Nehring heads up breakfast club

Somis resident Martin Nehring was recently named president of the Camarillo Breakfast Rotary Club.

The 47yearold financial investment consultant and Lt. Col. in the Air National Guard began his term July 1. Nehring replaced outgoing president Michael Lavenent.

The 33-member club will host the beer and wine garden at the Camarillo Street Fair and Fiesta this weekend. The threeday event raises about 25 percent of the club's annual fundraising money.

Along with the Camarillo Noontime Rotary Club, the Breakfast Rotary Club will cosponsor the Technicolor Video Services 15th annual Care for Kids Golf Classic at Spanish Hills Country Club on July 23.

The two clubs expect to raise $100,000 for Casa Pacifica and other local children's charities.

Since 1985, Rotary International has made it their mission to eradicate polio. Today, the PolioPlus program contributes to "a 99 percent reduction in the number of polio cases worldwide," according to Rotary International.

Nehring said that although the Breakfast Rotary Club still contributes funds to the PolioPlus program, the group of local business leaders continues to raise money for Camarillo organizations.

He said the club is in the third year of a fiveyear commitment to raise $75,000 to pay for the hardwood floor in the basketball gym at the Family YMCA-Hiji Center in Camarillo.

About 1.2 million Rotarians belong to more than 32,000 clubs in 168 countries, according to the organization's website.

The Breakfast Rotary Club meets 7 a.m. every Tuesday at Spanish Hills Country Club, 999 Crestview Avenue. For more information,visit their Website at www.camarillobreakfastrotary.org.

- Daniel Wolowicz