Rotaract Club of Downtown San Diego Weekly Announcements August 02, 2005

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Next Meeting Our next general meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 02, 2005 at 6:30 pm at Kansas City BBQ, 610 W. Market Street, Downtown San Diego. We'll go to Café Sevilla after our meeting for salsa & sangria! More information below. We're looking forward to seeing you there!

Salsa & Sangria ... at Café Sevilla August 02 (Tuesday) After our general meeting, around 8:00 pm Café Sevilla, 555 4th Avenue The San Diego Downtown Rotaract cordially invites you to join us after the regularly scheduled 6:30 pm meeting at Café Sevilla at around 8 pm for dinner, followed by Salsa Dancing. Cover for the dancing is $8, and for those who just want to learn how to Salsa, there are free lessons. So come on down and join us for a night of tapas, sangria and hot salsa dancing. Bring guests if you like. Check out the evite or email Felix to RSVP.

Stockholm Rotaract Member Visits San Diego Marie Hagberg, of the Stockholm Saltsjon Rotaract Club, visited San Diego last week. Marie works as an environmental engineer for the Swedish Railway system and was visiting San Diego with her boyfriend, Markus, who was attending a conference. We introduced her to baseball and nachos at the Padres game last Tuesday night and then Andrea and Geoff took her up to Carlsbad on Wednesday so she could attend an American Rotaract meeting. North County Rotaract is working on volunteering for a Meals on Wheels program and it was very interesting to hear Marie’s reaction to this cause. The economic and political systems in Sweden being different than ours, Meals on Wheels does not exist. Marie found it interesting that in comparison in Sweden, all senior community members are delivered two meals every day. We enjoyed showing Marie our beaches, our town, and our national pastime and we felt lucky to have learned a bit more about a foreign culture through her visit and our common Rotaract experiences. Look for a Stockholm Saltsjon club photo and messages from Marie and her members in a September issue of our newsletter.

2nd Annual Rotaract v. Rotary Volleyball Tournament Late August Martin Blair's Beach House, Carlsbad Get ready for the 2nd Annual Rotaract v. Rotary Volleyball Tournament at Martin Blair's Beach House in Carlsbad. The event is set for late August, so get ready to spike, bump and set your way into the record books. Details to follow shortly. Stay tuned.

Munich Interota Conference 2005 September 11 - 18 (Sunday - Sunday) Munich, Germany Themed "Be Rotaractive - Create Future", Rotaractors, Rotarians and their guests from all over the world are invited to come together at the Interota conference in Munich from September 11 - 18, 2005. The conference aims at picking up the Rotaract principles: Learn, Help and Celebrate. The conference will also serve as a platform for getting to know Rotaractors worldwide, making friends and establishing transcontinental partnerships with the help of atmospheric celebrations as well as an attractive culture and sight-seeing program. For more information visit http://www.interota.org.

Rancho Jireh Picnic Planners - New Date (September 18) September 18 (Sunday) 2:00 pm Crown Point South A new date has been selected and we are excited to start the planning process for this event! Join us on September 18th for our annual Rancho Jireh Picnic. Rancho Jireh Foster Homes is a non-profit Christian ministry serving the needs of abused and neglected children. Founded in 1988, Rancho Jireh has successfully placed hurting children with Christian families in San Diego and Riverside counties who have opened their homes and provided individualized care and nurturing, helping children heal and blossom to their true potential. The picnic will be a day of BBQ, games, and a whole lot of fun for new families and Rotaract. We need planners! Volunteers are needed to plan games and get prizes, organize cookie decorating and face painting and also help set up for the event the day of. Please contact Miguel to help in the planning stages. It's sure to be a good time!

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 Miguel for details and availability.

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: August 03 Hon. John Hargrove Credit Abuse Resistance Education "What every parent should know to keep kids out of bankruptcy court." August 10 Armon Mills President & Publisher, S.D. Business Journal August 17 D. Michael Kalichman & Dr. Larry Hinnman Center For Ethics In Science & Technology "The Future of Stem Cell Research in San Diego" August 24 Martha Ranson Director of Homeless Women Services - Catholic Charities "The Tomorrow Project" For last minute changes, please check http://www.sdrotary.org!

