MAR 9-13 | World Rotaract Week | Everywhere
WORLD ROTARACT WEEK IS HERE! MAR. 8th – MAR 14th
Not only is Rotaract turning 41 this week, but Cal Rotaract Club has many other special events planned!
Tuesday, March 10th:
6-7pm | Professional Development Meeting | Chinaquapin, 4th Floor MLK:
Interested in helping to put together our ProDev program? Attend this meeting! You’ll get the chance to work directly with Rotarians, plan events such as the mixer & Dinner with a Rotarian series, and more!
Fore more information: http://calrotaract.org/?p=839
RSVP: Email ProDev Director Kat at prodev@calrotaract.org.
7-8pm | Rotaract Birthday Bash | 182 Dwinelle:
Someone’s turning 41…and we’re celebrating in style! Take a break from studying, and enjoy a delicious slice of cake, A PINATA, and hanging out with all your favorite people!
Fore more information: http://calrotaract.org/?p=821
Questions? Email Fellowship Directors Natalie & Sophia at fellowship@calrotaract.org.
Wednesday, March 11th:
7-10pm | Rotaract Study Session | 41 Evans:
Face it – it’s Berkeley. Everyone has to study some time (all the time?). So why not do it in the company of friends and snacks?
Sign up for more information: http://www.wejoinin.com/sheets/bmcha.
Questions? Email Presidents Joanna & Austin at president@calrotaract.org.
Thursday, March 12th:
6-8pm | Get Connected! Rotary-Rotaract Mixer | Chinaquapin, 4th Floor MLK:
Mix and mingle with Rotarians at this great event! Rotarians are professionals at the top of their field–and you get the chance to network directly with them! Light food & drinks will be provided.
For more information: http://calrotaract.org/?p=886
Sign up for more information: http://www.wejoinin.com/sheets/eibru.
Questions? Email ProDev Director Kat at prodev@calrotaract.org.
Saturday, March 14th:
11-2pm | Children’s Carnival: Around the World in 4 hours | Memorial Glade:
ATTENTION: The Children’s Carnival has been CANCELED! Please take note of that and update your calendars! Thanks!
5-8pm| Alliance for Smiles Banquet | Bank of America Building, San Francisco:
Enjoy a beautiful, exclusive sight from the top room in the famous Bank of America building in SF. Alliance for Smiles is holding a black tie gala event, and volunteers are needed for help with registration, greeting, and a silent auction. Transportation will be provided.
Alliance for Smiles is an NGO that provides free reconstructive surgery to children with cleft palette anomalies (we quilted for them!).
For more information: http://calrotaract.org/?p=895
Sign up for more information: http://www.wejoinin.com/sheets/jfatq.
Questions? Email Presidents Joanna Kwong & Austin Ashcraft at president@calrotaract.org.
Polio Plus Update – From Your Chairs
Hi all!
At last week’s Thursday meeting–PolioPlus’s first!–we discussed this semester’s plans and now have TASKS to be accomplished!
PLEASE READ the minutes [at the Google Group ] to better understand our plans and what needs to be done and SIGN-UP for the tasks you are most interested in through the Google doc.
WE WILL NEED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU TO HELP FOR POLIOPLUS TO SUCCEED THIS YEAR.
If anything, please drop by the Rotaract table on Sproul to help flyer or at least tell your friends about the international polio issue and spread awareness that this is NOT a problem that will simply disappear.
Or, even better, get out there and make an announcement in each of your classes (with your instructor’s permission!) about PolioPlus, the texting initiative, and Purple Pinkie Week (April 6 – 10). If possible, try to chalk the following message onto your classrooms’ boards:
“END POLIO NOW! Text “polio” to 90999 to donate $5 to Rotary International’s PolioPlus (a one-time charge) 60 CENTS SAVES A LIFE! -> calrotaract.org”
Remember why we are doing this, and please don’t hesitate to e-mail polioplus@calrotaract.org if you have any questions or concerns.
Stay tuned for our next meeting time, and JOIN THE FACEBOOK Group & GOOGLE Group!
Your Polio Plus Committee Chairs,
Ami Chiu & Richard Lan
Spotlight: Cal Rotaract at District Conference
Thank you for coming out, Cal Rotaract!
This past Saturday, Cal Rotaract sported Bear pride at the 2nd annual Rotaract District 5160 Conference! We had an amazing turnout — coming in full force with 26 Rotaractors (matching UC Davis’s club, the host club!). Way to go, Cal!
At the Conference, we had plenty of fun attending workshops, hearing from our keynote speaker Davis Rotarian Gretchen Peralta, and assembling LN-4 Prosthetic Hands to be distributed throughout the world. We even got a taste of speed interviewing with Rotarians, as they offered us tips and advice on acing those oh-so-important interviews we all face.
Pictures from the Conference are now posted, so please check it out! (A special thanks to our Webmaster/Historian Steven Wong for the awesome event coverage.)
