This week: " 'Of Course, I'm an Organ Donor'—Unraveling the Mystery & Power of Organ Donation". Prior to teaching Sociology of Death & Dying at California Lutheran University, Heather Anderson was a Family Care Coordinator and Public Education Coordinator for Sierra Donor Services (SDS), a nonprofit organ, eye and tissue transplant donor network in Northern California and Nevada. The agency, committed to saving and improving lives through donation and transplantation, supports donation-potential donor families in their time of loss, provides care for them through the donation process and coordinates the recovery of organs and tissues for transplant. "Of Course, I'm an Organ Donor" provides an overview of organ donation, brain death and cardiac death, common myths and misconceptions about organ donation, the experience of serving as a Family Care Coordinator; and the power of the donor, donor family and recipient through the donation process. Stories from the field will also be shared.
Our original speaker had to cancel last week, but ace Program Chair Pat was able to secure a replacement on very short notice. Thanks to Vivien Minton, Marketing Director for Food Share Ventura County, for stepping in to give us an update on that very worthy organization. Vivien told us she joined Food Share two weeks before the Covid crisis began, and she described some of the dramatic changes that resulted from the pandemic, including a huge increase in the amount of food they needed to purchase. Location was also a problem—their original site in Santa Paula quickly proved inadequate, and was replaced by the current 36,000-sq.-ft. warehouse in Oxnard.
Vivien also showed us Food Share's latest video, which you can watch here: Food Share Video
Ronda forwards this report on the recent RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) mailing party:
"We did it! It took about 2 hours for ten people to assemble 140+ packages filled with a RYLA swag. I created the shipping labels in advance and pre-staged everything so the process went smoothly. Packaging was followed by an endless variety of homemade gourmet pizzas and a decadent dessert, compliments of culinary student Mark. We're ready for the next volunteer (and feasting) opportunity! Thanks to Kathy Long, Laurie Bennett, Lyda & Tim Sprinkles, Lorraine Warshaw, Jay & Joni Berger and new members Mary Lingua and Megan Cooper—we made a great team!"
4/28 Rose Nelson Mono Lake’s saline water provides a unique and vital ecosystem that is brimming with life. This ecosystem was almost lost within one generation. Rose Nelson, Education Director will share the story of Mono Lake that is one of hope and resilience where people have come together to save this magical place and, along the way, have founded the Mono Lake Committee. The Committee is a member supported non-profit established in 1978 dedicated to the protection, restoration and education of Mono Lake from excessive water diversions to Los Angeles.
5/5 David Simmer David Simmer will address the issues of life on the Navajo Reservation, the reasons for as well as the extent of the water poverty that exist there. He will also present the work of DigDeep—how they learned of the problem and the work that they have been doing to resolve it. As 2019-2020 District Governor for District 5495 (northern and central Arizona) David used that platform to raise the level of awareness of the water poverty tragedy in the Navajo Nation. He will recount how Rotary has engaged in the effort and supported DigDeep with a series of global grants....including future global grants.
5/12 Timothy Massawe Timothy Massawe, Past President of Rotary Club of Hai-Kilimanjaro, Tanzania will join us from Tanzania to explain the efforts of local Rotary Clubs which are empowering vulnerable children through quality education by classroom renovation, building toilets, supplying books and other projects to poor resourced schools as well as offering educational scholarships for those children with academic potential in the area.
5/19 J. Allan Danelek Was the first UFO “flap” in modern times really evidence of extraterrestrials or could it have been an example of an early but hidden man made technology? Author and researcher J. Allan Danelek looks at the issue in his book The Great Airship of 1897 and demonstrates how it might well have been evidence of both human ingenuity and mysterious tragedy being played out for a national audience. His book, along with his many other works and various paranormal and spiritual writings can be found at www.ourcuriousworld.com and www.quest4spirit.org.
5/26 Business Ethics Awards One of the key pillars of Rotary is Service Above Self, which can be carried out in a number of ways, including through one’s vocation. Camarillo Rotary will host its annual Business Ethics Awards, recognizing and celebrating individuals and businesses in our community who have exemplified service to others and have operated under the highest ethics.
Again this year, Kathy Long is planning a great raffle and auction as part of our 29th Annual Care for Kids Golf Classic (Monday, July 26, 2021), and she is looking for item donations. If you (or someone you know) can help, please download this form and send it to her. Always welcome are things like gift cards, basket items, getaway vacation items, dinner at your house, wine baskets, etc. You can also team up with another Rotarian to create something special. If you have any question, call or text Kathy at 805-217-5389.
BUSINESS ETHICS AWARDS
President Dave has announced that nominations are now open for our annual Business Ethics Awards, honoring those in our community (non-Rotarians) who represent the values of Rotary and the Four-Way Test. Please submit nominations to Charlie Von Rueden (charlie@servicemasterpbm.com) on or before May 15. Please use this form to submit your nomination: Business Ethics Recognition Form 2021 The awards will be announced at our meeting on May 26th.
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.
EASY ACCESS TO YOUR ROTARY WEB INFORMATION
We've added three new links at the bottom of this page that are quick shortcuts to pages on our website: 1) Officers & Directors takes you a list of all our club executives; 2) Edit My Profile will connect you directly to your personal page on the website, where you can review and/or edit your contact information; and 3) View Club Directory brings up a list of all of our members, with their contact information.
VIEW RECENT BULLETINS
Past issues of The Hub dating back to 2007 (when The Hub switched from print to electronic format) can be viewed in the Club Documents folder in the My ClubRunner section of our website.
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r original speaker had to cancel last week, but ace Program Chair Pat was able to secure a replacement on very short notice. Thanks to Vivien Minton, Marketing Director for Food Share Ventura County, for stepping in to give us an update on that very worthy organization. Vivien told us she joined Food Share two weeks before the Covid crisis began, and she described some of the dramatic changes that resulted from the pandemic, including a huge increase in the amount of food they needed to purchase. Location was also a problem—their original site in Santa Paula quickly proved inadequate, and was replaced by the current 36,000-sq.-ft. warehouse in Oxnard.
CARE FOR KIDS AUCTION/RAFFLE ITEMS