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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

Jeff Hata
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Greeter

Hishmeh, Husam

Attendance

Clune, Harriet

Flag

Swan, Tom

Inspiration

Valdez, Roy

Introduction of Guests

Hoag, Judy

Opportunity Drawing

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.

May 16, 2019

Cal Magrot

Craft Talk

May 23, 2019

Dark

Evening Social

May 30, 2019

Tim Hughes

Scholarships

Jun 06, 2019

ERic Schalla

Shelterbox

Jun 13, 2019

TBA

Craft Talk

Jun 20, 2019

Dark

Jun 27, 2019

Jeff Hata

Thank you for allowing me to serve...

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Sip & See: Blend your own Curry Class

May 21, 2019
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM

Sip & See: Cross Stitching

Jun 18, 2019
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM

Step Down Party

Jun 21, 2019
6:30 PM – 9:00 PM

Jeff Hata

member photo

The Rotary year is winding down but we are in the best season of the year! It's scholarship time and our scholarship committee, led by Tim Hughes, is off and running. The committee in interviewing the applicants this week and on May 30th we will be awarding up to $60,000 in scholarships. I look forward to that meeting. Thank you to Tim and his team for getting this done.

In addition to scholarships, we will be presenting Fatima Waqar from Buena High School with the first place prize for her 4 Way Test Essay, also, District Governor Sandi Schwartz will be here to present Fatima with the first place prize for winning the District Competition! It will be a busy meeting on May 30th for sure! I hope everyone can make it to this meeting!

Our Step Down dinner will be on June 21st at Strey Cellars in Oxnard. For you beer drinkers, we will also have beer available from one of my favorite brewery's Poseidon Brewery! I look forward to seeing you at the Step Down and celebrating our year and our successes!

"Just Do It"

Nike

Yours in Rotary Service,

Jeff Hata

President, 2018-2019

Rotary Club of Ventura-East

The "Not" So Silent Corner

Does anyone cruise?

So I am late to the game as usual. I have just discovered Cruises and the many ways to relax. I also found that even on a big boat, I find things that help me be grateful and look forward to life in Ventura County. Cruising reminds me of my days in Rotaract. Twice a year we traveled to exotic Tijuana. When I was President of CLU Rotaract we visited three orphanages in Tijuana and it gave everyone perspective on life in Thousand Oaks as we knew it. We spent most of the time cleaning, playing with the kids and of course working on various project. Then at night, we would hit the town. It was much safer back then and it was a big selling point for the group to travel together and work together.

Wouldn’t a three-day cruise to Ensenada be fun and when we get to Ensenada, we actually hang out with Rotarians there and maybe join in on one of their projects for the day? Afterall, Ensenada has a huge Rotary wheel on the main drag that thanks the Rotarians for their community work. This was one of the projects that just didn’t get any traction this year. Sure, people loved the idea but not so much when it came time to make it a reality. This has been the struggle.

Hearing nothing new is being done or that more social activities need to be planned but no commitment or participation that would get say we are on the right track. I had the same feeling at the recent Sip and See. Painting with spices and making art is not really my thing but getting to chat with people like Roy Valdez made it worthwhile. The Sip & See idea is basic; easy and fun with a splash of camaraderie. There is genius in the idea of just getting together for something other than a half day project. If you haven’t yet made it out to an activity, there is still time! We have two more Sip and See before the end of the year. Come and meet new people or connect with old friends. It may not be a cruise but maybe you will have fun and there is no passport required!

Rosandra Esquivel

Meeting May 2, 2019

Posted by Jeff Hata on May 02, 2019

Todd Juvonen led us in the Flag Salute.

Alison Thompson gave our Inspirational Message.

President Jeff Introduced guests & visiting Rotarians.

Guest of Sharon Daly was Kevin Daly, guest of Bill Spellman was Lynn VanEmmerick and guest of Bill Crookston was Miles Pritchard.

President Jeff thanked Tom Swan for greeting & Vance Thompson for taking attendance.

Rotary Recognition:

Birthday
- Tom Swan

Presidents announcements:

Upcoming speakers
- 5/9 – John Nichols – 1928 St Francis Dam Disaster
We still need one more host family for our incoming exchange student next year. Please check with friends and family.
May 4 – Downtown 100 year anniversary Party
May 4 – Rotary Plaza Christening
May 30 - The Ultimate Escape Room Social
June 20 – D5240 Dodger Social
June 21 – Step Down

Avenues of Service:

Joe Strohman invited everyone to come listen to Jazz in the Plaza at his office.

Joe Strohman also let us know that Rotaract is doing a Paint and Sip at Red Brick on May 8th.

Rich Stewart said that Rotaract "Flocked" his house with Pink Flamingos. Rotaract is doing this as a fundraiser. You need to pay $45 to get the flock to move on.

Happy $'s: Margarida Eidson, Bruce McGee and Midge Stork.

Thought for the week…

Life ends when you stop dreaming, hope ends when you stop believing and love ends when you stop caring. So dream hope and love…Makes Life Beautiful!

Letters from RYLA

Holger Knaack selected to be 2020-21 Rotary International president
Holger Knaack selected to be 2020-21 Rotary International

Rotary members seek community solutions to opioid epidemic
Fathers turn pain into healing solutions

Rotary 110th convention brings world to Hamburg
Rotary brings the world to Hamburg  One of the city’s largest and most multi-cultural conventions will bring €24 million HAMBURG, Germany (30 April 2019)

Tunisian Interactors win 2018 Interact Video Awards
Tunisian Interactors win 2018 Interact Video

Highlights of 2019 Rotary Council on Legislation
Council elevates RotaractRepresentatives from around the world also vote to preserve club

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