The Sunrise- West Covina Sunrise Rotary Newsletter

Newest Member: William Medina.

Our Guest speaker: Michelle McNeil- Director of the West Covina Community Service Department. She reported on the progress of Galster Wilderness Park which is an amazing area of land that was dedicated last Summer of 2007, and a Nature Center was opened in October 2007.

They planned a community out reach program for this past summer called Wild Wednesday's with the success goal set at 20-30 people from the community attending. They provided 12 Wild Wednesday's and the lowest turn out of the summer was 150 people and the maximum attendance was estimated at 250. The park is ran completely through community volunteers so the recent budget cuts have not forced the doors to close at this wonderful facility.

Raffle Grand Prize Winner: Two weeks ago Don Morrin won the raffle and drew the lucky winner at a club record 31 cards remaining (just over a 3% chance of winning). The down side to such a speedy withdrawal is that he almost set the record for the lowest amount won in a Grand Prize (Records are still being sifted to confirm if he holds both records).

Taste of West Covina: The West Covina Chamber of Commerce is hosting the 3rd Annual Taste of West Covina. Get your tickets in advance at a discount price, or get your friends together and buy a pack of 4 tickets for $100. Enjoy food, drinks, and music at this years Taste of West Covina. Call (626) 338-8496 for more information or tickets.

The Covina Chamber of Commerce is hosting their 38th Annual Golf Tournament at Via Verde November 3rd.