From the California Coast to the Valleys,
Welcome to District 5240
Welcome to District 5240
What's Happening in District 5240
January 30, 2015
3:00 p.m. Museum Tours
5:30 p.m. No Host Reception
6:15 p.m. Doors Open
7:00 p.m. Dinner, followed by Recognition of New Gifts
8:15 p.m. Keynote Speaker, Rotary International President Elect K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran
Reagan Library, Simi Valley
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STEPS 2015 CONFERENCE
A Local Focus!
Date: Saturday January 31, 2015
Place: California Lutheran University,
Thousand Oaks
STEPS 2015 – Make a difference in your own
backyard! Click on the picture of the starfish for more information
We will focus on successful, sustainable local projects benefiting members of our own communities, with financial help from international partnerships and the Rotary Foundation. While all concepts presented at STEPS in previous years have applied to projects abroad and at home, at STEPS 2015, we will showcase exciting projects benefiting our part of the world!
The Rotary Peace Centers is proud to announce that the application for the 2016 Rotary Peace Fellowship is now online, and we are more excited than ever for the upcoming year!
Why are we so excited? This year the Rotary Peace Centers Fellowship has a newly designed webpage with additional resources for you and potential applicants. Please go to our website to view the new animation video about the application process, stories from alumni, and many more amazing resources.
November gives us the chance to build greater ownership and pride in our Foundation. We have so much to celebrate. The new grant model, Rotary’s website, our publications, and our new branding effort all focus on building a strong message — the importance of contributing to and supporting our Rotary Foundation.
During National Immunization Days (NIDs) local Rotarians along with thousands of volunteers and health workers, together with Rotary and Rotaract members, canvassed the streets of India throughout the country in search of children to immunize. They traveled from house to house knocking on doors in shantytowns and rural villages.
Earlier this year 6 members of our club went to Guatemala to work with an NGO called Mayan Families in Panajachel, Guatemala. Our project was to build 9 stoves and provide clean drinking water for 7 families. This successful international project was completed in the Mayan villages around the Lake Atitlan area. We will be returning again in 2015 where we will be involved in a construction project. View project video under more.
Nigeria has been a stubborn hot spot of polio — and that turned out to be a good thing when it came time to fight Ebola.
In late July, a patient with the deadly Ebola virus arrived from Liberia. Health workers knew what to do. The country has created a massive public health effort to wipe out polio; institutions and strategies were repurposed to fight Ebola.
On the other hand, anti-polio efforts in the countries hit hardest by Ebola are on hold — and that could lead to disaster.
First, the good news, from Nigeria.
In my Rotary life, the story of the starfish has always resonated because it tells us we can make a difference even if it is only one starfish at a time. We can bring hope where there is despair and light the way through our Rotary service. It is the way of our District 5240. It is the Rotary way.
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Upcoming District Events
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District 5240 Midterms - Bakersfield
Four Points by Sheraton BakersfieldJan 10, 2015
8:00 AM – 11:00 AM -
District 5240 Midterms - Oxnard
Oxnard Courtyard by MarriottJan 17, 2015
8:00 AM – 11:00 AM -
District 5240 Midterms - Santa Maria
Santa Maria InnJan 17, 2015
1:30 PM – 4:30 PM -
Master PRLS 1 Extemporaneous Public Speaking S.B.
Santa Barbara Business CollegeJan 24, 2015
8:00 AM – 4:00 PM -
2015 Foundation Gala
Reagan LibraryJan 30, 2015
3:00 PM – 10:00 PM -
4th Annual STEPS Conference
Cal Lutheran UniversityJan 31, 2015
8:00 AM – 4:00 PM