Community service is one of the Avenues of Service which encourages Rotarians to offer service to their communities. Every Rotary club and every Rotarian assumes a responsibility to find ways to improve the quality of life for those in their communities and to serve the public interest.
Rotary always benefits two people. The child who is sick, who is hungry, who is thirsty, who has no clothes. No shelter, no education, no future, no hope…that child is beneficiary of Rotary’s outreach. That child is Rotary’s business. But another benefit comes to the Rotarian-the one actually performing the service. That person grows and fulfills the real reason for his or her existence, which is to serve others.
-- Past RI President Richard King
Vision To Learn is a mobile eye clinic that provides free eye exams and free glasses to elementary school students in low-income communities.
Rotary District 5280 is collecting baby and children's items and toys for military families that live at Camp Pendleton every year.
The annual event is a collaboration between District 5280, RC LA5, Cedars Sinai and the County of LA and serves under-served families in South LA.