Rotaract Club of Downtown San Diego Weekly Announcements September 12, 2006

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Next Meeting Our next general meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 19, 2006 at 6:30 pm at Kansas City BBQ, 610 W. Market Street, Downtown San Diego. We're looking forward to seeing you there!

Annual Rancho Jireh Picnic: Volunteers Needed! September 17 (Sunday) 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm De Anza Cove, Mission Bay More volunteers are needed! We still need positions filled for things like set-up at 1:00 pm, sign-making, water-balloon toss / relay race, sports with the kids, prize patrol, cookie decorating, face-painting, and clean-up. If you are interested in helping out, please contact Cade. The Rancho Jireh Picnic will be held on Sunday, September 17th, from 2:30 - 5:00 pm. The picnic is located in De Anza Cove in Mission Bay. Please bring sunscreen, beach chairs and blankets to sit on, and sporting equipment if you have it. Kansas City BBQ will cater the event. We'll play games and have activities like face painting and cookie decorating. Parking will be a challenge, so please plan on arriving early. Directions: Take I-5 to the Clairemont Drive Exit, head West to East Mission Bay Drive, then right to North Mission Bay Drive. This road goes into the parking lot of De Anza Cove. Thanks and we'll see you there!

Special Guest on September 19: Rotary District Governor Philippe Lamoise We'll be having a special visitor on September 19. The current Rotary District Governor of District 5340, Philippe Lamoise, will join our meeting that night. He'll introduce himself and explain more about his role. Philippe Lamoise joined Rotary in 1994. He is a past-president of the Torrey Pines Rotary Club. He has served in many committees at the District level, and was named Rotarian of the Year for District 5340 last year. He has been involved with all major programs of the Rotary Foundation. Professionally he is self-employed and develops websites and does video productions. Mr. Lamoise has very often used his professional skills to serve Rotary. He signed up as a Rotary Volunteer to spend five weeks in Northern India to teach computers and video editing to monks in a Tibetan Monastery in Dharamsala. He went back to the same area of India in November 2004, again to teach computers to the local community, and to follow up on some projects that got started in 2003. Check out the links on the District 5340 website to learn more about those two trips.

Social: Performance and Cocktails Sold Out! September 30 (Saturday) Estancia La Jolla & La Jolla Playhouse Our next Rotaract event, The La Jolla Playhouse Performance and Cocktails is sold out!!! As mentioned in the evite the event would sell out and congrats to those who bought tickets early! Our next event will be the San Diego Museum of Art's Culture and Cockails on October 26th. The evite will be sent next month.

Tijuana Homebuilding on October 21st: Come Make a Difference! October 21 (Saturday) 5:45 am - 7:00 pm Tijuana The annual Tijuana Homebuilding event is coming upon us again and this year, the Rotaract Club of Downtown San Diego is hoping to have another caravan of enthusiastic, energetic, helpful members who are willing to spend a day helping to build homes in Tijuana. We will be working side by side with the Mexico Caravan Ministries Group to build two homes for poverty-stricken families south of the border. The Mexico Caravan Ministries was founded fifteen years ago by Dave Burdette, a missionary who aimed to bring Canadian and American students and adults to help the homeless in Mexico. Groups of 10-15 people go out early in the day with their assigned guide who has expertise in building these homes. Through teamwork and collaboration, by the end of the day the group has built a solid 12'X16' shelter! We will be leaving very early in the morning (5:45 am) on October 21st. People may park their cars at the Old Town Trolley station for the day. We will carpool in vans to meet up with the ministry guide in Chula Vista by 6:30 am. We need to make sure that we are on time as the guide will be taking us into the heart of Tijuana province. We should be back into San Diego by 7:00 pm that evening. This event will make a difference in the lives of everyone involved. The project aims to help those less fortunate and reach our hearts and hands across cultural borders. It's amazing what can be accomplished in only one day! No construction experience or tools are required. Tools are provided by the guides. Participants need only to be prepared for an incredible time – to have a lot of fun and laughter with other Rotaractors while creating a lasting legacy in Tijuana. Join in on this wonderful event and make a difference in someone's life! We will need 25 members (must be a member by October 21) to join this free service event. Contact Chantelle Swaby or Dean Koci to sign up, or for more details. Picture yourself creating a home for the homeless.

Board Position Available Would you like to become more involved in our club during the 2006-2007 year? Do you have interest and skill in web design and development? Website Chair may be for you. If this has sparked something inside of you, or if you have interest in becoming more involved with Rotaract in another capacity, please email Bridget.

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 Cade for details and availability.

San Diego Downtown Breakfast Rotary Meeting The San Diego Downtown 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: September 13 Off-Site Meeting San Diego Aerospace Museum 2001 Pan American Plaza Meeting at the San Diego Aerospace Museum, located in the heart of Balboa Park. Breakfast starts at 7:00 am followed by a short business meeting. September 20 District Governor September 27 Blake Shaw, M.D. Route 66 photo display October 04 Nancy Graham President, CCDC "The Face of Downtown" For last minute changes, please check http://www.sdrotary.org!

Members' Bulletin Board Discount on San Diego Speaker Series Tickets Our club is being offered a 10% discount on tickets to the 2006 San Diego Speaker Series which will feature the following speakers: Rudolph Giuliani on September 26, James Carville & Ann Coulter on October 24, and Bob Dole & General Wesley Clark on December 05. Please contact Bridget if you would like to take advantage of this great offer. Breast Cancer Beneficiary Sought Zip It Gear is closing in on a 500 store test for a nationwide retail chain and one of our product offering is our pink ribbon pocket socks. Zip It Gear is looking for a beneficiary who does not require any type of licensing agreement or minimum donation. (For instance, the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation requires a $10,000 minimum donation per year in order to use their name.) We want a no hassle beneficiary and preferably one that will be recognizable nationwide. The organization should be a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and at least 70% of their donated dollars should go to breast cancer research, awareness, or care. For more information, see www.ZipItGear.com or click on this more specific link. Please contact Evan Papel with any suggestions. 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 How many people are members of Rotaract Clubs worldwide? There are an estimated 169,671 Rotaract members all over the world.