We’ll meet in front of the Panda Express in La Cumbre Plaza at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 27, at 6:30 p.m. From there, we’ll carpool to the trailhead.

As always, bring/wear:

• sensible shoes with traction
• water
• a flashlight or headlamp
• layered clothes
• friends and/or dogs*

*If you bring a dog, you’ll likely be asked to drive your own car.

Please RSVP to liz@sbrotaract.com if you plan to attend and give her your phone number. Then we know who we’re waiting for. We usually leave promptly after 6:30.

We go at a comfortable pace. Beginners welcome, but be ready to walk 4 miles.

You Cone Make a Difference!

Join the Rotaract Club at McConnell’s corporate office (835 E. Canon Perdido St.) at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, April 20th. Show your sweet side and bring some friends!

Rotaract: It’s Cool Here.

You want to travel?

Step 1) Look at participating countries and pick the country you would like to visit.
List of countries: http://www.facebook.com/l/f4f4f;www.rotaract-travel-weeks.org/regions/europe/

Step 2) Go to the Facebook Event Page of the country you select. You can find it on the country list above.

Step 3) Post a comment to the Facebook Event page indicating that you are interested in visiting the country.
For example:
Request: Berlin, Hamburg, Northern Germany
Me and my friend from the Rotaract Club of Firence would like to visit the north of Germany. We´d like to travel to Berlin, Hamburg and maybe some other nice places which you can recommend. Is there anybody from this area? Are there any Rotaract clubs in these cities?

Step 4) When somebody answers you can send him or her a message and discuss the details. When exactly are you planning to arrive? How long would you stay? Are there Rotaractors who are able to host you? etc.

It’s that simple! You pay your travel expenses, and make international friends! You may find someone willing to let you stay with them for free, or, at the very least, get recommendations about great spots to see, eat and explore.

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.  

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!

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!

IMG_6038, originally uploaded by sbrotaract.

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.