Shelter Hope Pet Shop and Thousand Oaks Toyota Host Heart Warming Adoption Event on April 27th

Shelter Hope Pet Shop teams up with Thousand Oaks Toyota to give back to First Responders

This is the opportunity you’ve been waiting for. Shelter Hope Pet Shop and Thousand Oaks Toyota are teaming up to bring our community a Heart Warming Adoption event! Thousand Oaks Toyota, Celebrating 50th Anniversary and Counting, has generously offered to cover the adoption fees for First Responders who are looking to rescue a Shelter Hope Pet Shop doggie! First responders, including; Fire Department, Sheriff Department, Doctors, Nurses, and Police Department members. The group members can select or register to adopt an adoptable pet looking for a forever home and Thousand Oaks Toyota will pay the adoption fee.

Local residents are also invited to come out and take home their future family member, and help find forever homes for local shelter doggies. This amazing Adoption and Sales Event will be held on Saturday, April 27 from 12 NOON to 5 p.m. at Thousand Oaks Toyota, located at 2401 Thousand Oaks Blvd. Thousand Oaks.

During the event, Shelter Hope Pet Shop will be working with their volunteers to place available doggies with their forever families.

• Shelter Hope Pet Shop, will host a 5 star silent auction and have lots of doggies available for adoption.

• Camp Bow Wow, a doggie daycare and boarding facility located in Agoura Hills will be offering giveaways.

• Pet Food Express, a dog food and pet supply shop, will be there giving away tokens for a free dog wash at their Thousand Oaks, location.

Thousand Oaks Toyota will offer:

• Special Lease Incentives

• Special Purchase Incentives

• Additional Sales Personnel and Appraisers on site for this huge event

• Up to $500.00 Target Gift Card for Taking a Test Drive.

• Thousand Oaks Toyota will buy your vehicle, whether or not you buy a vehicle from TOT, for up to 110% of Kelly Blue Book

• BBQ

About Shelter of Hope

The Shelter Hope Pet Shop is in a storefront space, at Janss Marketplace, located off the Moorpark exit on the 101 Freeway at the intersection of Moorpark Road and Hillcrest Drive in Thousand Oaks. The shopping center has provided the free space to the non-profit animal rescue organization for eight years. Shelter Hope Pet Shop has rescued and placed over 6,000 dogs in their forever loving home. They provide a fun, friendly place where visitors and volunteers can meet and interact with animals needing adoption. Shelter Hope Pet Shop also sells pet merchandise with all proceeds helping save the lives of homeless pets.

“During this time of healing in Thousand Oaks it was very generous of Toyota to do an event like this, we are grateful for our community and appreciate all the support, we know that dogs can heal humans and are willing to help us right now” said Kim Sill, founder of Shelter Hope Pet Shop.

Shelter Hope Pet Shop is open on Wednesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. and on Sunday from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. at Janss Marketplace. For more information about Shelter of Hope call 805.379.3538 or visit www.shelterhopepetshop.org. Or follow us at #shelterhope_petshop

About Thousand Oaks Toyota

Where Car Buying Experiences Meet Exceptional Customer Service Expectations In the market for your next vehicle? Ready to consider different finance options, service offerings and automotive part orders? For a professional experience centered on transparency and established trust, choose Thousand Oaks Toyota for an upcoming dealership visit. Our team values professionalism and a customer-first approach above all else, ensuring that each moment you spend on our showroom floor and at our dealer location proves both memorable, rewarding and successful. “Thousand Oaks Toyota and I have always been dog friendly, and want to make sure that the community of first responders can benefit by having the healing love of a companion pet. We know the value of having them as family and want to help our first responders by giving them a pet to love.” said, owner of Thousand Oaks Toyota, Anita Brodecky.

City of Thousand Oaks Annual Public Works Week Open House on May 21-22, 2019

Public Works Week is an open house event to educate the Conejo Valley and surrounding cities’ youth and adults on how Public Works provides service to the community. The two-day event will include demonstrations on tree maintenance, graffiti removal, street repair, water conservation, recycling, bicycle safety, water operations, and wastewater collection. Highlights include a bus ride through the car wash in a Compressed Natural Gas bus and demonstrations of the landscape aerial lift.

The two-day open house will be held on May 21-22, 2019, at the Municipal Service Center, located at 1993 Rancho Conejo Boulevard. Individual and group tours may be scheduled between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. each day. To reserve a tour, visit www.toaks.org/pww.

Celebrate the 5th Birthday of Ira the African Lion at Moorpark Teaching Zoo on Feb 2, 2019

Enjoy celebrating the 5th birthday of African Lion “Ira" at American's Teaching Zoo at Moorpark College on Saturday, February 2, 2019. Guests of this party will sing “Happy Birthday” to IRA as he claws and bites into his presents at 1pm. All party guests will get a piece of birthday cake and kids can make crowns to wear for this royal event! Adults $8, children and seniors $6, under 2 free. Hours are 11am to 5pm. Check or cash only. zoo.moorparkcollege.edu/events

President Reagan's Birthday Celebration at Reagan Library in Simi Valley on February 6, 2019

To honor President Ronald Reagan on the anniversary of his birthday, the President of the United States has designated that a program be held at President Reagan’s Memorial Site at The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library each year.  Please join us at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library as we pay tribute to President Reagan on the anniversary of his 108th birthday on Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 10:30am.

The Commanding General at United States Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton will conduct the ceremony, which will commence at 11:00 a.m. with a music prelude beginning at 10:30 a.m. by the Camp Pendleton Marine Division Band.  The ceremony includes a color guard, chaplain, a brass quintet, a 21-gun salute, the placing of an official White House wreath on President Reagan’s gravesite and keynote remarks by Arizona Senator Jon Kyl.

