| Posted by Warren Bobrow The annual Westchester Rotary used book sale is around the corner, from May 24 to June 1 in the Ralph's parking lot at Sepulveda and La Tijera. If you have books to donate, you can drop them in the barrels at the Westchester YMCA (80th and Sepulveda), Covenant Presbyterian church (next door to the YMCA), 7151 W. Manchester Ave, and at the Westchester Senior center (Lincoln and Manchester). All of the book sale proceeds towards our international and community service projects, including the Home Makeover. |
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We are three weeks away from the Home Makeover project. You can participate in several ways: 1) We're registered Karen here, so you can buy things that will go with the new decor. 2) Volunteer to help work on the house on any day between May 30 to June 2. Send an e-mail to westchester.rotary@gmail.com to get scheduled. We need people to paint, landscape, etc. 3) Make a donation to the project. Send an e-mail to westchester.rotary@gmail.com for more information. 4) Tell your friends! Thanks! |
| Posted by Warren Bobrow The Westchester Rotary Home Make Over project is coming May 30 to June 2! This year, the home of Karen Ricks will be getting the remodel. Karen, her late husband Tim, and their children are long time Westchester residents who contribute their time to the Boy Scouts, Knights of Columbus, the Choral Singers, and other activities that make our community a great place to live. This is our chance to give back to them. If you or your group is interested in making a financial or in-kind donation to the project, or can volunteer your time, please send an e-mail to westchester.rotary@gmail.com. |
| Posted by Warren Bobrow Join us through April 20th at Tony P's in Marina del Rey (www.tonyps.com) to help raise money for the Westchester Rotary Home Makeover project. 20% of your tab will go towards the project. Just be sure to bring the attached coupon (it's good for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or drinks). Have a great meal for a great cause! |
| Posted by Warren Bobrow The Westchester Rotary Club's signature community service event, the Home Makeover is coming the last weekend in May. Between now and then we will be having some fun event to help raise money for the project. The first one is Thursday, M arch 14th from 5 to 8 pm at the Bar Melody (9132 Sepulveda in Westchester). Come and join us for food and drinks, the the project gets 20%.
See ya there! |
| Posted by Warren Bobrow At our meeting today, we had a chance to hear and see the winners of our Club's speech and arts contest (co-sponsored with the Playa Venice Sunrise Club). First, the winning video by Tor Anders Larsen. Next, we had a dance choreographed to the song "Breathe Me," to commemorate those who have been victims of violence. The speech winner read her talk and the music winner performed some blues on the piano. It was a great meeting and a wonderful opportunity for these great young people to show their talents. Good luck to all of them at the District competition this Saturday at LMU! |
| Posted by Warren Bobrow Each year, our Club welcomes all of the Rotary Youth Exchange students from New Zealand who will be spending their year in either North America or Europe. This year we welcomed 37 (plus two chaperones). They enjoyed days at Venice Beach, Disneyland/CA Adventure and Universal Studios. In the evenings, they were hosted by the Club on Thursday and by our Interact Clubs on Friday. You can follow some of their adventures by clicking on the links on the right side of the home page. |
| Posted by Warren Bobrow Congrats to all of the participants from the arts and speech context our Club co-sponsored with the Playa Venice Club. The winners will compete for the District awards. |
| Posted by Warren Bobrow Our Rotary Club volunteered to provide a hot meal for 60-80 homeless youths at the S.P.Y. (Safe Place for Youth) drop-in center. |
| Posted by Warren Bobrow The application is available now and the final deadline to submit applications is January 14, 2013. Contestants must be available for the first level of competition on January 20 and 27, 2013. The top two finalists in each category will be selected to compete at the District-wide competition on March 9, 2013 at Loyola Marymount University. Download the application and rules here. |
| Posted by Warren Bobrow In sport, there is no such thing as a sure thing, but Kim Rhode is about as close as one can get. Kim has won an Olympic medal in each of the last five Olympic Games, including winning her THIRD Olympic GOLD MEDAL in London at the 2012 Games by hitting an astounding 99 out of 100 (MOVING) targets. Kim's Olympic career began by winning gold in 1996 at just 17 years old and in London she became the first American in history in ANY individual sport to win medals in 5 consecutive Olympics Games . . . . and she has no intention of stopping there. Kim expects to compete, '"or another 4 or 5 OLYMPICS."!!! Kim is a 14-time National Champion and has been World Champion, World Cup Champion, PanAm Games Champion and CAT Champion. She has collected thirteen individual World Cup gold medals, In the world of competitive shooting, she has won it all, most more than once. With virtually no room for error in her sport Kim has mastered the art of performing her best when it matters most. From Southern California, Kim began shooting at just 10 years old and even lettered in the sport all four years of high school . . . which culminated with her first Olympic gold medal. She has been a spokesperson for both the Outdoor Channel and The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. When she's not taking aim at targets she enjoys restoring classic vehicles and collecting first edition children's books, her favorite being Raggedy Ann and The Wizard of OZ. Kim was the 1st US athlete in any sport to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games and not surprisingly, the USOC has labeled Kim as one of the "Top 12 Athletes to Watch in 2012". Kim is currently preparing to return to the Olympics in 2016! The cost is $20 (for non-members) and includes a delicious 3-course meal (tax & tip included) and free self parking.
