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VSMG 2025 Officers & directors Installation
From left: Terry Bibbens, Vice President; Jim Bailey, Treasurer; Donald Finch, Secretary; Rick Follenweider, past President; Lyle Hotzler, President; Bob Warnagieris, Director; Mel Felix, Director; Paul Mayer, Director
Our programs
May 20
Margarida Eidson, Business Manager at the Poinsettia Pavilion, will discuss the Poinsettia.
June 3
Jennifer Caldwell
Chief Development Officer
Food Share
Our Mission
Food Share is dedicated to leading the fight against hunger in Ventura County.
Because no one should go hungry.
Since 1978, Food Share has been feeding the hungry in Ventura County. It all began when eight friends banded together to provide food to those in need under
June 3
Jennifer Caldwell
Chief Development Officer
Food Share
Our Mission
Food Share is dedicated to leading the fight against hunger in Ventura County.
Because no one should go hungry.
Since 1978, Food Share has been feeding the hungry in Ventura County. It all began when eight friends banded together to provide food to those in need under a bridge in Ventura, CA. The early philanthropic movement started in a family garage, quickly outgrew a donated fire station in Saticoy and now operates in Oxnard, CA with three warehouses with a combined 46,000 square feet.
Today, staff and volunteers distribute nearly 20 million pounds of food, providing over 16 million meals annually to people in Ventura County through its hunger programs and 175 pantry and program partners. As Ventura County’s regional food bank, Food Share provides food for over 250,000 hungry friends and neighbors annually.
June 17
Patti Birmingham, CEO of Greater Ventura Boys and Girls Club.
Patti will provide us with an update on the programs of her group that promise:
Our promise has never changed: To give the children and teens of our community
an emotionally supportive environment that promotes academic success,
good character and healthy lifestyles.
August 5
VSMG member Andy Soter will give us an update on the financial world.
August 19
VSMG member Bob Gregorchuk will give us some insight into the Life of a Mortician.
September 16
Cheryl Aronson, real estate agent, will give her perspective of what is happening in the local real estate world in the Trump administration and with changes in the law for realtors' compensation.