RCVE Breeze (Oct 18, 2018)

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

District Site

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Jeff Hata
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October 18

Greeter

Stewart, Rich

Attendance

Stevens, Amber

Flag

Crookston, Bill

Inspiration

Pope, Ashley

Introduction of Guests

Landis-Stover, Amber

Opportunity Drawing

Pope, Ashley

October 25

Greeter

Noville, Bob

Attendance

McGee, Bruce

Flag

Thompson, Vance

Inspiration

Juvonen, Todd

Introduction of Guests

Strohman Jr., Joe

Opportunity Drawing

Hata, Jeff

November 1

Greeter

Hughes, Tim

Attendance

Strohman Jr., Joe

Flag

McGee, Bruce

Inspiration

Valdez, Roy

Introduction of Guests

Gallagher, Dick

Opportunity Drawing

Juvonen, Todd

November 8

Greeter

Swan, Tom

Attendance

Thompson, Vance

Flag

Hughes, Tim

Inspiration

Pope, Ashley

Introduction of Guests

Valdez, Roy

Opportunity Drawing

Pope, Ashley

November 15

Greeter

Noville, Bob

Attendance

Eidson, Margarida

Flag

Hansen, Kristopher

Inspiration

McGee, Kathy

Introduction of Guests

Juvonen, Todd

Opportunity Drawing

Eidson, Margarida

November 29

Greeter

Cekov, Michelle

Attendance

Hoag, Judy

Flag

Strohman Jr., Joe

Inspiration

Hata, Jeff

Introduction of Guests

Swan, Tom

Opportunity Drawing

Noville, Bob

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.

Oct 25, 2018

Bill Hicks

Craft Talk

Nov 01, 2018

Jason Collis

World Kitchen

Nov 08, 2018

Bruce McGee

Rotary International Foundation

Nov 15, 2018

Captain Tom Morgenfeld, USN (Ret.)

Experiences of a Navy Pilot

Nov 22, 2018

Dark

Happy Thanksgiving

Nov 29, 2018

Judy Hoag / Roy Valdez

Poinsettia Delivery Day

Dec 06, 2018

Bobbi Powers

What's new at Buena High School

Dec 20, 2018

TBA

Craft Talk

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Sip & See: Spice Ornaments

Nov 20, 2018
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM

Sip & See: Cookie Exchange

Dec 18, 2018
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM

Jeff Hata

Congratulations to District Governor Sandi Schwartz for completing her 100 mile Ride to Nowhere. What is a ride to nowhere and why would someone do that anyway? It's a fundraiser to raise money for End Polio Now and participants get sponsors to donate to End Polio Now and ride 100 miles on their stationary bikes, hence ride to nowhere! This was, I believe, D.G. Sandi's second Ride to Nowhere and I will just say my admiration and accolades go out to D.G. Sandi. First off I would not really want to ride 100 miles on a bike but to do it on a stationary bike seems a little off to me. I don't think I could stand not at least seeing the scenery going by and yes, you could watch a "few" movies, but ...

We had our Nightmare on the Hill event this past Saturday and to say we could have had better attendance is an understatement. For those that were there, we had good fellowship and had fun playing some casino games. A had some people on the dance floor and the bar was a popular place, but again, as a club we need to be much better at promoting our events and selling tickets.

We are entering the holiday season and will be sponsoring some military families for the holidays, thank you Joe Strohman and your committee. Thank you to Rich Stewart for working with the Salvation Army and bell ringing and Ashley Pope will be working with the Marines and Toys for Tots again this year. We have a lot to be thankful for and I really appreciate the work put in by our club to help others in our community.

Our speaker this week will be Wendy Gillett from the Lake Casitas Rowing Association and next week our speaker will be Bill Hicks!

Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best.

St. Jerome

Yours in Rotary Service,

Jeff Hata

President, 2018-2019

Rotary Club of Ventura-East

NOT SO SILENT CORNER

Human Trafficking

Fall is in the air. For us, it means Thanksgiving and family is not far away but for many it means one more holiday they get to work off debt or be forced to do things that would make most of us cringe. Human Trafficking robs the victim of their humanity and hope. Not in my community you say? You’d be surprised. This is the reason why Rotary is setting its sight on helping stop human trafficking. It is happening in our communities and maybe to someone you already know. If this is something you’d like to help stop, then come to a Rotary Club of Ventura-East meeting and hear how you can be involved in the upcoming Human Trafficking Symposium. Being informed and educated on the subject is a great way to start the process to end this horrible epidemic.

Rosandra Esquivel

Meeting October 11, 2018

Posted by Jeff Hata on Oct 11, 2018

We were offsite this week at the Rubicon Theater.

Joe Strohman led us in the Flag Salute.

President Jeff Hata gave our Inspirational Message.

Introduction of guests & visiting Rotarians.

Bruce McGee introduced his guest Brad Nimletz.

Rotary Recognition:

Happy Anniversary
- Mike & Julia Martin
- Tom & Cynthia Hashbarger

Presidents announcements:

Nightmare on the Hill October 20^th.
NAMI Walks
Next week’s speaker will be Sarah Junkin Woodward from the Center for Development in Central America.
2 tickets to taste of Ojai on October 21.

Avenues of Service:

Rich Stewart asked for volunteers to go to the Interact meetings. Rich said there would be a sign up sheet next week to go and oversee the Interact club.

John Borneman reported that Pete Gallagher would like Rotarians to visit him. Pete is at the Tracy Villa at the corner of Loma Vista and Mills. Let the front desk know that you are a Rotarian when you arrive.

The Rubicon staff gave a report on how the Rubicon is doing and then gave us a tour of the theater. It was great to be there and see first hand the exciting things going on there!

The Minimum you accept is the Maximum you can expect.

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