Rotaract Club of Downtown San Diego Weekly Announcements August 16, 2005

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Next Meeting Our next general meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 16, 2005 at 6:30 pm at Kansas City BBQ, 610 W. Market Street, Downtown San Diego. Our guest speaker will be Sharon Ross with Lifesharing Community Organ and Tissue Donation. More information below. Please stay after our meeting to brainstorm ideas for our exchange with the Kavaklidere Rotaract Club. Details below. We're looking forward to seeing you there!

Guest Speaker: Sharon Ross August 16 (Tuesday) 6:30 pm KC Barbecue, back room Our next speaker for our August 16th meeting is Sharon Ross with Lifesharing Community Organ and Tissue Donation, a UCSD organization that educates people on organ and tissue donation. Sharon brought her business journalism experience to Lifesharing one year ago, and has previously worked with Children’s Hospital and Palomar Hospital. She is also a past president of La Mesa Sunrise Rotary Club and the first woman Rotary president in East County.

Welcome Letter from the Rotaract Club of Kavaklidere, Turkey We are very excited to participate in a cultural exchange this year with the Rotaract Club of Kavaklidere, Turkey. Our President and International Chair have been exchanging emails with their respective board members within the past few months and are excited to begin the cultural exchange with two of the most dynamic Rotaract clubs in the world! The president of the Kavaklidere club has written a welcome letter to our club and has included some brief information about their members, their culture and their country. Their cultural box is also on its way containing a home-made DVD from their members, some brochures about Kavaklidere and according to their president, "our best wishes and love from Turkey will be sent to you together with the package." Please join us at the next meeting where we will read the letter sent to us from this amazing club. We are also in the midst of forming a committee to do footage and gather San Diegan items to send to our fellow Rotaract club. Please contact Stacey to join this committee or for additional information. Please stay after our next meeting August 16th to brainstorm ideas for our exchange with the Kavaklidere Rotaract Club. Take a brief look at the Rotaract Club of Kavaklidere, Ankara, Turkey: Their trip to Canakkale, where they join the celebrations of independence. Their New Years party 2004... see how similar we are? Their "Traditional Respect to Art Night." This is organized to honor respectable artists, and funds raised are spent on a playground for visually handicapped children.

Spanish Speaking Rotaract Penpal/Translator Needed We are in need of someone to reply to some of the recent emails our club has received from Spanish speakers. We have two clubs now wanting to contact us – one from Colombia and one from Argentina. Please contact Andrea Espinoza if you are interested in being the translator between clubs and meeting some new and global Rotaract friends!

Volleyball Beach Party at Martin Blair's Carlsbad Home! August 27 (Saturday) 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm Martin Blair's Beach House, 2655 Ocean Street, Carlsbad, CA 92008 We'll be getting together for the 2nd Annual Rotary/Rotaract Volleyball Tournament for the Blair Cup! Come on Rotaractors, we need to win one of these! The festivities will be from 3 - 7 pm on August 27th. Volleyball, BBQ, the beach, good folks, what more could you ask for? This will be a great opportunity to meet fellow North County Rotaractors as well. Please bring a side dish or snack to share and your drink of choice. See you there! Look for the E-vite shortly or send Felix an RSVP.

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.

Annual Rancho Jireh Picnic 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!

Volunteering for the San Diego Festival of Beer September 23 (Friday) 8:30 pm-Midnight Intersection of State & A Streets, Downtown The San Diego Festival of Beer is an event sponsored by the San Diego Professionals Against Cancer (SDPAC) that allows guests to sample beers from a large number of Microbreweries. SDPAC is a non-profit organization in the San Diego area that volunteers their time to help raise money to combat Cancer. This is your chance to help in that fight! The Rotaract Club of Downtown San Diego is partnering with them as volunteer bartenders for the night! This is a very fun event and over 3800 people attended last year. All volunteers must be at least 21 years old, attend a fifteen-minute orientation session (which will be given at the start of your shift), and sign a Responsibility Release Waiver. Beer Pouring volunteers will not be allowed to consume beer during their shift... but rumor has it that we'll be all heading downtown for our own fun after the event. Make sure to sign up at the meeting or contact Miguel to secure your spot for this fun event. See pictures from last year's SD Festival of Beer.

Tijuana Homebuilding in October October 08 (Saturday) All day Tijuana, México On Saturday, October 8, 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. 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 or feel free to contact your Club's International Chair, Stacey Dindinger.

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 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" August 31 Joe Bauer Formerly of Hudson & Bauer September 06 Steven Penhall Sycuan Indian Casino For last minute changes, please check http://www.sdrotary.org!

Members' Bulletin Board First Time Home Buyers Seminar August 17 (Wednesday) 5:30pm to 7:30pm The W Hotel's Magnet Bar, 421 West B Street $7 You-call-it Martinis. Complimentary Appetizers. The Seminar will go over the rent vs. buy option and showing first time home buyers how they can afford to buy their first home. Break the rent cycle at this comfortable and informational Q&A session! Sip martinis while you plan your future. RSVP not necessary but preferred. Contact April Allen to RSVP or for more details at 619.992.3764 or april@thecondogallery.net Mix, Mingle & Network at The House of Blues August 23 (Tuesday) 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! 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. Celebrating a special occasion? As a side business, I am now creating invitations, announcements, and greetings by hand for bridal showers, holiday or birthday parties, birth announcements, or any other celebration. If you or anyone you know may be interested, please take a gander at www.cartabellagreetings.com (in progress) or contact Bianca Mascorro at bianca@cartabellagreetings.com. Temporary Dog-Sitting Job Opportunity in October Temporary Dog-Sitting Job Opportunity: 3 days and 3 nights in October - your place! Need temporary dog-sitter for my well trained, and extremely lovable boxer puppy, Lola. You must be a dog lover, and must be willing to take Lola on periodic walks to the beach and Balboa Park's dog park. You also must allow Lola to sleep with you, and lick your face when she pleases!!! Click here for a large version of Lola's pic. For additional details, please contact Denisse Roldán at denisse_roldan@hotmail.com or call (619) 992-8901. Position pays $200. Job start date: October 7th - 10th. Good luck! 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 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.

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