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In its 58th year, annual nine-day book sale offers thousands of titles

Used Book Sale Runs Friday, May 16 to Saturday, May 23 M ore than 50,000 books will be on sale at the Rotary Club of Westchester’s 58th Annual Book Sale from May 16th through May 24th.

The event will be held in the parking lot of the Westchester Village Ralphs at Howard Drollinger Way and Sepulveda Boulevard in the Westchester Business District.

The books are generously donated each year by businesses and residents in Westchester and the surrounding communities. The club is continuing to seek book donations throughout the sale.

Among the thousands of titles are dozens of categories as well as audio and video tapes. Books have been presorted and placed in selected areas to ease the search in locating specific kinds of books.

Proceeds from the event provide support for a number of programs in the Westchester community, including the Annual Teacher Mini-Grant

Program, which provides funds to local teachers so that they can conduct enriching classroom activities for their students that they otherwise could not afford. The Rotary Club of Westchester also provides financial assistance to the Scouts, the YMCA and other youth organizations, as well as scholarship programs at our local schools and many other community, senior citizen and youth activities.

The Rotary Club of Westchester also works with the El Sauzal Orphanage in Mexico, providing needy families with food and clothing. The Club also supports the International Rotary polio eradication program, which hopes to eliminate polio from the earth; and the Polio Corrective Surgeries Program, which sends doctors and other volunteers to third world countries to perform much-needed surgery on victims of the disease and clean water program in Thailand.

ROTARY CLUB OF WESTCHESTER 59th ANNUAL

Thousands of books will be available at the 58th Annual Book Sale

Representative Subjects • • • •

Animals Art Biography Children

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Cook books History Humor Mystery

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Rotary Club of Westchester

Annual Report of the Rotary Club of Westchester

Welcome!

zation where community leaders and those interested in community service could come together on a weekly basis to better our community and the lives of those around the world. Rotary International has likely touched your lives, or the lives of someone you care about in some small or large way.

have a Back to School shopping program for elementary children in need of clothing.

I have the privilege to serve as the Within the community at large we 2014-2015 Rotary Club of Westchester provide support to a battered women’s President. Along with our board of crisis center, food for the homeless directors, I am looking forward to a new at the LAX Pantry, and participate in year which begins on July 1st and promthe Jet to Jetty to raise money for the ises to carry on a tradition of giving and Marina Counseling Center.

We partner service within our community and inter- What does Rotary Do? with Westchester Playa Village to pronationally. In this brief message, I hope We come together to give and support vide seniors with the resources and supto convey the depth of commitment to our local communities through proport they need to stay in their homes as service and peace through service that I grams and giving to those in need and they age. experience every day in our club, in our to recognize those already doing good We acknowledge, give support district and around the world. in our community. Westchester Rotary to and applaud the good in our has established avenues of service for Community through programs such as What is Rotary? youth, vocational, community and interthe Courageous Citizen Awards with You have seen the rotary wheel. It is national. the District Attorney’s office, to honor posted at hotels and restaurants, little Our Youth programs include two citizens for their bravery and action. league fields, community buildings, on Interact clubs at the high school level, We have a Gun’s and Hoses program billboards and street signs, in programs and Rotaract club at the college level at to honor our police and fire fighters at charity events and advertising for LMU. Through these clubs we provide and this year held a joint program with fundraising, but what does it mean? It leadership training and mentoring and the Inglewood Rotary Club and the is a sign that there are people coming a resource for young people to give Inglewood Chamber of Commerce. We together in an organization to serve the within their own communities.

We suprecognize a Westchester Citizen of the community, locally and at large. When port the Westchester YMCA Youth and Year and hold an event to raise money you see the Rotary wheel, you know Government Program for those teens and honor that person. there are people dedicated to the prininterested in the political system and We come together to strengthen ciples of Rotary, and our motto, Service one more way to foster leadership skills. international relationships to further Above Self. You know there are people We have several scholarship programs our goals of peace in the world. We deeply committed to service and peace for graduating high school students, a believe that the way to sustainable through service in our community, in dance, music and art contest for eighth peace is through these alliances. We our district and around the world. You grade students and a separate contest support ambassadorial scholars to study may have seen or heard someone say, for high school students.

