Events

Benjamin Kettor, a fellow Rotarian, grew up in Liberia. As an adult, he brought Rotary to Liberian schools, using that connection to purchase computers for kids who'd never been exposed to technology. Come hear this story!!

The Rotary Club of Carlsbad’s 40th annual Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony will take place from 2:15 to 4:45 p.m. in the south parking lot of the Carlsbad Village Faire shopping center at 300 Carlsbad Village Drive. This is a free community event with cider and cookies, crafts, story time, entertainment by local and school dance and music groups, and an opportunity for kids to tell Santa their holiday wishes. 

Join us in supporting the children of military families in need at Camp Pendleton by donating disposable diapers (any size), new unwrapped toys, and funds for the purchase of car seats. Donations will be collected online and at the Holiday Tree Lighting event.

Everyone is welcome!

Details

Sunday, Dec. 7
2:15 to 4:45 p.m.
Carlsbad Village Faire
300 Carlsbad Village Drive

Our own Laura Mitchell will present fascinating new technologies to assiste caregivers with in-home care.

Help support North County Lifeline's Adopt-A-Family Community Drop Off Day.  Collect and organize the gift that are being dropped off for Adopt-A-Family Recipients.  Dress festively and wear comfortable shoes as you will be pushing carts and unloading gifts from cars dropping off gifts.

Help deliver the cashier checks for families in need at the 9 Carlsbad Elementary Schools.  Everyone will meet up at Kelly Elementary School at 11am and we will all deliver the checks to Kelly and take photos and then we will divide up into 3 groups and each visit 2-3 other schools. Please be festive and wear holiday attire and help spread some holiday cheer!

It's going to be a great night and our RCC board is excited to tell you that we have a....

🎁 Surprise! Members pay only the regular meeting cost of $37.
The club is covering the up-charge for this special event AND…

🎁 EVERY MEMBER CAN BRING ONE GUEST AT NO CHARGE!!
Bring a spouse, partner, friend, family member — our gift to you! (Additional guests are welcome, but you must pay for them, approx $65).

Be sure to indicate on your RSVP if you require a vegan meal -- we can honor these requests only if reserved in advance.

Can't wait to see you there!

Please contact Kelly at kjl.schafer@gmail.com for any questions. I have answers!!

State of the club. Where are we now -- 6 months into the Rotary year.

Mark your calendars to help build a home for a family in Tecate Mexico. More details to come. Contact Bastel Wardak for info.

Yum! Come show off your chili cooking recipes. It's a cook-off with blind tasting. We'll also be looking for contributions of cornbread, salads, and desserts.

Elena Romine will give us a sample of a course that she teaches at the Osher School on Blue Zones. Also, we will have reps from Osher briefly tell us about the upcoming semester and how to get involved.

Carlsbad Hi-Noon Rotary had invited us to join fellow Rotarians, family and friends to participate in their Harvest Pack Meal Packaging service project. We will package twenty thousand units of food which will be donated to the San Diego Food Bank to help meet the food insecurity needs in SD County.

 Sign up here: 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B044FAAAF2DA4FF2-61624340-harvest

Time to say thank you to the Carlsbad Brewing Company for being one of our amazing vendors at our wine and food festival!! Enjoy some drinks or food or both!
 

Enjoy the long weekend!

Celebrating all the good that the Rotary Foundation does in the world.
Register at Rotary5340.org/events

Our club is supporting the Rotary District 5340 Youth Instrumental Music Competition and invites members to attend our local evening competition round. Student musicians will perform, and our club will select two students to advance to the next level of the district competition, with our support.

Join us for an enjoyable evening of music and youth talent.

President-Elects are treated to an amazing weekend of leadership skills training and inspirational speakers in preparation for their upcoming club presidencies. By invitation only with advance reservations. 

Wishing Brian Crumbaker a fantastic weekend!

Carlsbad Rotary Club will be throwing a Prom Dance Party fo seniors attending the Carlsbad Senior Center -- this is a joint effort with the Sage Creek InterAct Club.  The theme is Starry Night -  “think- stars, silver, gold, black, navy, glittery things”.

• Help with light snacks to make, or purchase & handout

• Assist with event setup (11:30AM -1:00PM)

• Help chaperone and engage with seniors during the prom

• Support with cleanup afterward, if available

The event will start at 1pm in the Auditorium, but we need volunteers to help set-up and decorate from 11am - 1pm and also to help with the photo booth and other activites during the event.  Our very own Mario will be DJing and we encourage everyone to attend and enjoy hanging out with our seniors and supporting the event. Online link to this event https://ca-carlsbad.civicrec.com/CA/carlsbad-ca/catalog?filter=c2VhcmNoPTIyMzcxNzk=

Ray Pearson is bringing mentors and mentees from CHS together to talk about this valuable program. We will hear about how these partnerships are preparing high school students for the world beyond graduation.

