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Welcome the Rotaract Club of San Luis Obispo to the Family

You may not recognize all the faces in the photo above. That’s because some of them are members of the Rotaract Club of San Luis Obispo, our neighbors to the north.

They’ve been doing great stuff for years under the leadership of Founding President Dominic Tartaglia. Now, the club celebrates its official charter.

Up for a mini road trip? We’re invtied to attend the Charter Celebration on March 13 at 6 p.m. at the Tartaglia Ranch* in San Luis Obispo. Please RSVP to Holly Dragovich at hdragovich@gmail.com by March 6 to ensure that they have enough steak, salad, garlic bread, ranch beans and cake for everyone. This event is BYOB — bring your own beverage. Adults may bring adult beverages.

* Please ask Holly for the ranch address or Tara, Liz or David. Since this is a private home, we are not posting the address on the blog.  

If you missed the last meeting . . .

You missed out on a fun icebreaker, Nick’s new member spotlight, Liz’s Sri Lanka exchange overview, and info about our fun upcoming service projects and social! But don’t worry–you can get all the exciting details by selecting the Documents tab and viewing the Minutes. We hope to see you at the Boys & Girls Club clean-up, Carpinteria Talent Show, and next week’s Night Hike!

Meeting TONIGHT!

Join us at Rusty’s Pizza (232 W. Carrillo St.) tonight at 6:30 pm. Don’t miss out on a new member’s spotlight, talent show info, and the upcoming night hike! We look forward to seeing you there!

Flow Viewing this Thursday at 7pm!

Join fellow Rotaractors in viewing Flow, Irena Salina’s award-winning documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century–

The World Water Crisis

Contact Lucille for directions at lucille@sbrotaract.com–we hope to see you there!

Community Non-Profits

It’s a new year, and a new chance to get involved with a new (or old) community service program!

Rotaract would like YOU to tell us which community non-profits you’d like to work with this year!Please take a few minutes and select no more than FIVE non-profits you’d like to see us volunteer with in 2010.

Click HERE to take the survey.

Please let me know if you have any questions about the survey–feel free to e-mail me at lucille@sbrotaract.com. Thanks for taking a few minutes out of your day to help us out!

Thanks to the GVB Volunteers

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To everyone who helped at Goleta Valley Beautiful this morning in the community or at the greenhouse, thank you.

We wish you fast recovery from any sore muscles and fast removal of dirt stains on your clothes.

Next stop: Disneyland!

See more photos of Goleta Valley Beautiful here.

January 5, 2010 Meeting Minutes

The minutes are up! Click on the documents tab and January 5 Minutes link to learn more about the Empower Congo Women project, Kids and Bikes, upcoming volunteer projects, and Disneyland. That’s right, DISNEYLAND!

Rotaract Hosts Holiday Fun

Emily and Courtlin show off their white elephant gifts at the Rotaract holiday party.

Thanks to all who attended the Rotaract Holiday Party, the party organizers and California Pasta for donating dinner.

Here’s to 2010! The fun starts with our first meeting on Tuesday, January 5, at 6:30 PM at Silvergreens in Santa Barbara.

Planting at Arroyo Hondo Preserve



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Thanks to everyone who came out to help at Arroyo Hondo Preserve. We dug, planted, mulched and watered all morning long. When we were finished, we had helped native plants reclaim a corner of the reserve.

See photos from Arroyo Hondo Preserve here.

Rotaract Meeting – Tuesday, November 17th @ Sharkeez

Our meeting location for this upcoming Tuesday (11/17) has been changed to Sharkeez (416 State Street). We will be meeting on the back patio at 6:30pm. We look forward to seeing you there!