We have a internationally, we host and sent out the Four Way Test. It is a guiding ethiread-to-me program at the elementary high school exchange students that live cal code all Rotarians strive to live by in school level and math tutoring to help with families and attend local schools. the things we think, say and do…Is it young students struggling with math We give orphanages in Mexico and the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will facts.

Africa, combine efforts and funds with it build goodwill and friendships? Will Westchester Rotary began a partnerother Rotary Clubs to provide water it be beneficial to all? It is also a place ship with Vision to Learn and Rotary to wells in areas that do not have potable where people come together to estabprovide screening and eye glasses to water. We support polio eradication lish friendships and alliances to further students at local elementary schools in and polio corrective surgery. good and peace in our community and need.

We give financial and hands-on in the world.

How does Rotary work? support to help feed homeless youth The Rotary Club of Westchester was We are financially self supportive. As through a drop in center in Venice.

We founded in 1950 to provide an organi-

members, we pay for our club and support our district and international organizations through quarterly dues. We raise money through two annual fundraisers, the used book sale and a fundraiser dinner that honors our Citizen of the Year. All money raised through our fundraisers provides support to our giving programs.

Who are Rotarians?

We run businesses and raise families, we live next door or have our office down the hall, we care about our youth, our seniors, our community and international peace and are willing to get involved to make a better world. We are you…come join us.

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Sort of a junior Rotary Club, Interactors are high school students dedicated to making their community a better place to live.

Founded more than a decade ago, the Interact Clubs have thriving memberships. The students volunteer their time and energy to help raise money for worthy causes, perform volunteer community service, and display the highest level of citizenship and character.

Projects undertaken by the St. Bernard group have included helping run the Rotary International Foundation Dinner and holding a T.B. clinic at the high school for local teachers, aides and school volunteers.

They’ve also worked on the Home Makeover Project, Jet to Jetty run for the Airport Marina Counseling Service, Westchester Senior Citizens Holiday party, a Mexican orphanage Christmas party, Rotary Rose Parade float decorations, Pediatric AIDS benefit dance, the Rotary’s Casino Night, Palm Sunday Pilgrimage and the Rotary

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The Westchester Interact Club advances worthwhile causes close to home and across the seas, including the Mary Magdalene Project, which helps prostitutes get off the streets; Project Angel, which collects baby blankets for County USC hospital; a mobile dental clinic in Latin America; and the LAX Food Pantry, which collects food for the needy. They have also purchased shelter boxes that ease the suffering of international refugees.

The club collected food and gifts for the poor in developing countries and aided relief efforts for bombing victims in Kenya and Tanzania. The clubs’ members also volunteered at the local fire stations, city marathons, beach clean-ups, and the Rotary Scrabble Challenge.

In addition, Interactors play a major role in the Every 15 Minutes Program, a drunk driving program at the school that includes a staged auto accident in front of the school.

The Westchester Rotary Club also pays for several Interactors to attend leadership training events, the most memorable of which is an annual mountain camp retreat. The Rotary Club supports a number of scholarships at the high schools that recog-

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In March, 2000, the Rotary Club of Westchester was proud to oversee the chartering of a Rotaract Club at Loyola Marymount University, marking the establishment of a Rotary sponsored club at all of Westchester’s secondary schools and universities.

Rotaract, the college equivalent of Interact, has proven to be a wonderful addition to the LMU campus, providing a wide range of community service to Westchester.

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Westchester Playa Village provides help to local seniors I n 2009, the Rotary Club of Westchester agreed to be a fiscal sponsor for a new venture initially called the Westchester Village Network. Inspired by a new aging in place initiative known as the “village concept,” the goal was to create a non-profit organization that would help seniors in the community remain in the comforts of their homes for as long as physically and financially possible. This was the seedling that

Volunteers help members with tasks around their homes.

has now become Westchester Playa Village (WPV), and the ties between WPV and the Rotary Club of Westchester have continued to develop.