We will also be hearing from a young student entrepreneur who has created an intriguing game and is trying to get it to market. 

Please join this quick & easy volunteer effort with our InterAct Club at the Army & Navy Academy. We will build 400+ school supply kits (pencils, erasers, scissors, crayons, etc) for underprivileged kids who are served by Words Alive, a non-profit whose mission is to share the love of reading.

Not only a good way to serve the community, but also a great chance to interact with one of our InterAct Clubs!

Donuts will be served, so please register to get your share!!

Call Kelly Schafer or John Rodenhausen with any questions.

Note the time! 5-7PM.
Let's mix & mingle with the Hi-Noon Club! Bring an appetizer that serves 6 people.

BYOB, as usual. 

Registration will open mid February for head-count purposes.

Author Gary Powers will speak to us about his book, Spy Pilot.

Please join at the Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation to help out with a trail or other outdoor project.  Wear clothing and shoes appropriate for outdoor work on the trails or on the grounds.  Lunch will be provided for all volunteers.

Meet at Tommy V's in Bressi for happy hour with your RCC friends!

Mary and Bob Meigs have been supporting this amazing school for years, through their Foundation, but also through personal student mentoring and hands-on help at the school. Find out why this school, that serves underprivileged students, has such an outstanding reputation and why its students have a graduation and subsequent success rate that exceeds the results of standard public schools.

Also -- come to hear our exchange student, Fem Govers, recap her year in Carlsbad. She'll be returning home soon afterwards, so this is your chance to wish her bon voyage.

There is something for every member at the district training assembly. 

Very important if you are a board member.

Essential that we have at least two people doing the grants training. We cannot get district or global grants if we don't have people training here!

We COULD have a "dark day," but we're not doing that!
We're going to Burtech Winery for some food, wine, & fun.
Meet us there!

Help provide and serve food to underprivileged at Holiday Park.

Fill-A-Belly holds a weekly dinner at Holiday Park in Carlsbad under a gazebo with lighting that covers
6 cement picnic tables where guests can sit and eat. We will set up dinner to be served at an adjacent cement
table and serve approximately 60 people.  We will be providing and serving the food and will be responsible for clean-up afterwards.

Eliot Weitz will lend us his expertise and experience in avoiding internet scams. Come learn how to protect your identity and your assets.

Happy hour at Black Rail in La Costa. Don't drink? No problem!! Our happy hours are for everyone. We make sure that there are some yummy menu options for appetizers or dinner.

Please join us!

Can't wait to hear about this organization! Their mission is to inspire, educate, and empower system-affected and homeless youth to achieve academic success through music education, sound engineering and multimedia production.

Join us for happy hour at Norte Mexican Restaurant. It ends at 6 -- and then, whoever wants to get their feet wet and sandy can walk down to the beach.  Tide will be reasonably low for a nice walk.
 

We will be treating our senior Mom's to a special Mother's Day gift by assembling and delivering flowers to the women who attend lunch at the Carlsbad Senior Center on Thursday May 7th.  We need just a few volunteers to help assemble the flowers (bud vase, flowers, ribbon and Happy Mother's day tag) and distribute to the senior Mom's at lunch.

This is the craniofacial clinic in Tecate that our club has participated in for a number of years. The spring clinic always starts the third Thursday in May. Dave Tweedy and Jan Zachry are the mainstays of this clinic. Others who would like to attend need to inform Dave two weeks in advance so that he can arrange appropriate job duties.

Meet at the C-Bar on State Street for Happy Hour. Happy Hour prices are from 4-6pm that night only (and just for us!) but feel free to stay after to enjoy the delicious food and drinks and camaraderie with our club members.Thanks to Natilee Meacham for setting it up!

This is our big project. An epic project... where we will build 20 beds for Carlsbad/North County kids who don't have them.  They are sharing beds or, more likely, sleeping on the floor. Let's give them a good night's sleep! Get excited to make a big impact!

We will be cutting wood, sanding, staining, drilling. If hands-on work like this is not for you, you can still help by donating twin size sheets, blankets, comforters, and pillows. 
Bring to any Rotary meeting prior to May 16. 

Sign-ups will be limited to 50 adults (or older teens with supervision).

Sign up on the link attached to this event.

Debbie Friedman will present on her new book and her history as one of the first women lifeguards in California. She will be accompanied by Patty Mackle, who many of us know as the head of Junior Lifeguards in Carlsbad.

If you can, read her book, Guarded: Women, Water and Saving Lives