We were back after a week off due to the Thomas Fire. We met in the Canada Larga Room since the rest of the Poinsettia Pavilion was being used for assistance to fire victims.
Sharon Daly led us in the Flag Salute.
Tom Swan introduced guests and visiting Rotarians. Guest of Tom Swan today was Ron French!
President Harriet thanked Juan Mendoza for bringing a sound system today.
Our speaker today, Tom Hilton from Project Understanding had to cancel today but we managed to get Deputy Director Curtis Updike from H.S.A. to tell us what is being done at the Poinsettia Pavilion to assist Thomas Fire victims.
John Borneman gave our Inspirational Message and our Joke of the Day.
Joe Strohman spoke about our project with the Military Collaborative. This is our 3rd year working with the and this year we will be sponsoring 3 families.
Rotaract President Olivia Strohman is a teacher at E.O. Green in Oxnard and her students made wreaths for Bill Gray, Carol Marquez-Olson, Bob and Wendy Pazen and Bruce and Kathy McGee who lost their homes in the fire.
Rich Stewart thanked everyone who participated by ringing the bell for the Salvation Army. The kettle was so full at the end of the day, there wasn't any room to add any more money! Great job!
Rich Stewart announced that there were boxes of masks on the tables for us to take. Take as many masks as we thought we would need.
President Harriet passed around the list of people who signed up for Rose Parade Decorating. If you cannot go please let President Harriet know. If you can drive, please let President Harriet know.
President Harriet announced that we are forming a committee for Poinsettia Sales next year. There were numerous volunteers to join the committee so next year should be a banner year for us. Judy Hoag announced that we netted over $8,200 this year on Poinsettia sales. President Harriet told us that between Nightmare on the Hill and Poinsettia sales we have netted over $10,000 in fund raisers this year.
Happy $'s: Midge Stork, Melody O'Leary-Namikas, Bruce McGee, Ashley Pope, Jeff Hata and Bill Gray.
Jordan Eller had passed around a sign-up sheet to donate towards our Military Collaborative project and we collected $695!
