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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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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.
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Ventura Rotaract Website
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Rotary District 5240 Website
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President's Message
Margarida Eidson
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It was great to hear from Ronda Holden about the history of our Ventura Pier.
 
A great big Thank you to Roy and Adonis and their beautiful wives and kids for all the help decorating for the
Drive through Halloween event. (sorry I forgot to mention you last week).
 
Thank you to Ken and Allison for taking over the takeaway dinner operations last Thursday.
 
Mary Kay will be joining our Rotary Poinsettia donations and donating hand or foot cream along with a soft hand sanitizer with each Poinsettia delivery.
 
Keep selling Poinsettias and please consider asking if they would like to donate a plant or two ($10ea) for the residents at Cypress Place Senior Living.
 
This week we will hear from Oscar Hernandez from Mission Fish a nonprofit organization dedicated to taking veterans on fishing trips and much more…
 
We will also hear from Bill Spelman and Jeff Burgh our club military veterans being interviewed by Joe Strohman
 
Coming up in the future we will have:
Looking forward to Zooming
Serving with a smile
 

Best,
Margarida Eidson
President 2020-21
Rotary Club Ventura – East
 
Stories
Meeting October 29, 2020
Bill Spellman led us in the Salute to the Flag.
 
Guest today was Ericka Mendez.
 
Kathy McGee gave our Inspirational Message.
 
President’s Announcements
  • 11/ 5 - Pier into the Future
  • 11/6 – 8 District Conference
  • 11/12 – Veteran’s Day Program & Mission Fish
  • 11/19 – Ken Berman everything you needed to know about millennials
  • 12/3 – Ventura Fire Chief David Endaya
Our Opportunity Drawing today was 4 meals to Pizza Man Dans donated by Pizza Man Dan
 
Remember to ask if your buyers for Poinsettias would want to donate any plants to Cypress Place.
Think about any contacts you may know who would want to buy poinsettias.
 
Joe Strohman introduced Ericka Mendez who was the Dr. Bob Pazen Nursing Scholarship award recipient last year. Ericka just passed her nursing exam. Ericka is working at Ojai Hospital.
 
Ashley Pope said that everything is ready to go for Halloween. Ashley said we have enough candy and went through the list of volunteers and what their duties will be.
 
Amber Stevens has a call in the Salvation Army for Bell Ringing.
 
Joe Strohman – Veteran’s Day program will be interviews of Bill Spellman and Jeff Burgh.
Joe is also working on a Christmas program for youth.
 
Ashley Pope – We have a new Rotaract contact and we won’t hear back from Buena until after the New Year.
 
Bruce McGee – the Membership committee is active and vibrant working on plans to grow membership soon.
 
Sharon Daly – 48 patients who have recovered and doing vocational training in Ethiopia.
 
Cal Magro was the winner of the opportunity drawing.
News from Rotary International

Here’s why these organizations and their Rotary club partners are supporting local women’s entrepreneurship with financial literacy, small business loans, and one-on-one advisors.

 

Throughout the pandemic, members are discovering ways to connect, cope, and care for each other and people in the communities they serve.

 

Rotary and its partners have mobilized disease-fighting infrastructure to respond to COVID-19 —while remaining dedicated to eradicating polio

 

A Rotary club in Denver, Colorado, USA helped expand the information highway to reach all the state’s kids

 

Seventy-five percent of the world’s plant species are dependent on pollinators, such as the monarch, to survive

 
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