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Welcome to the website of the Rotary Club of Ventura East!!
Ventura East
Service Above Self
We meet Thursdays at 12:00 PM
Poinsettia Pavilion
3451 Foothill Road
Ventura, CA  93003
United States
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Bulletin Editor
Jeff Hata
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Meeting Responsibilities
Attendance
Hashbarger, Tom
 
Flag Salute
Spellman D.D.S, William J.
 
Greeter
Blackwell, Tim
 
Inspiration
Mendoza, Juan
 
Joke of the Week
Marquez-Olson, Carol
 
Opportunity Drawing Donor
Juvonen, Todd
 
Rotary Club of Ventura-East
Elevator Speech
 
We are a leadership organization comprising of local business, civic and professional leaders.
 
We are a nonpolitical, nonsectarian service club.
 
We meet regularly to get to know each other, form friendships and through that we are able to get things done in this community. Like:
  • Scholarships at 5 local high schools,
  • Interact Clubs at 3 local schools.
  • Support the YMCA, City Center, Ventura Botanical Gardens
  • Promote literacy and career guidance in schools
 
Internationally we support a huge project our club started called GoCare in Nicaragua and contribute to eliminating Polio worldwide.
 
The Rotary Club of  Ventura-East meets Thursday noon to 1:30 at the Poinsettia Pavilion in Ventura. Come and learn more about Rotary's humanitarian service, high ethical standards in all vocations and help build good will in this community.
Speakers
Sep 22, 2016
HELP! My Doctor's retired ... How do I find a new one???
Sep 29, 2016
TBA
Oct 06, 2016
Straight Up Reality improv
Oct 13, 2016
Superintendent Ventura Unified School District
Oct 20, 2016
New Member Interviews
Oct 27, 2016
Computer Forensics
Nov 03, 2016
Rescue California Education Foundation/Citizens Legislature
Nov 10, 2016
Ventura Chamber of Commerce
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Upcoming Events
Rotary Club of Simi Sunset Wine Club
Aug 22, 2016 – Dec 23, 2016
 
President Elect Retreat
Sep 16, 2016 – Sep 17, 2016
 
District Conference
Hyatt Regency Hotel
Oct 14, 2016 – Oct 16, 2016
 
Nightmare on the Hill
Poinsettia Pavilion
Oct 29, 2016
6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
 
End Polio Concert Feat. Trombones Shorty
Arlington Theatre
Nov 11, 2016
8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
 
Important Links
Ventura Rotaract Website
GOCARE
Rotary District 5240 Website
Operation Splash Slideshow
ClubRunner Tutorials
Rotary Links
Rotary International
RI President Home
About Rotary
Joining Rotary
Rotary History
Rotary Foundation
For New Members
Sponsors
Interested in being a sponsor?
Download the website sponsorship guide
President's Message
Husam Hishmeh
member photo
Greetings
           
The first quarter of my year as club president is about to end. We are about to grow 3 members, and we are on track to a great fundraiser (Nightmare On The Hill). The  new caterer is making there way to our heart, and the attendance at our meetings are a very healthy 80-90% every week.  The avenues of service are meeting again once a month, so much to be happy and proud of.  Hats off to our members, keep up the good work.
 
This week's  speaker is one incredible woman that is changing the world, I'm very lucky to have her as a friend and newly adopted mom.  A past district governor in our district Deepa Willingham , she will be talking to us about PACE a school for poor girls in India that she started, here is a little taste of what she is doing and why, I hope you can be inspired just like me.
 

PACE is the product of one woman’s dream.

Deepa Biswas Willingham was born and raised in Kolkata (Calcutta). She saw the poverty that crippled her own community and vowed to make a change. Through PACE and the Piyali Learning Center, Deepa has poured every privilege back into the hands of the most vulnerable yet valuable members of society—girls. The result has transformed not just the lives of those girls, but that of entire communities. Deepa’s example is a testament to PACE’s cause. She is proof that when girls are empowered with education, they grow into agents of change for their communities.
 
