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Rotary International Night, May 8, 2010 @6:30pm

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL NIGHT 2010
Saturday, May 8, 2010 6:30pm
Monterey Conference Center

www.montereysunriserotary.org

The Rotary Club of Monterey Peninsula Sunrise invites you to attend the first “Rotary International Night” fundraiser to be held on Saturday Night, May 8th, 2010 at the Monterey Conference Center - Serra Ballroom. Monterey Peninsula Sunrise believes in touching local and international communities in an effort to “Make Dreams Real,” and we need your support so that we can continue to impact the community and make a difference.

The big share of all the proceeds from our Rotary International Night 2010 Fundraiser will benefit the Monterey Peninsula School District’s Summer Reading Program and the Jacob’s Heart Children’s Cancer Support Services, and the rest will be used for the other club community services and projects such as:

• Providing dictionaries to 3rd graders in Seaside
• Project Helping Hand – funding for school teachers
• Sponsoring high school students to Camp Royal, a camp which develops leadership skills in youth
• El Nino Project: Supplying eye glasses and Eye and Dental Exams for Children in Santiago de Tlauta in Mexico
• Providing funding for Rancho Cielo Youth Campus
• Sponsoring Youth Exchange Students, and Ambassadorial Scholarships
• Monterey County Food Bank, I-HELP Dinners for Homeless
• Salvation Army Solar Energy Project
• Supporting Rotary International’s eradicating Polio efforts

Please visit the club website at
www.montereysunriserotary.org
for the details and purchase event and raffle tickets.

Thank you for supporting the Rotary Club of Monterey Peninsula Sunrise, and we look forward to seeing you at the fundraiser Night!..

Monterey Peninsula Sunrise Rotary Club (MPSRC)

District 5230 CLTA, April 10, 2010

Monterey County Food Bank, Oct 24, 2009

PROJECT NINO

Dr.Bill saw 220 patients today!!! This may be a personal record I am not sure. In the window are 2 satisfied customers of the dental clinic of course.

Project El Nino

Dr Bill looking for volunteers for the Salinas Airshow!!! Today was set-up day, rest tomorrow then Monday AM let the fun begin. Weather is perfect!!

Kickout Party

Our annual "Kickout Party" was held June 21, 2009 at the Custom House Plaza. We played a Bocce Ball Tournament, kicked out President Jeff Haferman and welcomed President-Elect Pete Tansil, and, we wished a happy birthday to our exchange student Aline Pimentel, who returned to Brazil on June 22 (the very next day) after a year in Monterey.

Here is a link to the photos : kickout photos

Recent photos

Yavuz pulls a winning marble (3rd time in 4 weeks) for Mark

President Jeff proudly displaying 2 district awards won in 2009

Chad hands out Paul Harris Fellowships for 2009

Golf Tourney June 1, 2009 at Pasadera

Larry, Curly, and Moe yukking it up...


and our first injury of the day, it's terrible what can happen without a bottle opener....

Duncan shows his artistic side

Dictionary Project a huge success!

Joe Mateo and Jeff Haferman holding the letters received from school district students, thanking MPSRC for our dictionary donation.

Flag Retirement, May 29, 2009

The boy scouts did a flag retirement at the Old Scout House at Window-on-the-Bay park on May 29, 2009... thanks to Dr. Bill Jones and Scout Leader Mike Djubasak for setting this up!

MPSRC gives blood!

Thanks to ALL who gave blood!

Yavuz has a big day!

On May 5, Yavuz told us all about his vocation. At the end of the meeting, he was fortunate to have his ticket pulled from the raffle, and asked President Jeff to pull the marble... the red one came out! Yavuz did a repeat performance on the raffle one week later, with Duncan pulling the red marble for him on May 12.

Building WAPIs!!!!

Don, Doc Bend, Vicki, Richard, Pete, and Tom



Don, Vicki, and Tom


BUILDING WAPI KITS AT DON KREMER'S HOUSE

Thanks to all who showed up to build WAPIs at Don Kremer's house Friday May 1 2009

MPSRC helps out at Monterey County Foodbank

Thanks to Rotarian ROGER MANLEY for organizing this effort! April 4, 2009

$1000 to The Rotary Foundation for Polio Plus

Club Foundation Chair Chad Corriveau (left) and President Jeff Haferman (center), present a $1000 "Polio Plus" contribution to District Foundation Fund Development Director Daniel Bonyhadi (right) at the Jan 27 meeting.

12/16/2008: Professor David Henderson addresses club

12/09/2008: Young Koh recognized as Foundation Major Donor

Rotary's Black and White Ball in Guanajuato, Mexico

We have almost all heard about Quinceañeras. I was always somehow under the impression that the word Quinceañeras was the event until just recently, when I learned that Quinceañeras are the 15 year-old girls, who are celebrating their quince años (15th birthday). With that insight, in mid-November I attended the Guanajuato ROTARIANS annual Black and White Ball, where the new ROTARY reina (queen) was crowned for this year and fifteen Quinceañeras celebrated their quince años. The Quinceañeras invited friends and family to commemorate their quince años with vibrant and good food and lots of dancing! All proceeds of the event go to Guanajuato ROTARY club’s community service projects this year.

The idea of quince años is to present the young girls to society, very much like our understanding of debutante balls. The quince años celebration can range from a carne asada (BBQ) to an elegant comida especial (dinner) or to elaborate fiestas (parties). After engaging in conversation with friends regarding Quinceañeras, I was surprised to find out that the trend today for the most affluent families in México is for the Quinceañeras to receive a trip to Europe for their quince años! In contrast, in the pueblos (towns) outside of the major cities in Mexico the quince años is a highly regarded event similar to weddings in the United States with utmost attention on the Quinceañera.

The Black and White Ball began at 10:00 p.m. after the misa (mass) at the basilica. The Ball had no ending time, it lasted as long as you could keep your eyes open (previous years reported going strong until 5:00 a.m., however, like a good American closing time has always been 2:00 a.m. for me!). :) The changing of the reinas started the formal portion of the Ball. The city mayor had the honor of presenting the new reina and following that inauguration, fifteen Quinceañeras were presented. Each Quinceañera was introduced by their three minute video talking about who they are and what they like; after their video they entered with an escort. Their father met them in the middle of the ballroom floor to congratulate them and they reciprocated with a traditional quince años bow. Afterwards, the stunning young Quinceañeras entertained us for a half hour with various dances, among them the traditional quince años waltz.

It was a lovely evening for all.

MPSRC members helping on Thanksgiving Day

Thanks to all the members of our club who helped out at the Fairgrounds at Thanksgiving, and a special thanks to Dennis Fike for putting out the call!

The following photos courtesy of Greg Migdale: