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Shortest Night Hike Yet – Wednesday

Published on February 9, 2009 in President's Picks and Social Events. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER.

Ready for a hike? It’s an easy one with a great payoff!

We’ll meet at the Panda Express in the La Cumbre Plaza shopping center at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 11.

From there, we’ll carpool up to the Knapps Castle trailhead. Note: We’re not taking Snyder Trail (which is long). We’re starting from East Camino Cielo, which means that the hike is about 1 mile round trip. 

Knapps Castle is some cool ruins. It will be a nice place to relax in the moonlight and maybe make friends with people who are ready to try their first night hike with us. 

Dress warmly. Bring water and possibly a snack. Wear sensible shoes and bring a flashlight or headlamp. Friends welcome.

Please RSVP to Liz with your phone number at liz@sbrotaract.com. See you at Panda Express!

Santa Barbara Rotaract’s “Mistletoe and Martinis” Holiday Cocktail Party

Published on November 29, 2008 in President's Picks and Social Events. 0 Comments Tags: , .

It’s time once again for our 3rd annual holiday party!

We’ll meet at Liz Werhane’s house on Saturday, December 6 at 7:00PM.

Dress festive and enjoy yummy appetizers and desserts, delicious drinks, karaoke and lots of holiday cheer!

**Bring a wrapped gift valued at less than $10 that would be appropriate for either gender if you want to participate in our gift swap!

$5 Members — You can sign up for membership or renew at the door.
$10 Non-members

Please RSVP by Dec. 4th via the Evite or to Michelle at michelle@sbrotaract.com.

We’re Part of a World Record

Published on June 22, 2008 in Community Service, International, President's Picks and Rotary Activities. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

 

Rotary set a Guinness world record for the most books collected in a 7-day period by collecting 242,624 books for children in grades K-3 with the book drive at the Rotary International Convention earlier this month. Story here.

Our club donated 342 books. Thanks so much to everyone who contributed, especially big donors like Nilagia and Leana! Thanks also to everyone who helped carry them through the Los Angeles Convention Center!

The books will go to students in Los Angeles area schools.

Meet 5 German Rotaractors!

Published on June 17, 2008 in International, President's Picks and Social Events. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

On Monday, June 23,** five members of Rotaract clubs in Germany will be hanging out in Santa Barbara. **NEW DATE

We got to meet them at the Rotaract Pre-Convention at the International Conference in Los Angeles, so we know they’re fun!

The plans are somewhat tentative, but we’ll likely go to a happy hour and dinner downtown. They’ll also be around during part of the day for those who don’t have to work.

If you want to hang out with them, contact Rita — ritanewhouse@hotmail.com — or Liz — sb_rotaract@yahoo.com. Be sure to include your phone number because we may not be able to confirm the plan until the actual day.

Children’s Book Drive Aims to Break Guinness World Record

Published on May 20, 2008 in Community Service, International, President's Picks and Rotary Activities. 0 Comments Tags: , .

Rotary wants to collect 250,000 children’s books at the International Convention in June.

The Rotaract Club of Santa Barbara wants to help.

Last year we collected new and used children’s books and donated them to an after-school program through People’s Self-Help Housing. This year, we have a chance to be part of a much larger effort.

Here’s how you can participate:

  • Bring new or gently used children’s books to the next Rotaract meeting on June 3. Our delegates to the convention will deliver them.
  • Order books at a discounted rate from Scholastic. They’ve made it easy by suggesting age-appropriate books. They’ll even ship them to the Rotary collection for free. Order by June 1 to be part of the project. Details here (PDF).
  • Donate any amount of money — preferably by June 1, but definitely by June 10 — and ask that it be spent on books. We’ll shop for you and bring books to the convention.

If you order books on your own, please let us know. It would be great to track how many books out club donates! Rotary wants to build a mountain of books. I’m a fan of literacy. Aren’t you? Kids need more to read than blogs. This is an exciting international effort. Thanks in advance for participating.

Spread the Word to Web Developers

Published on February 11, 2008 in Community Service, President's Picks and Rotaract News. 0 Comments

If we can get enough Web developers interested, we’d like to sponsor a 24-hour Web site design project to help nonprofits establish their Web sites.

The idea: Teams of Web developers, designers and database experts work for 24 hours to create or overhaul a local nonprofit’s Website – for free.

For nonprofits: Nonprofits would apply to get the free help. They would have to provide guidance on the site’s construction: purpose, content, images, etc. A representative from the nonprofit would be on hand for the 24-hour blitz, but the Web teams would not know which site they’re working on until the day of the event.

For developers: All the developers would spend a day at a local venue with the needed equipment and a representative from the nonprofit. They’d have meals provided for them. In addition to free food and good karma, the developers would be able to add the nonprofit’s Website to their portfolio and possibly benefit from publicity that the event would get.

This idea is modeled on the F1 Overnight Website Challenge planned for Minneapolis .

** Right now, we’re gauging the interest of the community. If you know someone who would be interested in participating as a developer or designer, please encourage them to email and let us know!

Introducing Our New Club Logo

Published on February 11, 2008 in President's Picks and Rotaract News. 0 Comments

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Thanks to Matt Bischof who designed our club’s logo!

Deep Thoughts with Your President

Published on January 23, 2008 in President's Picks. 0 Comments

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

– Margaret Mead

Good News: No Audio on Karaoke Photos

Published on January 4, 2008 in President's Picks and Social Events. 0 Comments

The photos of our 2007 holiday party are now posted in the photos section of our site.
Thanks to everyone who made the evening so much fun!

Decorate Rotary’s Rose Parade Float

Published on December 27, 2007 in Community Service, President's Picks, Rotary Activities and Social Events. 0 Comments

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From Walt Stephens of the Goleta Club: If you ever wanted to go see the Rose Parade Floats up close, Don’t miss the bus. Get on the fun bus to decorate the Rotary Rose Parade Float in Pasadena the time is short. We now have 35 Rotarians and guests from our group signed up for the trip on December 29th. The work you do on the float will be televised around the world and seen by millions of people. What a great way to represent Rotary’s literacy program. We want 45 Rotarians and gueststo help put the finishing touches on our Rotary float. This a great family event for children 16 years and older.

We leave from the parking lot at Fess Parkers at 3 p.m. Saturday, December 29. We will stop in Carpinteria and Ventura on our way down to Pasadena. Our work shift will be from 6 p.m. until 11 p.m. We will return by 1 a.m. on December 30th. Please dress warm in work clothing.

The cost for the trip is $35 and includes, cheese, and fruit, sandwiches, salad, chips, beer, wine, soda, water and coffee. Bus fare and driver tip is also included.

Contact Walt Stephens by email at stephens@silcom.com or cell (805) 455-6938.