Three Morongo Basin Rotary clubs combined forces recently for a very successful 2025 annual food drive resulting in 168 bags of food that will each feed a family of four and $7,000.00 in cash for seven local food distribution agencies.
Members of the Rotary Clubs of Joshua Tree, Twentynine Palms, and Yucca Valley Sunset manned collection stations at the Yucca Valley East Stater Bros and Stater Bros Twentynine Palms stores on April 25 to take donations. Cash donations were also collected with the money used to purchase the items.
Cash donations from sponsors and the three Rotary Clubs were also used to augment the donations. The food and $1,000.00 cash each were distributed to the Way Station, Pay’n It Forward, 29 Palms Food Pantry, Morongo Basin Arch, Copper Mountain Mesa Community Association, Rothe Food Pantry at Oasis Community Church and the Yucca Valley Boys & Girls Club.
This was the 13th year that the three clubs have worked together to collect food to help their communities. Chairperson Mary Helen Tuttle of Joshua tree Rotary said this was a very successful event and she thanked the Rotary volunteers and the members of our Morongo Basin communities for their generosity and support.
