The Glendora Teacher Mini Grant
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In the late 1980's, members Bill Bird and Chris Lyman heard of a generous offer made by the Honeywell Corporation to give matching funds to a local organization who would raise money for funding classroom instruction in addition to what the district would provide the teacher. The requirement was for the teachers to write requests stating what the funds would be used for and make application for the grants.

The club adopted the project and proceed to raise several thousand dollars, which Honeywell and some other corporations matched, and the project was underway. Each year the district teachers eagerly look forward to this exciting event, and even though the matching funds dried up after a few years, the club recognized the value of the project and decided to carry it on alone. The grants are small, ($300) but many times it makes a significant difference in the teacher's program with his or her  students for that year.

To date over $200,000 dollars has been awarded in grants, allowing the club to feel a significant part of the learning  process for the tens of thousands of children who have benefited from the program.    

From " The Rotarian"

The Rotary Club of Glendora, California, USA, created the Rotary Teacher’s Mini-Grant Fund. The fund awards a limited number of grants with a maximum award of US$300 to individual teachers of grades K-12 in the Glendora School District for special classroom projects.

From the earliest days of the organization, Rotarians were concerned with promoting high ethical standards in their professional lives. One of the world's most widely printed and quoted statements of business ethics is The 4-Way Test, which was created in 1932 by Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor (who later served as RI president) when he was asked to take charge of a company that was facing bankruptcy. This 24-word test for employees to follow in their business and professional lives became the guide for sales, production, advertising, and all relations with dealers and customers, and the survival of the company is credited to this simple philosophy. Adopted by Rotary in 1943, The 4-Way Test has been translated into more than a hundred languages and published in thousands of ways. It asks the following four questions:

"Of the things we think, say or do:

1. Is it the TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?"

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RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards)

2002 Glendora High Team

Glendora Rotary invests in the future with Youth Leadership Sponsorship

 The Teen Leadership Camp is a Rotary program that focuses on developing personal leadership skills within oneself. The program is offered exclusively to students at the 8^th grade level. Facilitated by noted motivational and leadership speaker, Scott Greenberg, it includes large group interactive presentations and small group activities that deal with peer pressure, risk taking, time management and goal setting.

Now in its fourth year, the program brings students from Pasadena all the way to Las Vegas together at the Desert Sun Center in Idyllwild. With a total of 144 students attending, the Glendora Rotary Club sponsors six local 8^th graders to attend the 3-day conference and this year sent Jordan Deal, Christopher Suffridge, Vanessa Alvarez, Megan Rodriguez, Cody Cubak and Alexandra Parke to represent our community.

The benefits of such programs for youths cannot be measured, and Glendora Rotary is proud to help our young people develop into the future leaders of our community. 

Focometer

Glendora Rotary Club Helps local and international Communities 

Our five senses are something that most of us take for granted. We go about our daily lives not giving any thought to these special gifts. Some of those among us may not even be aware of what they are missing each day. Many in our surrounding communities, who do not have the financial means, do not have the ability to have an eye examination or vision test. And if they did, they would not be able to afford the glasses needed for correction. The Rotary Club of Glendora, utilizing a new technology known as the Focometer, has begun a program to address these issues in their community and beyond.

            The Focometer was developed at the University of Houston and incorporates the ability to measure visual refractive errors in a small portable device that does not require electricity. After having several members of their club trained and certified to operate the device, the Club now travels to various locations to test and measure children who may or may not need glasses. If needed, the glasses are made on sight from a kit that includes frames and lenses to accommodate most prescriptions. The entire process takes just a few minutes. To date, children from the Azusa school district have been helped as well as many children in an outlying area of Tijuana, Mexico. With the invaluable help of the local Congressman, Raul Ruiz and Pastor Bob Saunders from Baja Ministries, Glendora Rotary looks forward to several successful trips a year to Mexico. In addition to these trips, the club plans more local outreach as well as a possible trip to the Navajo Native American reservation in Arizona.

Glendora Rotary @ Pan America Institute in Tijuana, Mexico (March -2003)

The Rotary/ Glendora Unified School District Choral Concert.

For 31 years the Glendora Rotary Club has participated in this crucial cultural event, and relies on member Keith Hilliard to coordinate and organize this project each year.
In March 2002, The Glendora Rotary Club and the Glendora Unified School District will present the 31st Annual "America Sings" choral concert.
This program has raised over $115,000 to help support the Glendora Unified School Districts 4th through 12th grade choral programs.
Each year 500 elementary, middle school and high school youths perform to a sellout (1400) audience.
The club is committed to the importance of this program because, in the words of Keith Hilliard, "We know that every positive experience a young person has builds positive self-esteem. We know that youth who have positive self-esteem are less apt to become involved in tobacco, alcohol and other drugs, and gangs. It is another opportunity for us to help our youth and those who lead them."

Christmas (Operation Santa Clause)