Rotaract Club of Downtown San Diego Weekly Announcements May 23, 2006

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Next Meeting Our next general meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 06, 2006 at 6:30 pm at Kansas City BBQ, 610 W. Market Street, Downtown San Diego. Please note: There will be no meeting on May 30th! We only meet on the first and third Tuesday of each month. You can purchase tickets for the 4th Annual Ace of Hearts, one of our most exciting events of the year, online now! We're looking forward to seeing you there!

4th Annual Ace of Hearts Ace of Hearts: Purchase Tickets Now! Rotary to Donate $1,000 to Ace of Hearts Raffle Prizes Needed for Ace of Hearts General Information Ace of Hearts: Purchase Tickets Now! Only two weeks away! Purchase Ace of Hearts tickets online now and bring your friends and family! Click here or copy this link into your browser: http://www.sdrotaract.org/aoh/index.shtml More details about this exciting event below in the general information section. Rotary to Donate $1,000 to Ace of Hearts Our wonderful parent club, the Downtown Breakfast Rotary, has committed to $1,000 to our Ace of Hearts event! So please spend these last few days doing anything you can to bring in donations, sell raffle tickets, and fill the house on June 1st! Let's try to beat our biggest donation, which was pulled in from last year's Jazz event and proudly hand over the monies collected to Water for Children Africa. Special thanks to Downtown Breakfast Rotary President Maureen Eberle, and the Community Services team for your donation and constant support! Raffle Prizes Needed for Ace of Hearts We are still looking for raffle prizes for Ace of Hearts! Please collect prizes from your local restaurants, shops, businesses and contact Darren Chin, our Raffle Prize Committee Chair for Ace of Hearts, for further information. 4th Annual Ace of Hearts – General Information June 01 (Thursday) 7:00 - 10:00 pm Martini Ranch, Shaker Room $30 entrance fee The 4th Annual Ace of Hearts is only a few weeks away! Ace of Hearts is a Monte Carlo Casino night, this year hosted at the Shaker Room at Martini Ranch on June 1st from 7-10 pm. We play poker, craps, blackjack and more... and all for a worthy cause. As a response to Rotary International's 2005-2006 mission, we are joining the fight for clean water as millions of children die each year from contaminated water. This year, our profits from the event will benefit an organization called Water for Children Africa. This organization helps the rural poor in Africa obtain safe water and develop cottage industries while also developing policy for water usage in villages and responsibilities for ongoing maintenance. As we get ready for this signature event, we invite you to get involved! Planning is on its way led by our two fearless Fundraising Chairs, Aaron Adragna and Danielle Esposito. Please see below the committees set up and get involved! This is definitely a team effort and you will be glad to have helped in such a worthy cause! What a way to experience Rotaract! Fundraising Chair / Sponsorship Aaron Adragna Fundraising Chair / Ticket Sales Danielle Esposito Raffle Prizes / Marketing Darren Chin Flyers Andrea Espinoza Food Donations Jeff Haskin

Rotary District Conferencea: Volunteers Needed! May 27 (Saturday) 07:30 am - 3:30 pm (can do shifts) Navy Training Center / Liberty Station Rotary is setting up a Donate Life information booth & laptop registration at the District Conference and would appreciate our members to assist in putting the booth together, signing people up at the booth during the conference, and to help pack up. Their goal is to sign up everyone in the conference or at least give each person at the conference information about Lifesharing to at least consider signing up as well as encouraging to communicate to their family members and colleagues to sign up. For more information on the event and Lifesharing please visit www.lifesharing.org. Lifesharing Community Organ and Tissue Donation is committed to the life-saving and life-enhancing efforts of transplantation. They strive to be the leader in organ and tissue donation through education, collaboration, and the provision of quality service. To sign up, please contact Mitra Mujica.

Rotary District Conference: One More Volunteer Needed! May 27 (Saturday) 7:00 am - 1:30 pm & 3:00 - 6:00 pm Navy Training Center / Liberty Station Wait! There's more opportunity to help Rotary this Saturday! There is one more slot for a Rotaractor to fill to assist in this weekend's Rotary District Conference activities. In exchange for your service, your attendance at the District Conference will be paid for and you'll be eligible to attend all of the functions that day. Plus, you'll also get a free ticket and ball cap for Sunday's Padres baseball game!! As a volunteer, you will be assisting in distributing and selling ball caps and t-shirts (approximately 7:00 am - 1:30 pm), and then serving in the beer garden during the dinner time period (3:00 pm - 6:00 pm.) This fun volunteer opportunity needs to be filled fast, so please contact Bridget Johnson ASAP to sign up. Thank you!

