Julie Roybal from the Monrovia Rotary Club announced that on September 7th, the Monrovia Rotary Club “Old West BBQ & Casino Night” fundraiser will be held at the Monrovia Community Center beginning at 6:00 pm. The cost of the event is $70 per person. Let’s all help support our Rotary friends to the East!

Bruce McCallum recently announced that on Monday September 23rd, the annual “Taste of Arcadia” will be held from 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm. Peter Dills will be one of the hosts of this great event and this year there will be a Monday Night Football tent. Tickets are $50 until the end of July. A signup sheet will be passed around for those who want to buy tickets for this event. Since the club already has 20 signed up the cost for tickets has been reduced to just $35, which is a terrific value. This is a great price for a great event!

Rose Mares let us know that the annual JDRF-LA “Walk for a Cure” of Juvenile Diabetes will be held on October 27th at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Registration begins at 8 a.m. and the Walk begins at 11 a.m. Rosie Mares has agreed to be this year’s Captain of “Team Rotary”. Walkers are needed … and donors are needed … for this worthwhile event!

The “March to End Polio” will be held on Saturday and Sunday, October 26th and 27th in San Bernardino. Rotary Districts 5300 and 5330 have joined forces to capitalize on a generous grant from the Gates Foundation that will effectively TRIPLE all donations. So let’s join over 120 local Rotary clubs as we march to wipe polio off the face of the earth forever!

Bruce McCallum recently announced that Volunteers are needed for the 30th Annual Breeders’ Cup World Championships to be held at Santa Anita Park on Friday and Saturday, November 1st and 2nd. Let’s all help support this world class event that’s held right here in our own backyard!

Finally, Eric Barter told us about the “Water Man”; a Rotarian and artist who has helped put together Rotary Water Grants Since 2006. The Water Man has helped almost 1,000,000 less fortunate people to have life saving clean drinking water in 30 countries. He sells his oil paintings as a way to raise money for Rotary Water Grants. Each original oil painting is unframed and 20×16 inches. The sale price of each painting is $500. If a Rotarian buys the painting, the Water Man will donate the proceeds to a Rotary Global Grant so that the buyer will get Paul Harris Fellow credit. You can view the Water Man’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/Oil4Water .