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Take this week’s breakfast, for example, when we welcomed Krishna Arora and Allan Galgut, representatives of the La Jolla Golden Triangle Rotary. They joined us to help support Oasis Haven, a favorite cause of the Rancho Bernardo Sunrise Rotary Club and now a recipient of $1,000 from the LJGT club.
Oasis Haven, as you may know, is a South African non-profit that cares for abandoned and HIV positive children. RB Sunriser Laura Mello, who with her sister Beth runs the organization, reported that between the two Rotary clubs, the Caster Family Trust, and Rotary International’s matching grant funding program, Oasis Haven was recently awarded over $14,000 to help support annual education and living expenses for 12 of their kids. They’ve also raised in excess of $201,000 from the US over the past 9 years. “Much of that was from Rotarians, and we never could have made so much positive change in so many lives without the people in this room,” she said.
“Since 2009, 43 children have found a home at Oasis Haven,” Laura told us, adding “26 of these kids have either been adopted or reunited with long-lost family members.
You can help sponsor a child or get more information about the great work being done by Oasis Haven at www.oasishaven.org. To learn more about the La Jolla Golden Triangle Rotary Club, visit them online at www.lajollagtrotary.org.
To become part of the family at the Rancho Bernardo Sunrise Rotary Club, stop by almost any Tuesday, 7am, at the Rancho Bernardo Country Club on Greens East Road in RB. For more about our meetings, our speakers, and the multiple ways we aid the community and make the world a better place, find us online at www.rbsunrise.org.