Arrive by 11:00 to bid on some amazing items in our silent auction.  An Opportunity Drawing on some great gifts will also open at 11:00.  Enjoy some champagne, wine and mimosas while you shop! Remember to invite friends, family and co-workers, too. Register here if you are bringing guests.  You can pay for their lunch…

Guest speaker: Kris Peterson, M.D., COL (RET), MC Please join us in welcoming over 55 veteran and active duty personnel and guests to our program! Dr. Kris Peterson  (COL RET) was deployed to Iraq in 2003.  He was the senior psychiatrist deployed at the beginning of the war.  He ended up traveling from Southern Iraq to…

Our grand old lady has served us well for over 100 years.  Whether you hike her trails, savor quiet moments or enjoy the treasures of the institutions, our Park is always there. But with finite resources, an ever-growing  population, limited water supply, aging infrastructure and inadequate accessibility, what is the future? Executive Director Tomas Herrera-Mishler…

The 2016 Rio Olympics-Up close and personal from Tracy Sundlun and Meb Keflezighi In this past summer’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Tracy was the Head Manager of the U.S. Men’s Track & Field Team and Meb ran the Marathon. Tracy will share with us a few highlights of his experience at the Olympics, and…

Stove Team helps local entrepreneurs establish factories in Latin America. These self-sustaining businesses produce safe, affordable, fuel-efficient cookstoves to replace dangerous open cooking fires. Why stoves? Smoke from open cooking fires kills more than eight times as many people as does malaria. Daily cooking is the equivalent to mothers and children smoking three packs of cigarettes…

The Past President’s of San Diego Rotary have proudly selected Mrs. Lucy L. Killea as this year’s Mrs. San Diego AND Mr. Leon L. Williams as Mr. San Diego! This is the first time since the award’s inception in 1952 that the award has been given to two individuals. Join us as we honor these…

It took three continents and seven years for District Governor Marilyn Sanderson to become a TRUE ROTARIAN.  Marilyn was a Rotary drop-out before she found her passion and her voice. Come listen to Marilyn & her story of becoming a TRUE ROTARIAN. Marilyn is a member of the Rotary Club of La Mesa Sunrise, was…

Chargers President of Football Operations John Spanos will first give an update on the upcoming football season and then he will join Fred Maas and Jeffrey Pollack who will outline the November Chargers Citizen’s Initiative and the conceptual plans for expansion of the Convention Center and new home for the San Diego Chargers.