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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 08:53 |
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FIRST MEETING OF NEW GENERATIONS ROTARY CLUB OF TEMECULA TO MEET THURSDAY MARCH 11TH AT TGI FRIDAYS
(Temecula, CA March 2010) Rotary has been a reputable, worldwide, established charitable organization for over 100 years and in an effort to continue on for the next 100 years the organization realizes the importance of engaging and involving all generations. There are many Rotary programs starting as young as middle school with PRYDE (Personal Rotary Youth Development Experience) a leadership camp for kids in the 7th grade, to Interact and RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) for the high school students and ROTARACT for college students. The newest addition in the Temecula area is the New Generations Rotary Club of Temecula for young professionals as well as students from the ages of 18 to 30+.
“The Rotary Club of Temecula realized there was a gap between the Interact Club (high school based) and the 18-30+ age group.” Explains Julie Ngo, Rotary Club of Temecula Youth Services Chairperson, “When researching how to close this gap we also realized the median age group in Temecula is 27 years old and there was an entire segment of our community that was not aware of or engaged in Rotary.” In her efforts to find ways to close this gap Julie visited a New Generations Club in the San Diego area and brought the idea back to Temecula where the Rotary Club of Temecula embraced the concept and agreed to sponsor the New Generations Rotary Club of Temecula.
The New Generations Rotary Club of Temecula will meet every Thursday at TGI Fridays located at 40830 Winchester Road in Temecula at 1pm. The first meeting of the new group will be March 11th at 1pm. This will not be your grandfather’s Rotary club. The New Generations club will have lower monthly dues, focus on more hands on service projects, will have a more lenient attendance policy and encourage members to visit other traditional Rotary clubs and district events.
“This area is filled with young families and professionals who have the time and desire to give back and participate with a strong service group like Rotary,” states founding member and organizer Adam Ruiz, “Unfortunately, there is not currently a group that reaches out to this demographic and will focus on projects and ideas that they can easily relate to. When I was presented with the opportunity to start a new club, I was thrilled. We will be able to attract younger individuals that are looking for a way to be more involved and give back not only to the community, but to projects that affect people worldwide. The future leaders of the community deserve the outlet to start giving back now, and I am proud to be a part of the group that is going to allow that.”
The first meeting of the New Generations Rotary Club of Temecula is open to all that are interested in finding out more about this dynamic service group and there is no cost to attend.
Date: Every Thursday starting March 11
Time: 1pm
Location: TGI Fridays
40830 Winchester Road
Temecula, CA 92591
For more information please visit the Rotary Club of Temecula website located at www.temecularotary.net or call Adam Ruiz at 951-326-4698.
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Sunday, 28 February 2010 15:46 |
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Each year Rotary Clubs around the world conduct speech contests that centers around Rotary's 4-Way Test. Local contestants must be currently in attendance at a public or private high school, charter school, or home schooled within our club's Rotary District 5330.
This year's Rotary Club of Temecula's contestants are show below.
From left to right: Cyndi Light, Speech Contest coordinator; contestants Corey Pan, Andy Moon, Amanda Johnson, Grace Han and Phillip Tacason; and Jeanne McClellan, club President.
The winners where: First place Phillip Tacason from Great Oak HS; second place Grace Han from Great Oak HS and third place Amanda Johnson from Linfield HS. |
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Monday, 22 February 2010 08:36 |
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Photo - Standing from left to right:
Sally A. Myers (Chair of Rotary Noon Music Contest); Laura Cha (2nd Place); Saya Hazel (3rd Place); Matthew Alan Nunez (1st Place) and Dr. Jeanne McClellan (President Temecula Noon Rotary Club)
The Rotary Club of Temecula held its 11th Annual Rotary High School Music Contest designed for high school musicians to showcase their musical talent. Eleven contestants from local high schools, private schools and home school programs in Temecula, Murrieta and the surrounding area competed in vocal, instrumental and piano disciplines to win cash prizes and the opportunity to advance to the Rotary District 5330 Finals competition. The repertoire is classical for the instrumentalists and pianists, and musical theater or classical for the vocalists. All of the contestants study music and wish to further their musical careers in college.
The three cash prize winners are Matthew Alan Nunez, Piano - 1st Place of $400 (12th Grade, Home School student); Laura Cha, Piano – 2nd Place of $250 (11th Grade, River Springs Charter School); Saya Hazel, Piano – 3rd Place at $100 (11th Grade, Chaparral High School). All three categories competed together for the top three prizes. The club enjoyed instruments like the flute, soprano recorder and a classical guitarist as well as vocalists. For many of the contestants, it was their first music contest and the event advanced them to the next level of their music career, and for others it was an opportunity to continue with awards for their years of practice and discipline of their musical talents. The Rotary Club offers the contest each year to encourage young high school musicians to strive to compete in the area of their musical passion.
The Rotary Club of Temecula works with the local schools and music instructors in the Valley. The contest is an excellent opportunity to prepare for college music auditions and other regional, state and national competitions.
The competition was held at Grace Presbyterian Church in Temecula on Wednesday, February 17th. The Rotary Club of Temecula is one of about 15 area Rotary Clubs that sponsor a club level music contest. The winners advance to the Rotary District 5330 Semi and Finals competition in March thru April at the University of Redlands. The Finals winners will be showcased at the Rotary District Conference June 4 - 6, 2010 at the Doral Resort Hotel in Cathedral City, and will receive large cash prizes. The competition is also respected among music professors at local and state colleges and universities.
For more information, please contact Sally Myers , Rotary Club of Temecula Music Contest Chair at (951) 506-8024.
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Monday, 28 December 2009 10:41 |
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 It may seem like a lifetime to those traveling down to Casa Hogar Impacto de Amor over the past year. Just a little over a year ago Lake Elsinore Rotary, Rotary  Club of Temecula and the Tijuana Independencia Rotary Club undertook a project to renovate the orphanage.
When we made the commitment to undertake the project it was an easy decision. In February 2009 there there 10 children and two adults living in small two room Tijuana house with an add-on area for bedrooms for the children, unsafe electrical, no place for all to set down for a meal, outdoor cold water bath. Click for more articles.
After initial fund raising efforts, work began in July 2009. Now we are almost there! Most of the outside is painted, the upstairs "indoor" bath, with hot water, is one trip away from   being finished, upstairs dry wall is finished, flooring is expected next week for the upstairs and final painting is planned for next Friday.
Sometimes its hard to believe where we started.
Thanks to Rotarians and friends from both sides of the border we have the end in sight.
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