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• This Friday, 6/28, is Cars and Stripes! An estimated 10-25,000 people are expected to descend on us to enjoy the festivities, and our club is excited to greet them! For those that signed up to volunteer, please keep an eye out for specific details coming from Dominique. Until then, here is some basic information:
  • Event address is 100 Swinford St San Pedro, CA 90731.
  • Parking: Please attempt to carpool as much as possible. Parking is available in the main Cruise Terminal lot or the Catalina Express lot for a $5 flat rate. 
  • Wear your Rotary bling! 
• Last, Thursday, July 11 will be our annual trip to the Hollywood Bowl! This year we'll be blessed with song and dance from Spain - Ravel and Falla. We'll meet at Averill Park from 4:30-5:30pm, get transported up to the Bowl by an incredible bus, and food will be provided! Cost is $15/ea, but make sure to RSVP with Helene!!

Bring your friends and family to Niko's Pizzeria on April 23 all day (10am - 9pm) and our Rotary Club receives 20% of your purchase! All donated funds will go toward youth education.

Make sure to bring a copy of the flier so they know to give the club credit!

• avoid parking in the hotel parking lot! Otherwise you will be charged $5.50 starting February 1;
• send Matt an email if you paid for parking this last week so he can help arrange reimbursement;
• pay attention to where in the hotel our meeting will occur starting February 1. We will start moving around the hotel to different rooms like at the DoubleTree depending on the expected group size. The meeting room will be announced at the prior meeting and in the weekly reminder emails.

• Business
  A lot of members join Rotary because it helps business. Regularly getting together, especially at informal gatherings, encourages cultivating and facilitating business relationships with other Rotarians. How many times have we said, "Wow! I didn't know that!"  Well, now you will know --  here's a chance for business owners, employees, members, and guests to connect on a personal level.
   
• Mentoring
  This is also an opportunity for members to encourage and support one another. A mentor isn't always an older mentor, younger protege. Sometimes it's the opposite. Mentoring -- i.e. helping each other -- is a really important ingredient for a successful career and a fulfilling life, and Rotary can enable mentoring relationships.

1. To share his vision for district 5280 and how we can help accomplish it.
2. To induct Dominique Marino as a member of our club! and
3. To induct Steve Goldsmith as a member of our club!

• Service Opportunity!
  • Looking to read with kids! Oh, you want to do it every month? Well, don't miss this meeting because we have the project for you!
• Service Opportunity!
  • We will be repeating our Rise Against Hunger event October 6 from 8am-12:30pm (or however much time you can spare)!
    • If you remember our last packing event, we had more than 80 people attend and pack more than 10,000 meals in less than three hours.
    • The energy in the room was palpable, and we actually had more people attend than spots to pack food! 
    • More details to come (from the fantastic Rica Viola)!
• Fellowship Opportunity!
  • Cook Your Own Meal Night at the Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club
    • The Palos Verdes Peninsula Rotary Club will be having a fun dinner event at the Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club (CBYC) on Wednesday, October 17th starting at 6pm (food options and pricing details are here). 
    • If you'd like to join, please contact CBYC Fleet Captain -- and current San Pedro Rotarian! -- Steve Holmstrom to RSVP by October 9th.

Dear Fellow Rotarians,

• Starting Thursday morning, Jan Stenstrom will no longer be a former Rotarian! Please join us as we induct him into our San Pedro Rotary family!
  • We're at the Crown Plaza (601 S. Palos Verdes St). 
  • Parking is free, and our room is across from the buffet and cashier.
  • Breakfast cost is $17.50/pp including tip.
• Saturday morning we support our Boys & Girls Club sisters and brothers to clean up their 1200 S. Cabrillo Ave facility. Help them get ready for the new school year to commence! Click the event link below for details, or check in with Helene for questions.
  • Don't forget: invite your neighbors and friends to tag along!
• More events!
  • Excited about Fleet Week? Want to go to the District Breakfast with LA Sheriff Jim McDonnell? Do you dig jazz on the waterfront? Skim through our event calendar to see what else our club is involved in or supporting!

1. Join us at the Whale and Ale at 6pm for our 4th Thursday evening fellowship night. More details on the event page, but as Leon described, it's bound to be a great time! Low key environment with flexible times, so bring a friend and don't worry if you have to leave early! Remember: bring Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue.
2. EXCITING NEWS!! We have a membership proposal for Jan (Pronounced “Yahn”) Stenstrom, a former Rotarian from New York and New Jersey! We first met Jen at our Community Leaders Luncheon, and he has attended several meetings since. He is a civil engineer, and has lived in San Pedro for many years now.
   1. If you have any questions or concerns, please direct them to Matt before July 27 12pm for clarification.
   2. If there are no objections before this time, we will install invite Jan to be installed at the next available club meeting. 
3. Our next service event will be cleaning up the Boys & Girls Club on August 4. More details on the event page, but we're so excited to partner with such a great organization, locally and nationally! Please join us, and invite that business partner you've been wanting to see more outside the office! 

