Rotaract Club of Downtown San Diego Weekly Announcements November 22, 2005

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Next Meeting Our next general meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 06, 2005 at 6:30 pm at Kansas City BBQ, 610 W. Market Street, Downtown San Diego. Please note: There will be no meeting on November 29th. We only meet the first and third Tuesday of the month. Our next meeting – on December 06 – will take place back at our usual location, Kansas City BBQ! Don't forget our Droppin' Notes Around Gaslamp Social tonight! We're looking forward to seeing you there!

Join Us Tonight: November 22 (Tuesday) 7:00 pm From The Local to The Onyx Room Join us tonight as we drop notes all around downtown San Diego to spread the word about Jazz for Juvenile Diabetes 2005. We'll kick off the fun @ 7:00 pm at The Local (1065 Fourth Avenue), and then head out to jazz up the Gaslamp with informative flyers about our upcoming fundraiser. After dropping the flyers at shops & other outlets around downtown, our ultimate destination will be the site of Jazz '05 itself: The Onyx Room (852 5th Avenue). Tuesday is a hot night at Onyx, as crowds flow there for the weekly live jazz and dancing. This will be a night full of energy as we gear up in the final weeks before Jazz for Juvenile Diabetes 2005. We look forward to seeing you out there!

Mama's Kitchen's 1st Annual Thanksgiving Bake Sale: Mama's Pie in the Sky November 23 (Wednesday) Our club will be supporting Mama's Kitchen's Mama's Pie in the Sky fundraising program. Specifically we will be supporting the distribution of the pies on Wednesday, November 23. A sign-in sheet will be distributed for those of you that want to participate in this wonderful event. See below additional information from Mama's Kitchen's website. If you have any questions feel free to contact our community service chair, Miguel Moron. This new program was initiated to help make up for the recent losses in government funding, which total $115,000 in fiscal 2005. Net proceeds from pie sales will go directly to fund 400,000 home-delivered, hot and nutritious meals to families in San Diego affected by HIV/AIDS. It's easy as pie to help Mama's keep on cooking! Buy Mama's Pie in the Sky pies and make good things happen for everyone this Thanksgiving and every day! Volunteers will take orders for pies from October 19 to November 16 in businesses, schools, and organizations all over San Diego County. The pies will be available for pick-up at many convenient sites on Wednesday, November 23.

Finishing out Strong – Rotaract at a Glance Check out the great events that we still have this year. Mark your calendars and let's finish out strong. Let's work hard and play hard! November 22 Tuesday Jazz Flyer Drop Social Downtown: "Droppin' Notes Around Gaslamp" November 23 Wednesday Mama's Kitchen presents "Mama's Pie in the Sky" Bake Sale December 1 Thursday Jazz for Juvenile Diabetes Purchase tickets now! December 6 Tuesday Final General Rotaract Meeting of the year. Check presentation to JDRF. Please note: We'll be back at our usual location, KC BBQ! December 17 Saturday Rotaract Holiday Party & White Elephant Gift Exchange @ Felix Tinkov's house December 20 & 27 Tuesday Dark for the Holidays January 03, 2006 Tuesday First General Rotaract Meeting of 2006!

Get Ready to Raffle with Jazz's Amazing Prizes Thanks to the hard work and leadership of our co-funraising chair Aaron Adragna, this year's Jazz for Juvenile Diabetes has some outstanding raffle prizes to spice up the evening and help raise funds for Juvenile Diabetes Research. If you haven't already bought your raffle tickets, make sure to bring some extra cash the night of because you are not going to want to miss out on this opportunity! Some highlights for our 2005 Jazz for Juvenile Diabetes raffle and/or auction include:    • Happy hour for 25 at THIN    • Happy hour for 25 at The Bitter End    • 4 tickets, bar tickets and parking passes to the Mighty Ducks game in Anaheim    • A beautiful oil painting donated by Heather Willens    • Hornblower Cruise tickets    • Zoo tickets    • Triple Espresso tickets    • Restaurant Gift Certificates    • Chargers memorabilia    • Dr. Doolittle tickets at the Civic Theater    • Beach Cruiser    • San Diego Museum of Art tickets    • Gift Certificate at Salon Marchessa, by Lisa Loeb    • $200.00 tapestry from House of Stapleton And much, much more! Raffle tickets are only $5 each or five for $20, which can be purchased online at www.sdrotaract.org on the Jazz for Juvenile Diabetes page or the night of. You will not want to miss out so get ready to raffle...

