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PROGRAM: Michelle Nash- this year's Allocations Committee Chair started the
program by telling everyone in the room that the funds being distributed today were the result of the hard work and efforts of the members of the Rotary Club of Thousand Oaks' Chili Cook Off, and Street Fair. The non-profits there today were chosen based on the great work they do in the community. She also explained that it was the money collected in Pat Mc Coy's presidential year which just ended June 30th of this year. With that she asked Pat to say a few words.
Pat said today was all about the great work each of the non-profits in the room does every day and also was for the Thousand Oaks Rotarians to see what their hard work does.
Darin Arrasmith said we are so lucky to live in such a great community where so many wonderful organizations and people co-exist and work together. He said Rotarians and the groups in the room put their nose to the grindstone and get problems solved.
Michelle Nash then began, with Darin's help, to pass out checks to each of the following organizations: Each of the organizations were asked to speak about what they do, as they received their checks:
5 Star Theatrical, Adelante Comunidad Conejo, Arts Council of Conejo Valley, Bumble Bee Foundation, Cancer Support Community, CASA of Ventura County, CLU Black Scholarship, CLU Food Pantry, Community Conscience, Conejo Community Outreach, Conejo Free Clinic, Coney Valley Historical Society, Conejo Valley Village, Conejo Youth Orchestra, The Delta Research& Education Foundation, Forever Found, Gold Coast Charities, Inc., Gold Coast Veterans Foundation, Harbor House, Hospice of the Conejo, Interface Children & Family Services, James Storehouse, Juneteenth Celebration, K9s for Warriors, KidSTREAM Children's Museum, The Links Foundation, Inc.-Channel Islands, Lutheran Social Services, Mando Youth Services, Manna Conejo Food Distribution, Many Mansions, Mary Health of the Sick, Momentum United Cerebral Palsy, Moorpark Teaching Zoo, My Stuffed Bags, NAMI Ventura County, National MS Society-Conejo Valley, Pinkard Youth Institute, Play Conejo, Poison Free Conejo, Ruben Castro Charities, Safe Passage Youth Foundation, Scouts of America-Ventura County, SE Ventura County YMCA, Senior Concerns, Special Needs Aquatics (SNAP), SSAFE, TEACH Ventura County Foster Youth, TO Arts, TO Police Charitable Foundation, United Way Ventura County, Ventura Regional Fire Safe Council, Villa Esperanza, Westminster Free Clinic, Women of Substance & Men of Honor.
After the checks were passed out everyone gathered for a group photo
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