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In addition to employment and great insurance benefits, Rohr Aircraft and the Rohr Recreation Department created a real sense of community for its employees through a variety of sponsored services, discounts and activities. Here are some examples.

1955
clubs - The Communicators, Boat Builders, Inventors, Model Aircrafters, Photo Arts, Rockhounds, Rough Riders (Chula Vista)
employee picnics
recreation club in Bonita (Chula Vista)

1956
treasure hunts for employee's children
swimming pool
Rockhounds
Photo Arts
golf tournaments
bowling
fishing derby
picnics

1957
basketball (Riverside)
bowling (Riverside)
women's bowling (Riverside)
Choraleers
Rhythmairs (Riverside)
annual dinner-dances
table tennis (Chula Vista)
men's basketball (Chula Vista)
ladies' basketball (Chula Vista)

1959
Disneyland picnic
scholarships
Slow Pitch Softball League
U.S. Bond payroll savings drives

1963
Crane Certification classes (Riverside)
rodeo and fireworks show (Riverside)
seatbelt offer (Chula Vista)

1965
bowling (Chula Vista)
golf (Chula Vista)
Movieland Wax Museum discount tickets (Chula Vista)
softball
war bond drive

1981
bowling tournaments (Chula Vista)
chartered buses to Las Vegas (Riverside)
Disneyland 
    Rohr night at Disneyland ended in 1981 after the murder of an 18 year old. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtjyhE4vMfE
Employee Assistance Service  (Riverside)
Indio Date Festival (Chula Vista)
mine trips
movie discounts (Riverside)
Palm Springs trip (Chula Vista)
Physical Fitness Program (Riverside)
Rohr night at Disneyland (Chula Vista)
Will-Share campaign

1982
CPR classes (Riverside)

1983
bowling teams (Riverside)
Physical Fitness Program (Riverside)
softball teams (Riverside)

1984
discount theatre tickets (Chula Vista)
Employee Assistance Service
physical fitness programs (Riverside, Chula Vista)
stress management for supervisors (Chula Vista)

1995
Riverside Corporate Challenge http://rohrmemories.20megsfree.com/Challenge95.html

Sources:

Austin, Edward T., ed. Summer 1965. Rohr Magazine 15, no. 2: 7.
Death at Disneyland. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtjyhE4vMfE
“Production Line Medicine.” 1959. Rohr Magazine 9, no. 6: 18–19.
"Recreation offers fun for the whole family." March 31, 1981. Rohr News 24, no. 4: 3.
"Sports and Recreation." February, 1957. The AeROHRcrafter, p. 28, 35.