District Breakfast

Join your fellow Rotarians for a dynamic District Breakfast featuring keynote speaker Gil Garcetti, who will speak to us about his important work documenting the water crisis in Africa. 

See the event flyer for full details

RSVP by October 13 for the Early Bird price! 

Keynote Speaker: Gil Garcetti

Since leaving the District Attorney’s office in 2000, Gil (father of Mayor Eric Garcetti) has become a full time photographer with seven published books and exhibitions and presentations around the world.  His topics range from career change, the death    penalty, and the subject matter addressed in his photographic essays. 

Perhaps his most consequential book, WATER IS KEY, focuses on the rural villages of West Africa where millions do not have access to safe water. With his  photographs, essays, and stories from six trips to West Africa, Gil is able to motivate his audiences to help the rural villagers by bringing a bore hole well to their village, dramatically improve the sanitation, and provide         resources for micro-credit entrepreneurs.  As such, Gil is the perfect person to help us officially launch the effort in our District to raise a ONE MILLION DOLLAR Global Grant to improve the lives and health of over 25,000 Nigeriens by providing increased access to safe water and improved sanitation and hygiene (WASH). 

Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Manhattan Beach, in conjunction with World Vision, along with the support of District Governor DJ and the Rotary Clubs of our District, especially LA5, Santa Monica and Beverly Hills, whom have already expressed support, this effort will formally commence at the District Breakfast.

Rotaract School Supply Drive: Our District Rotaractors will be collecting school supplies at the District Breakfast. All collected school supplies will be sent down to Panama in 500 backpacks for local school children. See the flyer on this page for more details.