Members' Bulletin Board Professional Development For those seriously interested in fundraising, there are classes as well as a professional certificate in fundraising available to pursue at UCSD Extension. Classes for this coming fall include Fundraising & Development Processes on Thursdays, Pursuing Major Gifts on Mondays, etc, with a fee of $325 and $190, respectively. For more information, check out http://extension.ucsd.edu and click on Business under Areas of Study, then Fundraising & Development. Do You Like Candles? Hi everyone, I have just started as a consultant for Partylite, a great candle company. If you like candles and like earning free merchandise then this might interest you. All you have to do is invite friends over for light snacks and I will do the rest. I bring over candles and accessories, present, answer questions, and take orders. If this sounds like fun to you please contact me and help me get my business off the ground. Amy Ostrowski, 619-405-7878, waterlover000@yahoo.com Mix, Mingle & Network at The House of Blues Over the top events, again and again! The San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce announced their monthly "Business After Five" in June at the W Hotel and 500 people came out of the woodwork to network the night away! Lots of business cards changed hands, lots of relationships began. July was the Hawaii-themed mixer; another great success one beautiful San Diego evening; authentic Polynesian dancers, great finger food and Mai Tai cocktails. How do you top that in August? The House of Blues is next! This event will fill up quickly, please call Keith Woolgar at 619-544-1394 for details. Chamber of Commerce events are business networking events for all who have an interest in doing business in San Diego ... both for-profit and non-profit organizations. Chamber events are for members, trial memberships are available. If you prefer "business for breakfast" events, ask about our next "Get Connected" breakfast; over 100 are expected! Help Desired! Desire a reliable and trust worthy individual to walk my incredible black lab named Sam. Walk Monday - Friday for 30 minutes, anytime between 11:00 am - 1:00 pm. Pays $200.00 a month. Live at Park and Market, Downtown. Sam is very well trained and behaved and loves walks through Petco Park, which is a few blocks away. Contact Patrick Ross at 720-971-1711 if interested. Roommate Wanted Share 2 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath, 2 1/2 car garage townhouse in the USD / Fashion Valley area. Bedroom w/ own private bath. Fireplace. W/D. Pool, Spa, Sauna, Tennis. Secure. Non-smoker. $750.00 month + utilities. Available 7/05/05. Must see. Call Saleigh at 619-988-9062 or saleigh@sbcglobal.net Make a Friend. Make a Difference! Y-FRIENDz is a new mentoring program with YMCA Youth and Family Services for children ages 4-15 that have one or both parents in prison. There are over 15,000 children with incarcerated parents in San Diego County! Y-FRIENDz mentors spend 1-3 hours a week with their mentee for the period of one year. Once a month all mentors and mentees are invited to a community event including activities such as picnics, concerts, plays, athletic events, community service and much more. What are the benefits of such a program? Mentoring empowers positive change in children and helps build the relationships and skills they need to become happy, healthy, and productive adults. Outcomes include a better attitude towards school, higher chance of going on to higher education and enhanced leadership skills and self-image. How can you get involved? Become a mentor! Our goal this first year is to make 150 matches. Attend an Orientation to learn how you can be matched with a child who needs you. Help us find mentors in the community! Put us in touch with an organization, business, group, or club where we can find quality role models. Get involved in our monthly events! Let us know about a unique idea or opportunity for an event. Help us with planning or be a chaperone. Please contact Christina Reyna with any questions or inquiries at (619) 543-9850 Ext. 135 or by email at treyna@ymca.org. Post your own message here! Do you need a roommate? Trying to sell your car? Let Rotaract work for you! Post your message here in the newsletter and have it be seen by over 100 like-minded people. Just send an e-mail to newsletter@sdrotaract.org with "Bulletin Board" in the subject line. Please remember to also include a general time frame for your message, e.g. 3 weeks, 2 newsletters, or until November 1st.

Rotaract & Rotary Trivia Rotary Quotables "Through my contact with Rotary, I learned about the importance of community service: the Rotary motto of Service Above Self has left a deep impression and has guided me since. I would like to express my profound gratitude to the Rotary Foundation for having given me that unique opportunity and a solid foundation that eventually led me to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, a global service organization to protect those fleeing from armed conflict and persecution." — Sadako Ogata, Japanese Prime Minister's Special Representative for Assistance to Afghanistan "Rotary has the ability to organize campaigns to mobilize support for some of the worthiest causes that exist, and that makes Rotary a precious resource." — Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations "[Rotary has] proven how much can be accomplished when a group selflessly uses every ounce of the political capital it has to help the world's most disenfranchised children." — William H. Gates Sr., Co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Copied from: http://www.rotary.org