West Covina Sunrise Rotary Club Newsletter Wednesday March 8, 2006

President’s Message: Golf on my mind. Keep your eyes and ears open for opportunities to sell tickets- golf or banquet. Sponsorships, raffle items, silent auction items and last but not least chance tickets. Chance tickets are only $10.00 for the opportunity to play on our golf tournament. The drawing will be April 15. Remember we are all responsible for selling 10 tickets. A big Thank You, to those of you who are participating and doing your part to make our golf tournament successful.
We need volunteers for the day of the tournament. If you can volunteer or know someone who can please send me an email with the contact information and availability to Carolina

Celebrity Golf Tournament -- April 24th, 2006.

Golfers: We need golfers
Sponsors: We need hole sponsors, tee sponsors and golf package sponsors.
Raffle Prizes: Please contact all your friends, family members and business associates to see if they can donate items for our raffle. We need Gift certificates to Restaurants, Personal Services such as salon services, massages, facials, dental work, chiropractic, etc., etc. We can use baskets, movie tickets, hotel get-a-ways, golf fees, tickets to shows, golf clubs, photography setting, gift certificates to stores, boat rentals etc., etc… The possibilities are endless. Please contact Lone Sorensen at 626-893-7395 with contact information of businesses or individuals you know will donate.
The Golf Tournament Committee needs your help -- Position still open:
Hole sponsor coordinator Call M or M to sign up.
Volunteers: We also will need plenty of volunteers for the tournament. We need people to man the tables, sell tickets, help at holes, set up of auction and raffle items, sell dinner tickets and the list goes on and on. Please ask your friends now!
Thanks for your continued support of our golf tournament! Keep thinking SPONSORS!

4- way speech: This year’s contest is well under way and we were treated to two great speeches at the meeting. The first speech was by Anthony Orta, who is a senior at Bishop Amat High School. This is his second year participating in the competition. He will be attending Chapman University next year majoring in secondary education with hopes of becoming a teacher. Tom Murphy, who is also a senior at Bishop Amat, is participating for the 4th straight year. He was the local winner last year and did quiet well at the regional level -- he ‘plans’ to win the whole competition this year ! He will be attending Colorado State majoring in Construction Management next year.

Rotaract Club: The first local Rotaract Club has been established by students in the greater San Gabriel Valley. The installation dinner will be held March 24th at Citrus College. The cost will be $20 for the dinner. We will provide more dinner and contact information in the next newsletter.

Rummage Sale: The San Gabriel Valley Neighborhood Coalition is hosting a Huge Parking Lot Treasure Hunt Rummage Sale on Saturday, March 25th, 7AM to 2PM. All proceeds from the sale will benefit Stepping Stones for Women, Arrow Community Center and Southern California Youth for Christ. If you need to do some spring cleaning ( and don’t we all ), they will be happy to accept all your usable discards. They also need volunteers to help before and during the sale. If you are interested please call 626-974-1162 or contact Kathy Benton for more information.

Good Friday Breakfast: The San Gabriel Valley YMCA will be hosting a Good Friday Breakfast at South Hills Country Club ( April 14th, 2006). Special guest will be Favid Frost. Dave Harris will provide more information at our next meeting.

Public Safety Recognition Luncheon: The West Covina Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a Thank You Luncheon for the West Covina Police Department and Fire Department on March 16, 2006. Many service awards will be given out to the special people who serve the West Covina Community. This will be a great opportunity to show your support of our local law enforcement and fire departments. Please contact Gary Lawson for more information (626) 338-8496.

Calendar: The information below and more can be found on our very own web site.

2006 District Conference
Hilton Palm Springs Resort
May 18-21, 2006
"Fun in the Sun 2006"
400 E Tahquitz Canyon Way
Palm Springs, CA

Carl-Wilhelm Stenhammer Save the Date!
May 3, 2006
Carl-Wilhelm Stenhammer, Rotary International President will be in Las Vegas May 3 for an Interclub meeting.
Details will be posted here when available.
For more information.....
Tom Novotny
tom_arohed@yahoo.com

Mar 15: Program tbd
Mar 22: Program tbd
Mar 24: Rotaract Dinner at Citrus College
Mar 25: Rummage Treasure Hunt Sale
Mar 29: Program tbd
Apr 14: Good Friday Breakfast, YMCA, at South Hills Country Club

Places Rotarians should visit regularly:
District’s Newsletter: http://www.district5300.org/newsletter/news0507.pdf
Rotary International member website: https://riweb.rotaryintl.org/
Rotary International: http://www.rotary.org/