Two years ago, Rotarian Cozette Vegari saw the importance of strengthening the Club’s relationship with WPV, and in this same special issue, the Rotary Club of Westchester shared its intention to support WPV’s “Neighbors Helping Neighbors” movement. True to its word, the Club has demonstrated its support in many valuable ways, helping WPV to grow and flourish.

Spearheaded by Heather Martillo, the Club’s incoming President, the Rotary Club of Westchester helped spread the word about WPV and the valuable services it provides to seniors and their families. The club has helped promote WPV programs, connect WPV with others in the community, and enlisted volunteers, including high school students in need of community service hours. Several Rotarians, including Martillo and her family, have volunteered by driving WPV members to and from local doctor, hair, and other appointments, as well as assisting members with grocery shopping and other projects around the house. One Rotarian, Fred Wild, is a member himself.

The Club has also provided financial support, pro bono services, and made other donations to WPV. During outgoing Club President Edgar Saenz’ term, WPV was

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awarded a $1,000.00 grant. Rotarians Mason Shayan, Lloyd Hild and their spouses, Geoff Maleman, as well as other Club members have given generously of their resources and skills to support WPV members in need and the WPV operation. Rotarians Bob Smith and Ed Rodriguez sit on WPV’s Board.

Westchester and its surrounding communities has a growing aging population.

This demographic is increasing exponentially - over 10,000 people per day will turn age 65 over the next 15 years across the county. In addition to more people entering this age bracket, those already in it are living longer, healthier lives. While this is a good thing, preparing for this “silver tsunami” is crucial.

In the year ahead, the Rotary Club of Westchester will join forces with WPV to explore ways to better serve the seniors and their families in the community. There will be in increased focus to identify unmet needs and enhance current programs and services. To that end, Rotary and WPV will work with other important community partners/organizations, and discussions with the Westchester Senior Citizens Center and affiliated Club, Councilman’s Office, and the Neighborhood Council of Westchester/ Playa are already underway.

Said Martillo, “During my term, the Rotary Club of Westchester hopes to pave the way to do more to support our seniors

Members learn to use computers with the help of volunteers. population. Our Club values the important work WPV is doing to fill a much needed gap in the community. We are proud to be one of WPVs partners in establishing this kind of support for our seniors.”

“WPV is thrilled to be working with Rotary on such an important project,” said Carol Kitabayashi, WPV’s Executive Director.

“Now is the time to come together to help seniors in our community — it takes a village — and we are grateful for our continued partnership with the Rotary Club of Westchester. We hope our work will be an example for other Rotary Clubs and villages across the nation.”

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hanks to the partnership between Rotary and Vision to Learn, education has come into focus for thousands of students who previously suffered through blurry views of whiteboards and struggled to read and progress as a result.

During the 2013-2014 school year, the Rotary Clubs of Westchester, Redondo Beach and Playa Venice Sunrise together raised $34,000 to provide vision screenings and eyeglasses to students at six Title 1 elementary schools in the LAX area — Loyola Village Elementary School and Westport Heights Elementary School in Westchester, Broadway and Westminster Elementary Schools in Venice, Playa del Rey Elementary School in Del Rey and Washington Elementary School in Redondo Beach.

“Vision To Learn gave over 300 children the chance to succeed by providing them with prescription eye glasses,” said councilman Mike Bonin at a November event celebrating the project.

Austin Beutner, Vision To Learn Founder and Chairman added, “We appreciate the work of the Rotary Clubs to bring the community together to support the work of Vision To Learn.

Providing kids with glasses helps them

succeed in school and in life.”