The ceremony will be held outdoors at The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, located at 40 Presidential Drive, Simi Valley.

This event is free, however, reservations are recommended.  Museum admission will apply to visit the Reagan Museum. Learn more at www.reaganfoundation.org/programs-events/events-calendar/president-reagans-birthday-celebration-2019.

Electric Car Show at Channel Island Harbor's Harbor View Park on Sunday, September 9, 2018

The Channel Islands Harbor will host the 3rd Annual Electric Car Show from 9:30 to 3 p.m. on Sunday, September 9, 2018 at Harbor View Park (also referred to as West Channel Park) near Marine Emporium Landing.

If you are interested in electric vehicles and would like to learn more, plan to visit and check out the variety of makes and models that will be on display. Talk to electric vehicle owners and learn from their experiences. Learn about very low cost commuting that also lowers air pollution.

If you are an electric vehicle owner – register and bring your car to the event. Share your real life experience about driving an electric vehicle with others in your community and network with other electric vehicle drivers and educate the public about the advantages of electric vehicle use and ownership. This is an opportunity for us to come together to make connections and influence change.

This National Drive Electric Week event is presented by Plug In America, the Sierra Club and the Electric Auto Association. Local sponsors include the Los Padres Chapter Sierra Club and the Sustainability Council of Ventura County. On the ground support and organization is being provided by the EV Advocates of Ventura County.

Learn more at www.channelislandsharbor.org/event/3rd-annual-electric-car-show.

Wine on the Water Channel Islands Harbor Cruise on the Scarlett Belle on August 11th

Sign up at www.scarlettbelle.com.

19th Annual YMCA Prayer Breakfast at Cal Lutheran on Thursday, May 3, 2018

Join us for the 19th Annual YMCA Prayer Breakfast with keynote speaker, Cody Jones, USA Paralympian and California Lutheran University graduate. Our goal is to bring people of all faiths together to pray for the nation and reflect on, discuss and celebrate our many blessings.

Last year’s Prayer Breakfast was attended by nearly 400 community members, and we expect another great turnout this year with an inspiring program and theme: Pray for America - UNITY.

Participants will include spiritual and community leaders from Agoura Hills, Moorpark, Newbury Park, Oak Park, Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks, and Westlake Village.

We hope you will join us for this special event. To reserve your seat on May 3, please visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/ymca-prayer-breakfast-2018-tickets-41479427083

Ventura County Serve Day on May 12, 2018

Serve Day is a day designated for churches, businesses, and agencies to serve together across Ventura County. ACTION finds needs within our communities and helps match volunteers to local projects. In 2017, 1,850 volunteers served with us in over 500 projects at transitional living centers, mobile home parks, schools and homeless shelters in their neighborhoods.

Save the Date… Serve Day is coming to Simi Valley Saturday, May 5th and countywide Saturday, May 12th! Learn more at actionvc.org/serve-day-2018.

SCORE Ventura County 7th Annual Small Business Expo in Oxnard on Tuesday, May 1, 2018

The SCORE Ventura County Chapter’s Annual Small Business Seminars and EXPO will take place on Tuesday May 1, 2018, at the Oxnard Performing Arts Center from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM

“Targeting Your Success in Business” is the theme for this year’s event, which will offer the most comprehensive one-day educational experience for small businesses in Ventura County. Along with the 16 seminars there will be over 40 non-commercial exhibitors that include Local Legislative Representatives, State and Federal Government Agencies, Cities of Oxnard and Ventura, Chambers of Commerce, Libraries, Networking Groups, Lenders and Financial Management Organizations. The EXPO area is focused on entities with a mission to assist small business to be successful.

SCORE Ventura members, which consists of executives and business owners, will be available for one on one mentoring sessions with attendees; providing expertise on a variety of business topics, i.e. Website and Online Marketing, Advertising and Sales Programs That Work, Accounting and Business Planning, Law and Government, Marketing Planning and Sales Strategy, Product Development and much more.

Admission is FREE, however pre-registration is requested. Food and beverages will be available on site. The address for the Oxnard PAC is 800 Hobson Way, Oxnard.

Sign up today at ventura.score.org.

2018 Moorpark Rotary Blue & Gray Civil War Reenactment in Moorpark on March 17-18

The Blue & The Gray Civil War reenactment in Moorpark is the largest battle reenactment on the West Coast. Now in its 17th year, the event will take place March 17 and 18 at Hitch Ranch (100 West High St., Moorpark, entrance adjacent to the Moorpark Post Office).

Hundreds of re-enactors from all over the country come to Moorpark each year to participate.

Activities include four battle reenactments (with cannon and musket fire), Abraham Lincoln delivering the Gettysburg Address, solider and civilian encampments, Confederate army surrendering to the Union army and period dancing and music. The featured battle this year is the Battle of Gettysburg. Presented by the Rotary Club of Moorpark, the event is designed to educate the public about the historical significance of the Civil War and its effect on the United States including the abolishment of slavery.

Hours: 10 a.m.– 4 p.m. Admission:  $20/adults (online, $22 at the gate), $15/ages 6 through 17 (online, $17 at the gate), free/ages 5 and under. Bleacher seats: an additional $4 per person, per battle. Parking: $5 per car. A free shuttle will take visitors to the event site. Discount packages are available online. For more information: go to www.MoorparkCivilWar.com, CivilWar@MoorparkRotary.com, 805-279-5253.

SCENES FROM THE 2010 EVENT