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More 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 com-munities. 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, includ-ing 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 volun-teers to third world countries to perform much-needed surgery on victims of the disease and clean water program in Thailand.

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Annual Report of the Rotary Club of Westchester

I have the privilege to serve as the 2014-2015 Rotary Club of Westchester President. Along with our board of directors, I am looking forward to a new year which begins on July 1st and prom-ises to carry on a tradition of giving and service within our community and inter-nationally. In this brief message, I hope to convey the depth of commitment to service and peace through service that I experience every day in our club, in our district and around the world.

What is Rotary? You have seen the rotary wheel. It is posted at hotels and restaurants, little league fields, community buildings, on billboards and street signs, in programs at charity events and advertising for fundraising, but what does it mean? It is a sign that there are people coming together in an organization to serve the community, locally and at large. When you see the Rotary wheel, you know there are people dedicated to the prin-ciples of Rotary, and our motto, Service Above Self. You know there are people deeply committed to service and peace through service in our community, in our district and around the world. You may have seen or heard someone say, the Four Way Test. It is a guiding ethi-cal code all Rotarians strive to live by in the things we think, say and do…Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build goodwill and friendships? Will it be beneficial to all? It is also a place where people come together to estab-lish friendships and alliances to further good and peace in our community and in the world.

The Rotary Club of Westchester was founded in 1950 to provide an organi-

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.

What does Rotary Do? We come together to give and support our local communities through pro-grams and giving to those in need and to recognize those already doing good in our community. Westchester Rotary has established avenues of service for youth, vocational, community and inter-national.

Our Youth programs include two Interact clubs at the high school level, and Rotaract club at the college level at LMU. Through these clubs we provide leadership training and mentoring and a resource for young people to give within their own communities. We sup-port the Westchester YMCA Youth and Government Program for those teens interested in the political system and one more way to foster leadership skills. We have several scholarship programs for graduating high school students, a dance, music and art contest for eighth grade students and a separate contest for high school students. We have a read-to-me program at the elementary school level and math tutoring to help young students struggling with math facts.

Westchester Rotary began a partner-ship with Vision to Learn and Rotary to provide screening and eye glasses to students at local elementary schools in need. We give financial and hands-on support to help feed homeless youth through a drop in center in Venice. We

have a Back to School shopping pro-gram for elementary children in need of clothing.

Within the community at large we provide support to a battered women’s crisis center, food for the homeless at the LAX Pantry, and participate in the Jet to Jetty to raise money for the Marina Counseling Center. We partner with Westchester Playa Village to pro-vide seniors with the resources and sup-port they need to stay in their homes as they age.

We acknowledge, give support to and applaud the good in our Community through programs such as the Courageous Citizen Awards with the District Attorney’s office, to honor citizens for their bravery and action. We have a Gun’s and Hoses program to honor our police and fire fighters and this year held a joint program with the Inglewood Rotary Club and the Inglewood Chamber of Commerce. We recognize a Westchester Citizen of the Year and hold an event to raise money and honor that person.

We come together to strengthen international relationships to further our goals of peace in the world. We believe that the way to sustainable peace is through these alliances. We support ambassadorial scholars to study internationally, we host and sent out high school exchange students that live with families and attend local schools. We give orphanages in Mexico and Africa, combine efforts and funds with other Rotary Clubs to provide water wells in areas that do not have potable water. We support polio eradication and polio corrective surgery.

How does Rotary work?We are financially self supportive. As

members, we pay for our club and sup-port our district and international orga-nizations through quarterly dues. We raise money through two annual fund-raisers, the used book sale and a fund-raiser dinner that honors our Citizen of the Year. All money raised through our fundraisers provides support to our giv-ing 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 inter-national peace and are willing to get involved to make a better world. We are you…come join us.

— Heather Martillo, President 2014-2015

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Whoever said that young people today are apathetic has never

visited the Interact Clubs of St. Bernard and Westchester High Schools.

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 mem-berships. The students volunteer their time and energy to help raise money for worthy causes, perform volunteer com-munity service, and display the highest level of citizenship and character.

Projects undertaken by the St. Bernard group have included help-ing 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 deco-rations, Pediatric AIDS benefit dance, the Rotary’s Casino Night, Palm Sunday Pilgrimage and the Rotary

used book sale.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 col-lects 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 vic-tims 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 scholar-ships at the high schools that recog-

nize academic, essay writing, and com-munity service achievements.

