Ventura Rotary South Celebrates Another

Successful Caregivers Golf Tournament

At the April 29 meeting of Ventura Rotary South, Tammy Glenn, Executive Director of Ventura Caregivers, was on hand to accept a check from President Alan Kosh from money raised at the Club's annual golf tournament on March 18th. Over the past three years, the tournament has hosted a total of 398 players and contributed $51,542 to Caregivers.

Caregivers provides essential services to hundreds of senior citizens in six cities in Ventura County. Services include non-medical, in-home support services and transportation for homebound, frail elders, preventing their premature placement into board and care facilities and making it possible for them to continue to live in the comfort and security of their own homes.

Caregivers' mission is to promote the health, well-being, dignity, and independence of frail, homebound elders through one-on-one relationships with trusted volunteers. For more information, call (805) 658-8530 or visit www.vccaregivers.org.

Club Members Officially Open

Boys & Girls Club Art Room

At a special offsite meeting held Monday, April 22, at the Ventura Boys and Girls Club on Johnson Drive, members of Rotary Ventura South got a first-hand look at the Art Room that a number of Club members helped refurbish in recent months. Pictured above are (l to r) Monty Clark, Nils Johnson, Sandy Warren, Karl Eggertsen, and Marilyn Scott, all of whom helped sand, paint and refinish walls, doors, and cabinets in the room that helps children express their artistic side. Other members (not pictured) who participated in the work included Bob Braitman, John Raftery, and Jerry Spencer. Visit the project photo page for additional views of the work in progress and the ribbon-cutting.

Trivia Challenge Raises $5,500

For Ventura County Adult Literacy

Ventura Rotary South's 2012 Trivia Challenge Event raised $5,500 for the Ventura County Library's READ Program. Carol Chapman, Program Manager, was on hand at the February 25 Club meeting to accept the check from Trivia Challenge Chairman Jerry Spencer (center) and Club President Alan Kosh (right). Carol noted that the funds would enable the Library to purchase a special program to help severely dyslexic people learn to read. Information on the READ Program may be obtained by calling (805) 677-7159.

Rotary Ventura South
Spruces Up Art Room
For Boys & Girls Club

Who is that masked man? That's Bob Braitman on the right, president of Ventura Rotary South. WIth him are Club members Nils Johnson and Marilyn Scott. They, along with Karl Eggertsen and Sandy Warren, spent the morning of Saturday, March 10, scraping and sanding doors and cabinets in the art room of the Ventura Boys and Girls Club on Johnson Drive, prepping them for painting. The work party continued on March 17 and 24. Monty Clark, John Raftery, Jerry Spencer, Nils, Sandy, Marilyn, and Marilyn's husband Don continued the work, finishing the sanding, priming the cabinets, and putting an initial coat of paint on the walls. The project will finish up on Saturday, March 31, when the finish coat will be applied - members are encouraged to come and help. Check out the photo album via the link on the home page, including new photos of the finished room!