Birth of the Los Angeles Cedars Rotary Club May 2007
The mission of the Los Angeles Cedars Rotary Club is to become the vehicle by which the Lebanese/American community can collectively provide assistance to the disadvantaged communities here, in Lebanon, and around the world.

Executive Members
The Executive members consists of highly educated professionals that commit themselves to helping areas in need.

Fund Raisers
The Board and Committee members of the LA Cedars Rotary Club are pleased to inform you that, for the past eleven months, we have approved and helped fund the following projects in Lebanon:

• Medical Equipment to Ain-Ebel Hospital in the south of Lebanon - $64,700
• Ambulance to the Red Cross in Choueifat Sahel Aley - $29,699
• 81 Motorized Wheelchairs for the Lebanese Army - $70,146
• 3 Land Mine-Detection Dogs for the Lebanese Army, to help detect the mines in the fields in Lebanon - $60,000
• Assistance to the injured landmine and cluster bomb victims in the form of medical care and education to families about avoiding mine and cluster bomb fields - $58,000
• Donation of over 1000 books to underprivileged children in California (for the “Read by Nine” Program)
• Sponsorship of 5 Underprivileged Students for the CALS computer literacy development program in South Central Los Angeles - $400
• Sponsorship of 5 Teenagers for 3 days to the Rotary Leadership Youth Program - $425
• Cooperation with 11 of the 20 Rotary Clubs in Lebanon; our goal is to work with all 20 to help fund projects all over Lebanon.

Projects approved but still in need of additional funding:

• Mammogram Machine for Hammana Free Clinic - $40,000 (as of June 2008)
• Bus to Transport the Physically Challenged Youths of North Lebanon-  $19,500 (as of June 2008)

Rotary Clubs are Non-Denominational and Non-Political