Encinitas: Our History and People
Encinitas: Our History and People By the Encinitas Historical Society Authors Carolyn Roy Cope, Jim Filanc and Garth Murphy Cover painting by artist Kevin Anderson Published by HPN Books and Ledge Media ©2021 Visit www.ledgemedia.net/encinitas to order printed copies And visit www.HPNBooks.com for info on how to publish your own book as a fundraiser for your community
Encinitas: Our History and People
By the Encinitas Historical Society
Authors Carolyn Roy Cope, Jim Filanc and Garth Murphy
Cover painting by artist Kevin Anderson
Published by HPN Books and Ledge Media ©2021
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ENCINITAS<br />
ROTARY CLUB<br />
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Above: Each year <strong>Encinitas</strong> Rotary<br />
sponsors the opening icebreaker for<br />
H<strong>and</strong>s of Peace. This organization<br />
brings together young Israelis,<br />
Palestinians <strong>and</strong> Americans to learn<br />
about each other <strong>and</strong> empower them<br />
to raise their voices as leaders<br />
of change.<br />
Having just celebrated its eightieth year,<br />
the <strong>Encinitas</strong> Rotary Club continues to serve<br />
its community <strong>and</strong> is one of over 35,000<br />
Rotary Clubs worldwide totaling 1.2 million<br />
members. The <strong>Encinitas</strong> Rotary Club was<br />
granted charter number 5058 in a ceremony<br />
hosted by Rotary International at the Hotel Del<br />
Mar on June 12, 1939.<br />
<strong>Encinitas</strong> Rotary annually undertakes a number<br />
of projects that benefit both local <strong>and</strong> international<br />
communities. The club has packed food boxes for<br />
the Community Resource Center <strong>and</strong> the San<br />
Diego Food Bank, helped upgrade the <strong>Encinitas</strong><br />
Boys & Girls Club, services senior citizens through<br />
its Home Team, <strong>and</strong> annually hosts more than<br />
1,000 patrons at its Annual Wine <strong>and</strong> Food<br />
Festival, which has raised over $1 million for local<br />
charitable organizations. The Club also previously<br />
hosted an annual youth soccer tournament, with<br />
the proceeds (around $800,000 during its more<br />
than twenty-year run) distributed locally.<br />
Internationally, the Club’s recent projects<br />
include assistance with the construction of<br />
houses in Tijuana <strong>and</strong> upgrading rural health<br />
clinics in Nepal with the cooperation of a Rotary<br />
Club in Kathm<strong>and</strong>u.<br />
<strong>Encinitas</strong> Rotary is currently comprised of<br />
around ninety men <strong>and</strong> women. In addition to<br />
participating in service work, members are active<br />
in fellowship, ensuring they form close bonds with<br />
one another. The Club meets each Wednesday <strong>and</strong><br />
hosts an inspiring speaker who presents a topic<br />
pertinent to the community featuring everything<br />
from recycling <strong>and</strong> travels, to peace-makers—even<br />
a Nobel Peace Prize nominee!<br />
Taking its name from its original practice of<br />
rotating meetings at different businesses, the Rotary<br />
was founded in 1905 in Chicago by Paul P. Harris as<br />
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