Weekly Announcements November 13, 2007

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Next Meeting Our next general meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at 6:30 pm at Kansas City BBQ, 610 W. Market Street, Downtown San Diego. We're looking forward to seeing you!

Thanksgiving Potluck at the Toussaint Academy Tonight November 13 (Tuesday) 6:30 pm Toussaint Academy Official November Community Service Event! We'll be having a Thanksgiving Potluck at the Toussaint Academy of the Arts and Sciences (TAAS) on Tuesday, November 13th at 6:30 pm. Everyone needs to bring a dish and please bring enough, because we have 22 teens and 10-20 Rotaractors. Please show up a little early if you need to set up your dish. Toussaint Academy of the Arts and Sciences (TAAS) is a licensed group home that serves homeless youth in San Diego County ages 14 to 17. Since 1992, the Toussaint Academy (formerly the Toussaint Teen Center) has strived to provide its residents with a comprehensive array of services needed to help them grow into healthy and successful adults. This innovative new program, which combines traditional education with a curriculum rich in the arts and sciences, is the first of its kind serving homeless youth in San Diego County. If you haven't received the evite, take a look at it by clicking here. Feel free to call Dean Koci with any questions at 619-991-4088.

Jazz for Juvenile Diabetes 2007 December 01 (Saturday) 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm MINUS 1 Lounge, Keating Hotel, 432 F Street Ticket prices: $25 in advance, $35 the week of the event Jazz Donations Preparation Night November 30 (Friday) 6:30 pm Amanda's Condo Jazz Donations Preparation night will take place on November 30 at 6:30 pm at Amanda's Condo. If you have donations that you need to hand off, please bring them to our meeting on November 20. Arrangements can be made after that for any donations received. If you have helped with the donation effort and / or would like to help prepare packages for the raffle and silent auction as well as tickets and any last minute efforts, please feel free to join us. Please email Amanda if you are interested in partaking and she will send you directions. Web and Mail Exposure For Our Sponsors Are you collecting raffle and auction items? Have logos from your sponsors? Send them to Derrick to get your sponsors web and email exposure as a thanks for helping make Jazz a success! We Need Your Help With Jazz less than a month away, we need everyone's help to make the event a sucess. There are many tasks we need help with to pull everything off and make this event the best is has ever been! We need volunteers from the club to help promote our upcoming event by attending various Rotary Meetings in San Diego and spreading the word. If you would like to help, please contact Amanda. We need volunteers to help out the night of the event, sign up sheets will circulate at our next two meetings. After each of the next two meetings, we will be handing out fliers for Jazz to the Downtown area. Please stick around for a few minutes to help publicize the event! We are busy collecting donations from local vendors for our raffle and silent auction. Please continue your efforts with collections donations as well. Any donation is welcome! Lastly, please help to promote the event by communicating with your friends, family, coworkers, and neighbors! If you would like to sell paper tickets, please contact Amanda. Eblasts will continue to be sent out and tickets are available on our website via PayPal. Thank you to everyone for your support with this event! Event Details Jazz for Juvenile Diabetes is closer than you think! We have pinned down the following details to make this event the best this club has ever produced: Jazz for Juvenile Diabetes (benefitting the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation), December 1st, 2007, 6-9 PM, The MINUS 1 Lounge at the Keating Hotel, 432 F Street, Live Jazz Music Featuring the Elliott Lawrence Trio.Tickets will be sale at meetings but also through the website via PayPal. Tickets are $25 in advance and $35 the week of the event. Our Beneficiary: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) JDRF is the leading charitable funder and advocate of type 1 (juvenile) diabetes research worldwide. The mission of JDRF is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. Type 1 diabetes is a disease which strikes children suddenly and requires multiple injections of insulin daily or a continuous infusion of insulin through a pump. Insulin, however, is not a cure for diabetes, nor does it prevent its eventual and devastating complications which may include kidney failure, blindness, heart disease, stroke, and amputation. We are looking forward to a great event in an exciting venue with great food, live music, and friends! A Big Thank You to Our Sponsors!

Dues Are Due! It is that time of year again... Current Rotaract members, The semi-annual dues are $30. The dues go to help subsidize the many community service and social events that occur throughout the year. These events include the Rancho Jireh Picnic, the ice cream social and bingo at the senior center, as well as many more. For new members, once you have completed your membership requirements, there is a one time initiation fee of $28. This fee goes towards a snazzy Rotaract t-shirt, pin, and certificate. In addition, new members will also need to pay the $30 for semi-annual dues. The total amount for a new member is $58. You can pay your dues by attending a general meeting and giving a check or cash to the Treasurer, Steve Goodall. You can also pay with your credit card or bank account through PayPal.

Entertainment Books Are Now For Sale! Entertainment Books Payment is due at our next meeting on November 20th. If you took a book on good faith, please bring payment. These books cost only $40 and have over $18,000 worth of savings inside! Save on your daily errands, dining out, and travel costs. These books are an excellent value and provide a great fundraiser to our club. San Diego books are for sale at all of our general meetings or by special arrangement with Amanda Scott, Fundrasing Chair, 619-708-2295. You can also purchase books online and they will be credited to our account by using our group id. Through this method, you can purchase books for any city you would like. Go to www.entertainment.com/support and enter group ID 120008. Shipping is free. Please contact Amanda Scott with any questions.

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: November 14 Dan Lyle USA Sevens International Rugby Tournament November 21 Dark! - No Meeting No meeting in observance of Thanksgiving. November 28 TBA December 05 Stephen Weber President San Diego State University For last minute changes, please check http://www.sdrotary.org!

Members' Bulletin Board Free Tickets to See Dat Phan November 28 - December 02 (Wednesday - Sunday) The Improv Comedy Club at Pechanga      45000 Pechanga Parkway (formerly Pala Road), Temecula Free Tickets to see Dat Phan perform Live at the Pechanga Improv Comedy Club on November 28th - December 2nd. 21 & older, 2 drink minimum. Great chance for you to network with people by offering them free tickets to come with you! Email, call or text: Emmett Morgan, 858-922-2468, www.datphan.com, www.myspace.com/dphan Volunteers Needed for Monarch School's Butterfly Enterprises Mondays 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm The Monarch School The Monarch School is looking for help with their business club, Butterfly Enterprises. They're looking for a couple of volunteers to help out on Mondays from about 3:00-5:00pm and occasionally on the weekends or evenings. The purpose of the club is to teach the students how to run a business. They learn how to make certain products (jewelry, embossed napkins, and stationary), and also how to market and sell their products. If you're interested in becoming a part of their team or if you'd like more information, please contact Kristin Shea. 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@sandiegorotaract.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 What is the official Rotary flag? The Rotary flag consists of a white field with the official wheel emblem emblazoned in gold in the center of the field. The four depressed spaces on the rim of the Rotary wheel are colored royal blue. The words "Rotary" and "International" printed at the top and bottom depressions on the wheel rim are also gold. This official flag was formally adopted by RI at the 1929 Convention in Dallas, Texas.