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May 12 meeting – will not be at the Stockton Golf and Country Club, but rather will be at Impact Teen Center AKA Podesto Teen Center, 725 N El Dorado Street, Stockton CA. The program will conducted by members of Interact.
Ambassadorial Scholarship – Blain Bibb. We need your help bringing in candidates. This is the time of the year for clubs to seek good candidates for the Rotary Ambassadorial and World Peace Scholarships for 2011-12. There are two Rotary World Peace Fellowships: a two year Masters program and a three month certificate program. District 5220 deadline for these applications is May 15, 2010. The Ambassadorial Scholarships are for one academic year abroad and provide a grant of $24,000. Applicants must obtain sponsorship of a local Rotary club. District 5220 deadline for this application is June 1, 2010 for study in 2011-12. Relatives of Rotarians are not eligible. For more information and applications go to the Rotary International website www.rotary.org/rotarycenters or contact Ellen Dunbar, District 5220 Scholarship Chair 209-525-9343 or edunbar1@comcast.net.
Paul Harris Matching Grants - President Michael announced that Paul Harris matching grants from the club are available for another two weeks. We are on our a way to a $1 million club. Contact Susan with questions. secretary@stocktonrotary.org
Giants Game – Bob Blower reported that two tickets are left. Timing details will follow closer to the event.
Asparagus Festival - John Green thanked all of the club members that participated.
Boat Trip – Dave Tygett. June 12. More details to come. Bring a boat unless you wish to swim. Contact Dave Tygett at 957-4058 and at davidtygett@comcast.net
Mayor s Book Club – Michael Blower. The club will donate $1000 which will purchase 200 children s books.
ShelterBox for Haiti – Please join us as we team up with ShelterBox to support the Hatian victims after the devastating earthquake. Each ShelterBox is a large, rugged, green plastic container that holds a 10-person tent and a range of other equipment. The content varies depending on the need. Shelter Boxes cost $1,000. Please donate any amount and designate it for ShelterBox and we will put it towards a box. You may bring a check made out to ShelterBox to our next Rotary meeting. You may also send a check to the Rotary office or you may charge it to your bill. Make sure you designate the check to ShelterBox. To date we have raised $1,575.
ShelterBox is a grassroots Rotary club project which has rapidly grown to an international level. For more information please click here. www.shelterboxusa.org/AboutAndFAQ.aspx#B8
Grocery Card Fundraiser Grocery rebate cards are available at the meetings. The Club will receive a rebate of 3% of purchases at SaveMart, Smart Foods, Food Max, and Lucky s. The card may also be used when purchasing pharmaceuticals. To date we have received over $772. if you would like additional cards for family, friends see Susan.
Stockton Rotary Centennial – the date is Feb 1, 2014. We wish to make this a celebratory series of events to share a century of service with the greater Stockton community. The committee has chosen five areas of focus. They are Projects, Events, Book, History and Publicity. If you wish to help in one or more of these areas please contact Susan Drake at secretary@stocktonrotary.org. We are in need of historical items for our club to include in publications and media announcements. We are asking past presidents and all our members to put on their thinking caps, search your offices and homes for historical tidbits. Please contact Frank Whitney at fwhitney@midcalbbb.org to help him in this task.
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