NOV 7 | Helping the Seniors at Chaparral House | Berkeley Local

Remember helping renovate the Chaparral House bathrooms back in September?

Well now Rotaract is coming back to help directly with the seniors at Chaparral House for various non-toilet activities (sorry, we replaced all of them already!)! This time we will be interacting with the seniors and supporting the staff in:

• games
• arts and crafts
• and general care and entertainment

The elderly would really enjoy visitors and the staff would appreciate our help, so come out and spread Rotaract Love! =)

Details:

• WHEN: Saturday November 7, 2:30-4:00pm
• MEET: At UCPD (across from Yogurtland on Bancroft) at 1:45 (not 2:15 as said earlier!) The bus leaves at 2.04pm!
• WHERE: The Chparral House at Allston and Bonar
• BRING: Your AC Transit Class pass to take the 51 down.

If you have any questions or comments on the event you can ask Jimmy Le at jle@calrotaract.org.

NOV 3 | 4th General Meeting | 105 Northgate

Hey fellow Rotaractors!

Coming up is our FOURTH General meeting!

Remember, Rotaract Meetings =

• Fun
• Upcoming Service Events
• Updates from your committees
• Snacks
• Thanks to our recent Rotaract volunteers!

Note, the meeting room has changed. Details for this meeting are below:

• WHEN: Tuesday Novemer 3rd, 7-8PM
• WHERE: 105 Northgate

Questions or comments? Feel free to email info@calrotaract.org.

OCT 25 | Pimp Yo’ Pumpkin | 88 DWINELLE

PIMP YO’ PUMPKIN

Cal Rotaract is saving the victimized pumpkins from the ugly pumpkin evil by carving into them cool designs!

WHY?

So, the pumpkins actually do not need saving, but they do need to look cool and BE SOLD. Cal Rotaract will be coming together as a group to have fun designing a bunch of pumpkins to sell to Berkeley Rotary Members at our Rotary-Rotaract Mixer.

Don’t worry, you don’t need to be a professional pumpkin carver to come and participate. We just want you to come out and have fun with other Rotaractors and work your creativity on the pumpkins.

We will have pumpkins for you to carve, but you can bring your own pumpkin that you wanted decorated for your apartment/dorm and carve it with us!

DETAILS:

• WHEN: Sunday, October 25th, 5-7pm
• WHERE: 88 Dwinelle

QUESTIONS?

If you have any questions or comments, contact our fellowship director Sophia at fellowship@calrotaract.org

OCT 24 | Baby Packs Part 1: Stuffed Animals | 220 WHEELER

See these cool stuffed animals?

Do you know where they came from?

Yes, that’s right, they are top quality, ROTARACT-hand-made, huggable stuffed animals!

WHERE ARE THEY GOING?

And we’re continuing this project but adding an internationial twist to it. Now, we’re donating the stuffed animals as the first installation of “Baby Packs” that we’re making and sending to mothers and children of a village in Jaragua, Brazil. So these stuffed animals will go in kits that would be sent to the village we’re “adopting” in Jaragua, Brazil.

GUESTS:

ALSO, one more thing: UC Davis Rotaractors will be joining us for this effort, so don’t miss out on an opportunity to meet with other Rotaractors that are just as cool and fun as you are!

DETAILS:

• WHEN: Saturday October, 24th, 11am-2pm
• WHERE: 220 Wheeler

QUESTIONS?

If you have questions about the event please contact Joanna at jkwong@calrotaract.org

OCT 23 | Capture the Flag | 179 Dwinelle | 8 – 10 pm

JOIN US FOR A NIGHT OF COMPETITION, VICTORY, AND FIGHTING POVERTY.

Hey, you know what’s cool? Capture the Flag.

What’s cooler? Capture the Flag. At night. Campuswide.

This Friday, we’re splitting into two teams and battling it out on campus. Let’s see who steals whose flag first!

EVENT DETAILS

WHEN: Friday, October 23
TIME: 8 – 10 pm
MEET: 179 Dwinelle. It begins!
WHERE: Campus-wide… it’s going to be wicked cool.
DONATIONS sliding scale of $3-5. Remember – the more we raise, the more lives we can change! :]
MORE INFO: Facebook or Email

**All proceeds will go towards Cal Rotaract’s Microcredit Committee. Learn more about the cause below!**

WHAT’S MICROCREDIT? WHY SHOULD I CARE?

+ 840 million people in the world don’t get enough to eat. That’s one of every seven people.

+ An estimated 2.1 billion people in the world live on less than $2 per day.

+ 880 million live on less than $1 a day.

+ Due to preventable poverty, disease, and hunger, 26,000 children perish every day.

First and foremost, microcredit is something real YOU can do to change this.

Microcredit is the lending of small loans to unemployed entrepreneurs in third world countries who do not have access to collateral or verifiable financial history. With these small loans, entrepreneurs can purchase enterprise and capital to start up or enhance their own businesses.

Translation? We change lives by 1. providing opportunities where there currently aren’t any; and 2. allowing people to make a difference & sustain that difference on their own!

