Rotaract Club of Downtown San Diego Weekly Announcements December 05, 2006

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Next Meeting Our next general meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 05, 2006 at 6:30 pm at Kansas City BBQ, 610 W. Market Street, Downtown San Diego. Please note: There will be no general Rotaract meeting on December 19, 2006. We will continue to meet on the first and third Tuesday of each month in the new year. Our first meeting in 2007 will take place on January 2nd. Please join us! We're looking forward to seeing you!

Volunteers Needed: Christmas on the Promenade December 08 & 09 (Friday & Saturday) NTC Promenade, Point Loma As you all may remember, one of our last guest speakers at our meeting was Adriana Herrera from Kids Included Together. They are hosting an event the first weekend of December called Christmas on the Promenade. The event benefits Kids Included Together, a local non-profit group supporting the inclusion of children with disabilities in community programs, and several other local non-profits. Adriana is looking for volunteers to help with various aspects of the event including activity booths, Breakfast with Santa, gift wrapping station, etc. If you would like to volunteer, please email Cade or call her at 858-705-1575. You can also download a volunteer form here.

Jazzed about Jazz For Juvenile Diabetes 2006 The Fifth Annual Jazz for Juvenile Diabetes was a night to remember. Gathering in a new venue, guests enjoyed the smooth notes of David Patrone & his musicians and the tasty libations at the Karma Lounge. Many tried their luck in winning some tempting raffle prize packages and bidding on enticing silent auction items. Final numbers are still coming in, but even without that, we know the event was a success. Event photos will be posted on the club website soon. We look forward to presenting JDRF with a generous donation to help fight Juvenile Diabetes. Huge Thanks go to Fundraising Chair, Andy Gerber, for his leadership and organization in heading up this year's fundraiser. Thank you to everyone who attended, bought raffle tickets, and made donations. We greatly appreciate your support! A guest and Rotaract members Felix and Armond with San Diego's premier male jazz vocalist David Patrone. Chava, Andy P., and Elizabeth: Great music and dancing all night long! Former Rotaract President Evan and long-time member Gidget enjoying the party.

Annual Rotaract Holiday Party December 15 (Friday) 7:30 pm Felix Tinkov's house, 4752 Lotus Street Come join the Rotaract Club of Downtown San Diego for its annual holiday party. Once again, the very generous Felix Tinkov is hosting the party at his spacious house. There will be a white elephant gift exchange, so please bring your funniest gift under $20. The exchange will take place promptly at 10:00 pm. Also kindly bring your favorite beverage or snack to share with the group. Like always it will be memorable, we hope you can make it! If you have questions about our social events, please contact our Social Chair Mark.

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: December 06 Professor Arlene Wolinski Egyptologist "Camping in Western Egypt" December 13 Dave Nuffer "Ernest Hemingway and his footsteps across the globe" December 20 Rotary Celebrates Community Organizations: Senior Community Centers, Tomorrow Project, Monarch School, and Wounded Warriors from Balboa Hospital. December 27 Dark – No Meeting! For last minute changes, please check http://www.sdrotary.org!

Members' Bulletin Board Looking for Holiday Gifts? Check out Butterfly Enterprises' variety of handmade items, all of which are created by students of the Monarch School. Butterfly Enterprises is a Junior Achievement Company owned and operated by the students of Monarch School in San Diego. All items can be customized with your choice of charms. To see the array of jewelry, bookmarks & napkins, visit the Monarch Shop website. Founded in 1988, Monarch School and its committed team of teachers, administrators and volunteers is dedicated to providing homeless and at-risk children with an accredited education while caring for their basic needs. Today, more than 100 students between the ages of 7 and 18 are enrolled at Monarch School. For information about the school, please visit the school's website. Looking for Roommate and Marketing Job Former Rotaract member Michelle Wright looking for roommate with no pets and a non-smoker to find a place with. She has all the furniture except for second bedroom. Ready to move ASAP. She's looking to pay between $700-800 a month for a master bedroom. Call Michelle at 619-518-3725 or email her for more info. She's also looking for a marketing job. Silver 2002 Prius for Sale – 45 mpg! – $16500 (Pacific Beach) Silver 2002 Prius for sale! Elizabeth is getting a new one (arriving between 11/7 and 11/14, keep this in mind if you need a car *yesterday* :O), so she needs to sell the fantastic one she has now – it's in great condition. She bought it Certified Used from Kearny Mesa Toyota and she's babied it for the past two years she's owned it. Everyone asks if it's a new car – the interior is in great shape, very clean, the exterior is nearly perfect. Asking $16,500 obo. Some other things to note: tinted windows, CD player/AM-FM radio/tape player, power windows/locks, averages 45 mpg – 450 miles on one tank!!, silver exterior, light grey interior (protected as seats have always had covers), *already has All-Access carpool lane stickers* – drive home alone in the carpool lane!, around 66K miles, 4-door sedan, automatic. If you're interested, e-mail Elizabeth or give her a ring at (619) 885-4553. 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 Fast Facts about Children • Before eradication efforts began in 1988, polio paralyzed more than 1,000 children a day, according to PolioPlus. • In 2004, more than 13.8 million, or 19 percent, of American children resided in food-insecure households, meaning they were hungry or at risk of hunger, according to America's Second Harvest. • Of the 10.5 million deaths of children under five years old each year, almost half occur in sub-Saharan Africa, according to UNESCO. • Each year, about one million substantiated cases of child abuse and neglect occur in the United States, according to the National Association of Counsel for Children. http://www.rotary.org/interactive/index.html