This is her story:
Deepa’s love for education is rooted in her childhood. Deepa’s father, a teacher, and her mother, a humanitarian, risked their lives to harbor Muslim refugees in a Christian college when conflict between Hindus and Muslims broke out in Kolkata in 1946. Their example instilled in Deepa the necessity to respect all human beings, regardless of caste, color, religion or gender.
 
Deepa’s early childhood education began under the stewardship of the woman who later became known as Mother Teresa. Through her studies, Deepa came to understand that education engenders freedom. Shsaw that those who are most deprived of education are the most vulnerable. But, more importantly, they are the key to significant change. Who are the most deprived in any impoverished society? Girls.
 
So, when Deepa left India to pursue a graduate degree in the United States, she made a vow to return to her home and effect real, tangible change for the girls there.
Today, Deepa’s promise to girls born into poverty is realized in the Piyali Junction Learning Center. The center is now a prototype for others to emulate. There, she can stretch out her arms to receive the hugs of laughing girls who now have hope, dreams and a real future.
Rotary serving humanity 
 
New Member Proposal
 
The following
has been proposed as a new member of
the Rotary Club of Ventura-East:
 
Name:                          Tobias Hildebrand
Classification:                Real Estate - Residential
Proposer:                      Husam Hishmeh
Publication Date:           September 8, 2016
 
 
Name:                          Sharon Daley
Classification:                Non-Profit
Proposer:                      Husam Hishmeh
Publication Date:           September 8, 2016
 
 
Any objections to this person becoming a 
member of our club should be brought to
the attention of the President, President-Elect
or any Director within ten (10) days of this
publication.
Nightmare on the Hill Sponsorship Information
Sign up for a sponsorship today and help us continue with local community service projects such as the Ventura Family YMCA Operation Splash, City Center Learning Center, Blanche Reynolds School Library and more.
 
Click on the image to download the flyer.
 
 
SOLD  Venue Sponsorship - Savory Prime
 
SOLD  DJ Sponsorship - Domino's
SOLD  Casino Sponsorship - Retirement Income Specialist's
 
SOLD  Bar Sponsorship - Capital Mortgage Services
 
Ghoul Sponsor's
Bill Spellman
 
Mark Mulchay
Monte Widders
Alert Communications
 
Witches Sponsor's
A Street Optometric Center, APC - Bob Pazen
Rubicon Theatre - Rich Stewart & Harriet Clune
Four Brix Winery - Karen Stewart
Ventura Botanical Gardens - Bruce & Kathy McGee / Midge & Dave Stork
Lindsay & Company - Alison Thompson
Costello and Company, CPA Inc - Ken Kagan
Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc - Todd Juvonen
Ferguson Case Orr Paterson LLP - Joe Strohman
Mortgage Couch - Shelby Bishop
 
Cauldron Sponsor's
Norman Dowler, LLP - Tom Hutchinson
Coast General Insurance - Brenda Allison
Ventura County Credit Union - Natalie Yanez
Tim Hughes, RE/MAX Realtors - Tim Hughes
 
Raffle Prize Donations
 
Rosanna Colin - First Bank Ventura
Ashley Pope - Spice Topia
Laura Shannon - Savory Prime Pet Treats
Midge Stork
Clint Garman - Garman's Pub
Kristopher Skromme, OD - Two Trees Optometry
Stories
Meeting September 8, 2016
Kathy McGee led us in the Flag Salute.
 
Midge Stork gave our Inspirational Message.
 
Bruce McGee announced that our raffle prize was a $50 gift card to Cafe Fiore.
 
President Husam introduced our guests and visiting Rotarians. Guest of the club was Sharon Daley and our speaker Ayn Devera.
 
John Borneman led us in a song.
 
Presidents Announcments:
 
There will be a Basic PRLS class this Saturday.
 
Next Wednesday there will be a Community Service Meeting at Todd Juvonen's office at 5:30 pm.
 
Jeff Hata spoke about Nightmare on the Hill. Sponsorships are going well. We need to also focus on gathering raffle prize now too.
 
Bruce McGee announced that we will have a booth at the District Conference to help support GoCare. We will need help setting up, manning and tearing down the booth. 
 
