Weekly Announcements
July 13, 2005
| Rotaract Club of Downtown San Diego Weekly Announcements July 13, 2005 |
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| Next Meeting Our next general meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 at 6:30 pm at Kansas City BBQ, 610 W. Market Street, Downtown San Diego. Our professional development speaker that night will be Danielle Magee, the Education Training Manager from Sea World. We're looking forward to seeing you there! |
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| 2nd Annual Life Skills Scavenger Hunt - This
Saturday! July 16, 2005 (Saturday) 10:00 am - 6:00 pm Gaslamp Quarter Join us for the 2nd Annual Life Skills Scavenger Hunt. Teens from the Toussaint Academy will compete to win prizes! They will search for their Life Skills all over the Gaslamp! Activities from 11 am - 4 pm, after party from 4 pm - 6 pm with the kids and then after with adults only at the Octopus Garden! We need volunteers to help set up and break down, as well as work at designated stations, pretending to be different service persons, for example, one volunteer was the "cable provider," another the "bank teller," etc. For more information or to sign up e-mail or call: Andrea Espinoza, 619-921-9422 |
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| Cultural Exchange with Ankara, Turkey We are very excited to participate in a cultural exchange this year with the Rotaract Club of Kavaklidere Ankara, Turkey!! They are currently compiling a DVD movie including their last club meeting, interviews with their members, a small city tour, and preparation of a traditional Turkish meal. Along with this movie they will be sending other stuff like small souvenirs and some other video materials introducing Turkey. We will be forming a committee to do video footage and put together some other items to send to our fellow Rotaractors. Please contact Stacey for more info or to join the committee. |
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| Community Service Chair Needed! Our wonderful Community Service Chair, Ethel York, has accepted a job in Texas and will be leaving San Diego and our club this week! We are very excited for her and wish her the best of luck, even though we will miss her dearly. She has been an active member and has brought so much fun to our club. Unfortunately, with her move, leaves the Community Service Chair open! If you are interested in joining the 2005-06 Rotaract Board as the Community Service Chair, please contact Andrea Espinoza. Join the board for a fun year as you plan and organize the monthly service projects with the help and support of the entire board! We need you! |
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| SD Rotaract Receives Presidential
Citation The awards just keep rolling in! Downtown Rotaract has received a Presidential Citation from Rotary International President Glenn Estess for the 2004-2005 year. Presidential Citations were awarded to deserving clubs who Celebrate Rotary in their clubs, in their vocations, in their communities, and in the world. Our club was awarded this citation based on our service in each of those areas (see below for a list of the projects that won us this recognition) and required the recommendation of our sponsoring Rotary President, Ron Erbetta, and our District Governor, Sandi Rimer. This citation is recognition that we are making a difference on the world stage, in our community, and in each other's lives. Congrats to everyone who has Celebrated Rotary with us this year! Have a look at the activities that contributed to earning this award and see if you can come up with something new that will earn next year's citation! Presidential Citation Recognized Activities:
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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 / events:
For last minute changes, please check http://www.sdrotary.org! |
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Members' Bulletin Board
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| Rotaract & Rotary Trivia Featured Rotary International Project: To Walk in Safety Former war zones in Southeast Asia, Central Africa, and other regions, may now be at peace but for some communities landmines are still taking lives. When District 5030 discovered the daily threats being faced by villagers in the Cambodian villages of Ta Saen and Ou Chambok due to landmines, they decided to try to help. "People were living with landmines literally in their backyards," said Sally Mackle, of the Rotary Club of Seattle, who is now active in the International Fellowship of Rotarians for Mine Action. The communities are situated along a belt filled as many as 500,000 landmines from decades-old conflicts that stretches 700-kilometers along the border with Thailand. Fifteen clubs from the district joined forces to raise funds over a six-month period that would allow the villages to be completely demined in the course of a year. In November 2004, Rotarians visited the project sites in Cambodia to construct wells and a school. "Now the families can go back to earning their living off of the rich soil and children can once again play in their yards," Mackle said. "The power of Rotary is that we can join together as Rotarians and put our resources and money together to demine entire villages." To learn how to help, contact Mackle or visit the Mine Action Fellowship at www.rfma.org. Copied from: http://www.rotary.org |
| Contact Information If you have information, suggestions or feedback that you think the board might use to improve the club, we'd love to hear what you think, so please send your ideas to info@sdrotaract.org, snail-mail them to
or contact any member of the board directly:
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