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We have scheduled our Sixteenth Annual Fun Run to be held on Sunday March 25th, 2012 at a new location: South Hills High School in Covina. It features a 1k run for the novices as well as a 5k run for those more adventurous. All funds raised support Teacher Mini-Grants for Covina - Valley and Charter Oak Unified School Districts along with other community service projects. Everyone always has a great time at this event and we look forward to seeing you at this year's run! Call Jon at 626-915-7006 or send an email HERE for more information. Go to our Events page for a copy of the registration form. You can also register online at raceit.com, active.com or pacificcoastracetiming.com. If you're interested in being a sponsor or having a booth at the event, get the form HERE.

The Dan Stover Music Competition for high school seniors will take place on March 8th 2012 at the regular lunch meeting. The winner of the contest will go on to the Rotary regional and district competition and can win up to $5000 top prize. Covina Rotary has sponsored top teen musicians for several years and has had champions go all the way to the District level. For more information, contact us.

Covina Rotary's "End Polio Now" Awareness Social was held on November 17th at the Azo Vino Wine Bar in Covina. $10 bought a wine/beer/soda with hors d'oeuvres and 15% of the evening sales of drinks AND merchandise were donated to the Rotary International Polio Plus eradication program. The Social was sponsored by Jim Speer, Past Rotary District Governor and RI Board Member. Rotary has been able to reduce polio cases by 99% worldwide to fewer than 1700 cases in 2009.

Weekly Meetings
We meet on every Thursday, at the South Hills Country Club in West Covina. Meetings begin at 12:10, and include lunch, social time and a speaker. Check our Calendar page for a list of the upcoming speakers. If you would like to join us some time, please go to our Contact Us page and fill in the form. We look forward to meeting you!

Service Projects
In addition to offering financial support to various community based agencies, we also participate in many of the Rotary International sanctioned projects at the club and district levels, provide the man power for special local projects, and run several of our own Covina Rotary Club community welfare programs. These club programs are directed towards helping children, seniors, teachers, our troops abroad, and needy families at Christmas. The various programs are outlined in more detail in the projects link.

Events
The events fall into three major categories:

Fund raising events help to supply the funding for our various charitable endeavors. Our major fund raiser is the Fun Run, which is held in April. The date for the 2011 Fun Run will be determined shortly. We will have a “Polio Plus” event this fall, and a Covina Playhouse event early in 2011.

Rotary events that bring multiple clubs together are scheduled throughout the year. The annual District Conference is attended by a group from our club each year, and the International Convention is attended by our incoming President. There are also opportunities throughout the year to attend District sponsored events that provide Rotary education and leadership training.

Social events for our members and their families are scheduled throughout the year. We have a wonderfully cohesive membership that enjoys socializing as well as working together. The activities include our “Kick-out” party at the end of the year, our Saint Patrick’s Day party, an occasional evening of dinner and a play in L.A., smaller dinner parties at members’s homes, parties catering to members with children. For the holidays, we host our traditional family oriented Christmas luncheon, an adult evening social, and other events that happen to catch the interest of our members.