RCVE Breeze January 7, 2021 (Jan 06, 2021)

Welcome to the website of the Rotary Club of 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.

Margarida Eidson

Last week we learned great information from Ashley Bautista the Public Information Officer for the Ventura County.

This week we will have Wade Namura our Past District Governor and current Carpinteria Mayor talking to us about his new book of Service and the impact on the Rotary Foundation.

We will also induct Joe Bova into our club and talk about all the opportunities for service this month.

The following are the future program planned:

January 21^st – Spencer Burke – National Park Service

January 28^th – Darin Schindler - Ventura Police Chief

February 4^th – Derek Poultney – Ventura Land Trust

I hope you join me at our regular meetings every Thursday at noon via Zoom and participate in the community service events we plan to hold.

Serving with a smile

Margarida

CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR ZOOM MEETING

Best,

Margarida Eidson

President 2020-21

Rotary Club Ventura – East

Thank you from Cypress Place

The residents from Cypress Place Senior Living wanted to reach out and give us a "BIG" Thank You for the Poinsettias that were delivered to all of the residents. They appreciated the poinsettias very much and sent a few pictures for us to enjoy!

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Meeting December 10, 2020

Husam Hishmeh led us in the Flag Salute today.

Visiting Rotarian today was Saraubh Bajaj President of Ventura Downtown and guest of the club was Joe Bova.

Kathy McGee gave our Inspirational Message.

Presidents announcements:

Dec 12 – Ventura Family Justice Center Toy donations
Dec 16 – 2 – 5 Foodshare food pantry.
Dec 17 – Virtual Christmas Party. Charcuterie Boards from Pierano’s $25
Dec 24 & 31 Dark
California Office for Small Business Advocates – Small businesses can apply for a grant.
Opportunity Drawing Roy Valdez donated a $50 gift card, winners choice, Amazon or Starbucks

Roy Valdez let us know that we sold out of Poinsettias. Thank you to everyone who came out to help deliver. Sold 295 cases. Net about $6,500 this year!

Avenues of Service:

Ashley Pope said Interact will be meeting next week and Margarida will be speaking about RYLA

Joe Strohman let us know we need to Directors for the Foundation Board. Foundation is at $3.3 million.

Vocational Service – Toy drive is ongoing. Ventura Family Justice Center is virtual. Order through Amazon and deliver to them.

YMCA we adopted a family and we are also donating to Spark of Love.

Saurabh Bajaj is doing a fundraiser, Coffee Table book illustrated by local photographers. You can order online at VenturaRotary.org.

Our speaker was Carolyn Prijatel-Sutton with the Coalition for Family Harmony

The winner of the Opportunity Drawing was Kathy McGee.

The future: What can we expect when we get there?
As we stand at the threshold of the third decade of the 21st century, imagine where we’re

In communities with no services, incremental steps can go a long way
When Rotary members tried to bring toilets to a remote island, the population wasn’t ready

Why Rotarians should engage with program alumni
When clubs cultivate relationships with Rotary alumni, both sides benefit.

The sad truth about altruism is that there aren’t enough altruists
The people who fill the truly essential roles in society are often in short supply

History: Rotary in Spain survives challenges
After successfully establishing a presence in Great Britain and Ireland, Rotary expanded its reach to mainland Europe with the chartering of a club in Madrid, Spain, on New Year’s Day 1921.