2022-2023 Year In Review

Here are some of the accomplishments our amazing members helped make happen as they “Imagine Rotary”:

Welcomed new members: Heather, Susie, Malcolm, Justin, Katie, Loree and Denise

New Blue Badgers: Taylor, Mike and Loree

New Paul Harris Awardees: Bill, Karen, Sandy

District Grants

Donated $1,750 through District Grants to reduce food insecurity in our community, with funds supporting the Santee Food Bank and Meals on Wheels
Provided a District Grant for $750 to the Malawi Sewing Project to help women gain skills to support their families
A $1,000 District Grant was given to East County Transitional Living to help individuals experiencing homelessness
PAWS for Purple Hearts was given a $1,000 District Grant to assist their program to train service dogs for veterans
A $750 District Grant was given to Home of Guiding Hands for one of their homes to provide a holiday meal and presents for their residents with developmental disabilities; a few members also got the chance to be elves and deliver their presents
Donated $1,000 to help literacy in our community, with funds supporting Buddy's Backpacks, Reading Legacies and the San Diego Council on Literacy
Donated $750 to support the District Initiative on Mental Health through the Vista Hill Foundation.

Service Projects:

Created We Care Packages for Meals on Wheels to be delivered to their senior clients for birthdays and holidays
Members helped decorate the Rotary International Float at the Rose Parade
Members hand wrote 300+ holiday cards for local seniors
Assembled almost 1,300 boxes to be used by Santee Santas to provide food and toys
Members purchased and collected over 584 pounds of food for the District 5340 Food Drive and all of it was donated to the Santee Food Bank
Members picked fruit to be donated to Meals on Wheels
Members helped clean up Lindo Lake Park on I Love a Clean San Diego Day
Members spent the day volunteering at St. Madeliene Sophie's Center Morning Glory Brunch for Rotarians at Work Day
Members volunteered at the Post Office during Stamp Out Hunger to make sure food donated in Santee went directly to the local food bank
Annual Rotarians Give a Sheet Collection
Members helped purchase supplies, assemble and distribute 1,000 backpacks full of school supplies to local children with Buddy's Backpacks
Members volunteered at Special Olympics
Rotary Club of Santee-Lakeside had a table at the annual Taste of Santee

Ongoing Service Projects

Every month a different Rotarian helped deliver food to seniors in mobile home parts for in partnership with the Santee Food Bank
The club signed up 3 new Scholars for our program and members helped mentor our other scholars throughout the year
Supported the End Polio Now campaign with donations from the Happy Bucket

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