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2024 College Scholarship Applications
 
Multiple Scholarships up to $7,500.00 will be awarded.
Approximately $125,000.00 total will be awarded.
 
Available to graduating VUSD seniors who are attending two or four year colleges or vocational & technical schools.
 
College students who are prior recipients of a
Rotary Club of Ventura East scholarship may re-apply.
 
Click here to download the 2024 Scholarship Application
President's Message
Carin Kally
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Dear Rotarians and Friends,
 
Poinsettia Sales 2023 are on!  Great for business and home decor, gifts to friends and neighbors.  Always appreciated.  We will again donate plants to Cypress Place residents along with handwritten greeting cards.
 
Last week Past District Governor Wade Nomura inspired us with a program on the RI Foundation and the far reaching effect of Global grants.  So many ways to get involved in creating hope in the world. Very proud that our club has the distinction of  Every Rotarian Every Year contributing at least $100 to The Rotary Foundation (part of our club dues each month).
 
 
We also had the honor of having Wade award Paul Harris Fellows to: Margarida Eidson, Sam Marsh, Kathy McGee, Nancy D'Attilio, Judy Hoag, and Charles Ferguson.  Congratulations and thank you all for your dedication to Rotary!
 
This week we will hear about the Chayah Orphanage and School in Uganda.  Doing good halfway around the world. 
 
Thank you to all who contributed for flowers to be sent in the name of Rotary Club Ventura East to the memorial for Rafael Canton. Rich Stewart and Harriet Clune took care of ordering a gorgeous spray in Rotary colors.  And thank you to those who attended the celebration of a life well lived. 
 
Looking ahead
November 14 – Board Meeting, 5:30
November 16 – Poinsettia phone tree
November 23 – Dark,  Happy Thanksgiving
November 30 – Poinsettia Deliveries
December 7-  Roberta Griega, NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
December 14 – TBA
December 16 – Bell Ringing for Salvation Army at Green Thumb 10-6
December 21 –  Holiday Party at Bill and Kim Gray’s
December 23 – Bell Ringing at Green Thumb 10-6
December 28 – Dark
 
See you on Thursday.
 
CONTACT Margarida Eidson FOR A ZOOM LINK IF YOU NEED A VIDEO LINK FOR THE MEETING
 
Carin Kally
President 2023-2024
Rotary Club Ventura – East
Stories
Meeting November 2, 2023
Our Flag Salute was led by Nancy D’Attilio
 
President Carin gave our Inspirational Message.
 
Upcoming events:
11/9 – Chayah Children’s Home
11/14 – Board Meeting
11/16 – Poinsettia call day
11/23 – Dark
 
We have had some club members agree to serve on the Peace Building Committee.
 
Kathy McGee spoke about Poinsettia sales for this year. We now have 3 weeks to get all the plants sold.
 
Our speaker today was Wade Nomura who spoke about the Rotary Foundation.
 
 
Bruce McGee presented Margarida Eidson, Kathy McGee, Judy Hoag, Nancy D’Attilio & Charles Ferguson with Paul Harris Awards.
 
Happy $’s: Margarida Eidson,
 
Cal Magro conducted the opportunity drawing and the lucky winner was Charles Ferguson!
News from Rotary International

Learn how Rotary clubs are taking action in the United States, Jamaica, Portugal, Belgium, and Sri Lanka.

 

Rotary editor Wen Huang paid an extended visit to the culinary paradise of Singapore, the host of the 2024 Rotary International Convention

 

With suicides rising in the U.S., Rotary members who’ve lost loved ones are determined to prevent more deaths. Their first step — talking.

 

A writer takes readers inside his own mind to witness his struggle with Alzheimer’s, while pleading for better care and a cure.

 

As the fight against polio unites communities around the world, Rotary members are using time-tested methods and attention-catching new ideas to raise awareness, funds, and support toward eradicating this debilitating disease.

 
Club Information
Welcome to the website of the Rotary Club of Ventura East!!
Ventura East
Service Above Self
Thursdays at 12:00 PM
Poinsettia Pavilion
3451 Foothill Road
Ventura, CA 93003
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Upcoming Events
Club Meeting
Poinsettia Pavilion
Nov 09, 2023
 
Club Social
TBD
Nov 16, 2023 5:30 AM
 
Club Meeting
Poinsettia Pavilion
Nov 23, 2023
 
Club Meeting
Poinsettia Pavilion
Nov 30, 2023
 
Club Meeting
Poinsettia Pavilion
Dec 07, 2023 12:00 PM
 
Club Meeting
Poinsettia Pavilion
Dec 14, 2023
 
Club Social
TBD
Dec 21, 2023 5:30 AM
 
Club Meeting
Poinsettia Pavilion
Dec 28, 2023
 
Club Meeting
Poinsettia Pavilion
Dec 28, 2023
 
Club Meeting
Poinsettia Pavilion
Jan 04, 2024 12:00 PM
 
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Rotary Club of Ventura-East
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We are a nonpolitical, nonsectarian social organization comprising local business, civic and professional leaders. We meet regularly to get to know each other, form friendships and through that we are able to solve community and global problems with service projects. 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 medical project in Ethiopia 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. Use your professional skills and talents to make a difference.
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