Since spring of 2019, Jackie Rose has been the Director of Animal Services for Ventura County. She will give us an overview of the wonderful work being done at VC Animal Services. From taking in a variety of animals—not just dogs and cats—at the shelter, to helping re-home pets that owners need to find new homes for, shelter pets being cared for temporarily by foster parents to pets the public have found and are caring for them in their home, VC Animal Services is involved with the welfare of all critters.
Also this week, we'll be welcoming back Past President Roberto, who has generously volunteered to be our interim leader until President-Elect Laurie takes over in July. Thanks, Roberto!
You can't ask for change if you aren't willing to change yourself. That's the message Mike Wing gave us last week in explaining why he founded Unity to Spark Change in June 2020. Its goal is to find ways to bring different community members of different financial and ethnic backgrounds together as one to improve community relations during such a divided time. Mike urged us to identify personal bias, a crucial first step in growing community relations by self reflection.
Since its founding, the organization has worked closely with law enforcement (such as the Ventura County Deputy Sheriff's Association) on projects to benefit the community, beginning with a Drive-Through Trick or Treat event for Halloween 2020 and a November 2020 Drive-Through Toy Drive. It has also set up mobile Covid vaccination clinics, and has established a Covid Relief Fund that includes an Amazon Wish List (bottles, diapers, books, groceries, gift cards, etc.) and a Facebook donation site that allows community members to donate money toward paying bills for vetted struggling families.
NOTE: All speakers will be in person at our live meetings unless otherwise indicated.
4/13 Keith Freitas The County of Ventura Department of Airports owns and manages Camarillo Airport and Oxnard Airport. Together these airports provide vital connections to the national airspace system and are the home airport(s) to many businesses and individual aircraft owners. The new Director of Airports, Keith Frietas, will tell us what's happening at Camarillo and Oxnard Airports.
4/20 Sheriff Bill Ayub Law enforcement services for the City of Camarillo have been provided on a contract basis by the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office since the city’s incorporation in 1964. For this week's meeting, Sheriff Bill Ayub will give us a Public Safety Update.
4/27 Keith Taylor Chief Deputy Assessor, Keith Taylor will be speaking about Proposition 19 - The Home Protection for Seniors, Severely Disabled, Families, and Victims of Wildfire or Natural Disasters Act. This new law (passed in 2020) drastically changed the way parents can transfer their principal residence to their children and the tax implications associated with that transfer. It also changed the way people over 55 years old can transfer their Prop 13 base assessment to replacement properties.
5/4 Kat Whitehouse Life & Death on the Dunes. Kat Whitehouse, biologist with Ventura Audubon, will present the past, present and future of Ventura Audubon's Shorebird Recovery program. This program focuses on protecting nesting western snowy plovers and California least terns on Hollywood and Ormond Beaches in Ventura County. Both species are federally listed as either endangered or threatened and they nest on our busy recreational beaches each summer. The program utilizes science, habitat protection and public outreach to help these sensitive species.
5/11 4-Way Essay Contest Come hear the best-of-the-best of local students that wrote essays about the code of ethics adopted by Rotary in 1943, now known as The 4-Way Test. Our annual contest winners will share their personal experiences with truth, fairness, good will and benefits for everyone.
5/18 Tim Furgal & Nicole Valdivia Love our Camarillo Library! Tim Furgal, Head of Adult Services, and Nicole Valdivia, Coordinator of the Russell Fischer Business Collection at our wonderful Camarillo Public Library will be joining us for an update on the library as well as discuss the online resources, upcoming events for the community, and how we can get the most out of using the library.
NEW CLUB FOUNDATION GRANT REQUEST IS NOW ONLINE Thanks to Club Foundation President Carrie Hughes and her board, a new Foundation Grant Request (with guidelines for submission) is now available on our club website (or you can download it here). NEW FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION ALSO ONLINE—DEADLINE EXTENDED
Our Scholarship Committee has recently updated its application form, and it's now available for downloading from our website, and the deadline for submission has been extended to April 30th. There are two versions of the form—fillable online, for electronic submission (fillable application) or downloadable, for printing and mailing (printable application).
APRIL BIRTHDAYS
Congratulations to Bob Bergman (4/6), Laurie Bennett (4/7), Leon Letty (4/13), Eric Tennessen, Don Tillquist (4/20) and Randy Churchill (4/23).OUR NEW SUNSHINE COMMITTEE
Thanks to Jay Berger and Carrie Hughes for stepping up to co-chair our Sunshine Committee, which will communicate on behalf of the club to members who may be facing loss, personal or family illness, or special situations.
HAP RAPP MEMORIAL TRACK MEET
The date is Saturday, May 21, 2022, and Dave Drumright is once again in charge (thanks, Dave!). For our newer members, the Track Meet is our oldest community service event, and has been held nearly every year since 1960. In 1988, after the death of longtime club member Hap Rapp, who devoted countless hours every year helping with the meet, it was renamed in his honor. The meet is held at Adolfo Camarillo High School, and kids from all of our local elementary and middle schools are invited to compete for ribbons and trophies. We also present the Guy Craig Award (named after our club's charter president) to the school that demonstrates the best preparedness, sportsmanship and enthusiasm at the meet.
OTHER DATES
Ronald McDonald Walk (Kathy Long): April 24 Scholarship applications (Debbie Herrera) due: April 30
Club Foundation Community Grant applications (Carrie Hughes) due: May 1
Care For Kids Golf Classic (Kevin Nunn): September 19
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
If you've ever wanted to attend a Rotary International Convention, now is a perfect opportunity. It's in Houston, TX (June 4-8, 2022), so travel is easy, and you'll still get a sense of Rotary's worldwide impact and importance, as well as the opportunity to make new friends. Here are some links:
MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE
If you know a person or a business that would make a good addition to our Club, the first thing you need to do is download a membership application, which you can do on our website. For an Individual Member Application, click here; for a Corporate/business Application, click here.
VIEW RECENT BULLETINS
Did you miss an issue of The Hub? You can view past issues on our website: after logging in, click on Member Area at the top of the page, then click on Bulletins in the Communication area partway down the page. Click on View Bulletins, then select Archived Bulletins in the dropdown menu. That will give you a list of all previous issues; select View in the Actions dropdown menu to the right to read the issue.
Do you have a new e-mail address? Cell phone number? Have you moved? Anything else changed lately? If so, please click HERE, then click on your name in the directory. Click the EDIT box on your page, make your changes then click SAVE.
Also this week, we'll be welcoming back Past President Roberto, who has generously volunteered to be our interim leader until President-Elect Laurie takes over in July. Thanks, Roberto!
You can't ask for change if you aren't willing to change yourself. That's the message Mike Wing gave us last week in explaining why he founded Unity to Spark Change in June 2020.
The date is Saturday, May 21, 2022, and Dave Drumright is once again in charge (thanks, Dave!). For our newer members, the Track Meet is our oldest community service event, and has been held nearly every year since 1960. In 1988, after the death of longtime club member Hap Rapp, who devoted countless hours every year helping with the meet, it was renamed in his honor. The meet is held at Adolfo Camarillo High School, and kids from all of our local elementary and middle schools are invited to compete for ribbons and trophies. We also present the Guy Craig Award (named after our club's charter president) to the school that demonstrates the best preparedness, sportsmanship and enthusiasm at the meet. 