Rotaract Club of Downtown San Diego Weekly Announcements September 26, 2006

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Next Meeting Our next general meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 03, 2006 at 6:30 pm at Kansas City BBQ, 610 W. Market Street, Downtown San Diego. We're looking forward to seeing you there!

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.

Upcoming Community Service: 3rd Annual Life Skills Scavenger Course October 14 (Saturday) 10:00 am Downtown Please mark your calendar for this year's 3rd Annual Life Skills Scavenger Course for Saturday, October 14th. This event is put together by the It's All About the Kids Foundation as an educational program for the teens at the Toussiant Academy. The Toussaint Academy is a safe haven for children who are unable to live with their families due to abuse, neglect, or other circumstances. As a volunteer, you will be assigned an occuptation to "act" such as a rental agent, undercover cop, cable customer service rep, etc. Then, the teens will come to you and complete whatever activity is at your station. Angela Brannon with the It's All About the Kids Foundation will be at our first October meeting to explain the progam and answer our questions. This is a really great event, so please show your suppport!

Tijuana Homebuilding: 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: We already have 10 spots filled, so please contact us soon to reserve a spot! Non-members, we may have room, so please get on the list and get your requirements done. Contact Chantelle Swaby or Dean Koci to sign up, or for more details. Picture yourself creating a home for the homeless.

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 27 Blake Shaw, M.D. Route 66 photo display October 04 Nancy Graham President, CCDC "The Face of Downtown" October 11 Teresa Shanahan, Ph.D. From LifeLine Health: The 10 Warning Signs of Alzheimers Disease October 18 ? For last minute changes, please check http://www.sdrotary.org!

Members' Bulletin Board Discount on San Diego Speaker Series Tickets September 26, October 24 & December 05 (all Tuesdays) 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 and Ann Coulter on October 24, and      Bob Dole and General Wesley Clark on December 05. Please contact Bridget if you would like to take advantage of this great offer. Dat Phan on TV September 26 (Tuesday) 6:00 pm 4350 La Jolla Village Drive, Suite 200, CA 92122 Cost: free – no cover charge / open to the public Local Vietnamese Comedian and Original Winner of NBC's Last Comic Standing – Dat Phan – will be taping a TV show on Tuesday, September 26th at 6:00 pm. All Rotaract Members are welcome to come to the shoot as audience members! Go to www.datphan.com and click on the flyer for information and reservation. Reserve your seats now, and show up early! Volunteer Opportunity: San Diego Sculpture Show October 14 & 15 (Saturday & Sunday) Embarcadero Marina Park North (located directly behind Seaport Village) First visit the website to see what great volunteer opportunities are available; then please send an email with your areas of interest. Or contact Carol Jensen, San Diego Downtown Breakfast Rotary. Volunteers Needed for 2006 Walk to Cure Diabetes October 15 (Sunday) 7:00 am UCSD Campus, School of Medicine lawn Volunteers are needed for the 2006 Walk to Cure Diabetes. Check-in starts at 7:30 am and the Walk starts at 9:00 am. We hope you can help again this year because the Walk is a great fundraiser for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, but it's also a great way to inform our community about Type I diabetes, and the support services provided by JDRF. This year's Walk promises to be bigger and more fun than ever. 200+ volunteers are needed to hold this event, so please consider volunteering at this great event. Volunteers are needed for: site set-up, check-in, food booth, parking, route monitors, general floaters, greeters, route cheerers, kid zone, clean-up… For a complete list of volunteer opportunities and descriptions, please visit the JDRF website. For questions or to sign-up, call the JDRF office at 858-597-0240 or email Tracy. Thank you!! Job Opening: Brand Manager for Eagle Creek Travel Gear Eagle Creek, the industry leader in adventure travel gear, luggage, and accessories, has an immediate opening for a multi-talented, creative and energetic individual to become a key member of the company’s Marketing Team. The Associate Brand Manager will work closely with the Director of Marketing and the Sales and Product Development teams, to create and oversee successful delivery of marketing and sales campaigns. Project and brand management experience required as well as an exceptionally creative background. Write, edit and maintain all print and electronic media. Responsible for retail marketing initiatives and point of sale creative development. Planning and execution of PR preparation and dissemination. Must have excellent Microsoft Office, Photoshop, Quark/Indesign, Adobe and other page layout skills. Salary commensurate with experience. Benefits and 401(k) plan available. Please send your resume via e-mail to Arlene Garza. For more information about Eagle Creek visit their website. 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 In how many countries and geographical regions do Rotaract Clubs exist? The 7,377 Rotaract Clubs mentioned in our last newsletter come from 111 countries and geographical regions all over the world.