Weekly Announcements
February 20, 2007
| Rotaract Club of Downtown San Diego Weekly Announcements February 20, 2007 |
* * * * *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
| Next Meeting Our next general meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at 6:30 pm at Kansas City BBQ, 610 W. Market Street, Downtown San Diego. We're looking forward to seeing you! |
||||||||
| February: World Understanding
Month Quotes worth thinking about as we continue to celebrate World Understanding Month: "Tolerance implies a respect for another person, not because he is wrong or even because he is right, but because he is human." – John Cogley Commonweal "America is so vast that almost everything said about it is likely to be true, and the opposite is probably equally true." – James T. Farell "Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance." – William James "Will" Durant "Languages are the most powerful instruments of preserving and developing our tangible and intangible heritage." – http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/language/index.html "The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started." – Norman Cousins How we embrace these ideas and incorporate them into our actions and beliefs will contribute to world understanding. Yes, that can go in various directions; thus, it is up to each of us to decide and declare what impact we each will have on the world. If you have any recent events or discoveries that you feel apply to or tie in with World Understanding Month, please share them at our next meeting on February 20th. |
||||||||
| We Have Moved: Our New Web Address We have moved!!! Due to unforeseen circumstances, we had to change our web address. Our web site is still the one you're used to, just the address has changed.
Obviously, as a result of this, our e-mail addresses have changed as well.
|
||||||||
|
Model UN Conference: Volunteers
Needed March 24 & 25 (Saturday & Sunday) 8:00 am - 4:00 pm and 11:00 pm - 7:00 am Location TBA The local Rotary Clubs are gathering volunteers for the Model UN conference that is coming up on the weekend of March 24-25. Five volunteers are needed on both days of the conference (Saturday and Sunday) from 8:00 am - 4:00 pm, as well as one or two all-night chaperones from 11:00 pm - 7:00 am. Volunteers are needed for menial tasks, such as preparing and cleaning up lunch/snacks, moving luggage, etc. Overnight chaperones are necessary because the kids are high school-aged and require supervision. As described by another Rotaractor: "(This opportunity) is beneficial to Rotaract members who volunteer for this project in various ways: 1) we will work side by side with local Rotarians; 2) we will provide a necessary service to ensure the quality of this conference; and 3) we will observe debates related to contemporary issues that play important roles in international affairs." That, of course, is significant to Rotaract's goal of raising global awareness and understanding. To volunteer or for more information, please e-mail Jessica Ross Mann or call 650.288.8830. |
||||||||
|
Recap: Valentine's Desserts and
Bingo Thank you to all of you who attended the Bingo and Dessert event we had at the senior center last Saturday. About fifteen Rotaractors attended the event and brought plenty of desserts and bingo prizes. It was a great success and a good time was had by all. Please stay tuned for future events at the senior center! |
||||||||
| 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! |
||||||||
Members' Bulletin Board
|
||||||||
| Rotaract & Rotary
Trivia Rotarian's Commitment to Afghan Children Rotary International News, 12 February 2007 On 9 February, the U.S. news program NBC Nightly News featured the efforts of Rotarian Fary Moini as part of the show's "Making a Difference" series. The report focuses on how Moini worked with her club, the Rotary Club of La Jolla Golden Triangle (San Diego), to construct a school equipped with a science lab, library, and computer room for 2,000 children in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. To view a video of the segment or read the transcript, visit this MSNBC web site. Moini has led her club in a series of community service projects in the war-torn country. An Iranian-born U.S. citizen, Moini has traveled to the region six times, often as a Rotary Volunteer, with support from Rotary Foundation programs. http://www.rotary.org/newsroom/announcements/070212_moini.html |
| 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@sandiegorotaract.org, snail-mail them to
or contact any member of the board directly:
Looking for information from one of our past newsletters? Accidentally deleted one of our Weekly Announcement e-mails? Click here to get to our Newsletter Archive! If you have an announcement you'd like to have included in the weekly newsletter, please send it to newsletter@sandiegorotaract.org with "Newsletter" in the subject line no later than Friday evening. You are receiving this e-mail, because you have come to a meeting of the Rotaract Club of Downtown San Diego and have filled out your e-mail address on one of our forms. If you would like to be removed from all (!!!) Rotaract Club of Downtown San Diego e-mails, please write an e-mail to newsletter@sandiegorotaract.org with "Remove" in the subject line. We'll miss you! |
| ©
2007 The Rotaract Club of Downtown San Diego http://www.sandiegorotaract.org |