Capitola-Aptos Rotary would love to meet you! Come to one of our meetings, and see what we are about. 
Visit our Calendar (link in above menu!) to learn 
about all our upcoming meetings & events!
 
We get together the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month at Cantine Winepub in Aptos from 5:30 to 7 pm for appetizers and beverages. 
We meet the 2nd and 4th Thursdays for lunch and speakers at noon at Seascape Golf Course in Aptos.
On the 5th Thursday of the month (when those occur) we volunteer! 
**Please check the club calendar to confirm our meeting place, time and speaker, and to determine if an advance RSVP is Required!** 
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2025 RYLA Application is LIVE! 
Posted by Trish Glassey on Feb 18, 2025
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The RYLA application is now LIVE! Click the link above to apply to attend Camp RYLA and be sponsored by us, Capitola-Aptos Rotary Club! 
 
 
 
What, when, where and how of RYLA: 
❖ What: Leadership Experience. Want to learn more about RYLA? Do that here:  www.ryla5170.com --- Check it out!  
❖ When: Sunday, June 22 to Friday, June 27; 2025. (NOTE: You must participate for entire Leadership Camp period of time) 
❖ Where: Mission Springs, Scotts Valley, California 
❖ How: All expenses and transportation are paid by Capitola Aptos Rotary Club. 
 
You are invited to apply for this award by completing the application and submitting it no later than March 21st, 2025. 
 
RYLA Chairperson: Trish Glassey  408-497-7246 (cell) or via email at trishrotary@gmail.com  
  If you have any questions, please email, text or call Trish.   
President's Message 

Nelson Crandall

member photo
 
Last night (March 6, 2025), Doug Deaver correctly identified CERN as the location of the first photo above. More precisely, it was taken inside the ATLAS detector in 2014 when the Large Hadron Collider was shut down for maintenance. President Nelson and his wife were there as the guests of her godson, Chris Meyer, then a post-doc at CERN and now an associate professor of physics at Indiana University.
 
The contest is still on! President Nelson will pay the detective fine of the first member to identify the location of the second photo above.
Club Officers
President
Nelson Crandall
President Elect
Julie Lambert
Immediate Past President
Lowry Fenton
Treasurer
Julie Lambert
Secretary
Jack Hunt
Youth Services Chair
Richard McAdams
Director
Mac Erickson
Director
Mardi Padilla
Director
Sandra Wallace
Director
Al De Camara
Director
Pam Goodman
Director
Laura Grinder
Director
Doug Deaver
Director
Art Dover
Director
Michele Bassi
Director
Kendra Cleary
Director
Win Fernald
Director
Trish Glassey
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Hybrid Meetings:
 

In order to keep everyone safe in this post-pandemic world, we are having hybrid meetings for all our regular Rotary club meetings, we meet at either noon or 6pm, check the calendar to determine if it's a Lunch or Dinner Meeting!

Join us in person at: ((Check the Club Calendar for location!!))

Join our Zoom Meeting HERE:


https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87849965956?pwd=xMXpVymuWmnxr9EHoUaO1h5u7Fh37N.1

 
Meeting ID:
 878 4996 5956
Passcode: 5170
 
(Exception: We do NOT usually Zoom from our scheduled Field Trips, as it's too difficult to set up the webcam, microphones, etc. as we are touring a facility!)
Speakers
Diana Escalona, Piatt Fellow
Mar 27, 2025 12:00 PM
UCSC FIELD TRIP!
Chris Clark, Santa Cruz County Sheriff
Apr 24, 2025 12:15 PM
The state of sheriff department services in SC County
Community Awards Ceremony
Jun 12, 2025
Grants given out for this year!
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