President Bruce let us know that November is R.I. Foundation month. There will be programs about the Foundation coming up. Many of our members have donated over $1,000 which equals a Paul Harris Fellowship. Bruce read off a list of members who have $1,000 or more in donations. Please consider donating your points to the club to give out or plan on giving a Paul Harris Fellow when we have special meetings such as when the District Governor is here.
 
President Husam read a Thank You letter from Naomi Stodgy, a 2016 Scholarship Recipient.
 
Happy $'s: Joe Strohman, Tim Blackwell, Bill Gray, Tim Hughes, Harriet Clune, Kris Hansen, Husam Hishmeh.
 
Midge Stork conducted the raffle and our lucky winner was Joe Strohman!!!
Rotary Splash Bash
Remember the Alamo?
Nope...it's remember the WaytoGO!

Ventura East Rotary is celebrating "Rotary in Ventura County" with a "funtastic" Star Princess 4-day cruise featuring all day visits to Catalina island's hideaway, Avalon and Mexico's charming Ensenada.  The best part is it will be with your favorite friends and Rotary Club members.

Organized by 53 year Ventura Club member, John Masterson (aka Capt'n Cruise),  this will have the fun, food and fraternization (remember the Love Boat?) of a normal Princess Cruise with the added Rotary elements such as cocktail parties, unique scavenger hunt and an uproarious joint, all club meeting, held by our 2016-2017 leader and world traveler, Husam Hismeh.  Even transportation to San Pedro is included.

DONT MISS THE FUN!

WHEN?
Sailing Thursday, afternoon, March 9th 2017
Returning Monday morning, March 13th 2017

WHERE?
San Pedro
Catalina
Ensenada

WHY?
Spread the joy of Rotary!

COST?
Veranda stateroom $899 pp (inc. tax and port fees, prepaid gratuities and doc fee)
(Also available are lower priced inside and window staterooms, as well as, suites.)

For best selection, pick your stateroom now.  All arrangements go through Santa Barbara Travel, 3140 Telegraph Rd, Ventura.  Questions?  Contact John Masterson, Ventura East Rotary,Jmasterson@mindspring.com or 805-223-5808

 
News from Rotary International
When public television's fifth annual American Graduate Day hits airwaves in September, Rotary will be recognized for its work mentoring young people and keeping high school students on track to graduate. Representatives from Monarch School, an elementary and high school for San Diego's homeless youths, will talk about the school's long-running relationship with the Rotary Club of San Diego, California, USA. The school started as an education center in one modest room in 1987. By 1998 it was in danger of losing its lease amid a wave of redevelopment in San Diego's urban core. A local Rotary...
 
The Rotary Foundation has received the highest possible score from Charity Navigator, an independent evaluator of charities in the U.S. In the most recent ratings, released on 1 September, The Rotary Foundation earned the maximum 100 points for both financial health and accountability and transparency. The ratings reflect how efficiently Charity Navigator believes the Foundation will use donations, how well it has sustained programs and services, and its level of commitment to good governance and openness. In the previous rating, the Foundation had received 97 points.
 
Each month, eBay, the world’s largest auction website, selects a set of upcoming Live Auction events and donates a portion of all sales proceeds to Rotary. Only U.S. auction sales are eligible. See the schedule of September auctions.
 
Rotary clubs of District 6200 are collecting relief funds to help thousands of victims after record flooding devastated communities in southern Louisiana, USA, earlier this month. Torrential rains caused rivers, streams, and bayous to swell, damaging or destroying more than 60,000 homes and killing at least 13 people. The U.S. Coast Guard and emergency responders helped rescue more than 30,000 residents from the rising flood waters. As of 25 August, more than 3,000 residents were still in emergency shelters even after the water receded. Donate to District 6200 disaster relief fund.
 
Legendary singer and polio survivor Donovan Leitch, better known simply as Donovan, has joined Rotary in its fight to eradicate the paralyzing disease that afflicted him during much of his childhood. Donovan contracted polio at age three in Glasgow, Scotland. The disease weakened his right leg and left it thinner and shorter than the other. Confined to his bed for much of his childhood, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer said his father would read him poetry. In a recent interview with the Daily Express, Donovan said that listening to poetry piqued his interest in creative writing. “If I...
 
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