Stories

On the evening of July 12th, under the stars in beautiful and historic Banning Park, the Rotary Club of Wilmington was honored as organization of the year by the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce.

INVITE YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO JOIN IN THE FUNDRAISING FUN!  A ONE DAY GETAWAY FOR A GOOD CAUSE! 

On Thursday, July 18th, the Rotary Club of Wilmington distributed groceries to 20 of the most neediest families in Wilmington as part of the Sts. Peter and Paul Poverty program.  Once a month, Rotarians distribute groceries to these individuals.  For many of these families, they often wonder how they are going to provide meals for the children.  The Rotary Club of Wilmington indeed "Made Dreams Real" for these families today.

Thank you to Juanita Naranjo for taking the lead this month and doing the shopping and for putting the bags together.  THANKS JUANITA!!!!

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A few years ago, Margie Hernandez ran for Honorary Mayor of Wilmington as Rotary's candidate.  Upon election, she decided that she wanted to do something with her found fame and decided to create a Fiesta for Wilmington which is known as the Heart of the Harbor.  That being said, "Fiesta Corazon Del Puerto" was born.

This weekend will be the 4th Annual Fiesta and it will be held at Bayview Field located at Harry Bridges Blvd. and Neptune Avenue.  As always, we will have a booth at the Fiesta so that we may share our story on how we, as an organization, "Make Dreams Real."

If you have not yet signed up tp volunteer at the Rotary Booth, please contact President Sergio at sergioc@ek-ek.com to sign up.  There will be GREAT entertainment all weekend and it promised to be a lot of fun.

Remember, we are only in week 2 of the new Rotary year.  If you have missed a meeting, you can still have perfect attendance by making up at the Fiesta!  How better to make up while listening to great entertainment and doing some good work while doing it.

Kudos to Margie and the Fiesta Committee for a job well done!!!

On Monday, May 12th, the Rotary Club of Wilmington welcomed to new members into our club, Tom Dahlgren and Laura Larquier.

Tom is an executive with Warren E&P.  Warren E&P is the owner and operator of the Wilmington Oil Field's Wilmington Townlot Unit (WTU).

Laura is a Wilmington resident and works at the Boys and Girls Clubs of the So. Bay.  The Boys and Girls Clubs of the So. Bay operate the Boys and Girls Club of Harbor City and they Harbor Gateway Boys and Girls Club.

Please make sure to welcome these two new members into our club and into the "Family of Rotary."  Please click HERE for more picutures.

On Wednesday, May 21, 2008, fellow Rotarians, Dan Cardella and Lupe Massey-Cardella of Massey's House of Flowers hosted the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce's monthly mixer. Our Rotary Club co-hosted this event with them. Thanks Dan and Lupe for opening up your business to us so that we may "Share Rotary" with fellow business professionals in Wilmington.  Click HERE for more pictures.

The Rotary Club held their regular meeting of May 5th at the Acapulco Restaurant at the Ports O' Call Village in San Pedro. We all had a great time fellowshipping with each other.  Click HERE for more pictures.