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The Menagerie of St. Luke

St. Luke’s Shower for the Homeless played host to an unusual large gathering of fantastic beasts this morning, and the cats and dogs very much enjoyed the company.

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St. Luke’s Shower Pancake Fundraiser

Les volunteered at the fundraiser for St. Luke’s Shower Program at Applebee’s on Saturday. He earned some street cred from a busy morning of taking orders and bussing tables while enjoying a pancake breakfast himself.

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Lifewell LA Community Open Mic

The Rotary Club Lifewell LA subcommittee supported the Health & Wellbeing open mic event at Sports Basement, organized by the non-profit organization Lifewell LA. Entertainment featured the live band "Slushbox", with Mark and Sharon.

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Interact 5280 and 5320 Unite

Regional Interactors gathered at the Sports Basement in Long Beach for a symposium to exchange ideas and connect with advisors and Rotarians.

The seed has been planted for future collaboration and friendships.

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K9 Kismet with Yelp!

Yelp Elites converged from all corners of LA and OC to raise money for K9 Kismet, which is an organization that collaborated with us in the past for the Mutt Run.

We filled up on good eats from neighboring restaurants and vendors.

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Les at St. Luke’s

Les volunteers at St. Luke’s shower for the homeless every first Saturday of the month.

Come join him if you want to make a difference in someone else’s life and your life.

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Colleen Shares Assistance League

Colleen Bragalone, the executive director of Assistance League of Long Beach, shares her life-long dedication to non-profit organizations with us, including a brief history of the Assistance League of Long Beach and the community impact it has made over the past 86 years.

Rotary and Assistance League make perfect partners in our joint committment to serving our community. We are already planning new collaboration on many youth projects.

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Project Vietnam 2026

Les returned from a week-long medical mission in Tra Vinh, a rural village in Vietnam. A Rotary International organization called Rotaplast is coordinating with Project Vietnam for future opportunities for collaboration.

A dozen doctors and dentists treated more than 600 patients daily for the entire week, providing desperately needed healthcare to this impoverished community.

A group of 46 students (high school, college, and medical school) also volunteered their time and talent to the effort while learning from the more experienced clinicians.

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Bikers Against Child Abuse

Sonny and Chicago may look tough, but they have a heart of gold. These folks are dedicated to the children they sworn to protect, and they do so passionately.

Vanessa and Nate joined us as guests, and Vanessa shared her mission of serving children with special needs.

We met at a new meeting location this morning—Good Time Coffee. They serve up a killer breakfast burrito, and there’s a semi-enclosed corner with room for a projector. We are still determining our final meeting location, after Starbucks ousted the non-profits that used their conference room.

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Welcome Nate!

Nate recently relocated from Oceanside to Signal Hill. Being a long-time Rotarian and a past president of the Rotary Club in Scottsdale, he naturally reached out to his new city, and we welcomed in like our family member. He is a retired airline pilot and navy pilot.

We all enjoyed the presentation by Frank’s two sons, who went to the Taipei Rotary International Convention last month. They also visited Japan and enjoyed the hospitality of a Rotary Club in Japan.