Weekly Announcements
September 21, 2004
| Rotaract Club of Downtown San Diego Weekly Announcements September 21, 2004 |
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| Next Meeting Our next general meeting will be held today, Tuesday, September 21, 2004 at 6:30 pm at Kansas City BBQ, 610 W. Market Street, Downtown San Diego. Reminder: Everyone should bring in an item for the "Show and Tell" icebreaker. Remember, make it personal so we get to know a bit more about you. There will be a Jazz for Juvenile Diabetes committee meeting after today’s general meeting. We're looking forward to seeing you there! |
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San Diego Festival of Beer - Volunteer
Opportunity Sign up by Wednesday, 9/22! September 24 (Friday) Join us in the streets of Downtown San Diego to help pour beer for a good cause (funds raised are donated to local San Diego cancer related charities, patient treatment, and research organizations). The San Diego Festival of Beer, on Friday, September 24, needs volunteers to help pour beer for this amazing event. Our shift will be from 8:30 pm - midnight, with beer-pouring training at 8:15 pm! This event is located in Downtown, at Columbia and B streets, and will host over 3,000 people with over 100 microbrews supplied by more than 40 participating breweries. They also feature live music for your listening and dancing pleasure, and food vendors selling a variety of edibles. To volunteer, e-mail Andrea Espinoza or Carl Tiu. We already have approximately 15 Rotaract volunteers, so the more the merrier! Please e-mail by September 22! |
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Beach Party a Smash Hit!! The Rotary/Rotaract Beach Party was even more fun than expected. It turned out to be a perfect day, a great stretch of beach, and Martin Blair was a wonderful host…until he crushed Rotaract’s hopes with his volleyball prowess! Rotary won the first competition for the Blair Jug with a 15-12, 7-15, 15-9 victory in beach volleyball. The volleyball games continued on until sunset and over 20 Rotaract members made it up to Carlsbad for what will definitely be one of the year’s finest social events. Thanks again to Martin and Cindy Blair for sharing their beautiful beach house with all of us and to every Rotaract member and prospect who made the trek up to North County (special thanks to everyone who brought side dishes!). |
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The Blair Jug We have decided in an effort to interact more with the Downtown Breakfast Rotary to create a trophy that can be passed back and forth between the clubs for the winners of different competitions. These may be physical contests (like the volleyball game), intellectual challenges (think trivial pursuit), or contests that involve volunteering in the community. We’ve called the trophy "The Blair Jug" in honor of Martin Blair, who graciously hosts our meetings year in and year out. Special thanks to Andrea Espinoza and Michelle Prescott for decorating the jug! Check the newsletter and come to meetings to find out when we will challenge Rotary again to try to get the jug back!! |
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| Tijuana Homebuilding in October October 9 (Saturday) On Saturday, October 9, in collaboration with the Downtown Breakfast Rotary and the Tijuana Rotaract Club, Rotaract Club of Downtown San Diego members will be heading South of the Border on a day-long trip to help build homes for needy families in Tijuana, México. No experience necessary. This is one of the most impactful community programs in Downtown Rotaract history. We have over 20 people already signed up to attend. You won’t want to miss it! We are signing people up based on membership first, so if you are a prospect, please do everything you can to fill your membership requirements in September so we can give you priority status and can guarantee your place on the homebuilding crew. To learn more about this worthwhile project, please visit México Caravan Ministries' website at http://www.mcministries.net, or feel free to contact your Club's International Chair, Denisse Roldán. |
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| 2004 Walk to Cure Diabetes October 16 & 24 The San Diego Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) serves all of San Diego County and extends north to Orange County. The Chapter provides valuable information about juvenile diabetes to people with diabetes, their families, and the general public. It also holds numerous successful events that raise much-needed funds for diabetes research. One of those events, the 2004 Walk to Cure Diabetes, is coming up in October. As always, there will be two occasions to join the fun and raise money for a great cause:
