RCVE Breeze February 10, 2022 (Feb 03, 2022)

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 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.

Nominations for the Rotary Club of Ventura-East Foundation Board are open

The Rotary Club of Ventura East Foundation, Inc. is accepting nominations for 2 directors for the 3 year term of July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025.

Please provide all nominations to Joe Strohman. The 2 directors will be elected at an upcoming club meeting.

Rotary Club of Ventura-East 2022 Scholarship Application

Multiple Scholarships of up to $7,500.00 will be awarded.

Approximately $125,000.00 will be awarded.

Available to graduating VUSD seniors who are attending two or four year colleges or vocational & technical schools. Prior scholarship recipients may re-apply.

Click here to download the application

Cal Magro

Hello fellow Rotarians and friends of Ventura East. What a week we have had. It started last Thursday
with our meeting having the largest attendance that we have had in a very long time. Every seat at every
table was filled. It was so wonderful to see everyone in attendance. Our speaker was Kevin Clerici with
The Downtown Ventura Partners Association. He had a very informative presentation on the downtown
business plan.
Sunday, of course, was Super Bowl Sunday. What an exciting game it was no matter which team you
were rooting for. Monday was the most important day of celebration, as it was Valentine’s Day. I’m sure
all of you fellows bought your special someone some nice flowers, and a nice trip to a fine restaurant.
In last weeks Breeze, I announced a service project at Food Share on Wed. March 3 rd . The date should
have read Wed. March 2 nd . All of those interested in joining us, please let me know so that I can give
them a head count. College Park, Oxnard. Registration starts at 12:30. Distribution from 1:30-4:30.
This week our meeting will be Dark, as it is the 3 rd Thursday and we will be meeting at The Garage at
1091 Scandia Ave. in Ventura from 6:00 – 8:00pm. The food will come from Katrina’s Mexican Kitchen
which is right next door. You will go to Katrina’s and place your order, and then come next door to The
Garage. Katrina’s will deliver your food to you. There are tables outside for your convenience, weather
permitting.
Just a reminder that Sunday February 27, the Ventura South club will be hosting their 6th Mardi Gras at
the Tower Club. Anyone interested, please let me or a Board member know so that we can get you the
tickets. On March 3 rd , we will have an off-site meeting at Pacific High School. We will start a little earlier
than usual. 11:30 – 12:00 we will tour the campus. Boxed lunch from Stacy will be provided from 12:00-
12:30, and then we will have a tour of the garden www.saaliyasranch.com
https://venturausd.org/pacific/Home.aspx . Because we will be providing boxed lunches, we will need to
know how many are attending, so we will have a sine-up sheet. This should be a great outing. Looks like
we have 15 so far.

Thank you,

Future programs are as follows:

Feb. – 17 Social The Garage – 6:00 Mexican food from Karina’s, next door
1091 Scandia Ave. Ventura
Feb. – 22 – Board Meeting 5:30 Poinsettia Pavillion
Feb. -24 Madhu Bajah – Ventura Education Partnership
Feb. – 27 – Mardi Gras Ventura South – Tower Club 3-7pm $ 75.00 each
March 3 – OFF SITE MEETING – Pacific High School Farm – Joe Bova
March 10 – Erik Nasarenko – District Attorney
March 17- Club Social
March 24 – Shawna Morris CEO Casa Pacifica
March 31 – Traci Pelpinski – A Voice Discovered
April 24 – Aut2Run Join Gavin’s team..(Ashley’s Team) or if you want to earn the Autism Society an additional $300 join Team Fun With HR! Learn more @ Aut2Run.org https://www.aut2run.org/RaceGroups/2323/Groups/1041436 or http://bit.ly/FunWithHR
April 24 – The Ronald McDonald Walk for Kids
https://www.walkforkids.org/site/TR/Events/VenturaRonaldMcDonaldFamilyRoom?team_id=8076&pg=
team&fr_id=1341

Please stay safe out there!

Because of the increased number of the Covid variant infections being reported, we will have complimentary disposable masks, gloves, and sanitizer available for your convenience if desired.

CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR ZOOM MEETING

Yours in Rotary

Cal Magro

President 2021-22

Rotary Club Ventura – East

Meeting February 3, 2022

Todd Juvonen led us in the Flag Salute today.

President Cal gave our Inspirational Message today.

President Cal passed around a sign up sheet for the upcoming offsite meeting.

Ventura-South is having their Mardi Gras celebration. Please let President Cal know if you are planning on attending.

We will be on Zoom for the foreseeable future. Margarida Eidson is working with Ventura Downtown to improve the experience.

Upcoming dates:

Feb. – 10 Kevin Clerici – Downtown Ventura Partners
Feb. – 17 Social The Garage – 6:00 Mexican food from Karina’s, next door
1091 Scandia Ave. Ventura
Feb. – 22 Board Meeting 5:30 Poinsettia Pavillion
Feb. -24 Madhu Bajah – Ventura Education Partnership
Feb. – 27 Mardi Gras Ventura South – Tower Club 3-7pm $ 75.00 each
March 3 OFF SITE MEETING – Pacific High School Farm – Joe Bova
April 24 – Aut2Run Join Gavin’s team..(Ashley’s Team) or if you want to earn the Autism Society an additional $300 join Team Fun With HR! Learn more @ Aut2Run.org https://www.aut2run.org/RaceGroups/2323/Groups/1041436 or http://bit.ly/FunWithHR

Our program today was Valentine’s for non-profits.

The raffle winner was President Cal.

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