will be completing the 5 Bridges walk starting in Balboa Park and ending with Breakfast Burritos and Mimosas. All fitness levels are welcome! We have had Rotarians run, walk and even bike the course. We encourage you to wear your END POLIO NOW gear!
Check in will be at 8am on Sunday October 22, 2023
Park at the Natural History Museum there is plenty of free parking. You won't miss our check in table.
Walk will begin at 8:30am and end at the Botanical Garden.
Our goal is to have 50 participants and raise $1,000 as a District!
Please select from the following burrito options:
1. egg, bacon, potatoes and cheese
2. egg, ham, potatoes and cheese
3. egg, sausage, potatoes and cheese
4. egg, chorizo, potatoes and cheese
5. No meat egg, potatoes and cheese
If you are interested in ordering a End Polio Now T-Shirt to wear for the walk, please send
Sesyenriquez@gmail.com and email to coordinate sizes by 9/30/23.
Registration for the walk ends 10/18/2023!
Walk Route
Distance: 3.5 miles
1) Start
Corner of the Spanish Village Art Center
1770 Village Pl, San Diego, CA 92101
Head east on Village Place toward Park Blvd. Cross the street towards the east side
of Park Blvd and head south towards the Desert Garden, follow the paved path.
2) 1st Bridge
Park Boulevard Bridge
Cross the first bridge of our route! You will now find yourself near the San Diego
Natural History Museum. Walk towards the Bea Evenson Fountain and head west on
El Prado. Head west about 0.4 miles to reach the next bridge.
3) 2nd Bridge
Cabrillo Bridge
Continue west for 0.5 mile until you reach First Avenue. Head north on First Avenue
for 0.2 miles.
4) 3rd Bridge
First Avenue Bridge
You have made it to the third bridge of our walk! Continue north for 0.3 miles until
you reach the intersection of First Avenue and Spruce Street. Turn left onto Spruce Street.
Head west for 0.1 miles to reach the fourth bridge of our walk.
5) 4th Bridge
Spruce Street Suspension Bridge
You have made it to the fourth bridge!!! Enjoy the views on this historic bridge built
in 1912! Make sure to loop back where you came from, do not go through the bridge!
6) 5th Bridge
Quince Street Bridge
Head east on Spruce Street for 0.2 miles until you reach the intersection of Spruce
Street and Third Avenue. Turn right onto Third Avenue. Head south for 0.1 miles!
You have made it to the final bridge of our walk! Walk across the bridge, don't forget to
stop for a pic!
Fundraiser: Kobey's Swap Meet
Our club will be selling clothing, bikes, household items, and more to fundraise for our My First Home Project with Just in Time for Foster Youth.
You can help by collecting donations from your friends, neighbors, coworkers, etc. and/or signing up to volunteer the day of to help sell the items in a garage sale-like set up.
Just in Time for Foster Youth's (JIT) is a San Diego nonprofit based in Mission Valley that focuses on engaging a caring community to help transition age foster youth (ages 18-26) achieve self-sufficiency and well-being.
The My First Home service assists youth in creating a place they can call home, which is fundamental to creating their foundation for success. Youth attend their Distribution Center for a shopping day, where they can select everything they need to create a safe, comfortable and reliable environment they can be proud of. These items can include dressers, nightstands, dining tables and chairs, desks, dish sets, utensils, bedding, lamps, and much more. We will be hosting a shopping day on December 9, 2023 where we’ll purchase items to add to their Distribution Center and we’re recruiting 24 volunteers to help out at the shopping day. Learn more here.