4th Annual Jazz for Juvenile Diabetes – Next Thursday! Roche Diagnostics Co. Helps Sponsor Jazz for Juvenile Diabetes Tickets Available Online Now! General Information Roche Diagnostics Co. Donates $250 Toward Sponsorship of Jazz for Juvenile Diabetes Roche is a leading health care company with a uniquely broad spectrum of innovative solutions. For more than 100 years, they have been active in the discovery, development, manufacture and marketing of novel health care solutions. Their products and services address prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases, thus enhancing well-being and quality of life. The Roche Diabetes Care division is excited to partner with Rotaract for Jazz for Juvenile Diabetes by donating $250 toward our event. We believe this is a start to a beautiful relationship between Rotaract and Roche. For more information on Roche Diagnostics Corporation, visit www.roche.com. Tickets Available Online Now! Tickets to our big event are available online! Buy tickets by going to our website www.sdrotaract.org and following the links to our Jazz for Juvenile Diabetes event. Or click on the direct link: http://www.sdrotaract.org/jazznew/index.html We need everyone's help to make this evening a success. Please tell your friends, family, neighbors and coworkers to buy tickets. We are aiming to max out the occupancy! Thank you all for your support!!! General Information December 01 (Thursday) 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm Onyx Room, 852 Fifth Avenue, Downtown Please join us for the Rotaract Club of Downtown San Diego's 4th Annual Jazz for Juvenile Diabetes. Enjoy food, cocktails, and the relaxed atmosphere. It's a great opportunity to meet other local San Diegans, enjoy the Latin beats, and help fund a worthy life-saving cause. 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. The philanthropic group of San Diego's young-professionals are proud to present an evening of Latin Jazz with the focus on raising money for the research of a cure for Juvenile (Type 1) Diabetes. Seventy-five percent of all proceeds go to the San Diego Chapter of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. The balance of the proceeds goes to help fund Rotaract's charitable ventures throughout the year including events such as Tijuana Home Building, and worthy causes like the Ronald Mc Donald House. We're looking forward to celebrating with you for a great cause in December! Buy tickets online now! Click here to view pictures from last year's event. Your Jazz for Juvenile Diabetes 2005 Leaders: Danielle Esposito Fundraising Co-Chair, Sales Committee Leader Aaron Adragna Fundraising Co-Chair Raffle & Sponsorship Committee Leader Darren Chin Public Relations Committee Leader Felix Tinkov Operations Committee Leader

Rotaract's Website... New & Improved Everyone knows that the Rotaract Club of Downtown San Diego has style, but check out our new and improved Rotaract website to see the sense of style we wear proudly! Thanks to Parker Seybold, our very own Rotaract website chair, we have a cleaner and easier-to-navigate site. We are still working on our online photo album but don't fret... your beautiful face will be up there soon! Thanks, Parker, for all of you hard work, we love it! To check out the website visit www.sdrotaract.org.

Annual Thanksgiving Meeting Held with Toussaint Teens We have turned our annual Thanksgiving meeting into more than just another turkey dinner as for the second year in a row, we held the meeting/dinner off-site at the Toussaint Academy of the Arts and Sciences. The Toussaint kids have quickly become the darlings of our membership and the Life Skills Scavenger Hunt (held every summer) and this Thanksgiving meeting are well-attended by our membership. This year, we did more than just hold a meeting with full agenda while sharing turkey and all the trimmings. During our Professional Development time, we participated in an interactive discussion with the students to help guide them in choosing colleges and careers. We broke into small groups with equal Toussaint students and Rotaract members and each member shared his/her college experience, story for how they came to San Diego, career, and their future directions. Then the students got some mentoring on how to become professionals in their chosen career paths. We wanted the students to understand that they don't have to know exactly what they want to be when they grow up when they are teenagers. We found the experience rewarding as all mentoring opportunities are and we also got to learn a bit more about some of our fellow members. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone and special thanks to all members and prospects who brought a dish to share at the meeting.

Rotaract President from Cairo, Egypt, Visits San Diego Ahmed Naguib, the President of the Rotaract Club of Gezira Sporting in Cairo, Egypt (District 2450) visited San Diego this week and attended our Thanksgiving meeting at the Toussaint Academy. Ahmed works for a technology company that is based in the USA and was in San Diego for a company-wide conference. Ahmed spoke to our members and to the Toussaint students about his club in Egypt and presented Andrea with a gift from his native country. Ahmed's club had written messages on a piece of papyrus and had decorated the gift with drawings of an Egyptian pharaoh, the club's logo, and a San Diego sign that was written in three languages: English, Hieroglyphic, and Arabic. The club's slogan is "Addicted to Help" and their list of projects includes work with a local orphanage, a blanket drive for people in need as the weather turns cold, and a workshop on learning how to write a resume and interview successfully for a job. We were proud hosts and are happy to know that we have a new friend in the Rotaract world. Ahmed and his club have extended an open invitation for anyone who wants to plan a visit to Egypt in the near future. If you happen to be traveling to Cairo or have been considering doing so, please contact Andrea or Geoff to be put in touch with Ahmed.

