Weekly Announcements
January 16, 2007
| Rotaract Club of Downtown San Diego Weekly Announcements January 16, 2007 |
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| Next Meeting Our next general meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 at 6:30 pm at Kansas City BBQ, 610 W. Market Street, Downtown San Diego. After the meeting we will all be going to Buca Di Beppo for dinner. This is a great opportunity to get to know your fellow Rotaract members. We're looking forward to seeing you there! |
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Volunteer Opportunities with
Rotary International Once again the Rotary International Assembly is being conducted in San Diego at the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel between January 28 and February 03. Incoming District Governors will begin their training on January 29. Here are two separate areas for which volunteers are needed: Greeters for International Assembly January 28 (Sunday) Shifts: 7:00 am – 12:00 pm / 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm / 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm Airport or Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego District 5340 is delighted to welcome the incoming governors and greet them on Sunday, January 28. If you would like to serve as Greeter at the Airport or at the Hotel we offer you the opportunity to sign up online. There will be three 5-hour shifts. Please indicate the shift that you will be available to greet. They need about 30 greeters per shift. For more information and to sign up, please click here. International Assembly Book Donation Project There are two opportunities within this one project during the International Assembly held in San Diego: January 30 (Tuesday) 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego The spouses of District Governors Elect from around the world will bring about 1,800 books to San Diego which will be personalized by them, packed, and delivered to local charities by District 5340 Rotary clubs. Volunteers are needed to assist with: packing, taping and moving filled boxes from Randall Ballroom to Manchester Grand Hyatt loading dock to truck(s). February 01 (Thursday) 9:30 am – 11:00 am Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego Volunteers will also be packing 1,250 "Newborn Literacy Kits" for local charities. Volunteers will assist with packing, taping and moving filled boxes of literacy kits from Manchester Ballroom to Manchester Grand Hyatt loading dock to truck(s). Boxes may also have to be driven to storage and unloaded there until delivery on Saturday, February 03. Sign up for one or both Book Donation Project volunteer opportunities by clicking here. |
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| Upcoming Community Service January 27 (Saturday) Time & Place TBA Save the Date! We are currently in the process of planning out next community service event for Saturday, January 27th. Please stay tuned for more details! |
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| 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:
For last minute changes, please check http://www.sdrotary.org! |
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Members' Bulletin Board
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| Rotaract & Rotary Trivia Rotary Awareness Month (2/4) January is Rotary Awareness Month. Can you guess which year each event took place? Last week's question was ... 1. When was the first Rotary International Convention in Chicago? a. 1910, b. 1911, or c. 1912. The correct answer was a. 1910. This week's quesion: 2. When did the The National Rotarian magazine (precursor to The Rotarian) debut? a. 1905 b. 1906 c. 1911 The answer will be revealed in next week's newsletter. (The Rotarian, January 2007) |
| Contact Information If you have information, suggestions or feedback that you think the board might use to improve the club, we'd love to hear what you think, so please send your ideas to info@sdrotaract.org, snail-mail them to
or contact any member of the board directly:
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