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Ojai Rotary Reminder Newsletter

Editor, Randy Roth

May is Youth Services Month

May 18th, 2018

Are you an established professional who wants to make positive changes in your community and the world? Our club members are dedicated people who share a passion for community service and friendship. 
Our 1.2 million-member organization started with the vision of one man—Paul P. Harris. The Chicago attorney formed one of the world’s first service organizations, the Rotary Club of Chicago, on 23 February 1905 as a place where professionals with diverse backgrounds could exchange ideas and form meaningful, lifelong friendships. Rotary’s name came from the group’s early practice of rotating meetings among the offices of each member.
 
 
Introduction
 
On a lovely spring day, Ojai Rotarians gathered at the Soule Park garden for one of the happiest and most moving days of the year:  The Scholarship Lunch.  At this august occasion, deserving Ojai students receive Rotary Grants to further their education.  This year’s celebration was especially important and significant because Alan Jacob died recently, and Alan was the prime mover, founder and inspiration behind the Rotary Club Educational Foundation.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
President Mike gaveled the meeting to order at noon; Bryant Huber led the salute to the flag and Mike read the invocation.  Mike then introduced Suzanne Scar, the Chair of the Scholarship committee of the RCOEF.  Suzanne graciously welcomed all the students and their friends and family and expressed the admiration of the Rotarians for the accomplishments of the students and the steadfastness of the parents.  While every student looked nervous, every parent looked proud!
 
Suzanne then passed the gavel to Don Reed, Chairman of the RCOEF.  Don gave a brief overview of the history of the RCOEF, and the history is indeed remarkable:
·        Prior to 1991, the Rotary club had a small budget for scholarships and made grants to a few Ojai students.
·        In 1991 a bequest of $25,000 acquired through the efforts of Alan Jacobs, became the initial donation to the endowment of the newly founded Rotary Club of Ojai Educational Foundation (RCOEF).
·        Over the years, through additional bequests and prudent management, the size of the endowment grew from its modest start to over $4 million today. 
·        Over the years, the RCOEF has granted over $1 million in scholarships.
 
 
 
The RCOEF grant titles and recipients for 2018 are shown in the attached tables:
 
Greg Webster William Castagna Rotary Club of Ojai $3,000 Ojai Valley  2  
Al West Joseph Rimpa Carl Huntsinger CTE  $2,000 Nordhoff 1 + 2NL  
T. Twichell* Erin Snett Rotary   $1,000 Nordhoff 2  
Fred Coleman Kamile Fargher Armond & Florence Amado  $3,000 Nordhoff 2  
Dr. Gross* Sinai Soriano Eleanor Rupp   $3,000 Nordhoff    
Jacobs* Hugo Quintero Godfrey, Allan & Jeanette Jacobs  $3,000 Nordhoff    
Kay Bliss John Elizalde Hatch Family $3,000 Nordhoff    
N Kaehler* Abigail Bassart Canterberry-McCurley  $3,000 Nordhoff    
Fauvre, F Amaya Garcia Ted Fauvre Memorial $3,000 Nordhoff    
B Gilbreth* Jesse Kuehn Canterberry-McCurley $3,000 Nordhoff    
Janet Campbell Julia Botti Canterberry-McCurley  $3,000 Nordhoff    
Bryant Huber* Jonathan Achee Canterberry-McCurley  $2,000 Nordhoff    
S. Buechly Sophia Ehrlich Canterberry-McCurley  $3,000 Nordhoff    
Andy Cantwell Lauren Raymond Canterberry-McCurley $3,000 Nordhoff    
Matt Clements Veronica Kern Terry J. Hanrahan Memorial  $3,000 Nordhoff    
Don Reed Taylor Johnson Robert E. Chesley memorial $3,000 Villanova    
Mike Weaver Sidney York The Friends Family $3,000 Villanova    
J. Loebel* Courtney Haapanen Shari Skinner Memorial  $3,000 Nordhoff    
T. Thacher Archer Wann Thacher Famility  $3,000 Nordhoff    
Leslie Bouche Kaelyn Brown Canterberry-McCurley CTE $2,000 Nordhoff    
Dr. Skanky* Sarah Avdeeff Skankey Cross Country  $3,000 Nordhoff    
F Finck* Kambira Tennpenny Frank & Maudette Finck $3,000 Villanova    
L. Bjornstedt Maya Gilbert Lerie Bjornstedt $3,000 Nordhoff    
ask Don Sadee Broida Dr. Youssef and Patricia Mawardi CTE $2,000 Nordhoff    
Marty Babayco Jaxson Thomas John & Ginger Willson 80,000 Nordhoff    
Deirdre Daly Jacob Mejia Father Glynn Memorial $3,000 Nordhoff    
B. Bradigan Finnegan Edwards Dana Huffman $3,000
Nordhoff
 
 
   

Final Thoughts:

"The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet."

Aristotle
 
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