October 3-4, 2009 marks the dates of this year’s annual Relay for Life walk at Adolpho Camarillo High School.  The Kiwanis Club of Camarillo will once again provide our traditional pancake breakfast for Relay for Life walkers the morning of Sunday, October 4.

Kiwanis volunteers are needed to help with set-up and take-down.   We need extra hands Sunday morning to cook and serve breakfast to over 300 walkers.

If you are able to volunteer even just an hour or two of your time for this event, please email Allen Grizzard-Paul at allengrizzard@msn.com.

If you are not currently a member of Kiwanis and are interested in helping out with this event, please email us at online@kiwanisclubofcamarillo.com.

Please donate your old Christmas card fronts

The Community Advisory Committee of the Ventura Youth Correctional Facility is collecting old Christmas card fronts so that the youth can recycle them to make their own Christmas cards.  If you have any old Christmas card fronts to donate, please contact Anne Zachry at online@kiwanisclubofcamarillo.com or through our Facebook group.

The Kiwanis Club of Camarillo received a notice from the Cal-Nev-Ha Foundation regarding its Kiwanis Hospital Doll Project, asking clubs to contact their local hospitals to introduce the program and coordinate amongst the members and/or local sewing clubs to make the dolls, which are then donated to the hospital.

Click on the image at left to read the full announcement.  If you are interested in participating in this project, please contact Anne Zachry at azachry@kps4parents.org.  We may be able to get at least some of the materials donated.

View from Topa Tower - 101 at Rose

On July 22, 2009, the United Way of Ventura County’s Young Leaders Society hosted a Mega Mixer at the Topa Tower Club in Oxnard, inviting members of young professionals’ groups from across Ventura County to participate.  Kiwanis Club of Camarillo member Sandra Walker, who is the Director of Operations for the Camarillo Chamber of Commerce, arranged for fellow Kiwanian and Internet Club committee chairperson Anne Zachry to speak to the group about Kiwanis membership through the Internet Club format.

The event was well attended and hosted in a lovely setting by the Topa Tower Club, overlooking Oxnard, Camarillo, and Ventura from the 21st floor of the Topa Tower in Oxnard.  About 100 young professionals from across Ventura County networked with one another and heard presentations from representatives of the various young professionals’ groups in attendance, prominant business people, and representatives from non-profit groups seeking volunteers.

Anne and fellow Kiwanian Peter Johnson manned a table with information about Internet Club participation in the Kiwanis Club of Camarillo and answered questions from interested Mega Mixer participants about the club’s online membership option for busy professionals.  This information was very well received and a number of event participants expressed serious interest in membership.

For more information about how you can give back to the community of Camarillo without compromising your other responsibilities, or if you would like us to come speak to your group about online membership in the Kiwanis Club of Camarillo, please email us at online@kiwanisclubofcamarillo.com.

The Camarillo Health Care District has begun publishing a newsletter for its volunteers.  Click on the image at left to download the newsletter in PDF format.  Please note the call for volunteers to work at the Apple a Day Cafe and for performers to volunteer their talents to entertain Apple a Day diners.

The Kiwanis Club of Camarillo provides volunteers to deliver meals to elderly shut-ins who cannot make it to Apple a Day.  If you are interested in volunteering to deliver meals or work at Apple a Day, please email us at online@kiwanisclubofcamarillo.com.

Kiwanis International is inviting organizations, institutions and individuals to help identify its next Worldwide Service Project—a directed program that engages Kiwanis members and others to make a positive difference by helping children in need around the world. One need not be a member of the Kiwanis family to propose an idea.

Proposals are due by October 1, 2009, and must:

• Involve a child-focused issue or problem
• Be compelling and relevant
• Involve a global and a local level of participation and impact
• Include hands-on service and fundraising
• Address a virtually solvable problem or issue
• Support Kiwanis membership growth
• Lead to life-changing experiences
• Be aligned with Kiwanis’ brand promise: Leadership and character education that lead to life-changing service

All proposals must be submitted in electronic format.

Please direct general questions to the Worldwide Service Project Coordinator, Elizabeth Warren, at 317-217-6211.

Media queries and/or appointments with contacts should be coordinated through our public relations staff at 317-217-6171, or e-mail. Please complete the request for proposal online.

Kiwanis will accept proposals until October 1, 2009, and will announce its second
Worldwide Service Project in June 2010 at the 95th annual Kiwanis International
convention in Las Vegas.

• Servers for the Apple a Day Cafe – Up to four (4) servers are needed on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 11am to 1pm at this community-based program that provides nutritional meals and social opportunities to seniors at the Camarillo Community Center, located at the corner of Carmen Dr. and Burnley Ave. 
• Greeters/Receptionists for the Nail Clinic – The Nail Clinic operates every weekday with morning hours running from 9am to 12pm and afternoon hours running from 12pm to 4pm.  The District is asking for two volunteers, one for the morning shift and one for the afternoon shift, though it may be possible share shifts with other volunteers.

For more information about the specific volunteer duties, please contact Kathleen Marshall at (805) 388-1952, extension 141. 

If you are a current Kiwanis Club of Camarillo member and are interested in volunteering, please coordinate with Joe Dilibert, jdilibert@verizon.net.  If you are a member of the community interested in becoming involved in this volunteer opportunity, please email us at online@kiwanisclubofcamarillo.com.