MAR 7 | Rotaract 5160 District Conference | UC Davis
Rotary International brings LN-4 Prosthetic Hands to Africa (2005)
Rotaract District 5160′s District Conference is coming up! The Rotaract District Conference assembles Rotaractors from all across Northern California in a series of leadership and team building workshops. The Conference is an excellent opportunity for Rotaractors and prospective students interested in Rotaract to learn more about Rotaract, and get a chance to meet other Rotaractors.
At this Conference, we’ll have:
- On-Site service project (LN-4 Hand Build Day)
- Introduction to our International Project this year: Polio Plus
- Professional advice from business owners and other professionals
- Socializing with other Rotaractors from all over the district
- and many more fun activities!
WHEN: March 7 10:30am – 4:00pm
WHERE: UC Davis Campus, Geidt Hall
COST: Free!
Conference Schedule:
TIME FRAME ACTIVITY
10:30 – 11:00 AM Registration & Icebreaker Activities
11:00 – 11:10 AM Opening Ceremony
11:10 – 11:35 AM Keynote Speaker – Gretchen Peralta
11:35 – 11:50 AM Introduction to International Project – Polio Plus
11:50 – 12:30 PM Teambuilding Activity: Scavenger Hunt*
12:30 – 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 – 3:00 PM On-site Service Project – Prosthetic Hand Building
3:00 – 3:50 PM Rotational Workshops: Workshop A: Professional Development; Workshop B: Club Development
3:50 – 4:00 PM Closing Ceremony
Map:
Click here to view a campus map of the Giedt area.
Directions from the Bay Area:
Take Interstate 80-E to Hwy 113-north toward Woodland. Take Hutchison Road exit and turn right onto Hutchison Road. Continue on Hutchinson Road, entering campus. Turn right into parking lot 41 and drive to the west end of the parking lot to Visitor Parking Lot 40.
Parking:
Parking on-campus is free on weekends, except in marked spots. Marked spots include, but are not limited to: disabled parking, carpool parking, emergency vehicle parking, loading/unloading zone parking, chancellor/police parking.
Mar 5 | Polio Plus Committee Meeting
Thousands of children will be crippled from Polio in the following year if Polio is not eradicated. We are in the final chapters of Polio — step up to the Rotary Challenge, and fight the last battle.
Rotaract’s Polio Plus Committee is looking forward to raising $2,500 for Polio Plus! You can be a part of it!
On this Committee, you’ll be planning events such as:
- The Committee Challenge: Rotaract Committees will duel it out for their cause!
- Purple Pinkie Week: Raising awareness for Polio Plus
- Small-scale fundraisers
For more information, email Polio Plus Committee Chairs Ami Chiu & Richard Lan at polioplus@calrotaract.org.
Also, feel free to check out the Facebook Group & Google Group:
MAR 3: 3rd General Meeting, 182 Dwinelle
Attention, attention! Rotaract’s next general meeting is Tuesday, Mar. 3! And it’s yet another meeting you do not want to miss!
Come out for some (more) exciting treats, more great upcoming events, special recognition for our Member of the Month, and more!
DATE: Tuesday, Mar. 3
LOCATION: 182 Dwinelle
TIME: 7:00 – 8:00 PM
Have questions? Need more information? Email info@calrotaract.org with questions!
MAR. 3 | Rotaract General Meeting
Attention, attention! Rotaract’s next general meeting is Tuesday, Mar. 3! And it’s yet another meeting you do not want to miss!
Come out for some (more) exciting treats, more great upcoming events, special recognition for our Member of the Month, and more!
DATE: Tuesday, Mar. 3
LOCATION: 182 Dwinelle
TIME: 7:00 – 8:00 PM
Have questions? Need more information? Email info@calrotaract.org with questions!
Assassins Update!
Good job to everyone! Round 1 is over with the SILVESTERS as the winners, who finished the game by killing the final Gustave parent! Congratulations to everyone on a good round, but get ready for Round 2 (to be explained later! =])
Assassins Summary:
TOP ASSASSINS:
Will Zhang – 5 kills!
Thomas Wong – 2 kills!
Tiffany Tung- 1 kills!
Steven Nguyen – 1 kill!
Justin Schaefer – 1 kill!
The Departed: (in order of deaths)
by the Hirams – Thomas Wong
by the Hirams – Thomas Wong
by the Hirams – Tiffany Tung
by the Silvesters – Will Zhang
by the Silvesters – Will Zhang
by the Silvesters – Will Zhang
by the Silvesters – Will Zhang
by the Pauls – Steven Nguyen
by the Silvesters – Will Zhang
by the Silvesters – Justin Schaefer
STILL ALIVE:
of the Silvesters
Upcoming:
- within-family assassins: Officers now join the guild of assassins when the object is to kill your own family! =O