CAMARILLO, Calif. -- February 9, 2005
WHO: Student charter members and officers of the new CSUCI
Rotaract Club;
CSUCI President Richard R. Rush;
Members of the CSUCI faculty and staff;
Camarillo Rotary Club and representatives of all 23
Rotary Clubs in Ventura County, plus a representative
of Rotary International, Rotary District Governor Jan
Lindsay of the Ventura East Rotary Club
WHEN: Friday, February 18, 6 p.m.
WHERE: Courtyard Marriott, 600 Esplanade Drive, Oxnard
A banquet will be held where California State University Channel Islands will receive a charter for a new Rotaract Club from Rotary International, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. The new club, which is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Camarillo, is part of an international organization of more than 175,000 members in 159 countries which focuses on leadership and professional development as well as community and international service. A Rotary International official will present the charter to President Richard R. Rush. Representatives from all 23 Ventura County Rotary Clubs will also be present to meet with faculty and staff to create business links and to offer support for the University. Attendance is by invitation only.
Rotary International is a service organization with over 1.2 million Rotarian members in 166 countries, including former states in the now defunct U.S.S.R., and also China.
Rotarians all over the world are united in “Service Above Self” to bring about world peace, through world understanding, through Rotary’s many scholarship and cultural education programs. Rotary’s goal of bringing better health, clean water and humanity to the underprivileged corners of the world, has resulted in virtually wiping out the scourge of polio.
For more information, contact Joe Dacanay, past president of the Camarillo Rotary Club and co-chair of the Rotaract Committee of Rotarians, at 805-553-9551.
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About California State University Channel Islands
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