Weekly Announcements
March 18, 2008
Weekly Announcements March 18, 2008 |
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| Next Meeting Our next general meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 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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| Ace of Hearts 2008 Our kick off meeting was a success and as we move closer to the date we need everyone's help to make our annual Ace of Hearts event a success! This year our beneficiary is the Toussaint Academy which we have done extensive work with in the past. This event is a wonderful time and includes poker, a silent auction, raffle and tons of fun! Please start thinking about how you would like to be involved ... we need everyone's help to make this a smashing event!!
Tickets are $25 prior to the event and $30 the week of the event. Tickets will be available online and for cash purchase the second week of April. Please start thinking about where you would like to get donations for our raffle and silent auction. A sign up sheet will be passed at our next general meeting to help with donations. For more information, please email Amanda Scott. |
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| March Community Service: Rotaract Walks for Water March 22 (Saturday) 7:00 am departure, event: 9:00 am - 11:30 am Santa Monica Pier – 350 Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica, CA 90401 Join Rotaract, Project Concern International (PCI), Ethos Water (Starbucks), and other non-governmental organizations to promote Walks for Water, which are inspired by the journey women and children in water-stressed countries make each day to obtain clean water for their families. The 2-3 mile walk in Santa Monica – where we will hopefully meet up with Rotaractors from L.A. – will be accompanied by speakers, a rally, and organization involvement to raise awareness about the plight of many people in our world who struggle to survive with limited clean water resources. Carpooling and the sharing of gas money is encouraged! Expect to leave San Diego no later than 7:00 am. The event takes place from 9:00 am - 11:30 am. Since participants will walk on behalf of both Rotaract and PCI, volunteers will be given snazzy black and white PCI baseball hats and are encouraged to wear our cool Rotaract t-shirts! Water sanitation and awareness is one of Rotary's key worldwide initiatives! This is a great way to get involved in a Rotary and international campaign! Please contact Jess Ross with any questions. 858.279.9690 ext. 324 For more information, please check out the World Water Day website and go to the Project Concern website. |
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| Upcoming April Community Service Event: Aircraft Restoration Work Day April 12 (Saturday) 9:00 am - 12:30 pm Hangar 805 (NASNI) Maximum 18 people! Our official April Community Service event will be the Aircraft Restoration Work Day. The event will take place at Hangar 805 (NASNI) starting at 9:00 am. We will meet outside the restrooms at Tidelands Park, Coronado, for a shuttle at 9:00 am. We will work until 12:30 pm. Parking is free. Directions to Tidelands Park: From the Coronado Bridge take the first exit - into the park. 2000 Mullinix Drive, Coronado, CA 92118 All participants need to come in work clothes - clothes you don't mind getting dirty, and please wear closed-toe shoes. The projects will be physical in nature, requiring the ability to walk, some hand dexterity, and the ability to lift 10 pounds. We will be working on the aircraft that are displayed on the USS Midway. We will also be able to go on a tour afterwards and buy lunch at the Cafe on board. Please call Dean Koci with any questions: 619.991.4088. The evite is coming soon. |
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| World Food Cultural Contest Our sister chapter of Rotaract in Ankara, Turkey – The Rotaract Club of Ankara Kavaklidere – is sponsoring a World Food Cultural Contest. After many good suggestions by our members, we decided to enter a good old American stand-by, cheeseburgers! We completed our video and it is available for viewing by clicking here. We submitted our video along with other entries from clubs around the world which include Nepal, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Pakistan, Sicily and Malta chapters. There is an exciting reward waiting for the winners of the World Food Cultural Contest!!! Two members of the winning chapter of Rotaract will be hosted in Ankara, Turkey, for one week! The Turkey chapter is now reviewing all the videos and stay tuned for the winner! |
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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 Why should a Rotary club sponsor a Rotaract club? Organizing a Rotaract club is one of the most rewarding community activities a Rotary club can undertake. The Rotaract program gives Rotarians the opportunity to mentor dynamic young men and women who want to provide service in their local and global communities. Rotarians also will serve as resources for Rotaractors who will become tomorrow's parents, business professionals, and community leaders. In turn, a Rotaract club can bring new energy to a Rotary club, inspire fresh ideas for service, increase support to projects, and spread knowledge of Rotary to other sectors of the community. Rotaractors, with the experience they gain through this Rotary program, make exceptional future Rotarians. |
| 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
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