The stream cleanup scheduled for this Saturday has been cancelled due to lack of interest. We will be working closely with Channel Keepers to plan another cleanup date. Thanks!
Monthly Archive for March, 2008
Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, April 1st at the downtown Rusty’s location. We’ll be starting at 6:30 but arrive early, go upstairs, and team up with some folks to order a pizza and drinks. We will be holding elections that day and you can only exercise your democratic right if you are present. Here are the nominees:
President
David Vo
Vice President
Dana Goba
Treasurer
Jennifer Wang
Tasha Zuzalek
Secretary
(None)
Our monthly nearly full moon night hike is this Thursday, March 20. We’ll meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Santa Barbara Mission and carpool up to the trailhead. Please bring warm clothes, water, sensible shoes and a flashlight or headlamp. RSVPs with your phone number are appreciated. The plan, subject to change, is to hike to Inspiration Point. I’ll bring some wine. Other group snacks welcome. 
We’re celebrating Rotaract’s 40th anniversary with a game night at Rotaract member Melanie Duxbury’s house on Tuesday, March 11 ,at 7 p.m. There will be games, snacks and some tasty beverages to get you in top gaming form. A $5 donation is requested, and ALL the donation money will be used to buy games for a local youth organization. Get your game faces on and get ready for a little friendly competition! Hope to see you there.
Address: 947 Veronica Springs Road (Map)
Exit Highway 101 at Las Positas
Head toward the ocean (a Left if you were going north, a Right if you were going south)
Turn right onto Modoc Road
Turn left onto Veronica Springs Road.
Go past a stop sign and then go straight. You’ll go into a churh parking lot, and Melanie’s house will be straight back.
If you have a lucky snack, feel free to bring it along. We’ll provide some nibbles.
Ideally, if you’re interested in this, you could go after volunteering in the morning at El Puente!
Eric Onnen of the SB Airbus has extended an offer to the Rotary Club of Goleta to go to the UCSB/Gaucho game on Saturday, March 8, at 1 p.m. Lunch will be served in the VIP room and then everyone can watch the game after lunch.
Interested? Email Eric at eo@sbairbus.com and tell him you’re with Rotaract and Jay Wright sent you!
It’s a great chance to support the home team and meet some of the Rotarians!
Volunteers will work in two shifts on Saturday, March 8, to paint the El Puente School lunchroom and do touch-up work in some of the classrooms. This project is led by the Rotary Club of Santa Barbara Sunrise.
Volunteers can work from 9 a.m. to noon; from noon to 3 p.m. or the entire time!
Lunch may be provided, so please RSVP to sb_rotaract@yahoo.com so we can plan accordingly.
El Puente School is at 430 E. Gutierrez Street in Santa Barbara, between Laguna and Olive.
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This month’s meeting is at the lovely Lobero Theater.
Come early, starting at 5:15 p.m., for a reception with Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Montecito. There will be refreshments and tours of the theater.
Our meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. in the theater’s green room. Look for signs pointing you the right way.
Bring a friend.
Thanks to the team who kicked off Rotaract’s month of service at the Arroyo Hondo Preserve. My apologies for not being there to weed with you. This cold and flu season has been a vicious one. So grab a glass of water and some vitamin C, and check out the photos from the preserve.
