Below are the organizations that were present this morning to receive their checks. Each organization had someone speak to us about how the money will be used in our community! What a difference they are making!
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ventura County Boy Scouts Troop 622 Cancer Support Community Cancer Support Community Valley Community Pregnancy Clinic Conejo Valley Archer’s Inc. For the Troops Friends of the Simi Valley Library Our Community House of Hope Simi Sunrise Charitable Foundation Simi Valley Baseball League Diamond Dawgs Simi Valley Free Clinic Simi Valley High School Football Simi Valley High School Instrumental Music Program Simi Valley Hospital Foundation Child Development Center Simi Valley Hospital Foundation Nancy Reagan Breast Center Simi Valley Police explorers/reserves Simi Valley YMCA Soaring Spirits International, Inc. Soldier’s Project The Boys & Girls Club of Simi Valley
We also had the pleasure of hosting our Cajun and Blues Sponsors from this past year. By bringing them here this morning, they got to see the impact that their dollars have in the community.
Alamo Plaza – Joel Rothman, Roger Coger, Roy Parle BVI Apparel – Savi Bihm Century 21 Troop Real Estate – Karen Thompson City Auto Body – Gary White Dave’s Towing Ventura Orthopedics - Dr. Gregg Hartman Erringer Family Dental – Dr. Harvey Mahler Green Acres Farm Market – Pat McDonagh Jim & Kathy Lowry Michael’s Flowers – Mike Mutal Pacific Beverage – Vicki Hanks Rocket Fizz – Ted Jeries Simi Lock-Up – Tim Belfield Simi Valley Hospital Simi Valley Mattress – Bob Whalen Simi Valley Plumbing – Bob Purdum Space Vector – Tim Gray Stella Ortiz Stutzman Plating – Jim Stutzman US Bank – Sean Courtney & Jacqui DeAlba Waste Management – Tom Jacobellis
Hats Off Goes To...
Larry Borovay received the Hats Off Award this morning for all the work he did for our recent Camp Out.
Announcements
YES! - Youth Empowerment Summit - Volunteers needed. Reach our to Carolyn Boucher if you can help out that day!
Volunteer Opportunities
Carol Boucher announced the following volunteer opportunities for our members:
1. The sign up sheet is up on an easel for this year's Thanksgiving Dinner at the Senior Center on Wednesday November 23rd.
2. Upcoming YES! needs volunteers also.
3. The Simi Valley Park District is having a carnival on Halloween and need volunteers. Please contact Carolyn if you can help - carolyndboucher@gmail.com
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POTENTIAL NEW MEMBER
Bob Donnelly
Solar Sales
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PROGRAM
Allocations and Cajun Sponsors!
Thank you to our allocations committee members!
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Rotary Club FinderNeed to find a club to do a makeup? Or find out where Rotary clubs meet while you are traveling? Click here to access the Club Finder page on the RI website.
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Welcome Guests
This morning we welcomed many guests from our allocation recipients and sponsors.
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Photos from
Today's Meeting
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Member Spotlight
Dan Jaeger
Executive Director- YMCA
Family: Married - wife Hella and daughters Isabella and Amelia.
My Rotary Moment:
My first Rotary moment was when I chaired a committee that raised a large sum of money to start PALS -Placement and Assistance League, in Santa Barbara.
What don't people know about me?:
I was a sailing instructor for Club Med in Cancun, Mexico.
What are you really good at?:
Poetry
My Favorite Place to Vacation or Visit:
Silverton, Colorado -- ski, paraglide, ice climb and go off-road.
On my bucket list:
To not kick the bucket before I make a list.
In other news
Photos from Our
Local Rotary Clubs
Receiving a Proclamation
at a recent
Simi Valley
City Council Meeting
"Peace Is" video
Our club recently provided funding to translate a peace video from English into Spanish so that its message can be brought to Spanish speaking countries. Click below to see the original video in English.
There have been only 19 cases this year of Polio due to the wild polio virus. They have all occurred in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The most recent case was 4 weeks ago. Click on the link below for more information.
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