PROGRAM

Fun Day! – Friday May 10

10:00 AM – Golf Scramble and lunch, Pacific Grove Municipal

Sponsor:  Pacific Grove Rotary Club

5:00 PM – Past District Governors Reception – Tarpy’s Roadhouse (invitation only)

6:00 PM – 9:00 PM – Hospitality Suites – Monterey Marriott poolside

7:30 PM – 8:30 PM – Caberet by the Bay – Monterey Marriott, 10^th Floor, Ferrantes Room

Inspiration Day – Saturday May 11:  Monterey Marriott

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM  – Continental Breakfast & Entertainment, San Carlos Ballroom

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM House of Friendship – Mezzanine

• Cannery for Kids Service Project
• Vendors and Booths (for list, click here)

8:30 AM – OPEN morning General Session

• Emcees:
  • Mark Kennedy, Rotary Club of Salinas
  • Robert Freiri, Rotary Club of Monterey
  • USMC United States Flag presentation
• Welcome by District Governor Debbie Hale
• Rotary Exchange Students and Parade of Flags
• Featured Speaker – David Rosenberg, Director of Experience Monterey Bay Aquarium
• Breakout Session Preview

10:30 am – 10:45 am – BREAK

10:45 AM – 11:45 AM Morning Breakout Sessions

• International Projects:  Saving Lives with Clean Water – San Diego Room

Get an update on our water projects in Thailand.  Find out about our ongoing clean water activities in Guatemala.
Jesus Garcia, Living Waters World Missions, Pres-Elect Lemoore Rotary Club, and Nina Clancy, PDG, Visalia County Center Rotary

• Global Grants:  Not Just for Overseas Anymore – Los Angeles Room

Get the story behind the February Rotary magazine cover story about at-risk students learning to repair classic and antique cars at Rancho Cielo in Salinas.  Learn how you can start your own in-district global grant.
Mark Grandcolas, Carmel by the Sea Rotary

• Human Trafficking:  Prevention in our Communities – Santa Barbara Room

Learn how we can spot human trafficking in our area and how Rotary and local nonprofits can help victims escape and thrive.
 Annette Yee Steck, District Human Trafficking Prevention Chair, Bob Deering, PDG, Rotary Action Group Against Slavery, and Tiffany Apodaca, Co-Founder and Chief Operations Officer for Breaking the Chains, Rotary Club of Clovis

• Youth Exchange:  Changing Lives, Growing Leaders – Los Angeles Room

Hear from this year’s inbound youth exchange students and coordinator about their transformational experiences here in California.  Learn how your club can become a part of this program which builds life-long international partnerships.
Lee Blankenship, PDG, District Youth Exchange Chair and2023/24 Inbound Youth Exchange Students

11:45 AM – 12:00 PM –  BREAK

 12:00 PM    Special conference LUNCH & ENTERTAINMENT – San Carlos Ballroom

• Keynote Speaker: Jenét DeCosta, Driscoll’s Berries
• Preview of Breakout Sessions and Business Meeting

12:30 PM to 1:15 PM  – Afternoon General Session

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM – Afternoon Breakout Sessions

• Community Service:  Strategies for Success – Santa Barbara Room

           Four experts talk about what they learned from their project in flood relief, women’s empowerment and butterfly habitat.

• • Kevin Kenoyer, District Area 1 Governor, Carmel Valley Rotary, Danielle Carlson, Carmel Valley Rotary Club Community Service Chair, Genevieve Armendariz, Miss Monterey County, Carmel Valley Rotary, and Ana Carretero, District Area 7 Governor, Foothill Club of Lindsay

• Fundraising:  Making Money By Partnering – San Diego Room

          Learn new ways your club can raise money with help from non-Rotarians.

• • Rob Slawinski, Slawinski Auctions, Carmel by the Sea Rotary, Rafael Alejandrez, President of Dinuba Rotary, and Jose Faria, Dinuba Rotary

• Leadership:  Skills for Young and Rising Rotarians – Los Angeles Room
  • A charismatic speaker will teach essential skills for success in your club
  • Shaw Pick, Naval Postgraduate School, RC of Monterey

2:45 PM   – Business Meeting – Santa Monica Room

• Chaired by PDG Don Kremer
• Club Electors vote on resolutions
• Club Presidents-Elect vote on District 2024/25 budget
  • Review by District Governor-Elect Mike Rabara

5:00 PM – Major Donors Toast – District Governor’s Suite (invitation Only)

5:30 – 8:30 PM – Awards and Jazz Reception – Ferrantes Room, 10^th Floor

• Monterey Jazz Festival Youth Honors Band
• Club Awards: 6:30  PM

Get Active Day! – Sunday, May 12

9:00 AM

• Zumba – Meet at the San Diego Room
  • Instructor, AG Ana Carretero, Lindsay Foothill Rotary

• Bike Ride along the Bay – Meet at Marriott lobby to walk to the bike rental shop
  • Starts at Adventures by the Sea next to the Portola Hotel
  • Bike to Asilomar and back
  • Led by Maureen Wruck, Corral de Tierra Rotary
  • End with the Pound the Pavement lunch (see below)

10:30 AM – Polio Plus Puppy Walk – Meet at the Marriott Lobby

• One mile walk/run Monterey Recreational Trail
• Led by Belinda Daguio, End Polio Now Chair, Monterey Pacific Rotary
• Bring your dog!
• Followed by lunch on the Recreational Trail, courtesy of Monterey Pacific Rotary

Thank you to our Event Sponsors:

Service Project Sponsor: Cannery for Kids (school supplies, backpacks)  Carmel-by-the-Sea Rotary Club 📚🎒

 🐋   Whale Sponsors: Rotary Club of Monterey and Rotary Club of Salinas Downtown

🦈   Shark Sponsors: Rotary Club of East Fresno and Carmel Valley Rotary Club

🌊   Sea Lion Sponsor: Monterey Passport Rotary

Thank you to our banner sponsors:

Basic Education & Literacy – Salinas Steinbeck Rotary

Disease Prevention & Treatment – Foothill Rotary Club of Lindsey

Clean Water, Sanitation & Hygiene – Carmel Valley Rotary

Maternal & Child Health – Monterey Pacific Rotary

Environment – Monterey Cannery Row Rotary

Peace-building & Conflict Resolution – King City Rotary

Hospitality Suites:

Speakeasy by the Coast – Carmel Sunset; Monterey Peninsula Sunrise; Santa Lucia; Gonzales, Greenfield, King City, and Soledad Rotary Clubs Clubs

Bounty of the Valley – Porterville; Porterville Breakfast; Earlimart; Lindsay Foothill; Woodlake, and Tower District Rotary Clubs