People of Action
26th Annual Santa Clothes
By Jaime Goldsmith on Wednesday, December 15, 2021 --- This year was the 26th annual Santa Clothes Program. Santa Clothes provides much needed shoes, socks, winter clothing, mentoring and, a sports ball gift to at-risk children from the Las Vegas valley each...
Rotary Club of Lancaster Assists a Rotary Club in the Philippines
The Rotary Club of Lancaster assisted the Rotary Club of Marikina Hilltop in the Philippines in a project to assist families affected with COVID. This project is called Adopt a Covid + Family and was created by the Marikina Hilltop Club in October of 2020 and will...
Ani Alaberkyan, Global Grant Scholar – First Two Months at Oxford
From: Ani Alaberkyan, Global Grant Scholar sponsored by Lancaster Sunrise Rotary Club. November 18, 2021. Hello Everyone, These past two months have been the most turbulent–yet, progressive–months of my adult life. My journey to Oxford began in early October, when I...
Global Grant Scholar Chantay BenShimon’s Graduate Program Comes to a Close..
As my graduate program finally comes to a close, I have been thinking quite often about how surreal and formative this experience has been for me. Although I came to study conflict resolution in an area of active conflict, I did not expect to actually experience it...
2022 Rotary International Convention
Houston, Texas
June 4-8, 2022
2021 District Conference Video
2021 Dan Stover Music Contest
Important Dates:
2022 District Conference
Renaissance Esmeralda Resort & Spa
44-400 Indian Wells Lane
Indian Wells, CA 92210-8708, US
20,000 Meals to be Packaged at the District Conference
Seeking Donations
Contact Raghada Khoury for More Information – raghada@khouryent.net
DISTRICT 5300'S NEW ROTAPLAST MISSION
Medellin, Columbia
July 24 – August 5, 2022
2021-22 George R. Hensel Ethics Essay Contest
The District 5300 George R. Hensel Ethics Essay Contest is designed to challenge high school students to analyze ethical issues and concerns confronting them in today’s complex world.
Deadline for Club Registration – January 31, 2022
4-Way Test Speech Contest Club Registration 2021-22
Registration Closes March 20, 2022
Payment Due: no later than March 27, 2022
Michael Driebe
District Governor Nominee Designate
for the
Rotary Year 2024-2025
District Leadership Biographies
Videos of the
Garbis Der-Yeghian Rotary District 5300
32nd Annual Peace Conference
Contribute to the Garbis Der-Yeghian Endowment for Peace
The Endowment accepts tax-deductible gifts to the Rotary District 5300 Foundation for the Garbis Der-Yeghian Memorial Endowment for Peace to be used to support a broad range of peace-related programs, including peace building/conflict resolution efforts here and abroad, scholarships, exchange programs, contests such as Art for Peace, and funding to ensure the District 5300 Peace Conference continues.
More about the Garbis Der-Yeghian Memorial Endowment for Peace CLICK here
To view or download a copy of the Endowment brochure, CLICK here
District Governor 2021-22, Elizabeth (Betsy) McDonough Barry
Elizabeth “Betsy” McDonough Barry joined Rotary Club of Upland in 2005. She served as club president, 2015-2016. She also served District Membership Chair.
Betsy’s husband, Roy is a member Upland Rotary. Roy will serve as president for 2019-2020.
Betsy served on the Upland City Council (1991-1998) and became Mayor Pro Tem (1996-1998). She was President of the Western San Bernardino County Bar Association (2002).
District Happenings
District 5300 Changing of the Guard Ceremony Video
On June 19, 2021 the District Governor line and Past District Governors from District 5300 gathered to attend the Changing of the Guard Ceremony. 2020-2021 District Governor Greg Jones shared the key points from his Rotary Opens Opportunities message to district...
Global Scholar, Chantay BenShimon Status Report
March 7th, 2021 `Hello everyone! I hope you are staying safe and healthy. I wanted to give you an update on my experience thus far in my graduate program and experience as a Global Grant Scholar. When I first arrived in Israel for this master’s program, I was very...
Introducing the First District 5300 Global Grant Scholar for 2020-21
Rotary International announced that San Marino High School Class of 2015 graduate, Mark Liang, has received a Global Grant Scholarship for graduate study in the MPhil Health, Medicine and Society program at Cambridge University (UK) beginning this October. His...
District Facebook Feed
Jaime Goldsmith winner of the costume contest for the Star Trek theme. She is also a Trekkie! #Rotary InternationalDistrict5300 #StarTrek
Governor’s Bell Winners!! Summerlin, Glendora, Lancaster. #RotaryInternationalDistrict5300 #SummerlinRotary #GlendoraRotary #lancasterrotary
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Winner of the Governor’s Bell Medium club Glendora Rotary. #RotaryInternationalDistrict5300 #glendorarotary
The Five Avenues of Service
Club Service
Club Service focuses on making clubs strong. A thriving club is anchored by strong relationships and an active membership development plan.
Vocational Service
Vocational Service calls on every Rotarian to work with integrity and contribute their expertise to the problems and needs of society. Learn more in An Introduction to Vocational Service and the Code of Conduct.
Community Service
Community Service encourages every Rotarian to find ways to improve the quality of life for people in their communities and to serve the public interest. Learn more in Communities in Action: A Guide to Effective Projects and this Community Service presentation (PPT).
International Service
International Service exemplifies our global reach in promoting peace and understanding. We support this service avenue by sponsoring or volunteering on international projects, seeking partners abroad, and more.
Youth Service
Youth Service recognizes the importance of empowering youth and young professionals through leadership development programs such as Rotaract, Interact, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, and Rotary Youth Exchange.