Yucca Valley
Sunset Rotary Club
The Mission of Yucca Valley Sunset Rotary is
to help humanity here in the Morongo Basin.
To accomplish our goals, we host two major fundraising events: The Desert Soirée and The Morongo Basin Orchid Festival.
The Desert Soirée benefits one 501-C3 nonprofit. Over the last four years we have raised over $110,000.00 benefiting the Boys and Girls Club of the Hi-Desert, the Armed Services YMCA, The Morongo Basin Humane Society, and Unity Home. In 2023 we raised funds to purchase a mobile ventilator for Morongo Basin Ambulance, which is a required as a part of an official Critical Care Transport unit, one of the few in the entire state. In 2024 we raised enough funds to purchase a low mileage van for Reach Out Morongo Basin, helping them provide transportation support to those in need.
The Morongo Basin Orchid Festival is a fundraising event that showcases over 15 verified local 501-C3 Nonprofits. Our goal is to give these verified nonprofits an opportunity to tell their story and garner support from the community at large. The allocation of funding varies by the number of votes, what we call "Rotary Bucks".
Yucca Valley Sunset Rotary keeps a small portion of the proceeds to fund scholarships for High School Seniors going to college. We select recipients that have made substantial improvement in their academic studies. These students were in the bottom 1/3 of their class and have moved up to the top 1/3.
Our budget includes the flexibility to help other nonprofits that are in need emergency assistance. For example, the Morongo Basin Ambulance needed an IV pump, because their pump broke. The pump was needed so they could continue to transport patients to a better equipped facility in the lower desert. Yucca Valley Sunset Rotary donated the funds to purchase the pump, and within a week the ambulance was able to transport patients again.
Yucca Valley Sunset Rotary accomplishments in helping our Morongo Basin are numerous-- something each member is very proud to be a part of. Why not join with us?