Vision To Learn is a not-for-profit organization that provides free eye exams and free glasses to elementary school students in low-income communities throughout California. Vision To Learn was created by the Beutner Family Foundation to help kids do better in school and provide a foundation for a better life. The program has helped tens of thousands of kids since it began operations in March 2012.

Approximately 15% of the children in California public schools need glasses, which equates to 250,000 low-income elementary school kids in California and 100,000 in LA County.

Vision To Learn solves this problem by bringing their three Mobile Eye Clinics to the source – schools and youth organizations. Nearly every day, Vision To Learn’s trained opticians and optometrists drive the Mobile Eye Clinics directly to low-income schools and communities to offer students free eye exams. Within three weeks, the organization returns to deliver free prescription glasses to those in need.

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id you know that each year Rotary International sends scores of individuals from around the world to earn master’s degrees in the root causes of conflict?

Through academic training, study, and practice the Rotary Peace Centers program develops leaders who are catalysts for peace and conflict resolution in their communities and around the globe.

Graduates of the program are reintegrating refugees in Sudan, creating jobs for disadvantaged women in India, and supporting reconstruction in devastated regions of the world.

Each year up to 100 Rotary Peace Fellows are chosen to participate in a master’s degree or certificate program at one of our partner universities. Fellows study subjects related to the root causes of conflict through a variety of lenses and explore innovative solutions that address real world needs. Rotary has peace centers around the globe: • Chulalongkorn University, Thailand (certificate program) • Duke University and University of North Carolina, US • International Christian University, Japan • University of Bradford, UK • University of Queensland, Australia • Uppsala University, Sweden Are you looking to make a significant

impact on the world by promoting tolerance and cooperation? Each year, Rotary funds some of the world’s most dedicated and brightest professionals to study at our Rotary Peace Centers. These fellows are committed to the advancement of peace, and often go on to serve as leaders in national governments, NGOs, the military, law enforcement, and international organizations such as the United Nations and World Bank.

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Master’s degree fellowships at premier universities in fields related to peace and conflict resolution and prevention.

(Programs last 15­–24 months and require a practical internship of 2–3 months during the academic break).

The application process begins online, where you’ll find information about working with your sponsor Rotary district and the supplementary materials you’ll need to complete your application. The deadline for submitting your application to a local club can vary (generally March– June), but the deadline for submitting to Rotary International is 1 July.

Youth Exchange Program Retreat generations, and that is why the club developed the Teacher Mini-Grant This is the 20th year of the Rotary Program.

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Perhaps Rotary’s biggest and most important quest is the eradication of polio. During its 20-year polio eradication campaign, Rotarians have raised millions of dollars and traveled the globe delivering the polio vaccine to tiny villages in Africa and Southeast Asia.

Rotarian doctors have volunteered their own time, talent and funds to travel to India, Africa and elsewhere conducting polio corrective surgeries that enable children afflicted with polio to walk again.

Founded in 1905 in Chicago, Rotary is now the world’s largest service organization with more than 1 million members in more than 160 countries across the globe. Internationally, Rotarians build wells in poor countries where villagers have no access to water. Rotarians provide educational and technical support to those trying to establish businesses in Third World countries.

‘Service above self’ in the local community Rotary Club of Westchester is involved in a variety of community service events and efforts: Courageous Citizen Awards recognizes ordinary citizens who have performed extraordinary acts of valor and selflessness in aiding victims, preventing crime, capturing suspects and assisting in criminal prosecution. Rotary Club of Westchester participates in the annual Fourth of July Parade with an entry. Club members also assist the LAX Costal Area Chamber of Commerce in running the event. Rotary Club of Westchester is a sponsor for the annual Jet to Jetty 5K – 10K annual event, benefitting Airport Marina Counseling Service, a non-profit, community-based mental health clinic that provides an array of effective mental health services for people of all ages, including crisis management. Services are provided seven days a week for people of all ages with fees based on a sliding scale. Rotarians join Interactors and Rotaractors to provide an annual Halloween Party at the 1736 Family Crisis Center for children and families unable to enjoy outside trick or treating.

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