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.

Enjoy the long weekend!

Details TBD -- this is a joint effort with the Sage Creek InterAct Club

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.

Let's mix & mingle with the Hi-Noon Club! Bring food item to share that serves 6 people.

Any contribution is welcome: appetizer, salad, entree, dessert.

BYOB, as usual. 

Registration will open mid February for head-count purposes.

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

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.

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!

Provide and serve food to underprivileged at Holiday Park.

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

Let's chat about what you want the next Rotary year to look like. Brian has some innovative ideas and he wants YOUR input to make them fly!

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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.