RCVE Breeze April 20, 2023 (Apr 18, 2023)

Welcome to the website of the Rotary Club of Ventura East!!

Service Above Self

Thursdays at 12:00 PM

Poinsettia Pavilion

3451 Foothill Road
Ventura, CA 93003
United States of America

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Club Social
TBD
Apr 20, 2023 5:30 AM

Club Social
Bright Spark Brewery
Apr 20, 2023 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Club Duties

Apr 27, 2023

Club Meeting
Poinsettia Pavilion
Apr 27, 2023

Club Meeting
Poinsettia Pavilion
May 04, 2023 12:00 PM

Club Meeting
Poinsettia Pavilion
May 11, 2023

Club Board Meeting

May 15, 2023 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Club Social
TBD
May 18, 2023 5:30 AM

Club Meeting
Poinsettia Pavilion
May 25, 2023

Club Meeting
Poinsettia Pavilion
Jun 01, 2023 12:00 PM

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Rotary Club of Ventura-East

Elevator Speech

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.

New Member Proposal

The following

has been proposed as a new member of

the Rotary Club of Ventura-East:

Name: Renee Burke

Classification: Real Estate

Proposer: Dawn Knowles

Publication Date: April 11, 2023

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.

Margarida Eidson

What a great presentation from Jon Osumi Motion Shooter Photography. He was so much fun to see.

This week we will have our social event at Bright Spark Brewery on 4561 Market St at 5:30pm

The wellness Center & Buena Interact Cares Closet will have a ribbon cutting on April 26 at 1pm at the Buena Hight School. Please attend if you are available to support our sponsored Interact club.

The IDEA Center is hosting our Ventura Rotary clubs for lunch and a tour of the facility on April 28^th at 1pm please let me know if you would like to join.

To learn more about the IDEA center please visit https://www.stembassadors.net/

Sharon Daly is looking for socks to take to Ethiopia.

Please save the dates for:

Girl Scouts Fundraiser at the Arnaz Campground on Jun 10^th 4 to 7pm

Step Down at Rum Fish & Vino on June 29^th 5:30pm

Tri-Club Fundraiser at Ventura State Park on September 23 11am to 3pm

Looking forward to seeing you Thursday, here is a list of our programs and events coming up:

April 20^th – Social at Bright Spark Brewery on 4561 Market St.
April 22^nd – Beach Cleanup
April 26^th – Ribbon cutting for the Interact Cares Closet
April 27^th – Scholarships
April 28^th – IDEA Center Lunch and Tour
April 29^th – Board Retreat 8:30am to noon
April 30^th – Aut2Run
May 4^th – Rotaract – Mexico build.
May 11^th – Student of the Quarter and Nurses Scholarships
May 13^th – Rotary Foundation Gala – at the Camarillo Airport celebrating all the programs done throughout our District using Rotary Foundation funds https://rotary5240.app.box.com/s/8el616z9giu0xjnl91p24yx0uqy6td8a
May 15th – Board Meeting at the Poinsettia Pavilion
May 18^th – Social at Winchester’s 632 E main St.
May 21^st – Puzzle Competition at YMCA 12:30 to 3:30
May 25^th – Amy Fonzo from Aera Energy

I hope you join me at our regular meetings on Thursday at noon at the Poinsettia Pavilion.

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Serving with a smile

Co-President Margarida Eidson

President 2022-23

Rotary Club Ventura – East

Club Duties

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Meeting April 13, 2023

Cal Magro led us in the Flag Salute

Nancy D’Atillio and Cal Magro were our greeters

Judy Hoag introduced guests & visiting Rotarians.

Emilily Barany brought Teddy with her! Guest of Dawn Knowles was Renee Burke

Jeff Hata gave our Inspirational Message.

Carin Kally donated a $50 gift card to Trader Joe’s for our Opportunity Drawing.

Cal Magro spoke about the Beach Clean-up on April 22^nd in conjunction with SurfRider Foundation.

Carin Kally spoke about Aut2Run on April 30^th at CSCUI. If you would like to help Carin work at the Rotary Booth, please let Carin know. We need volunteers to serve food and wine at the Girl Scout event.

Tim Hughes spoke about scholarships. We have 42 applications. Thank you to Abbi Hanoch, Carin Kally and Dawn Knowles for going through the application process and helping decide who is receiving scholarships this year.

Bruce McGee spoke about membership. Thanked everyone for inviting potential members.

May 13^th is the Rotary Foundation Gala. This will be at the Camarillo Airport and we will need some help with set-up. We need a few people with pick-ups to help move some tables and chairs.

President Margarida introduced our speaker, Jon Osumi, from Motion Shooter Photography.

Happy $’s: Joe Strohman, Dawn Knowles, Tim Hughes, Jacquelyn Gargano, President Margarida, Carin Kally, Cal Magro, Sharon Daly

Rich Stewart conducted our raffle and our lucky winner was Jeff Hata.

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