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September/October 2007 Newsletter

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Meeting Information

Mark your calendars! Our next meeting is a potluck and business meeting scheduled for Saturday, September 22 starting at 6:00pm. Come join us at Pam and Phil Lopes' home with family, friends and a dish of food to share. Their home is located at 1421 N. Camino de Juan. To get there, drive west on Speedway, pass Greasewood and just as the road merges to two lanes you will come to Camino de Juan. Take a right and the Lopes' house is the last house on the left.

October Ethnic Dinner

The next ethnic dinner will be held at Sauce, between Glenn and Fort Lowell on Campbell at 6:30pm, October 20. Their full address is 2990 N. Campbell Avenue, Suite 110; here is the menu. If you can't find the restaurant, call them at (520)795-0344.

RPCV-SA Activities:

From the Prez, Catherine North:

Dear Fellow RPCVs,

I hope that everyone had a wonderful summer. I’m excited to be back in Tucson and back at school, and I hope the rest of you are doing well, too. I’m looking forward to seeing you all in September.

We hope to have a great turn-out at the September 22 meeting since there are so many new Peace Corps Fellows this year. Please turn out en masse to welcome this new group of RPCVs!

See you soon,

catherine

 

From the Trea$urer, Courtney Martin:

Our current account balance is $1683.63.

T-Shirts!

Many of you have requested that we offer t-shirts for the RPCV group. We now have the opportunity to buy Peace Corps t-shirts through the UA-Fellows Program for the low cost of $5. t-shirt
If, you are interested in ordering a shirt please email Courtney Martin (cemartin79 at yahoo dot com). Please include your size in the email.

Membership Options

As a reminder, we currently provide an alternative to joining the National Peace Corps Association. For local members interested in paying dues directly to the RPCV of Southern Arizona group we offer the low annual rate of $15/person. If you do choose to join the NPCA, please identify RPCV of Southern Arizona as your local affiliation and we will receive a portion of your membership dues. ($22.50)

All proceeds from our fundraising events and membership dues are allocated directly to Peace Corps Partnership projects

 

From the Community Services Coordinator, Jennifer Dederich:

Water Harvesting with Nature Conservancy

On Saturday, September 1st about 20 UA Peace Corps Fellows/RPCV's volunteered with the Nature Conservancy at the NC Ft. Lowell office for the Water Harvesting workshop as a part of the Water Symposium. Hands-on service was from 7:30-9:30, Rainwater harvesting presentations from 9:45- 11:30 and a FREE LUNCH with an amazing speaker from 11:30-12:15.

Thanks to all that participated.

AIDS Walk. We have a team!

A joint AIDS Walk team has been formed for the SA-RPCV's/UAFellows (RPCV's). The team name is "Peace Corps - Life is Calling" and the orgs are listed alongside the name as: RPCV - SA; UA PC Fellows & Friends.

The event is Sunday, October 14, 2007 on the University of Arizona Campus, you can do the 5k walk or 10K run. You must sign up for the event, pay a $10 fee and sign the waiver form. Check the website http://www.aidswalktucson.com/ to sign up, create your own fundraising page, complete the waiver, and check out the details of the event. (If, the fee is too much for you to pay you can sign up as a waived fee or red ribbon). I will also bring sign up packets to the next meeting.

Classroom Presentations/PC Week

If you know of anyone interested in having a RPCV speak to a classroom or organization, the UA Fellows has added a Speaker Request form to the Peace Corp Fellows webpage at grad.arizona.edu/peacecorp under Peace Corps Week.

Speaker Needed for Rincon High School!

A teacher has requested an RPCV in early September to speak to a group of students. She is going to advertise the speaker to the almost the entire school. She is looking for guidance (dates/format/time). It sounds like this could become a large event! If, you are interested contact Georgia Ehlers at GEhlers@grad.arizona.edu or 621-9301.

National RPCV News:

NPCA Advocacy ListServ

You're encouraged to visit the National Peace Corps Advocacy site for more information on the following headlines: