For the results of the 5K run, click here.

For the results of the 10K run, click here.

Thanks to all our great runners and volunteers who make this event a huge success every year!

Linda Thayer-Gaboury with Marine Corp representatives of Toys for Tots at the Naval Base in Pt. Hueneme with a van filled with toys donated by the Las Colinas Builders Club.

The Kiwanis Club of Camarillo sponsors several school- and community-based Sponsored Leadership Programs (SLPs) throughout Camarillo.  One of those programs is the Builders Club at Las Colinas Middle School, which is overseen by Las Colinas teacher and Kiwanis Club member, Linda Thayer-Gaboury.

The Builders Club at Las Colinas started off the year with their project helping the local homeless families shelter, The RAIN Project.  The Builders Club raised money by collecting recyclables and were able to donate $300 to The RAIN Project.  The RAIN Project members requested that the donation be used for activities for the children, so the money was used to take the children to see a theater production of How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Many of the children had never been to a play before.

Additionally, the Builders Club was very busy raising money for Toys For Tots, which is operated by the Marine Corps.  The Builders Club spearheaded the project, but the entire school got behind its fundraising efforts.  The money was raised by collecting recyclables, conducting before-school hot chocolate sales by ASB students, and setting out containers for families and students to drop in extra money.

The campaign was a great success.  The Builders Club raised over $1400 for the toys.  Plus, many parents and staff members donated new toys.   It has been an exciting year for the Builders Club members to do activities to help in our local community.

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Pack 3800 is sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Camarillo.

Many thanks to our hosts at Spanish Hills Country Club.  Spanish Hills has upcoming holiday events and special holiday offers.  For more information, click on the links below:

*  Home for the Holidays – November through December Take-Home Menu

*  December 11, 2009 Share A Holiday Buffet, 6pm-10pm

*  December 20, 2009 Holiday Brunch, 10:30am-3pm

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Other event participants included:

*  Residence Inn Marriott – representatives were present from the new hotel that will open near the YMCA at Village at the Park off the Dawson Drive exit of the 101 freeway.

*  Royal Gardens of Camarillo – representatives were present from this assisted living and dementia care facility located in Camarillo across the street from the Community Center on Carmen Drive.

*  The Ventura County Star – representatives promoted The Star’s “A Pre-Holiday Mixer to Remember,” to be held November 19, 2009 at the California Welcome Center at 1000 Town Center Drive, Ste 135 in Oxnard, from 5:30-7pm.

*  Morbrook Institute – the delightful ladies of Morbrook brought a healthy dose of lightheartedness to the event with their bubble-blowing efforts.  Morbrook provides a Girls Empowerment Group on Tuesdays from 4pm-5:30p, a Parenting Support Group on Tuesdays at 6:30pm, and a Couples Support Group on Tuesdays from 6:30-8pm.

If you are another  participant with the Kiwanis Club of Camarillo at any type of mixer/networking event, be sure to stop by our table to tell us about yourself and learn more about us and we will provide information about your organization on our blog when we publish our post-event report back to our members.  This content is seen by our club members and visitors to our site.

Our sincere thanks go out to the fine folks at Squashed Grapes who hosted our event. It was both enjoyable and enlightening to see how much everyone had in common and the potential among the group to make amazing things happen to the benefit of the community of Camarillo and beyond.

Among the different activities discussed were the Internet Satellite’s involvement in the upcoming Relay for Life Pancake Breakfast, Kiwanis Dolls, Kiwanis Doctors and Pediatric Trauma Prevention, the YMCA’s Annual Family Health Fair, the Camarillo Chamber of Commerce Mini-Expo in November, and next year’s Celtic Faire.  We also discussed upcoming 2009-10 Club President Don Medley’s intended push for corporate memberships where, for the price of a single person’s membership, a local company can join the club and send any of its employees to participate in club events.

Squashed Grapes’ owners indicated that corporate membership was being seriously considered for the establishment, as well as the employee’s participation in upcoming fundraisers and community service projects.  Squashed Grapes is a unique wine establishment that ships in the materials from all over the world so that patrons can make and bottle their own wine, create their own unique labels, and have their own unique bottles of wine to serve at their family or corporate events.  Squashed Grapes also assists patrons with custom brewed beers.  For more information, visit http://www.squashedgrapes.com.

The internet group’s next meeting will be via Skype conference on Monday, October 19, 2009 at 7pm.  If you are interested in participating, please email us your Skype ID or phone number at online@kiwanisclubofcamarillo.com.