Rotaract Holiday Party & White Elephant Gift Exchange December 17 (Saturday) 8:00 pm Felix Tinkov's House, 4752 Lotus Street, 92107, 619-887-6471 'Tis the season, so clear your party calendars! It's time again for Rotaract's annual White Elephant Party. Don't know what a White Elephant Party is? This means you missed last year's party, so you better ask somebody! It's one of the more fun events we do every year. The idea is this: Bring a funny (read: crappy) gift to the party all wrapped up with no identifying marks or tags. Drop your gift off and party. Come 10:00 pm, we'll figure out how many gifts we have and prepare a series of numbers for each gift giver. Your number represents when you get to choose a gift. The first person takes a random gift and is generally crushed/amused. The second person then takes another random gift, but is able to exchange their gift with the first one picked – if they want. The next person takes a new gift from the pile and has a choice of the prior two and so on. The first person gets to go for one last exchange after the last gift is picked and/or exchanged. So mark your calendar. Trust us, this is one you don't want to miss. BTW, our host Felix won't be disappointed if you bring a fine libation or spirit. If you have any questions or if you haven't received the evite yet, please contact Felix.

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: November 23 Dark! Thanksgiving November 30 Jeff Chin & Justin Brooks The Innocence Project of California and Hawaii December 07 Warren Ogden The Aja Project December 14 Ron Popham Senior Director Maritime Division San Diego Port District For last minute changes, please check http://www.sdrotary.org!

Members' Bulletin Board Thanksgiving Potluck Dinner in Northpark! November 24 (Thursday) 3:00 pm Kerrith Gray's condo No plans for Thanksgiving dinner? Join up with other fun folks on November 24, 2005 at 3:00 pm at Kerrith Gray's condo in Northpark. For details, and to be included on the evite, please email kerrith at: kerrithgray@gmail.com. Feel free to invite others! Discounted Golf Tickets & Raffle Prize Donation Opportunity January 24-29, 2006 Like Golf? Want to walk along with Tiger Woods? The North County Rotaract is selling discounted tickets for the Buick Invitational, which is held at Torrey Pines Golf Course January 24-29, 2006. This is a fundraiser with 100% of ticket sales going to the BRIGHT Families Mentor Project, which works to prevent teenage pregnancy in San Diego. Tickets are only $15.00 (normally $18-28.) For more information, contact the BRIGHT Families Program: 858-514-7549. Aside from purchasing tickets for yourself, another great idea is to purchase tickets to be donated to the Jazz for Juvenile Diabetes raffle! Tickets to the Buick Invitational would make great additions to prize packages as the Buick Invitational is a world-renowned PGA tournament. Whether you buy one for you, friends & family, or you buy tickets to donate, you will be supporting a wonderful cause and helping teens all around San Diego. If you would like to purchase tickets for the Buick Invitational, please contact Valerie Orrison from the North County Rotaract Club. Roommate Wanted – College Area Katie has a 3 bedroom/2 bath in the college area for $650 per month. If you are interested in living with two easy going girls that enjoy their quiet time during the week, but have fun on weekends, please feel free to send her an email at katiejchico@hotmail.com. Roommate Wanted – USD / Fashion Valley West Roommate wanted to share 2 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath, 2 1/2 car garage townhouse in the USD / Fashion Valley West area. Dual Master Bedroom w/ own private bath. Fireplace. W/D. Pool, Spa, Sauna, Tennis. Secure. Very quiet. Non-smoker. I have two cats. $750.00 month + utilities. Available Now. Must see. Call Saleigh at 619-988-9062 or email saleigh@sbcglobal.net. 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 What is Interact? Interact is a Rotary-sponsored service club for young people age 14-18. Interact Clubs can either be school or community based and are required to carry out at least two service projects annually, one that serves their school or community and another that furthers international understanding. Although each club is sponsored by a local Rotary club whose members offer guidance, Interact clubs are responsible for planning, financing, organizing, and executing their own projects.