RCVE Breeze March 4, 2021 (Mar 03, 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

Great information from the City of Ventura Water department.

This week we will have Dr. Rice our Ventura Unified School District Superintendent.

Kids and Families Together is looking for volunteers for March 12^th to help sort and organize donations for a Spring Fling Gift Away event an event.

Sign-up at www.volunteerventuracounty.org/agency/mgrNeeds/?agency_id=53693

March is Rotoract Sock It to Me – Socks for the homeless. Please bring socks to the Poinsettia Pavilion by March 31^st

Our future programs and events coming up:

March 15^th Board Meeting
March 17^th – St. Patrick’s Day Social 5pm
March 18^th – Dark recuperating from the St. Patrick’s social
March 25^th – Corey and Brittany - Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation
April 1^st - Banks Pecht – Life Coach
April 8^th – Amy Towner – VC Foundation – Walk 4 Kids
April 15^th – Matt Lavere – VC Supervisor
April 22^nd – Angie Brinkhoff – VC Autism Society – Aut2Run
April 24^th and 25^th - Will be the virtual Aut2Run fundraiser for the Autism Society of Ventura County make sure you sign on to team Gavin

Here is the link to sign up to walk/run with Gavin’s Team: https://runsignup.com/RaceGroups/2323/Groups/888636

Here is the link to donate to Gavin’s Team: https://runsignup.com/gavinsteam

April 25^th - Mark your calendars for the virtual Walk for Kids fundraiser for the Ronald McDonald Family Room at VCMC

Walk for Kids 2021 - Ventura: Rotary Club of Ventura East - Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California

I hope you join me at our regular meetings every Thursday at noon via Zoom.

Serving with a smile

Margarida

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Best,

Margarida Eidson

President 2020-21

Rotary Club Ventura – East

Meeting February 25, 2021

Steve Harbison led us in the Flag Salute today.

Guests & visiting Rotarians: Guests of President Margarida were Oscar Hernandez and Ron Allen. Guest of Sharon Daly was Dave Hooper.

Bruce McGee gave our Inspirational Message.

Upcoming events:

March – Rotaract Soc it Too me
March 4 Assistant City Manager taling about Water Rates
March 11 Dr Rice
March 11 Blood Drive
March 15 Board Meeting
March 17 St Patrik’s day social
March 18 Dark
March 25 Corey & Brittany – Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation
April 24 – 25 Aut2Run
April 25 Family Room Walk

Husam Hishmeh gave $50 Cash for the Opportunity Drawing

Avenues of Service

Request from Boys & Girls Club for Mentors for their Youth of the Year recipients.

Sharon Daly said that the Gates Foundation and RI are funding 45Mil to eradicate Polio.

Ashley Pope let us know that Interact is partnering with the Special Education program at Buena to mentor.

Joe Strohman promoted the Rotaract Sock Program. Please help out in anyway you can.

4 Way Essay contest is going on.

Bruce McGee liked that we had 3 guests! Keep inviting!!!

Our speaker today was Steve Eidson speaking about working at the FBI

Happy $’s: Tim Hughes, Jeff Hata, Ashley Pope, Husam Hishmeh

Our opportunity drawing winner today was Judy Hoag!

Vitalant Blood Drive

Rotaract Fundraiser

New Rotary Foundation grant supports scaling proven malaria program in Zambia
The $2 million grant goes toward Rotary club-led Partners for a Malaria-Free Zambia program; an additional $4 million contributed by partners the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and World Vision USA.

Rotary-led Partners for a Malaria-Free Zambia awarded US 6 million dollars to reduce burden of malaria in heavily affected districts
Rotary-led Partners for a Malaria-Free Zambia awarded US$6 million to reduce burden of malaria in heavily affected districtsLUSAKA, Zambia (March 9, 2021) — To help end a leading cause of illness and death in the southern

Catherine Coleman Flowers reveals Americas dirty secret
Flowers discusses the inadequate management of wastewater in rural communities, bridging partisan divides, the ways those two topics intersect — and how Rotarians can be part of the solution

Water for Peace
The Supurunda Water Supply Project in Papua New Guinea has been a successful example of how Rotary is advancing peace and providing clean water and sanitation.

Club innovation: The expat experience
For the Rotary Club of Chiang Mai International, Thailand, virtual meetings were a lifeline.