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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In 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 con-cept,” 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 finan-cially possible. This was the seedling that

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 sup-port 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 pro-vides 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 sup-port, pro bono services, and made other donations to WPV. During outgoing Club President Edgar Saenz’ term, WPV was

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 com-munities has a growing aging population. This demographic is increasing exponen-tially - over 10,000 people per day will turn age 65 over the next 15 years across the county. In addition to more people enter-ing this age bracket, those already in it are living longer, healthier lives. While this is a good thing, preparing for this “silver tsu-nami” 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 part-ners/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

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 con-tinued 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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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 eye-glasses 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 com-munities throughout California. Vision To Learn was created by the Beutner Family Foundation to help kids do better in school and provide a founda-tion for a better life. The program has helped tens of thousands of kids since it began operations in March 2012.

Approximately 15% of the chil-dren 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 orga-nizations. Nearly every day, Vision To Learn’s trained opticians and optom-etrists drive the Mobile Eye Clinics directly to low-income schools and communities to offer students free eye exams. Within three weeks, the organi-zation returns to deliver free prescrip-tion glasses to those in need.

In fact, Rotarians throughout Southern California have banded together with Rotary Clubs in India to implement a $65,000 Global Grant with Rotary International that will screen

nearly 6,000 students and provide free eye exams and eyeglasses for more than 700 kids.

According to the American Optometric Association, 80 percent of classroom learning is visual. This includes reading, writing and chalk-board exercises. Yet it has been estimated nearly one in every seven elementary school children in California does not have the glasses they need to

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Club of Westchester participating in the Teacher Mini-Grant Program, and it continues to be a success.

We all know how strapped our teachers are due to the cutbacks in funding. Oftentimes, teachers have to spend their own money for special classroom projects, and schools rarely have the wherewithal to pay for com-puters, science equipment and other technological advances.

Rotary believes, however, that teachers must be given the tools necessary to effectively teach future

generations, and that is why the club developed the Teacher Mini-Grant Program.

To fund the program, the club annually solicits donations from local business, then matches the money from the Rotary Club’s annual budget. Teachers from local schools then apply for a grant, which must be used for students in the Westchester/Playa del Rey area.

The winners, who are chosen by a committee of Rotarians, are honored in conjunction with the LAX Coastal Area Chamber of Commerce at the Chamber’s Education Committee meeting.

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Through academic training, study, and practice the Rotary Peace Centers program develops leaders who are cata-lysts for peace and conflict resolution in their communities and around the globe. Graduates of the program are reinte-grating 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 cen-ters around the globe:• Chulalongkorn University, Thailand (cer-

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Polio EradicationPerhaps 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 trav-eled 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.

Rotary Club of Westchester is involved in a variety of community service events and efforts: Courageous Citizen Awards recog-nizes ordinary citizens who have performed extraordinary acts of valor and selflessness in aiding victims, preventing crime, capturing suspects and assisting in criminal prosecu-tion. 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 run-ning 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 fami-lies unable to enjoy outside trick or treating. Candy is also distributed to Little Company of Mary pediatric ward and Upward Bound

House. Rotarian volunteers assist as driv-ers for Westchester Playa Village, taking seniors to doctor’s appointments, shop-ping, etc. In lieu of its regular Wednesday lunch, Rotary Club of Westchester provides a Spring Fling catered lunch at Westchester Seniors Center, with soaps, lotions, raffle prizes and entertainment. Inspired by ABC’s “Extreme Home Makeover,” Rotarians and community volunteers come together to renovate a needy family’s home. Professional contractors are invited to join in and con-tribute their expertise. Rotary Club of Westchester’s Home Makeover takes place every other year. Safe Place for Youth finds, stabilizes, and assists homeless youth under the age of 25. The program offers a drop-in center two days a week for youth to come from 4:00 – 6:30 p.m. to receive a hot meal, fresh clothing & toiletries, counseling and other services. Rotary Club of Westchester members volunteer four times a year to prepare and serve a hot meal of homemade foods, including vegetarian and meat lasa-gna, macaroni and cheese, Thai dish, pulled pork, chili, salads, fresh fruit, ambrosia cups, desserts, juice and water.

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