Some call it THE GIRL EFFECT.

DONATING TO MICROCREDIT

For this great event, we ask that you only donate $3-5 (a sliding scale – meaning you choose what you want to donate).

But we also encourage that you read the facts above and see that this is a real way to make a difference: ask your friends, floormates, & classmates for $1 to go to this great cause, and bring that on Friday.

As much as this event is about raising funds for a good cause, it’s also about spreading the word and raising awareness. Get the word out about poverty. Share these numbers. Make a difference. Encourage others to do the same.

We appreciate it. As do the beneficiaries of this project!

QUESTIONS?

Email all questions and suggestions to Chairs Steven & Cynthia at microcredit@calrotaract.org.

Rotaract Newsletter #3

Hello Rotaractors and friends!

Check out what went down at last night’s meeting AND sign up for events the easy way!

Also, don’t forget to mark your calendars for our FOURTH GENERAL Meeting on November 3rd. Time and Location will be announced at a later date.

Get these newsletters emailed straight to your inbox immediately after our general meetings by signing up to be on our mailing list!

OCT 29| Rotary-Rotaract Mixer | 106 Wurster

Do you have career interests in any of the following fields?

• Law
• Business
• Architecture
• Education
• Engineering
• Medical
• and more! (really)

If you do, then you should come to our Rotary-Rotaract mixer! It is a great and easy way to get professional advice about not only your career but even in your more immediate academic future. Rotarians can tell you about their many experiences, including

• starting a business
• changing careers
• including humanitarian service as part of their busy lives
• college activities that would help you achieve your career goals
• choosing a career
• and some entertaining but not so professional advice,

So it will be fun and helpful to stop by the mixer and just meet one or two Rotarians that are glad to help students like you who have decided to help our world as part of the Rotary family!

Here are the details:

• WHEN: Thursday Oct. 20, 7-8:30pm
• WHERE: 106 Wurster Hall (East side of campus, near Kroeber fountain)
  
• DRESS CODE: Business casual

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to email our Professional Development Director, Kat Guan at prodev@calrotaract.org.

Postponed | WAPI Build Day | TBD

The facts:

• Water-related diseases are responsible for 80% of all illnesses and deaths in the developing world.
• An estimated 1.5 billion cases of diarrhea occur each year, resulting in the death of nearly 2 million children.
• Worldwide, about 1.3 billion people do not have access to safe drinking water, including nearly half of the population of sub-Sahara Africa.

How you can make the difference:

• Help Rotaract build Water Pasteurization Indicators (WAPIs) so that EVERYONE can enjoy safe water without wasting energy and money

What is a WAPI?

A WAPI is an indicator for when water has become safe to drink (pasteurtized). It is a wax-filled plastic tube and washers strung with fishing line that acts as a simple thermometer. It is common to heat water until it boils as indication that it is safe, however pasteurization temperature is much lower (65 degrees Celsius, 149 degrees Fahrenheit). Being able to know when water reaches this level is important so that the water is safe to drink and energy/fuel is not wasted.

DETAILS:

• WHEN: October 24, 11-2pm
• WHERE: TBD

OCT 20 | 3rd General Meeting | 179 Mulford

Yet another very special Rotaract meeting is coming up! October is almost done and Halloween nears. We have lots of events planned and you can still trick-or-treat for candy!

NOTE the time change from last meeting! (below)

The word of the day is….”MORE” because at our meeting there will be:

• MORE events: WAPI Build Day, Pimp Yo’ Pumpkin, YMCA Halloween carnival, Habitot’s Day of the Dead, and MORE
• MORE updates: BP Day, District Conference, Polio Plus Purplepalooza
• MORE fun!!
• MORE thanks to you guys for coming to our events and changing the world one bit at a time. =)

DETAILS:

• WHEN: October 20, 7-8pm
  
• WHEN: 179 Mulford

OCT 17 | 5160 District Conference/Davis Corn Maze | UC DAVIS

WHAT IS IT?

Participate in leadership workshops, develop professional skills, have fun, and meet other Rotaractors from all over the district at Rotaract 5160′s District Conference!

All Rotaractors and prospective Rotaractors are invited to come share experiences and just have fun participating in the activities and meeting new people. District governor Mitty Chang and other district council members have planned various activities to help Rotaractors (YOU) with many necessary and useful skills.

We had a great turnout last semester and would like to see Berkeley well represented again because BEARS ROCK.

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I know you were spacing out for the past two sentences because I said nothing about the DAVIS CORN MAZE!!

Yes, even as AWESOME as the district conference will be, we will top the night with a exciting journey through the nation’s largest corn maze! Have fun scavenging through the corn stalks as a big group or wander off with a few other Rotaractors and play hide and seek. Just have fun! (but don’t get lost, we don’t want to lose more members to the corn maze yeti………..jk!)

DETAILS:

• WHEN: Saturday Oct. 17th, ALL DAY
• WHERE: UC Davis
• MEET: Kroeber Fountain @ 8am (Rides will be provided, w/ paid members given priority)