Rotaract Club of Downtown San Diego Weekly Announcements June 13, 2006

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Next Meeting Our next general meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 20, 2006 at 6:30 pm at Kansas City BBQ, 610 W. Market Street, Downtown San Diego. Please Note: This is Andrea Espinoza's last meeting as president and she will be making farewell remarks to the 2005-2006 board. We will also be heading out to Buca Di Beppo after the meeting, so come hungry! We're looking forward to seeing you there!

After Meeting Social: Dinner June 20 (Tuesday) After our general meeting Buca di Beppo, 705 6th Avenue Please join the 2005-2006 board at Buca Di Beppo to help celebrate the Rotaract year. We will head out after the meeting!

4th Annual Ace of Hearts A Huge Success Ace of Hearts 2006 succeeded in bringing San Diego another signature event, representing beautifully the Rotaract Club of Downtown San Diego. Martini Ranch was definitely the place to be last Thursday as we transformed the dance floor and lounge into a bustling casino. Guests enjoyed the craps, blackjack and poker tables while also soaking up the opportunity to enjoy the hip atmosphere and world famous martinis. A special thanks to Aaron Adragna and Danielle Esposito for once again, organizing such a well executed and fun event! We also want to thank Darren Chin for heading such a lucrative raffle and silent auction and Cade Fulton and Jeff Haskin for finding us our food sponsors! We appreciate the volunteers and everyone that contributed to making this event run smoothly. And to our Rotary Club, we are forever grateful for your continued support. Monies raised at this event were donated to an organization called Water for Children Africa. Inspired by Rotary International's call to help provide clean water accross the world, it was an honor to help raise money in such a way. To view a few of the evening's photos click here.

Tijuana Brewery Tour & Rotaract Party June 16 (Friday), 6:00 pm until June 17 (Saturday) or June 17 (Saturday), 11:00 am - 9:00 pm Tijuana Come hang out with the Rotaract Club of Downtown San Diego and the Rotaract Club Tijuana Siglo XXI in Tijuana. Groups will be travelling from Downtown to San Ysidro. The Tijuana Club has kindly offered to pick us up in cars and show us around. Leaving Friday Some of us will leave Friday, June 16, around 6:00 pm in order to go to the Tijuana club's weekly meeting and stay over. Let's try to get everyone on the 6:15 pm trolley out of Old Town where you can park your cars. Those of you working or living Downtown can meet Dean at One America Plaza and catch the same trolley at 6:26 pm. This will get us to Tijuana by 7:11 pm. Leaving Saturday Another group will leave Saturday around 11:00 am to get to Tijuana in time for an authentic fiesta hosted by the Tijuana Rotaract Club. Same deal – you can park for free at Old Town and catch the 11:15 am trolley which stops at One America Plaza at 11:26 am and gets you to Tijuana at 12:11 pm. If someone would like to volunteer as the leader for this group, please let Dean know. In Tijuana As mentioned above, we will first attend an authentic fiesta hosted by the Tijuana Rotaract Club. Afterwards, we will have a local's tour of Tijuana ending at Tijuana Brewery at 6:00 pm where we will get a free tour and tasting. After this you can be driven back to the border, get on a trolley and be back home by 9:00 pm. Or stick around with the adventurous crowd as we explore Avenida Revolucion / Revolution Avenue and take the trolley home as you see fit. We will be furbished with maps. Aaron Adragna has offered to let people park stateside at his business, if you give him a few days notice. If you and anyone else interested in joining us haven't received the evite, please click here to see it. For more information, please e-mail Dean or call him at 619-991-4088.

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: June 14 Sgt. Richard Schnell SDPD Homeless Outreach Team June 21 Azim Khamisa Tariq Khamisa Foundation June 28 Dark! No club meeting. July 05 Club Assembly Club Assembly under new President Carol Jensen For last minute changes, please check http://www.sdrotary.org!

Members' Bulletin Board Assitance League of San Diego: Truck Driver Needed The Assistance League of San Diego is requesting our help! They have a thrift shop where they earn money to buy new school clothes for needy children. They are clothing over 2,400 children a year, and volunteers are greatly appreciated. They are looking for occasional help in picking up or delivering furniture that is being donated/purchased. The League is located at 108 University Avenue. If you have a truck or have access to a truck and would like to help out such a worthy organization, please e-mail Marilyn Mitchell or call her at 619 579-1203. Lerner and Loewe's Musical "Camelot" July 08 thru July 16 7:30 pm July 8-15 & 2:00 pm Matinees on July 9, 15 and 16 Poway Center for Performing Arts Tickets: $15 to $35 Purchase Tickets: PCPA Box Office, (858) 748-0505 Some discounted tickets may be available from www.goldstarevents.com. The American Rose Theatre would like to invite you to a very special event - a staging of Camelot, July 8-16 at the Poway Center for the Performing Arts. The ART is a non-profit theatre education organization dedicated to giving middle school and high school students throughout Southern California the joy of experience live theatrical performance - both from the audience and from the stage. This production features young actors from throughout San Diego and Orange County. Additionally, this performance of Camelot may have special interest for your club members: Playing the role of "King Arthur" will be Scott Farrell - director of the award-winning Chivalry Today educational program. Mr. Farrell has given presentations at dozens of Southern California Kiwanis, Rotary, Optimists and Lions clubs and Cub Scout, Boy Scout and Girl Scout Troops to help promote the value of chivalry and honor among today's (and tomorrow's) leaders. In conjunction with his appearance in "Camelot," Mr. Farrell is speaking at several area schools, libraries and Scouting organizations about the legends of King Arthur and the values of knighthood. For more information, please check out their flyer by clicking here. America's Finest City Half Marathon & 5K with the Arthritis Foundation August 20 (Sunday) 7:00 am Balboa Park Make a difference in a life while improving your own by participating in the AFC Half Marathon or 5K on Sunday, August 20th and choose the Arthritis Foundation as the charity to support when you register at: www.afc.activecharityconnect.com If you have any questions, e-mail Rachel Landolt or call her at 858-492-1090. 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 Why did Rotary experience unusual growth in the early 1990s? Rotary experienced a growth spurt in the early 1990s when it expanded into former Soviet bloc countries following the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the Soviet Union. Beginning in 1989, clubs in Central and Eastern Europe that had been disbanded for more than 50 years were re-established, and the first Russian Rotary club was chartered in 1990.

A Thank You to Our Sponsors! There's no way we could have had such a successful Ace of Heart's Event without the help and partnership with our surrounding community. To all of our sponsors we give great thanks, and to all of our raffle prize and silent auction contributors, we also give thanks! Thank You to Our Sponors! Thank You to Our Food Sponsors! Thank You to Our Raffle Prize and Silent Auction Sponsors!