About Us
What’s Rotary?
Rotary Club of Ojai West is a member of a volunteer
organization of 1.2 million business and professional leaders united worldwide
to provide humanitarian service and help build goodwill and peace. About
32,000 Rotary clubs in more than 200 countries conduct projects to address
today’s challenges-including illiteracy, disease, hunger, poverty, lack of
clean water, and environmental concerns- while encouraging high ethical
standards in all vocations.
Rick Turner demostrates use of water filters to the local community in Guatemala.
The Rotary 4-Way Test
Our motto is “Service Above Self “ We also do our best
to measure our words, thoughts and actions by :
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Is it the TRUTH? |
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Is it FAIR to all concerned? |
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Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? |
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Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned? |
Rotary-West President John Kenyon was featured in the September, 2008 multinational Rotarian Magazine. He is pictured dispensing polio vaccine to children in Nigeria.
Polio Plus is Rotary’s flagship Program. Rotary club members have contributed
over US$850 million and countless volunteer hours to immunize more than two
billion children in 122 countries
The Ojai-West Board of Directors with the Race Against Polio auto. Left to right: Ross Atkinson, Jim Halverson, Jane McClenahan, Stephanie Midgett, Gayel Childress, Bill Shouse, Rene Briggs, Bryon Crawford, Les Gardner.
ROTARY CLUB OF OJAI WEST
The Rotary Clubof Ojai West, a 50 plus member club, was charteredby
Rotary International on November 20th, 1984. It is one of two Rotary Clubs in
Ojai.Our club meets on Tuesday mornings at 7am – 8:30 at the Soule Park Golf
Clubhouse Banquet facility at 1033 East Ojai Avenue.
The weekly meeting begins with breakfast, a chance to catch up with one another before the business meeting begins. Guests are welcomed , members are singled out for a Happy Birthday, or Wedding anniversary.
It's Bob Pergson's birthday
Ross Atkinson and Rene Briggs take the cake
The business of Rotary Ojai West is then addressed with reports from committees,club projects, community and international announcements, upcoming events and volunteer calls .
Everyone joins in...
We are an active club and have a lot of fun along the way…..
Our meeting includes a guest speaker who represents a community or internationaleffort or interest…
The meeting is concluded at 8:30am.July begins a new Rotary year and members get busy right away with the Ojai Band Concerts held on beautiful summer evenings at the Gazebo in Libbey Park,Wednesdays beginning in July and ending before Labor Day. The concerts are free and members set up and serve popcorn, lemonade and balloons to delight the heart of any child (no matter how old that child is!) The all volunteer Ojai Band has been giving concerts for 20 years and is a staple for the community.
JUST A FEW OF THE EVENTS WE SPONSOR
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Rotary Community Park and the “Welcome to Ojai” monument at the “Y” intersection. |
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Free personal dictionaries each year to all Ojai third grade students. |
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Free public concerts by the Ojai Band in Libbey Park every summer Wednesday eveningbetween 4th of July and Labor Day. |
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The annual Ojai Wine Festival the second Sunday in June at Lake Casitas. |
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Interact Youth Service Clubs at Nordhoff High School |
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Floating Classrooms at Lake Casitas on our Rotary boat for schools, seniors etc. |
Here is a partial list of organizations that we support…
| Nordhoff High SchoolFoundation | Ventura Pier Foundation |
| Ojai Band | Smart Start |
| Arnaz Elementary School | Santa Paula Peace Officers Association |
| Ojai Valley Museum | AYSO-Ojai |
| Ojai Independence Day Committee | Twin House-Ojai |
| Friends of Scouting-Ventura County Chapter | CREW-Ojai |
| City of Ojai Park and Cemetery Projects | Ojai Educational Foundation |
| Shelters-Ojai Bike Trail | Ojai Trail Shelters |
| Ojai Police Department-Bicycle Patrol | Advocates For Primitive Cultures-Brazil |
| Ojai Homeless Shelter | CSUN-Ventura |
| Matilija Junior High School | Topa Topa Playhouse |
| Villanova School | Rotarian Voyage ofDiscovery to Nicaragua |
| Chaparral School | Vocational Scholarships |
| Ojai Library | Direct Relief |
| Ventura County Special Olympics | Aster Foundation |
| Ojai Group Against Graffiti | Float the Boat |
| Brazilian Orphansto India | Rotarian Polio Plus Trips |
As a Rotarian you will :
| ·Enlarge your circle of friends and business contacts. |
| ·Become acquainted with leaders of the community. |
| ·Express yourself though“Service Above Self”. |
| ·Understand vocational and business problems. |
| ·Participate in Rotary’s International Program of World Understanding. |
| ·Enjoy Rotary social occasions. |
| ·Raise standards in your business or profession |
Rotary Ojai West working at Rotary Park with the famous Horse Sculpture
by Ted Gall
