Once again the
Zonta Club of Conejo Valley
Area hosted a successful Special
Kids Day event to the delight
of 300+ developmentally challenged
children. The children were
treated to a day of carnival
rides accompanied by a special
volunteer who escorted them
around the Conejo Valley Days
Fair Grounds. Zonta Club members
saw to it that the children
were provided with hats, bottled
water, lunches and snacks through
the generous donations of time
and food from local citizens,
organizations and businesses,
and the volunteers themselves
received coffee, donuts, and
bottled water.
Each child had the opportunity
to have their photo taken around
the grounds either on a ride,
with one of the Shriner clowns,
on a police motorcycle or in
a police car to take home as
a souvenir. Due to the larger
number of students attending
this year, we found ourselves
seeking volunteers from many
sources. Our club actively sought
out volunteers at the Conejo
Valley Days' Interservice Club
Luncheon. We are especially
grateful to the students from
Thousand Oaks High School for
committing their time to our
event. Local clubs such as Thousand
Oaks, Conejo Valley and Westlake
Rotary Clubs, Kiwanis, Elks
and many other service clubs,
groups and individuals helped
contributed time, food or money
to our event. The Ventura County
Fire Department and Sheriff
Department and American Medical
Response all provided vehicles
and personnel for the children
to explore and talk to Special
thanks to Todd Stevenson, owner
of Kay's Gourmet Catering for
providing all the coffee for
our volunteers and to J.D. Powers,
McGraw Hill Companies, Shamrock
Shows, Blue Cross of Conejo
Valley and Adelphia for their
support. We have so many sponsors
and donors to thank.
