Meeting May 25, 2017

Bob Lynn led us in the Flag Salute.

 

Tom Hashbarger gave our Inspirational Message.

 

Laura Shannon gave our Joke of the Day.

 

President Husam thanked Ashley Pope for greeting today.

 

Guests and visiting Rotarians: Guest of Joe Strohman  was Jane Monahue. Guest of the club was Greg Jones.

 

President Husam had purchased 10 tickets to the Ojai Wine Festival and then realized he had a conflict. President Husam asked for donations for his tickets and he would donate all the proceeds to GoCare's employee, Indiana's sone who was burned very severely with hot water and needs funds to get care at the hospital.

 

Laura Shanon bought 4 tickets for a donation of $200

David Morris bought 2 tickets for a donation of $100

Bill Spellman donated $100 and didn't want any tickets.

Carol Marquez bought 2 tickets for $100

Wendy Pazen bought 2 tickets for $100.

 

Greg Jones was inducted into the club by Joe Strohman and Bruce McGee.

 

President Husam celebrated Rotary's birthday with an ice cream cake! President Husam went around the room and asked each member how long they have been in Rotary.

 

Next week will be our scholarship presentations so our meeting will be in the Ventura Room.

 

Jordan Eller reported that Downtown has agreed to the contribute $50,000 to the Botanical Gardens project so each club in Ventura will be donating $50,000 to the project over the next 2 years.

 

Todd Juvonen said that the YMCA would be doing a beach cleanup on C Street / Surfers Point on May 27th. The Rotaract Pizza Fundraiser was a huge success raising $1,350 to Rotaract's Mexico Build in November.

 

Rich Stewart, Harriet Clune, Kathy McGee and Ashley Pope all read thank you letters from our RYLA participants.

 

We had two raffle prizes today, a $50 Trader Joe's gift card and a $50 Wood Ranch gift card. Bob Noville won the Trader Joe's card and Laura Shanon won the Wood Ranch card. We collected $800 today and President Husam donated another $200 to make an even 1,000.