Upcoming Social Events: Memorial Day BBQ & Tijuana Brewery Trip Memorial Day Weekend BBQ May 27 (Saturday) 1:00 pm - ... Felix's House, 4752 Lotus Street, San Diego, CA 92107 We're having a Memorial Day Weekend BBQ on May 27th at Felix's house. What better way to celebrate Memorial Day than throwing some meat and veggies on an intensely hot set of metallic bars while people hungrily stand in line with paper plates waiting to be fed. All the food will be provided, but if there's something you're absolutely dying to have, feel free to bring it along. If you have any questions, please contact Felix. Look for the evite for more details! Tijuana Brewery Trip June 17 (Saturday) Afternoon Tijuana We're taking a trip to Tijuana to tour a brewery with our friends from the Rotaract Club Tijuana Siglo XXI. All the details will be announced soon. Look for them here!

Bridging the World: Rotaract Preconvention Meeting 2006 June 08-11 (Thursday - Sunday) Malmö, Sweden & Copenhagen, Denmark During the first Rotaract Preconvention in the new century of Rotary International, you have the opportunity to experience two countries in one conference. It is going to be innovative, educational, entertaining and grand – come join your fellow Rotaractors in "Bridging the World". Malmö and Copenhagen are cities with lots to offer – both as historical sites and as innovative communities with focus on present and future challenges. Furthermore, summer is a prime time to experience the southern parts of lovely Scandinavia. We have planned a program offering you the best of what Rotaract has to offer in an international setting. We focus on network and capacity building – both for you as a young professional and as a part of Rotaract. During the Rotary Convention June 11th -14th, we invite you to join us in Copenhagen for the Rotaract "Post-Preconvention activities." Please explore our web site to get a detailed impression of what we plan for the Preconvention 2006. Hope to see you in Beautiful Malmö and Wonderful Copenhagen! Best Regards, Anders Forslund & Kristine Binzer Chairmen of the joint Danish and Swedish Rotaract Preconvention Committee

Lights, Camera, Action: USCC Rotaract Conference July 19-23 (Wednesday - Sunday) or July 21-23 (Friday - Sunday) UCLA The United States, Canada, and Caribbean (USCC) contains more than 400 Rotaract Clubs, working on a variety of projects on the basic principles of Rotary's "Service Above Self." The Lights, Camera, Action USCC Rotaract Conference is an amazing opportunity for our club to meet more of our Rotaract Family from the USA, Canada and the Caribbean! Anyone that attended last year's Chicago conference can attest to the level of energy, insight and plain ol' fun that was shared... and this year's LA conference will be no different! The conference is from July 19-23rd and as you are welcome to attend the whole conference, our club will most likely be carpooling to LA Friday (July 21) and leaving Sunday afternoon (July 23). We are looking into accomodations as to make the registration amount less and will get more information to you ASAP. Please put this date on your calendar and get ready to truly experience Rotaract! Events include various keynote speakers, workshops, group exercises, the Getty Center Museum, dinner at a Hollywood Mansion and of course... our own Los Angeles after-parties. To find out more informaton, view USCC 2006 and to see pictures from last years' conference in Chicago, view Chicago Rotaract Conference 2005. If you are interested, please email Bridget Johnson.

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: May 24 Mike Stellman (PDG) & Ron Erbetta Rotary's Public Image May 31 ? June 07 Jeff Schemmel Athletic Director, San Diego State University June 14 Sgt. Richard Schnell SDPD Homeless Outreach Team For last minute changes, please check http://www.sdrotary.org!

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Rotaract & Rotary Trivia Group Study Exchange The Group Study Exchange (GSE) program of The Rotary Foundation is a unique cultural and vocational exchange opportunity for young business and professional men and women between the ages of 25 and 40 and in the early years of their professional lives. The program provides travel grants for teams to exchange visits between paired areas in different countries. For four to six weeks, team members experience the host country's institutions and ways of life, observe their own vocations as practiced abroad, develop personal and professional relationships, and exchange ideas. For each team member, The Rotary Foundation provides the most economical round-trip air ticket between the home and host countries. Local Rotarians in the host area provide for meals, lodging, and group travel within their district.