For detailed information on how to join the Walk and raise money for such a great cause, visit the JDRF San Diego Chapter website: http://www.jdrf-sandiego-news.org/walk/index.html Volunteer on Walk Day Help register walkers, man the Walk route, set-up, teardown, etc. All those who volunteer on Walk day get credit for walking, so you can still raise funds! If you would like to volunteer your time on one or both of those days, please sign up with the JDRF directly: http://www.jdrf-sandiego-news.org/news/walk_volunteer_reg.html |
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| The Rotaract Family Feud Championship October 23 (Saturday) 8:00 pm The Treo, 1277 Kettner Boulevard. Directions below. Ah yes…remember the hit game show, Family Feud?! Where families emphatically compete against each other to match the top answers of the one hundred people surveyed? Well, it’s here. Enjoy having “Richard Dawson” as your host and join us for our very own Rotaract Family Feud game show as we form “families” and compete to win the championship. It’s only $5/person to play and the winning “family” will win half of the jackpot! The remainder will go to the Rotaract fund for future charitable causes. Bring your favorite beverage to enjoy while you’re in the audience or playing the game. Bound to be filled with witty responses, good times, and loads of laughs, this will certainly be an evening to remember. Don’t miss it. Directions & Parking: The Treo is a gated condominium complex located at 1277 Kettner Boulevard between A Street and B Street. Go to the call box located on Kettner and scroll for "Kaiser", press call and we will buzz you in. Once you're in the gate, take the stairs up to the courtyard and look for the community room on the southeast side of the courtyard. You can park anywhere on the street for free or there are several paid parking areas surrounding the complex. |
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| Rotaract and Jazz 88 Present the 3rd Annual Jazz For Juvenile Diabetes December 9, 2004 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm THIN (Above The Onyx Room, Gaslamp Quarter Downtown) Featuring a night of Latin Jazz with the Caballero-Verde Quintet and DJ SK spinning Latin Jazz beats. The Caballero-Verde Quintet explores and redefines Latin rhythms, weaves them with a backdrop of absorbing melodies, and present their well-synchronized originals and covers of Salsa, Brazilian music, and other Latin standards into their own unique style of Latin Jazz. Here's a sample: http://www.dannygreen.net/descarga1.html A committee meeting will be held after today’s general meeting. To view photos of last year's event, check out: Photos - Jazz for Junvenile Diabetes. If you have any questions, please contact Evan. |
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| Entertainment Books Entertainment Books will be available at the first meeting of October. We’ll focus on an online campaign. Books are $40 and Rotaract receives $8 per book, plus an incentive rewards program that nets a total of $200 to Rotaract for every 21 books sold! Check it out at www.entertainment.com. More info to come in next week’s newsletter on how to buy/sell online (for any city in the USA!). Check back next week! |
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Community Service
Events Tijuana Homebuilding Project Attention all members and prospective members: Community Service opportunity in October! Check out the details here! Senior Center 2nd Saturday of each month Volunteers (2-3) are needed the 2nd Saturday of each month from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm to help serve lunch at the Senior Center Downtown. Please contact Carl for details and availability. |
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| Downtown San Diego Breakfast Rotary Meeting The Downtown San Diego Breakfast Rotary Club is meeting every Wednesday at 7:00 am at the Symphony Towers University Club, 750 B Street, Suite 3400. Next scheduled speakers:
For last minute changes, please check http://www.sdrotary.org! |
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| Rotaract
& Rotary Trivia Rotary Grants for University Teachers Rotary Grants for University Teachers provide funds to higher education faculty to travel abroad to teach at colleges and universities in developing countries. The program is intended to build international understanding and foster development while strengthening higher education in low-income countries. The program also aims to establish ties between higher education institutions, leading to the exchange of ideas and information across the globe. The subjects taught by grant recipients must be relevant to the needs of the local population and contribute to the area's socio-economic development. For 2002-03, 38 grants were awarded. |
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