1. No meeting this week folks! We will be heading to the Hollywood Bowl Thursday evening to see Mozart and Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto performed by the LA Philharmonic. It's going to be magnificent!  Here's the itinerary:
   1. Check with Helene if you're not sure if you signed up. Bring $20 cash per person to pay for your ticket and food.
   2. Meet at Averill Park at 4:30 pm on the 14th Street side. Park across from the park to avoid parking limits.
   3. We’ll have a picnic in the park. Bring your own drinks; we provide the food.
   4. We’ll hop on a private bus and head to the Bowl at promptly at 5:45 pm.
   5. We'll return to Averill Park just after 11:00 pm.
2. EXCITING NEWS!! We have a membership Proposal for Jen (Pronounced “Yahn”) Stenstrom, a former Rotarian from New York and New Jersey! We first met Jen at our Community Leaders Luncheon, and he has attended several meetings since. He is a civil engineer, and has lived in San Pedro for many years now.
   1. If you have any questions or concerns, please direct them to Matt before July 27 12pm for clarification.
   2. If there are no objections before this time, we will install invite Jen to be installed at the next available club meeting. 
3. Our first service event will be cleaning up the Boys & Girls Club on August 4. Please join us, and bring a friend! More details below.
4. Your participation in club functions is critical! If you have something you'd like us to take on, please connect with Matt or any of the board members now so we can try to pursue it!

1. We are meeting this week, Thursday, July 5th, at 7:30am
2. We are meeting at the Crowne Plaza Hotel (601 S Palos Verdes St). Look out for the Rotary sign to find the room.
3. You will pay the cashier for your meal (including venue and service cost) each time you attend. The cashier is located at the entrance of the buffet. 
4. The new Board of Directors will be presenting their vision. Please bring your thinking caps, a notebook, and a can-do attitude to hear about the exciting ways to get involved!
5. Last, but definitely not least, start thinking about how much you want to donate to our foundations - San Pedro Rotary Club's foundation and Rotary International's. While not required, it's another opportunity to vote monthly with our pocketbooks supporting the amazing work Rotary does across the globe. The board will be sending out a form to collect this information soon.

“I have worked with many other clubs,” commented Arlene [Dickey, San Pedro Rotarian], “Redondo Beach, Historic Filipinotown, Wilshire, Lawndale, and Gardena. By the end of 2019 there will probably a buddy bench at many LAUSD schools. Many clubs across the District have committed to funding at least one bench, and Arlene is raising funds to install benches at all San Pedro schools."

The Rotary Club of San Pedro is launching its 2018 Community Reading Day Campaign!

Want to help kids in San Pedro who need your help the most?

Buy them books here, and give them a chance to participate in a fun and fast paced program that will show them that reading and writing are fun!

Check out Annabeth and Connor in action, and get more information about the event here. 

The Crab Feed Was A HUGE Success!

From our heart to yours, we thank all the guests, volunteers, and businesses that gave so much to our club, and our community.

The 4th Annual Great San Pedro Crab Feed was a huge success! Great food and even better camaraderie helped generate big smiles and full bellies. The men at the Beacon House cooked and served the event better than ever! And to top it off, our club now has the distinct pleasure of donating to some incredible causes and organizations in our beloved community.

Are you ready?

Preparation for the 4th Annual Great San Pedro Crab Feed is under way, and we're looking forward to our biggest hit yet!

 

                                                                     

 

Do you love crab? Good times with all your closest friends and neighbors throughout the South Bay region? Well roll up those sleeves, tie your bibs tight, and get ready for a great time -- supporting your favorite causes and organizations!

 

With your ticket you get an all-you-can-eat Dungeness crab meal cooked in a savory cioppino sauce with unlimited pasta, salad, and fresh baked french bread! A silent and live auction with amazing items -- from a piano, amusement park passes, and gift cards to your favorite restaurants -- will be sold throughout the evening to raise money for college and vocational scholarships, helping the homeless, and supporting our troops abroad! (and so much more)

 

The event is held at the Cabrillo Beach Youth Center overlooking the water at sunset on Saturday, February 3, 2018, from 5-9pm. Shuttles will run between the parking lot and the entrance, so you don't even have to exert yourself before you overindulge! 

 

And if that's not enough, this year we are partnering with the Beacon House in the preparation and cooking of your delicious meal. The recovery program has a fantastic culinary arts program, and we're excited to give the men another opportunity to build their skills and put it to use in a real way! 

 

Buy your tickets here today, and be ready for the freshest night of your new year! (fresh crab, at least!)

 

• Date: Saturday, February 3, 2018 from 5-9pm
• Location: The Cabrillo Beach Youth Waterfront Sports Center 
  3000 Shoshonean Rd, San Pedro, CA 90731
• Tickets: $65

See a video of our 2009 Mystery Trip here:

Just click on this link: https://vimeo.com/54747004

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Enjoy!

A ROTARIAN is a person who:

• Digs wells from which they will never drink
• Vaccinates children they will never meet
• Restores sight for those they will never see
• Builds houses they will never live in
• Knows real happiness, which can only be found by serving others
• Educates children they will never know
• Plants Trees they will never sit under
• Feeds hungry people, regardless of color, race or politics
• Makes crawlers walk half  a world away

Rotary is the world's oldest and most important service organization exceeding 1.2 million members with more than 34,000 clubs in over 200 countries.

Rotary provides clean water to those without it, feeds the hungry, battles crippling, debilitating and disfiguring diseases and helps people learn to read and write so they can compete in the modern workplace.

Rotarians are business and professional leaders who aspire to the highest ethical standards in their vocations and who not only help those in need in their own communities but who also seek to advance the cause of peace, understanding and goodwill worldwide through scholarships, youth and adult exchanges and humanitarian projects."