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 Services and Activities
Written and compiled by Sue Poole

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

CALIFORNIA

Chula Vista

Aquarists
Big Oak Ranch and Frontier Town discounts
Blood Bank
Boat Builders (AeROHRcrafter, June 1955, page 3)
Bowling
Co-Ed Swim Night at the YWCA
Communicators (AeROHRcrafter, June 1955, page 3)
Credit Union
DeAnza Theatres discounts (Rohr News, March 31, 1981)
employee picnics - Bonita, California (AeROHRcrafter, June 1955, page 4)

Employes' Salvage Store
Employes were able to purchase a variety of scrap and surplus materials each week.

Inventors (AeROHRcrafter, June 1955, page 3)
Jim Henson's Sesame Street Muppets show discounts
Junior Achievement
Las Vegas excursions on chartered buses (Rohr News, March 31, 1981)
March of Dimes fund
Medical Center and First Aid Stations
Model Aircrafters (AeROHRcrafter, June 1955, page 3)
Open Houses
Paradise Builders discount (for home remodeling)
Photo-Arts (AeROHRcrafter, June 1955, page 3)
Ramona play at the Ramona Bowl in Hemet (Rohr News, March 31, 1981)
Recreation Club - Bonita, California (AeROHRcrafter, June 1955, page 3)
Rockhounds  (AeROHRcrafter, June 1955, page 3)
Rough Riders (AeROHRcrafter, June 1955, page 3)
Stewart Tourmaline Mine Trip (Rohr News, March 31, 1981)

War Bond Drive
Rohr "was the first industrial plant in the United States to sign up 100 percent of its employees in the War Bond drive" (Austin. Summer 1965, p. 7).

Will Share Club - The Rohr Chula Vista Will Share Club supported community-sponsored organizations in San Diego devoted to men and women who were afflicted with alcoholism.


Edgemont
Employee of the Year trip to Hawaii

Riverside

Bowling teams
CPR - In April of 1982, Rohr Riverside began offering CPR classes to its employees (Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce, September 1982).
DeAnza Theatres discounts (Rohr News, March 31, 1981)
Disneyland
Employee Assistance Service (Rohr News, March 31, 1981)
Employes' Salvage Store
Medical Center and First Aid Station
Open Houses

REFERENCES:

Austin, Edward T., ed. Summer 1965. Rohr Magazine 15, no. 2: 7.

REFERENCES:

“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.
Weston, Sam. 1958. “New Chance in Life: Rohr Will Share Club Helps to Support Alcoholism Cure Foundations.” Rohr Magazine 9, no. 1: 12.