Welcome to the South Bay Sunrise Rotary Club!
Rotary International: People of Action - South Bay Sunrise Rotary

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UPCOMING MEETINGS

SOUTH BAY SUNRISE ROTARY

UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS

  • Oct  7 - Breakfast meeting: 7:15am-8:30am at Mimi's*

    Speaker: Dr. Wen Chen \ Public Speaker for Chinese Culture, History & Human Rights
     
  • Oct 14 - No meeting
     
  • Oct 21 - Dinner meeting: 6:00pm-8:00pm at Mimi's*
     
  • Oct 28 - Business Networking Social - 6:00pm-8:00pm - Location TBD

    * Mimi's Cafe,
    25343 Crenshaw Blvd,
    Torrance, CA 90505
 

Monthly Meeting Schedule

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First Wednesday - Breakfast Meeting at Mimi's
Second Wednesday - No meeting
Third Wednesday - Dinner Meeting at Mimi's
Fourth Wednesday - Business Networking Social - Location Varies
Fifth Wednesday - No meeting

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  • Oct 3 - Food Bank - LA
     
  • Oct 16-18 - RYLA
     
  • Oct 22 - TACC Business Expo - 4-7pm at the Toyota Meeting Hall:
    3339 Civic Center Dr, Torrance 50503
    Come visit us at our Booth #37!
     
  • Nov 8 - District 5280 Foundation Celebration: 4-8pm @TAGLYAN Complex (1201 Vine St, Hollywood)
     
  • Nov 14 - Rise Against Hunger - Torrance YMCA
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About Our Club

Our Signature Projects

Special Highlights

We Are A Sustaining 100% Paul Harris Fellow Club!
  • Dictionary Project - providing Student Dictionaries to all 3rd graders in the TUSD
     
  • Rise Against Hunger -
    providing over 60,000 nutritional food packets to distressed areas
Rise Against Hunger
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PHOTO GALLERY OF OUR PROJECTS
COMMUNITY PROJECTS
DICTIONARY PROJECT
2025 Torrance Business Expo
2025 Torrance Business Expo
Our club members and representatives from well deserving community non-profits after we presented checks to them from our Hot Summer Night Fundraiser. They included:
  • PV Land Conservancy
  • Mychals
  • ICAN
  • Friends of Torrance Exceptional Athletes
  • Paddle Our Plastics
  • Peninsula Seniors
South Bay Sunrise Rotary
with Hot Summer Nights Fundraiser Recipients
INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
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Club Information
Welcome to our Club!
South Bay Sunrise

Service Above Self

We meet In Person
Wednesdays at 7:15 AM
Doubletree Hotel, Torrance
21333 Hawthorne Blvd
Torrance, CA 90503
United States of America
Phone:
(310) 753-0929
Email:
dhenseler@socal.rr.com
Doubletree Hotel Torrance
District Site
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Club Executives & Directors
President
David Henseler
Immediate Past President
Yuko Saito
Treasurer
Diane Sivas
Secretary
Ruth Kurihara-Kelsey
Club Service
Jim Beardsley
Community Service
Pat Sandt
Vocational Service
Marianne Kelchner
International Service
Karen Greenberg
Youth Service
Rosy Riera-Schwartz
Rotary Foundation
Karen Greenberg
Membership
Warren Kelly
Peace Chair
Ruth Kurihara-Kelsey

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