For 30 years, the La Jolla Golden Triangle Rotary Club has successfully conducted more than 40 hands-on community and international service projects, here in San Diego and in Mexico.  This past March, the Club completed their seventh  project for the US Marines on the Camp Pendleton base.  Here is a link to the 12 minute video about the project that we think you will enjoy watching.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

District 5340's Four-Way Test Speech Contest is in full swing!  A field of nearly 130 student contestants have been hard a work giving outstanding speeches all over the District.  After the sub-regional contests conclude on March 20, the field will have been narrowed to the top 12 competitors.  Those top 12 speakers will be headed to the regional finals to be held on April 5 at the Chula Vista Noon Club and on April 10 at the San Diego Downtown Breakfast Club.  These two contests will again narrow the field, leaving the top six of the best of the best student speakers in the District.  

 

These six students are set to face off at the District Finals to be held on April 25 at Club 33, Liberty Station Conference Center located at 2600 Laning Road.  Their meeting is at noon with sign-in starting at 11:45 am.  You must make a reservation for this noon meeting as it draws a huge crowd.  For more information email Nancy Vaughan at nancyfly@aol.com.

District Governor-Elect, Marta Knight recently was the guest speaker at the Coronado Rotary Club where she shared the inspirational story and photos of her family, her travels, her childhood, her beloved parents and her family's journey towards citizenship in the United States.  What a great story!  Bravo Marta!  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday, April 27 is Rotarians at Work Day, so once you are done with your service project, you're going to want to cool off and enjoy the Quintessential Festival (Q-Fest) which runs from 1-5:00 p.m.  What is a Q-Fest?  Simply the best party in San Diego with 30 of San Diego's finest craft  brewers, a dozen wineries and distilleries, including several wineries from Valle de Guadalupe in Baja.  The party has live music, corn hole games and food for purchase - all in a relaxed community dog-friendly park near UTC mall.  The best part is this charity event supports 55 local non-profits and local programs through the Rotary Club of La Jolla Golden Triangle.  Come celebrate with hundreds of fellow Rotarians, Rotaractors, and friends 21 years or older in the community and use this as an opportunity to invite others you know.  Catch the wave at the Surfers Unite tent in the garden, learn about upcoming events and receive a special gift.  

 

Tickets for the Q-Fest can be purchased online at www.lajollagtrotary.org or at the door.  See you there! #Q-Fest.

On April 5, members of the Old Mission Rotary traveled 200 miles south of the border to assist the VIDAI public health program in a settlement of tomato farm workers in San Quentin Baja.  Twice a year, 150 facility and students from San Diego State, UCSD, the UABC Medical School in Tijuana and members of the Old Mission Rotary Club spend several days in Colonia Lomas de San Ramon to provide medical, dental and public health services to the Mexican-Indians who live at the colonia.

 

For 15 years, Old Mission Rotary has concentrated on improving the Colonia's school - La Escuela de Salvador Diaz Ramon in Lomas De San Ramon.  The strategy has always been to ask the leaders of the community what they need.  Old Mission Rotary has funded a kitchen, a library, an 1800 square foot covered patio, a covered walkway, a computer center, and painting of the school. 

 

On Saturday, April 6, a new water purification system became operational at the Salvador Diaz Ramon School.  The Aquacycl system was installed in stages over the last few months.  The Art Pratt Foundation of Old Mission Rotary provided the initial $6000 in seed money.

 

The bio-electrochemical water reclamation system represents the first time ever that this school has had unlimited access to safe drinking water and it is the first time students have been able to serve themselves drinking water from the school kitchen.  Given the high incidences of diarrhea and dehydration that are experienced in this community of agricultural workers, this improved access and water quality will work to significantly enrich the quality of life and education for the 300 students and staff at the school.

 

The picture below shows Gerry Hosenkamp and Stan Vogelsang of Old Mission Rotary being recognized by the San Diego water technology company, Aquacycl, for the contributions made towards the bio-electrochemical water treatment system installed at the Salvador Diaz Ramon School in San Quentin Baja.