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Our speaker this week is Ogie Shaw. His presentation will be on: "What To Do About Childhood Obesity and Physical Fitness” His presentation deals with the practical and motivational problems associated with staying fit and healthy. He will address the issues of high blood pressure, stress, fitting exercise into the busiest day, and making wise nutritional choices. He will discuss the historical problems we have had with exercise and how NASA resolved them through research that has been intentionally with help from commercial fitness venues and shared with the public through designated fitness and medical leaders. This information is especially important because of rising obesity rates, the resulting increase in health problems, and the reduction of physical education programs in public schools. Please join us for this timely and important topic.
Our luncheon fee is $20 for non-members, and includes a great 3-course lunch (tax and tip included) and self-parking. |
| Posted by Warren Bobrow on Oct 29, 2012 Five time gold medalist, Kim Rhode, returns as the featured speaker at the Rotary Club of Westchester’s meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 28th. We meet at the LAX Crowne Plaza Hotel at noon. $20 for non-members, includes delicious 3-course lunch (tax and tip included) and self-parking.  |
| Posted by Warren Bobrow Be a part of history. The shuttle Endeavour is coming home. The public is invited to hear a presentation by Monique Hudson of the California Science Center on the arrival and permanent display of Endeavour, which she will give at the luncheon meeting of the Westchester Rotary Club on Wednesday, September 19, 2012. The meeting, which begins at 12:10, will take place at the Crowne Plaza LAX, 5985 West Century Boulevard, Los Angeles. Endeavour, the workhorse of NASA's shuttle fleet, is scheduled to arrive at LAX the following day, Thursday, riding atop a Boeing 747. She will ride the skies of Los Angeles at 1500 feet crisscrossing the basin for an hour affording millions the chance to see her final flight. Another unique opportunity to see the craft will take place on Friday, October 12, 2002. On that day, Endeavour begins her crawl through the streets of Los Angeles and Inglewood, the first and only time that a space shuttle has moved through an urban center. Westchester Rotary volunteers will be on hand to shepherd Endeavour as she lingers for several hours in Westchester in the parking lot at the corner of Sepulveda Eastway and La Tijera Boulevard. NASA has retired Endeavour with the rest of the Shuttle fleet. Following a fiercely competitive application process last year, Los Angeles, New York, Kennedy Space Center, and the Smithsonian won the privilege to house these international treasures. The California Science Center will construct a home for the shuttle that will allow it to be displayed vertically with external fuel tanks to simulate launch position. Luncheon price for non-members is $20 and includes a delicious 3-course meal (tax & tip included) and free validated self-parking. Contact Edgar Saenz (310) 417-9900 or Cindy Williams (310) 568-1024 for more information. |
| Posted by Warren Bobrow President Joe rang the bell at 12:15 and we all promptly left, in Westchester Rotary tradition. When we returned, we were all Joe! Here's to a great year. |
| Posted by Warren Bobrow Each year the LA County DA recognizes citizens who go above and beyond to prevent or stop crimes. Westchester Rotary is proud to host this event each year. d to host this event each year |
| Posted by Warren Bobrow Please come and recognize, along with LA County D.A. Steve Cooley, citizens who have acted with courage and at considerable personal risk to help a victim of crime, assist in the capture of a suspect or testify in the prosecution of criminals.
