Come out and help the kids of Refugee Tutoring and Ibarra Elementary in City Heights in their Field Days. The kids will be participating in different atheletic events and will need help setting up organizing and helping to run the events for the kids. More information to come.
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http://sdrefugeetutoring.com/
San Diego Coastal Rotary is on Venmo! The account was created for members to make or accept payments for dues and other club costs. The Club's Venmo tag is @sdcoastalrotary.
If you are unfamiliar with Venmo, it is a free digital wallet (app) that lets you make and share payments with friends. It works via an app on your smart phone, or through the web interface, and is linked to your bank account or credit card for sending and receiving money. For more information about Venmo, please visit the Venmo website.
Currently, 76 children under five years of age at the Sekusilezulu Pre-school in South Africa are required to use dangerous and unsanitary "long drop" uncovered pit toilets with no privacy or fall protection. The existing pit toilets are in the open air and facing a main road. Children using the pit toilets are exposed to passers-bys and are most are unwilling to use toilets even when needed. There are currently only two "long drop" toilets available for 76 children and 12 staff members. The Rotary Club of Richards Bay proposed to build a toilet facility which will allow girls to have four private toilet stalls; boys to have three urinals and one toilet; and staff members will have a toilet for each gender. This is a critical infrastructure for this poor community.
San Diego Coastal Rotary is partnering with the Mission Valley Sunset Club through a matching Global Grant to support this project. More information is available on the Matching Grants Project Page.
Rotarians at Work Day Happens the last Saturday in April each year. It started in 2006 as a joint effort between two Rotary Districts (one in the US and one in Mexico). Each year clubs around the world identify a hands on project that all members can participate in to help their local community.
This year, San Diego Coastal Rotary will be assembling prepared Little Library kits. Assembly will take place at Craig Hothem’s house on the NE corner of Comstock and Comly Streets on April 29th, 2017 starting at 10:00am. Some of the Little Libraries still need homes, so please contact the club if you have a location idea.
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On Tuesday two amazing things happened: 1) a dental appointment occurred where a toddler was not terrified nor tortured by a Dentist; 2) networking between Rotarians led to a business transaction. It's great that we have a club with non-traditional meetings, however the benefits of networking between two people who share similar business values, such as the four way test, stretches back to the founding day of Rotary. Though the melding of networking and service may be tricky and historically at times controversial, the reality may be Rotarians are usually great at all avenues of service, including vocational. So next time you're at a Rotary networking function, take it beyond small talk & either try out some of the many diverse services offered by your like-minded colleagues, or lend your expertise, advice, and professional network to a fellow Rotarian in search of new opportunities. Who knows, you may get your money's worth.
