[ February 6, 2010; 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. ]

WAPI’s or Water Pasteurization Indicators are simple, low costs devices that help users determine when water has reached pasteurization temperatures. It’s basically a simple plastic tube filled with wax that costs us about 30cents yet saves lives, but more importantly, resources in developing countries. Join CalRotaract on Saturday Feb 6 and the International Committee to [...]

[ February 3, 2010; 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Come meet Sophia and Richard at Cal Rotaract’s first International Service Committee meeting of the semester! People who attend will learn about how to get involved, eat delicious snacks, and find about our upcoming WAPI building day. As an active committee member, you will have the opportunity to plan and run awesome events throughout the [...]

What Happened?
In August 2009, Typhoon Morakot, the deadliest typhoon to impact Taiwan in recorded history, swept through the island, leaving behind $3.3 billion in damages. Then in September and October, a series of earthquakes and typhoons devastated many countries in Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, the Philippines and Vietnam. The first earthquake hit Indonesia [...]

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 [...]

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 - [...]

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 [...]

What’s the easiest and funnest way to save 10 children’s lives?
HINT: Purplepalooza: The Ultimate Late Night Amazing Race

WHEN: Friday October 16th

TIME: 9pm

WHERE: Dwinelle Plaza

WHAT YOU’RE ERADICATING: Polio

Cal Rotaract’s Polio Plus committee is holding an amazing-race-styled competition open to EVERYONE! Wanna kick Polio out and win some $$ for YOU or YOUR CAUSE while helping Rotary [...]

Help the millions of people who have lost limbs in war-torn countries by building affordable prosthetic hands. Rotary has made a giant push to aid these people by buying ALL their prosthetic hands which they will hand out to the needy for FREE, and Rotaract is joining the cause by helping Rotary assemble these prosthetic [...]

The Polio Plus and Microcredit committees are duking it out in a friendly game of soccer.  Each committee will put in a certain amount of money into a pot.  The winner will receive 80% of the pot along with bragging rights.  The loser will receive 20% and a bruised ego, but that’s still 20%.

WHERE: Memorial [...]

Cal Rotaract is excited to present: PURPLE PINKIE WEEK!
This will be a week that is themed just for achieving the goal of our Polio Plus’s Committee: to eradicate Polio!
When Rotary declared their international goal of eliminating Polio completely, they would mark the pinkies of those who have already been vaccinated with Violet Gentian Dye, an [...]