The cost to non-members is $20 (includes lunch, tax, tip, and self parking). We start at noon and end at 1:30. For reservations, please contact Rowena Ake at (310) 502-9991 or Bob Smith at (310) 493-3835 |
| Posted by Warren Bobrow $10/bag of books today, Friday and Saturday at the Westchester Rotary Used Booksale! 10am to 6pm on May 31 and June 1 and 10am to noon on June 2 in the Ralph's parking lot at Sepulveda and La Tijera. |
| Posted by Warren Bobrow The book sale is in full swing. We're open through June 2nd at the Ralph's parking lot at La Tijera and Sepulveda. New books are being donated every day, so some take a look at what we have. All proceeds go towards our international and community service projects, including the upcoming Extreme Home Makeover. Thank you for your support. |
| Posted by Warren Bobrow It's starts TODAY--The annual Westchester Rotary Book sale! At 1pm today through Saturday June 2nd in the Ralph's parking lot at Sepulveda and Manchester in Westchester. Proceeds go towards our international and community service projects, including the Extreme Home Makeover. You can bring books to donate as well. See you there! |
| Posted by Warren Bobrow The Rotary Club of Westchester is now seeking to identify worthy families to consider for its fourth “Rotary Home Makeover” project. If you know a deserving family in the Westchester/Playa Del Rey area who should be considered for this year’s Home Makeover, please send their name, address and phone number to Rotary Home Makeover, 8939 S. Sepulveda Boulevard, #518, Westchester, CA 90045 by June 30. Please include up to 250 words about why the family deserves a home makeover, whether the family owns or rents, and ages of children in the family. Include your contact information as well. Submissions must be made by June 30, 2012. If you are interested in contributing goods or services to this project, please call (310) 645-2295. |
| Posted by Warren Bobrow The annual Westchester Rotary Book sale is coming up from Friday May 25 through Saturday June 2nd in the Ralph's parking lot at Sepulveda and Manchester in Westchester. You can donate books at Armstrong Printing Co. 524 West Arbor Vitae Street, Inglewood, or call Rod Tyler at (310) 677-6132. |
| Posted by Warren Bobrow We're starting to lineup auction items for our March 16th Murder Mystery FUNdraiser, including exciting African safari packages. They are 4- and 5-night packages that include all meals and morning and evening drives. The packages expire one year after the date of purchase.
The 4-night package retails for $5,000 and the opening bid will start at $1,950. The 5-night package retails for $6,250 and the opening bid will start at $2,450. Details on the packages are available at www.ezulwini.com. .
All the proceeds go towards supporting Westchester Rotary's international and community service projects, including the upcoming Extreme Home Makeover. |
| Posted by Warren Bobrow This year's Westchester Rotary spring FUNraiser is a Murder Mystery night on Friday, March 16th at the LAX Crowne Plaza Hotel. Cocktails at 6pm and dinner at 7pm. All proceeds go to support Community Projects including the next Home Makeover. For event information contact Rich Musella at rbmusella@earthlink.net or 310-649-0374. 
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| Posted by Warren Bobrow Our annual Reverse Drawing is here! Tickets at $100 and we only sell 250. First prize is $10,000, to be drawn at our Murder Myster Night. Proceeds go towards our Community service projects, includeing the next Home Makeover. Contact Cozette Vergari (cozette@laxlawyers.com) to buy your ticket. |
| Posted by Warren Bobrow Westchester Rotary had its annual welcome of the outbound New Zealand Rotary Youth Exchange students. During their stay they went to Venice, Santa Monica, Disney/CA Adventure, and Universal Studios. One night they were hosted by the Club for dinner (see the picture) and another they had a pizza party with the Westchester, St. Bernards, and El Segundo Interact Clubs. The 42 students came from all 6 Districts in NZ and were chaperoned by Debbie and Ross Loomans of the RC of Otorohanga (D9930). The students will spend a year with a host Rotary Club in North America or Europe. |
| Posted by Warren Bobrow The Rotary Art, Music and Speech Contests are here! Entrants must currently be enrolled inhigh school (Westchester or St. Bernards) or home schooled at the highschool level in Westchester or Playa del Rey.
Acceptable media for the art contest: Oil, watercolor, drawing, photograph, sculpture.The music contest is open to musicians of orchestral instruments and to singers. Applicants must provide their accompanist if necessary. For the speech contest, speeches shall be between 4-6 minutes with a 30-second grace period. Contestants will be disqualified if the speech does not fall within the allotted time. Speaker shall identify a current challenge within their family, school, community, state, nation, or abroad and answer: “How can one solve this problem by using Rotary's Four Way Test?"
Entrants will compete at the Westchester Club level during February 2012. Club winner will win a cash prize of between $200 and $1,000 for each discipline, in the sole discretion of the Westchester Rotary Club vocational chairman. Club winners in each discipline will advance to the district finals on or about March 3, 2012. Awardsof $1,000, $500, and $250 will be given to the top three district finishers. District winners in each discipline should be available to attend at the District 5280 Annual Conferencein San Diego on Saturday, April 21, 2012. Art work will be displayed at conference.
Applicants must complete application, which includes parental permission for contestants under age 18.
