President Deb Davila talked about how the Month of March for the Rotary Foundation is March is Water and Sanitation month. Clean water is a basic human right that many are often denied.
There are 2.5 billion people in the world that lack access to improved sanitation and 748 million people that don’t have clean drinking water. Nearly 1400 children die each day from diseases caused by lack of sanitation and unsafe water. When people have access to clean water, they live healthier and more productive lives.
She shared a video and information on Rotary's clean water projects and initiatives.
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We had the honor and pleasure of inducting two new members this morning:
Steve Munday and Ryan Valencia.
Harry VanDyck shared information about Ryan and how is has been involved with community for the past few years and Bill Klepper shared information about Steve and how he is now the Chaplain at Adventist Health Simi Valley.
We all welcomed them on Zoom and look forward to when we can meet again to personally congratulate and welcome them!
Steve Munday
Ryan Valencia
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Every week Dr. P. works hard to set up the meeting and then monitor it throughout the time we are together!
We are so happy that he does this each week so here's a big THANK YOU for all that you do for our club!
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Birthdays
Jesus Torres - April 21
Rotary Anniversaries
None this week!
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Rotary Family Happy News!
Don't forget to share your happy updates with President Deb so she can share with all of us!
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Senior Concerns
and Rotary
Bill Fox shared an update from Jim Visage this morning (he was not able to connect to us via Zoom).
Last week members donated $1600! Thank you one and all but more is still needed! Jim has a VENMO account where you can make a monetary donation and his daughter will do the shopping.
VENMO JIM - @JAMESVISAGE
DONATIONS:
Donations of non-perishable items (canned goods, grains, paper goods, etc.) are now being accepted and you can bring them to Jim's office and deposit it in a box there. The address for Jim's office is: 370 Easy Street. His email is: jim@computermetal.com. Phone: (805) 558-7100.
SHOPPERS NEEDED:
Shoppers are needed for Costco, Trader Joe's and Smart N Final. They will be given between $200-$300 to shop. Please contact Jim if you can or know someone that can help with this!
Below are pictures of what has been going on!
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Rotary Foundation Donation Support
Kailey Wagner talked about how in the past, we all donated $100 to the Rotary Foundation through the purchase of our Cajun tickets.
Donations to the Rotary Foundation are incredibly important as these funds will come back to us in three years in the form of district grants.
Last week she asked people to donate their $100 that was now not being spent on Cajun tickets back to the Rotary Foundation. She asked for EVERYONE if they could to Opt-In to this plan! She is happy to report that 22 people responded to her email!
If you would like to still Opt-In for $100 donation, or whatever amount they feel comfortable with, please email Kailey at kaileywagner5@gmail.com.
John Baxter talked about the Vocational Service project of creating a grant process for high schools to request money for their Pathway programs. He received two requests, one of which is wants to fund now. The grant is from Simi Valley High School to purchase mannequins to use for learning about organs in classes. These hands-on mannequins cost $500 each and since there was $2000 in the budget we will be able to purchase 4 of them. They had asked for $5000 to purchases them to help their 185 students utilize them all at the same time during their classes. He is asking for donations to purchase additional mannequins and you can email him to discuss a donation now!
Live Concert from Kiki Ebsen
Larry Borovay has been busy arranging for a Live Concert on Monday, April 20 at 7:30 p.m. featuring Kiki Ebsen daughter of Buddy Ebsen. She will be performing a 30 minute musical event with songs of Joni Mitchell and songs from her show "To Dad with Love" "A Tribute to Buddy Ebsen".
Bring your wine and cheese and sit back and enjoy some great music Monday night!
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New Member Proposal:
Think about who would make a good member!
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Welcome Guests
Jim Lowry
Wayne Snyder
Dick Streyer
Doug Wieben
Sally Wolfe
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