Visiting Rotarians and Guests Welcomed

March Meeting 2:
A big thanks to Rosemary Allison for presenting on the rapidly changing landscape of residential insurance in California and what we can all do proactively to manage insurance premiums on our properties.

March Meeting 1:
Delighted to get a presentation from "our" very own Olivia Simonson on the Andrea Grace Sotor-Simonson Foundation's mission to assist local patients in cancer treatment.
Rotary Club of Camarillo Sunrise supports kidSTREAM, and on January 31st we took part in the official groundbreaking for this local children's museum!

All about the kids

So exciting!

Rotarians at work

We were delighted to have Laura Libby with Sonny Horses 4 Kids share their program with us at the January 21 breakfast meeting!

Sunrise Rotarians and spouses enjoying our annual Christmas dinner party at the Manhattan
Camarillo's Mountain Fire
Several of our founding Club members have been significantly impacted by this fire.
We are working to help our "Rotary family" as well as the rest of the Camarillo community.
We heard the Red Cross emergency shelter needed pillows, so we jumped into action on that one.

Will they all fit in the van?

100 pillows to the Red Cross Shelter in less than 24 hours!

Volunteers ready to help!

We were delighted to host Rotary District 5240 Governor Sherry Peckhoon Sim at our October 5th breakfast meeting! Sherry shared her story of joining Rotary International - and why she chose the theme "Rotary is Love." We are inspired by her example, and look forward to her year of leadership!
Trunk-or-Treat with the Camarillo Police Department!
October Meetings
Welcome to Rotary Sunrise, Jeff!
Donation to Cub Scout Pack 3831, charted by Rotary Sunrise
Nancy Phillips presents a Paul Harris Award to her son, Tim.
September Meetings

Guest Speaker Amy Towner from the Healthcare Foundation of Ventura County

Jonathan Chase receives a
Paul Harris Fellow

Guest Speaker Stephen Arneson from Make-A-Wish Foundation
RYLA 2025

Calling all Camarillo high school Juniors!
The Rotary Youth Leadership Awards for District 5240 - "RYLA" - will be held in May 2025 and the nominations to attend are getting underway! Are you interested in attending this leadership camp experience? Let our Club know! We select two students to attend every year.

August meeting: Camarillo Police Department's Project Hope
Deputy Jason Havelka gave a presentation on Camarillo law enforcement's Project Hope program, which connects the unhoused in our city to the public services available to them. He graciously stayed afterward to answer the many questions our members wanted to ask!
Awards, appreciation, and the roasting of our outgoing
Club President, Jonathan Chase!
Plus Harris Awards and Rotarian of the Year.

Our 2024 Golf Tournament raised $75,500 for kidSTREAM, bringing the Rotary Club of Camarillo Sunrise's total support to date up to $250,000!
4th Annual Rotary Club of Camarillo
Sunrise Golf Tournament to benefit kidSTREAM!

March 19th Breakfast Meeting
Linda Braunschweiger, CEO of the Housing Trust Fund of Ventura County was our guest speaker this morning.
Thank you, Linda!

March 5th Breakfast Meeting
City of Camarillo Officials
We had a terrific meeting with David Sanchez, Community Development Director, who was joined by Georg Winkler, Economic Development Manager, and Carmen Nichols, Assistant City Manager.
Lots of great questions from our Club
and answers from our speakers!

VIVA LA COMIDA!
Our Sunrise Rotary crew had fun supporting the "noontime" Camarillo Rotary Club's annual enchilada dinner fundraiser benefiting the Boys & Girls Club of Camarillo!
It was the public debut of 10-day-old Ellie, granddaughter
of Sunrise Rotarian Dave Tennessen, and we are already excited to host her at the 2040 Youth Empowerment Summit. :)
(and that's Rotary District Governor Marta Brown
on left!)

January 16 guest speaker:
Dave Nafie, Deputy Director of the Department of Airports Administration of Ventura County

Happy New Year!
Kicking off Rotary Club of Camarillo Sunrise 2024 on January 9th with guest speaker John Middleton, principal at ACE Charter High School in Camarillo.

November 21 meeting:
Guest Speaker Tami Barnett, from RaisingHOPE Inc., shares how their organization assists foster youth aging out of care.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
November 7 Meeting Highlights:
Welcome to new Rotary Sunrise member Tim Bradley!

Farewell to longtime member Bill Gallant, who is moving away. We will miss you, Bill!

Our Guest Speaker was
Dr. Rick MacLennan, Chancellor of Ventura Community College District.
We had a lot of fun participating in the Camarillo Police Department's first Trunk or Treat!

We are RotariaChangens in action!

Rotary District Governor Marta Brown with Camarillo Sunrise Club August 15
August 2nd Sunrise tour of the Camarillo Desalter

Rotarians touring the new Camarillo Desalter facility...

...explaining the reverse osmosis system...

... and taste-testing the filtered water - delicious!

Rotary Year "Step-Down Dinner"
Daniel Schoenewald hosted the entire Club at his home for a lovely sunset dinner celebrating Michael Shanklin's year as our Club President. We welcomed Jonathan Chase as our incoming Club President for 2023-2024, and celebrated Dustin Long's award of a Paul Harris Fellow! Laughs were plenty during Michael's distribution of awards, which included such designations as "Most Likely to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse."

Welcome to the Sunrise Club,
David Tennessen!
We are delighted to welcome current Camarillo City Councilmember, retired Camarillo Chief of Police, and dedicated community volunteer David Tennessen as our newest member!

Rotary Club of Camarillo Sunrise is proud to be a major supporter of kidSTREAM!

Service Above Self in action
Nick Frankle (Past District Governor) came to present our very own Daniel & Felicia Schoenewald with recognition as Paul Harris Society Level Four Major Donors!
Come and join us for a Breakfast Meeting!
Rotarian brings home mental health support

Rotarian brings home mental health
Service Above Self
Camarillo, CA 93012
United States of America