ANNOUNCING
 
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LOBSTERFEST
2025 FUND-A-NEED RECIPIENTS
 
Big Wave Group
Big Wave Harvest Festival will be hosting an event on September 13th,  for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their family/caregivers to come together, make connections, build friendships and find joy. The event will include social, recreational, and educational opportunities to support their mental health. The event will feature music, food, adaptive arts and crafts, and adaptive recreation and games and will take place at the Big Wave Farm in Princeton Harbor, in an outdoor environment where participants can feel free to be themselves and interact with their peers.
Funds raised will pay for food, a band, raffle prizes, equipment rental, signage and rental of additional port-a-potties.
Rotary can help by participating in the event by volunteering, providing cakes for cake walk, or donate raffle prizes. 
Maiden Voyage Productions
The funds will be used to introduce Mirror-a newly released journaling App that supports teen mental health and emotional well-being-to adolescents at the Boys and Girls Club of the Coastside in July, and CoastPride in September.
Mirror is backed by robust clinical research that supports journaling as an effective tool for mental health and personal growth. It offers teens the privacy they need to reflect, build resilience, and become more comfortable with who they are. It is designed to enhance these benefits with interactive prompts and AI driven insights to guide self-reflection.
Funds raised will pay for a training video, stipends for youth mental health ambassadors, and video crew expenses.
Rotary can help by being supportive of the project and will receive publicity and credit for funding the grant. 
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District 5150 Club Awards for 2024-25
The Rotary Club of Half Moon Bay achieved Best Club level in the following areas:
Community Service; International Service; Public Image; Vocational Service, and Youth Service.  
 
Congratulations to all Cliub Members who worked so hard and gave so much of themselves to make this happen! 
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MEETING -  
(NOTE: No Thursday Meeting at Library On July 3)
 
 
 
 
 
COASTSIDE GIVES 

The day-long celebration of GIVING to our community was on May 1, 2025.

This year’s contributions made to the Rotary Club of Half Moon Bay Foundation through Coastside Gives will enable us to provide assistance for programs that focus on mental health and social emotional wellness of our youth.

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District Assembly
It was a wonderful district Assembly this past weekend ushering in our new President Elect Kevin O'Brian and new District Governor Mitone Griffiths. Breakout meetings were insightful and will be shared with the club.
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IT'S ALL ABOUT WHAT WE DO!
Rotary members believe that we have a shared responsibility to take action on our world’s most persistent issues:  peace and conflict prevention/resolution; disease prevention and treatment; water and sanitation; maternal and child health; basic education and literacy; economic and community development
 
 The Rotary Club of Half Moon Bay for qualifies as a ShelterBox Hero Club. This work is more important than ever, especially with the recent developments in Syria and the IDF and Hamas executing a ceasefire in Gaza.
 
Dictionaries Distributed to 3rd Graders
 
Rotary District 5280 Los Angeles Wildfire Relief Fund
Dear Friends,
Two months ago, wildfires tore through our communities, leaving devastation in their wake. In that moment of need, the Rotary world responded with overwhelming generosity, demonstrating what it truly means to be people of action. Your contributions to the Rotary District 5280 Los Angeles Wildfire Relief Fund have allowed us to bring hope and tangible support to those most affected.
Because of you, we’ve been able to directly aid families who lost their homes, assist small businesses struggling to rebuild, and stand beside our brave first responders. We’ve already distributed over $200,000 in relief efforts, ensuring that help reaches those who need it most.
Your generosity has:
  • Provided hot meals for students unable to attend school in the early days of the disaster.
  • Supplied hygiene kits to exhausted first responders working tirelessly to keep us safe.
  • Supported city and county linemen, ensuring they had nourishment and resources while restoring critical power and communication lines in Altadena and the Palisades area.
  • Offering rental assistance to families striving to regain stability in the aftermath.
While we’ve done a great job responding to immediate needs, our work is far from over. As we look ahead to the summer, we recognize the need for long-term support. Rebuilding takes time, and we must work alongside key partners to assist in this process. Our district is beginning to strategize on how we can play a role in supporting the city and county with rebuilding efforts. I will keep you all informed as we move forward and identify the most pressing needs.
From Malibu to Palisades, from Altadena to beyond, your generosity has made a difference. While our district neighbors Altadena and District 5300, we proudly stand united—because in Rotary, there are no boundaries, only love and service for our fellow human beings. Thank you for believing in the power of Rotary, for answering the call, and for showing the world what compassion in action looks like.
With deep gratitude, District Governor Albert Hernandez
 
   Monthly Community Breakfast
We are cooking and serving breakfast to the underserved in our Community once a month. Below is a picture of some of our Club members who cook, serve and clean up for the Community Breakfast Program.
 
 
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HMB Art and Pumpkin Festival, October 2024
It was showtime, and Rotary was in the house! 
 

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Beach Clean Up
Thanks to Susan, Warren, Mike, Heather and Dennis and other volunteers for collecting 50 pounds of garbage at Dunes Beach during our September Beach Clean Up!
 
RELAY FOR LifE
Our club with support from team members, family members, friends, community members, and business partners raised almost $16,000! A special thank you to Robin Kirby who donated $5000 to our team (via TWICE!!!!!!!  Also a special thank you to our own Renee Lewis who continues to work her magic by hosting a fundraiser each year to raise money for this event, which brought in another $2500+. Our club also sponsored the event so we were featured on one of the posters around the track.  
 
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Helping in Mexico Again This Year
Rotary members believe that we have a shared responsibility to take action on our world’s most persistent issues:  peace and conflict prevention/resolution; disease prevention and treatment; water and sanitation; maternal and child health; basic education and literacy; economic and community development
 
Our club has sent a team to La Paz, Mexico, Baja California Sur for a number of years supporting a medical clinic. This past year they delivered gifts to the director and helped move a donated mobile unit to the clinic property, and they worked at the Fundacion Astra. Two club members put activity packets together for the children and three started to strip the newly acquired mobile medical clinic in preparation of its facelift. The evening ended with a farewell dinner for our hosts…. Until next time!!