World Rotaract Week 2009 Pt. 1

The ROtaract Club of Las Vegas had a busy and highly successful World Rotaract Week celebration. On Sunday March 8th, the club started with a swipe out at the UNLV Dining Commons to collect food for the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth. They also had a board meeting in preparation for the end of the Rotary year.

Above: Lauren Holden working at the food donations table.

On Monday, the club donated the food items to the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth. The club was able to donate several hundred items.

On Wednesday March 11th, some of the Rotaractors were able to have lunch with one of their co-sponsor clubs Las Vegas Central. Four Rotaractors showed up to participate in the lunch meeting.

On Thursday March 12th, President Amanda had lunch at co-sponsor club Las Vegas Rotary club on be-half of the Rotaract Club.

World Rotaract Week 2009 Pt. 2

The second half of the World Rotaract Week was filled with lots of fun. On Friday March 13th, the club took part in an etiquette presentation at Lawry's Prime Rib. The club members learned how to properly eat shrimp cocktail, which fork, knife, and spoon is used to eat certain foods.

The above picture is the Rotaractors that attended the etiquette dinner and Ed Lepere and Wendy Hart, managers at Lawry's Prime Rib.

On Saturday March 14th, the club had their first-ever social at Margaritaville. Despite having to wait for quite a long time to be seated, the club still managed to have a good time

On Sunday March 15th (the last day of World Rotaract Week), the club ended with a general meeting. The guest speaker was Kathleen Dickinson who is a certified handwriting analyst. She analyzed everyone's handwriting and shared interesting personality traits with the audience.

Above: Kathleen Dickinson and President-Elect Ed Haliwell

Additionally, President Amanda and President-Elect Ed Haliwell inducted Nolen and Janeen Nanbu into the Rotaract Club. They were also officially elected onto the 2009-2010 Board of Directors starting on July 1,2009.

Overall, the World Rotaract Week was highly successful. Thanks to everyone that helped make it a lot of fun.