Weekly Announcements
February 06, 2007
| Rotaract Club of Downtown San Diego Weekly Announcements February 06, 2007 |
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| Next Meeting Our next general meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 at 6:30 pm at Kansas City BBQ, 610 W. Market Street, Downtown San Diego. We're looking forward to seeing you! |
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| February Social: Ray at Night February 10 (Saturday) 7:00pm 3811 Ray Street, North Park The Rotaract Social event for February is Ray at Night. On the second Saturday of each month, North Park's Ray Street galleries open from 6:00 - 9:00 pm. The street is closed off and people can walk to all the different galleries and there is also music, wine, and various forms of entertainment. The plan is for people to meet outside the Planet Room Gallery (3811 Ray Street) at 7:00 pm. Then around 9:00 pm, we will head off to Nunu's (3537 5th Avenue) for some cocktails. Call our Social Chair Mark at 858-922-1275, if you can't find us or want to meet us later. Hope you can make it! Also check out www.rayatnight.com for more info. |
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Valentine's Desserts and Bingo
at the Senior Center February 17 (Saturday) 1:30 pm Senior Center, 928 Broadway, Downtown Join us for bingo and dessert with the seniors on Saturday, February 17th at 1:30 pm. Please plan on arriving in plenty of time to find street parking. Most of the streets in the area are metered, so bring plenty of change! The senior center provides the bingo and we will provide the sweets. Please bring your favorite dessert such as cookies, brownies, cupcakes, etc. to serve about 10-15 people. Additionally, the center is also asking for us to provide some small prizes for the winners of the bingo games. Here's a list of the items the senior center recommended:
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Did you know February is World
Understanding Month? Consider this excerpt from the Rotary International Newsroom: "February is World Understanding Month on the Rotary calendar. It's difficult, however, to understand others if you can't comprehend the words they use. But once you learn another language, a new world opens. You can read more newspapers and understand more movies. You can learn about more people's lives and laugh at their jokes. Most important, you'll always know when someone is talking about you in an elevator. Many worldly Rotarians are polyglots. Among the Rotarians featured in the February issue of The Rotarian are a training consultant and a photographer. Both have used a second language in their careers or service work. Rotarians are also helping others learn languages. In Malmö, Sweden, they're conversing in Swedish with immigrants. In Chile, Rotarians have trained English instructors. In Haiti, they're funding French tutoring, giving students a chance at a better education and brighter career prospects. Consider how your life might be better if you added another language to it. Then imagine how our world would be better if we all knew another language." As we move through World Understanding Month, let us challenge ourselves to take a more global perspective in our daily lives. Take the opportunity to consider how what you're doing at any given moment will affect not only the world you know, but the world you don't know. What you're doing – or, more importantly – how you think about your actions, does make a difference. Whether it's learning another language or learning more about the subcultures within your own community, your efforts can foster open-mindedness and peace ... and that is something to celebrate! |
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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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| Rotaract & Rotary Trivia Rotary Awareness Month ... Last week's question: 4. When was the first club outside the United States chartered? a. 1907, b. 1912, or c. 1916. Bonus question: Where was this club? The correct answers: b. 1912. This club was chartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. (The Rotarian, January 2007) World Understanding Month February was chosen as World Understanding Month because it includes the birthday of Rotary International: 23 February. During the month, Rotaract clubs are encouraged to present programs that promote international understanding and goodwill. They may invite international speakers, arrange discussions on global issues, or present entertainment with a cultural or artistic theme. Many clubs also take the opportunity to organize an international community service project or establish a Twin Club relationship with a Rotaract club in another country. World Understanding Month is a chance for every Rotaractor to reflect upon and promote Rotarys continued quest for goodwill, peace, and understanding among people of the world. |
| 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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