Alison Holland & Clint Lusardi – Zoo Express Program
Zoo Express: Bringing Joy and Comfort to Those Who Cannot Visit the World-Famous San Diego Zoo Zoo Express is a program which was started in 1995. It was started as a way to reach out to children and seniors who might not otherwise be able to experience the wonderful world of animals. Zoo Express is…
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Dr. Ramon Resa
Dr. Ramon Resa was born to a teen mother who had five children before she was twenty. He has never known his father. He was raised by his grandparents in a farm working family with fifteen children. Their lives depended on the crops they picked year round. When the crops failed, they did without, and…
Read MoreDr. Russell Low – The Chinese and Building of the Transcontinental Railroad: A Descendant’s Story
From Dr. Low: “The building of the TCRR was a feat of unimaginable magnitude that required a Herculean effort. Its completion on May 10, 1869 was celebrated across our nation. 1200 Chinese workers performed the most dangerous work. With nothing more than hand tools, they laid the CPRR through the high Sierra Nevada Mountains. The story…
Read MoreClub 33 Golf Tournament – Final Round
The next and final round of the Rotary Golf Tournament for President Peter’s year will be held Friday, June 3rd at San Diego Country Club, with the first tee time at approximately 11:30am. All Rotary golfers are encouraged to play in this fun event, as fellowship is the top priority! The cost to play this…
Read MoreMusical Prodigies -Guest speaker Dr. Gary McPherson, Performance by Gavin George, Piano Prodigy
The Extraordinary World of the Musical Prodigy Guest speaker Gary McPherson, Ph.D., Ormond Professor and Director of the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music in Australia, studies giftedness: the characteristics and development of people who have an unusually high potential for greatness. His presentation will talk about his research on musical prodigies, and the range of natural…
Read MoreRotarians At Work Day 2016
Rotarians At Work Day happens the last Saturday in April each year. Started in 2006 as a joint effort between two Rotary Districts (one in the United States and one in Mexico), Rotarians at Work Day continues to grow. Each year, Clubs around the world identify a hands-on project that all members can participate in…
Read MoreAnnual President’s Roast
BREAKING NEWS!…Women out of Rotary! Rotaractors up for Academy Awards! It’s a bird, it’s a plane, NO it’s President Peter’s Roast! You won’t want to miss the best program of the year – Be there for the inside scoop, side splitting laughs and a send off for the ages!
Read MoreGrotarian Event – California Tower at The Museum of Man
The Grotarians are climbing the historic California Tower at The Museum of Man in Balboa Park, and you are invited to join us. From the second floor of the Museum, you go up a staircase hidden from the public for decades. Then you climb seven flights, getting glimpses through narrow windows of the beauty outside. Finally,…
Read MoreDouglas Gordon – Normandy Loves the US…The Untold Story
Imagine that Americans are loved in France today. It’s true and former Club 33 member Doug Gordon has the pictures and stories to prove it from his many trips to Normandy during D-Day Anniversary Week with his good friend, Jack Port of Escondido, a U.S. Army WWII veteran of the Normandy Campaign. Discover the true but…
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