For details and an application, you may contact Edgar Saenz, Westchester Rotary Clubvocational chair, (310) 753-1668. |
| Posted by Warren Bobrow We had a great Holiday Party to celebrate the season. We even had a special red-suited guest. |
| Posted by Warren Bobrow You can support the Westchester Rotary Club as a calendar ad sponsor. Contact Rod Tyler for details and how our members and friends will see your ad for a full month! Use the link below to purchase your ad today ($200 for Black and White, $300 for Color). |
| Posted by Warren Bobrow This year's Progressive Dinner was a SELL OUT! Thank you for helping us raise money for the Westchester YMCA's Youth & Government program. |
| Posted by Warren Bobrow Join Westchster Rotary for a night of amazing food, drink and fellowship as we're hosted by four hotels on Century Blvd for a progressive dinner. All proceeds go to benefit the YMCA Youth & Government Program. Tickets are $95, are limited and go fast, so don't miss out! To purchase tickets, please contact Laurie Hughes (lhughes@gatewaytola.org) or click on More. Note that there will be a 4% surcharge for using PayPal. |
| Posted by Warren Bobrow The 57th annual Westchester Rotary Booksale is 5/27 to 6/4 in the Ralph's parking lot at Sepulveda and Manchester. All proceeds to towards supporting our community and international service programs, such as Teacher Mini-Grants, scholarships and clean water projects. If you have books to donate, contact Rod Tyler at 310 677-6132 or look for our barrels at the YMCA and around Westchester. |
| Posted by Warren Bobrow Our annual fundraiser at the Comedy and Magic Club in Hermosa Beach is Friday, February 11th from 6:30 pm to 10:30 pm. Proceeds go towards supporting our community service (Home Makeover) and international service (Thai clean water and orphanage) projects. Tickets are $75 each. To purchase tickets, please contact Heather Martillo at (310) 622-4821, hmartillo@renovagroup.com |
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| Posted by Warren Bobrow Check out local exchange students working on the Rotary float for this year's Rose parade here. |
| Posted by Warren Bobrow Our Extreme Home Makeover project is coming Jan 27-30, 2011. To donate to the project, click here. Volunteer information will be coming soon. |
| Posted by Warren Bobrow Join us and the LAX Coastal Young Professionals for the Heal the Bay Beach "Clean & Crawl," EXCLUSIVELY sponsored by the Rotary Club of Westchester, on Saturday, September 18 at 10 am at Toes Beach in Playa del Rey. The clean-up will go from 10 am-12 pm, followed by a local restaurant "crawl" from Outlaws Bar & Grill to Mo's Place and finally, to The Shack. Help us serve our community and support local business simultaneously! |
| Posted by Warren Bobrow Our Club welcomed 35 New Zealand students (and two chaperones) on the first leg of their International Youth Exchange. They went to Disneyland/CA Adventure and Universal studios during the day. In the evening they were hosted for dinner by our Club on one night, and by the Westchester/St. Bernard's/El Segundo Interact Clubs the other night. You can see pictures at |
| Posted by Warren Bobrow In response to the disaster in Haiti, Westchester Rotarians donated generously to purchase 3 ShelterBoxes for the survivors. Visit ShelterBox's website ( http://www.shelterboxusa.org/) for more information on how you can donate. |
| Posted by Warren Bobrow This year's progressive dinner to benefit the YMCA's Youth in Government program will be held on Sunday, August 9th beginning at 5pm at the LAX Marriott. Every year the food and fellowship are great, and this year's will be no exception. If you've reserved tickets, but haven't yet paid, you can use your PayPal account by using the Add to Cart button. Or, you can pay by check to the Westchester Rotary Foundation, PO Box 91543, LA, CA 90009 |
| Posted by Warren Bobrow Westchester Rotary and the Westchester High, St. Bernard's and El Segundo High Interactors welcomed 44 New Zealand International Youth Exchange students and their chaperones Mel and Zandra Cook to Los Angeles for 4 days. |
| Posted by Stephen Van de Wetering Thanks to everyone who made this Halloween a little better for some needy kids. |
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| Posted by Stephen Van de Wetering The Westchester "Read to Kids";Literacy program for Spring 2008 startedearly April and ended in May. It was geared to the primary grades at 7local schools, 18 volunteers from the members, spouses and friendsspent time reading to the first grade kids. Each volunteer read to atleast one classroom per visit, many of them made more than 2 visits atdifferent schools. The books were read separately during a 30-minutevisit. Each classroom received a copy of each book that was read. Ourgoal is to interest children in reading and it has been anothersuccessful program that we have done in our community. |
| Posted by Geoff Maleman Westchester Rotarians joined a band of more than 130 volunteers to makeover the home of Jackie Hunt and her 17-year-old son, Wesley. In 2001, at the age of just 46, Jackie suffered a massive stroke that severely affected her speech, left her bound to a wheelchair and changed her life forever. Once vibrant and active, she struggled to do the things we all take for granted - brushing her teeth, cleaning her house and using her nearly inaccessible bathroom. To make matters worse, Jackie is slowly losing her eyesight as a result of retinitis pigmentosa, an inherited disease that is gradually shrinking her field of vision. |
| Posted by Warren Bobrow You can pay your dues or for other Rotary events using the Pay Now button below. Note that a 4% handling charge will be added to the amount.
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