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Rotary Meeting Locations

Published on September 16, 2008 in Rotary Activities. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

Whether you’re an official liaison or just want to visit a Rotary Club to see how they run meetings, here’s a list of meeting locations and time. Remember, unlike Rotaract, they meet weekly!

Goleta Noontime – Tuesday at Noon – Elephant Bar

Montecito – Tuesday at Noon – Montecito Country Club

Goleta  – Tuesday at 6:30 PM – Elephant Bar

SB Sunrise – Wednesday at 7:00 AM – Santa Barbara Club

Carpinteria Morning – Wednesday at 7:00 AM – Carpinteria Women’s Club

SB North – Wednesday at Noon – Harry’s Plaza Cafe

Carpinteria – Thursday at 11:45 AM – Community Center, Lion’s Park

Santa Barbara (Downtown) – Friday at Noon – Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort

Register Now For District Conference

Published on September 8, 2008 in Rotaract News and Rotary Activities. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

Join Rotaractors and Rotarians from Westlake Village to San Luis Obispo at the yearly District Conference in Santa Maria on October 11 and 12.
Rotary has assembled a special Rotaract Package, offering us a huge discount on the usual rate. For $55, attend as much of the following as you’d like:
Saturday
– breakfast
– morning session with key speakers (8:45 a.m. – noon)
– picnic and concert at Rotary Centennial Park (12:30-3:30 p.m.)
– evening reception (5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.)
Sunday:
– breakfast
– morning session with key speakers, including former Rotaract president Liz (8:45-11:30 a.m.)

You can also UPGRADE to include the District Governor’s dinner banquet on Saturday night for an additional $20. It’s a festive affair with live music, a speech by a former Rotary International president and good food. Only 20 banquet spots are available for Rotaract members at this special price.

If you’re interested, please complete this form and mail it with your check to the address on the form. Also, if you would like to arrange an overnight stay in Santa Maria, whether camping for $10/night or sharing a hotel room, please email Liz.

3 Minutes Could Help Fund a School in India

Published on August 20, 2008 in International and Rotary Activities. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

Deepa Willingham, a local Rotarian and mother of Rotaractor Reena, is the driving force behind an incredible education program for women in India. She’s trying to win a huge grant from American Express via an online popularity contest. Please help.

The program could win up to $1.5 MILLION dollars from American Express. Here’s info about the program your votes could support: www.paceuniversal.com

Use this link to vote http://www.membersproject.com/project/view/NPW3H0

You should be able to click the “nominate this project” button on the right side of the page. It will ask you to sign up — email address, name, password — as a guest member. The project is called ERADICATE POVERTY w/ EDUCATION & LITERACY.  It is in the Education and Achievement Gap category.

Be a Fiesta Marshall

Published on July 15, 2008 in Rotary Activities and Social Events. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

We have been given the opportunity to be marshalls for the Fiesta parade. It requires just one training session and of course a committment on the parade day. There are perks too! Besides the fame and envy of your friends, there are parties you get to attend.

Get ready for some Fiesta Fun!  The one and only training session for being a Marshall for the Fiesta Parade will be Monday, July 28th at 6:00pm at 441 Loma Alta Drive at the home of Cas and Kathy Stimson.  Please park in the street.  Kelsey Stimson will drive everyone up the driveway in a golf cart since there is a shortage of parking. The training session will be followed by a Fiesta Marshall kickoff party hosted by Cas and Kathy Stimson.  Lots of great drinks and snacks.

If you cannot atttend the training session or for some reason cannot be a Marshall this year, please call Chris Hartman at home 569-3182 or cell 637-3551 or reply by email.

The Fiesta Parade is Friday, August 1st.  The time commitment for most people will be from 10:30am to around 3:30pm.  After that, there is a Horseman’s Rendevous Party at the Carriage Museum.

Thank you for your help.  We are looking forward to having lots of fun and a successful Fiesta Parade!  Viva La Fiesta!

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.

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.

May Activities

Published on May 8, 2008 in Community Service, Meetings, Rotary Activities and Social Events. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

Thanks to all of you who attended the May meeting at Rusty’s. We have a lot of things going on this month and hopefully this post will give you the pertinent details. This is mostly a rehash of what you received on the agenda but with the gaps filled in.

Note added 05/12/08 09:54AM – Please note that details of the Children’s Miracle Network Telethon have been changed. Additional volunteers are not needed at this time. Changes reflected below.

Catalyst – The guest speaker will be Dr. Kendra Kenyon who will be speaking about the book Good To Great. Pre-registration online is $10, or $15 at the door. The event is on May 13 at 6:45 PM at Stateside restaurant.

Children’s Festival – This year’s festival will be held at Alameda Park on May 17 from 10:30 AM to 4:30 PM. Currently, there are only a few spots left for the 1 – 4 PM shift so please email Jennifer Haake to RSVP.

Full Moon Hike – May 19, meet at the SB Mission at 6:45 PM. Moderate strenuous walk.

Host Program – The Downtown Organization is bringing back the Host Program to our downtown. There will be five groups of two assigned to various locations along State Stretty between Cabrillo and Sola. The daily commitment time is 11 AM to 4 PM which includes a one hour training session at the beginning of the block. Volunteers will receive free lunch and a host program hat/visor. Rotaract will pick a day (TBA) to work together.

Children’s Miracle Network Telethon – You may have seen people working the phones in the background, on TV and now here’s your chance to be one of them!  Rotaract will have a shift on Sunday, June 1 from 9:00 – 11:00 am, and will not require outgoing calls.  If you haven’t already signed up at the meeting or just want more information, please contact Dana.

Vicki’s 3,000m Run – The event is on June 7th at 8 AM at SBCC. The first heat starts at 8:30. It benefits the Special Olympics. Entry fee is $8. Please contact Liz to race or volunteer.

Rotary International Conference – I cannot stress enough what an opportunity this is. This will probably be the only chance we’ll get to attend the largest Rotary conference so close to home. If you haven’t registered already, do so now. Information can be found at this link [PDF]. All of us attending will be staying at a Rotaract cheap housing option at Mount St. Mary’s College. Both registrations (conference and housing) can be done completely online, including payment. Some information you may need:

Dates (we are attending): Friday June 13 to Sunday June 15
District Number: 5240
Club Name: Rotaract Club of Santa Barbara
Events to Sign Up For: Hollywood Rooftop party (June 13) and the volunteer project at Griffith Park (June 15)

GSE Trip – Applications for this year’s trip to Thailand are due July 18. The trip lasts from March 9 to to April 2, 2009.

Lawn Bowling

Published on May 8, 2008 in Rotary Activities and Social Events. 0 Comments Tags: .

A quick reminder that the Lawn Bowling Open House is this Saturday, May 5, from 10 AM to 3 PM. We’ll meet at the SB Lawn Bowls Club at 1216 De La Vina Street at 11:30 AM. It will be a great opportunity to learn a new sport and mingle with Rotaractors and Rotarians.

There will be free pizza and drinks.  Remember to wear flat soled shoes!

Bench Painting and BBQ

Published on April 2, 2008 in Community Service and Rotary Activities. 0 Comments

When: Saturday, April 5th at 9 AM
Where: Does Pueblos Ranch private beach.  Same place that nighttime Rotaray has their summer picnics.
What: There are 10 tables that need to e stained. There will be a BBQ after.
Who: Contact Jay Wright.  (Note: replace bracketed letters with correct symbol). He needs to know how many people will be attending so Rotary can have enough food.

If You Like Basketball…

Published on March 6, 2008 in Rotary Activities. 0 Comments

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!