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Santa Cruz Sunrise Rotary Update January 22, 2017
Upcoming Events and News:​​​​​
  • New Meeting space:  SC Sunrise Rotary will be meeting at the Back Nine Grill  555 Hwy 17 or look for the The Inn at Pasatiempo. Our location search committee has spent a tremendous amount of time looking for a new location for our Rotary Club to meet and we are confident you will be thrilled with the selection.  
  • On January 28th, 2017, our club begins competition in the 2017 Rotary Challenge Cup — now a 3-race series of Rotary-sponsored runs and a friendly age-graded competition among the Los Gatos, Hollister, and Santa Cruz Sunrise Rotary clubs to see which club gets to keep the newly-christened "John Caldwell Memorial Cup" for another year. 
    We'll be car-pooling from the Back Nine restaurant/Pasatiempo over crossing at 7 am sharp on Saturday, January 28th, 2017 to the races, which include a 13.1 mile half-marathon at 8:30 am, a 10 miler at 9 am and a 5K (3.1 miler) at 9:15 am. Here's the registration link.  Contact Jeff Kirk for more information.
  • Rotary Warriors night! Friday, February 3 at 7pm.  Sign up today link.  Tickets are $25 for “outer sideline” and $35 for “center sideline”.  One t-shirt is included with each ticket purchased.  Additional t-shirts are available for $15 each.   You can also just order t-shirts without ordering tickets. Contact Jon Winston. or call 831-423-6717
    Rotary Club Adopt-A-Highway, Saturday, February 11, May 20, August 19 or November 18.  Sign-up with Jon Winston.
  • International Committee meeting, Feb, 24, May 26.  These meetings will occur following the Tuesday, Rotary meeting.
  • Wine 2 Water Fundraiser Saturday, February 11, 2-5 p.m. @The Tannery. Wine Tasting, African music & Dance, to support Kasese, Uganda Water global grant contact Peggy Pollard
  • Rotary Fellowship at Shadowbrook Rock Bar. February 28 from 5:30pm.  Bring a friend. Eat and Drink for a good cause.  30% of your bill will go to the American Red Cross. Tell them you are there to support the American Red Cross.
  • Rotary District 5170 Conference May 6-7, 2017 at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk- Need volunteers to assist in making this the best conference ever! contact Mary Alsip.
Upcoming Tuesday Morning Meetings 7:15am - 8:15am. Great opportunity to bring a guest and introduce them to our club.   ​  
New member recruitment- Do you know people who live Rotary principles but don't have a club or even know about Rotary? Bring a friend, colleague  or neighbor to our Rotary events and meetings.
  • 1/24/2017         Bill Tysseling, Retiring CEO,  Santa Cruz County Chamber 
  • 1/31/2017         Rebecca Jackson, Music in May
  • 2/ 7/2017          Red Badge Presentations
  • 2/14/2017         Speech Contest
  • 2/21/2017         Chris Murphy, Santa Cruz Warriors
  • 2/28/2017         Dennis Kidd, Tour of the 911 Center
  • 3/07/2017         Red Badge and Rotaract Presentations       
  • 3/14/2017         Lisa Uttal & John Ryan from MBARI discuss the sanctuary acoustics project
  • 3/21/2017         Anna Scholtz, Food What
  • 3/28/2017         Nina Simon, MAH
  • 4/04/2017          Tyler Fox -Big Wave Surfer and Founder of Santa Cruz Waves Magazine.
  • Future Speakers link
We are now compiling a list of recommendations for speakers for the 2017 year.  You can continue to send speaker suggestions to Camilla. Please provide the name of the speaker, suggested topic, email and phone number of the contact.

Community Events:​
  • Shadowbrook Community Day supports Red Cross on Tuesday, February 28.  5pm - 8:30pm. Make a reservation and say you are "supporting American Red Cross  Reservation Link Eat and Drink to support a good cause.
Member's Corner:
Rotaract Fall Newsletter Link
District 5170 –  Newsletter Link
Let's promote Rotary and the work we do. Please go to our Facebook page and like it. Share photos and help us expand our reach to our networks. 
https://www.facebook.com/SantaCruzSunriseRotary
Bulletin Editor
Camilla Boolootian
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The Rotary Club of Santa Cruz Sunrise
Santa Cruz Sunrise
District 5170
We meet Tuesdays at 7:15 AM
Back Nine Grill & Bar
555 Highway 17
Santa Cruz, CA  95060
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