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SHOES FOR LITTLE SOULS
Type: Story
Published: Aug. 14, 2023
#rotaryclubofsimisunset #rad #simi #simivalley Shoes for Little Souls is a community service project hosted by the Rotary Club of Simi Sunset in partnership with Kohl's Department Store in Simi Valley. The goal is to help homeless (or at risk) families get back-to-school clothing for their children. Children who will be able to feel better about themselves when they return to school next month. The community also comes together to support parents in difficult times. For an hour before Kohl’s officially opened in the morning, the volunteers escorted the families through a nearly empty store and helped children pick out their favorite items. To help pay for these items, The Rotary Club of Simi Sunset raises funds from events they host throughout the year: Volunteers can see tears of joy in the families, receive hugs from people they jus
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Shoes for Little Souls
Type: Story
Published: Jul. 30, 2018
Posted by Ryan Mills on Jul 30, 2018 Stephanie Sieminski, Community Service Director, Simi Sunset Rotary (event organizer)Betty Eskey, Executive Director, Samaritan Center of Simi ValleyAmanda Dickey, Assistant Store Manager, Kohl's Department Store in Simi Valley Quote from Betty Esky:"This community partnership has a very positive impact on the school experience for our children and to see the appreciation and relief on the faces of the parents and guardians tells the whole story of a community working together for a common goal of improving lives around us." Huge shout out to Amanda Dickey and her team at Kohl's for executing with excellence! Photo Credit: Don Wagenbach
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Shoes for Little Souls
Type: Event
Published: Jul. 13, 2018
Contact: Stephanie Folster-Sieminski 18Jul2018 Simi Sunset Jul 18, 2018 7:15 AM – 9:15 AM Kohl's 2930 Tapo Canyon Rd S
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Shoes for Little Souls Community Project
Type: Story
Published: Jul. 23, 2019
Posted by Ryan Mills on Jul 23, 2019 Shoes for Little Souls is a community service project hosted by the Rotary Club of Simi Sunset in partnership with The Samaritan Center and Kohl's Department Store in Simi Valley. The goal is to help homeless (or at risk) families get back-to-school clothing for their children. Children who will be able to feel better about themselves when they return to school next month. The community also comes together to support parents in difficult times. The 17th Annual shopping spree took place on Saturday, July 20, 2019. This year, the Chair for Shoes For Little Souls, Mike Kort, brought together volunteers from many different organizations. Spearheaded by members of the Rotary Club of Simi Sunset, volunteers from Simi Valley Chamber of Commerce, Soroptomist, Kiwanis Club, Parents from Boy Scouts Troop 698, and several other commu
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Acorn Reports on Simi Sunset
Type: Story
Published: Jul. 16, 2023
Huge shout out to the Simi Valley Acorn for including an article about our clubs’ allocations meeting. Huge shout out to the Simi Valley Acorn for including an article about our clubs’ allocations meeting. The article came out in the July 15th edition of the paper and detailed how our club donated money to 15 local area nonprofits. With all the god works, events, and fundraisers that our club was able to pull of this Rotary year we were able to donate $33,800. The article details out how this was the largest amount of money that our has ever raised in a single year. The amount reported on was in addition to the other great projects that our club was able to provide. These included events like 'Reading by 9' where our club donated books to title one schools in Simi and 'Shoes for Little Souls' where our club provides funding for under privileged youth in the area so that they will have clothing for the coming year. Honored this evening were:Southeast County
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Presidents Message
Type: Story
Published: Sep. 10, 2022
Rotary Changes Lives. Rotary Club of Simi Sunset is part of the network of heroes behind the scenes that make a difference every day. Here in our community and around the world. It’s in our genetic makeup to help others. We drive the change that changes lives. And we work along side like minded business leaders and professionals that make things happen. We are people of action, who put ‘Service Above Self.’ Rotary Club of Simi Sunset shows up big, right here in our local community! Our annual service projects like Shoes for Little Souls and Reading by Nine – are rooted in supporting children and families in need. We’ve partnered with the Simi Valley Samaritan Center, Senior Center, local businesses and retailers like Kohl’s, and many non-profits to help our community where and when it’s needed most. We make a difference globally, too. We’ve raised funds to support heart surgeries for children in Romania, when the families did not have the ability to pay themselves. We work with Rotar
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President's Message
Type: Page
Published: Sep. 10, 2022
President`s Message Rotary Changes Lives. Rotary Club of Simi Sunset is part of the network of heroes behind the scenes that make a difference every day. Here in our community and around the world. It’s in our genetic makeup to help others. We drive the change that changes lives. And we work along side like minded business leaders and professionals that make things happen. We are people of action, who put ‘Service Above Self.’ Rotary Club of Simi Sunset shows up big, right here in our local community! Our annual service projects like Shoes for Little Souls and Reading by Nine – are rooted in supporting children and families in need. We’ve partnered with the Simi Valley Samaritan Center, Senior Center, local businesses and retailers like Kohl’s, and many non-profits to help o
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2022 Allocation Meeting
Type: Story
Published: Jul. 03, 2022
It was allocation time at our meeting last Tuesday. This is the payoff for a years worth of fundraising where our club gives money to local non-profit organizations.Giving back to your community is something many people think about but aren’t really sure where to start or how to make an impact. Rotary Club of Simi Sunset is a local organization that can help Simi Valley residents connect to their community and make a real difference. Every year the Rotary Club of Simi Sunset hosts multiple fundraisers throughout the year to raise funding for some of the causes we support. Some of the fundraisers we hold are Johnna’s High Tea Party held every May, our annual Simi’s Endless Summer Beer Fest, coming this August, and the annual Hopetown Reunion, a vintage motocross reunion being held this November. The funds we raise from our events help support our causes such as Shoes for Little Souls, a program to help disadvantaged families with clothing for the new school year
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Home Page
Type: Home Page
Published: Feb. 13, 2024
Read more... Board nominations 2024-2025 #Rotary #rotaryclubofsimisunset #rad #simi #simivalley Our current President Elect, Robert Sherman, nominated candidates for his upcoming Board of Directors as follows:President: Robert ShermanPast President: Bill SaundersSecretary: Linda FerryTreasurer: Ryan MillsSgt At Arms: Maggie KestlyClub Service: Josh Platten
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For The Troops
Type: Story
Published: May 31, 2023
Coming off Memorial Day our club had a 5th Tuesday where the club is normally dark. We chose to come together and spend some time to make our service men and women's lives a little nicer by packing boxes at For the Troops. These boxes are shipped world wide to members o the armed forces that are stationed away from home.