SAC VALLEY RETURNED PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER ASSOCIATION
MARCH 2008 ENEWS
DON’T FORGET ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP DUES! PLEASE SEND YOUR $15 TO Sac Valley RPCVs, P.O. Box 161163 Sacramento, CA 95816.
1.
NOMINATION PARTY – You are invited to a party for newly nominated PCVs
on April 22, Tuesday, from 6-8:00 p.m., at the Green Room at Sierra II,
2791 24th Street. Drinks and snacks will be provided, and the Oakland
PC office is bringing movies of old PC training programs. Please plan
to attend.
2. ADVENTURES IN DINING – Friday, March 21 at 7:00
p.m. we will head to Korikancha, a Peruvian restaurant in the Waffle
King at 2751 Fulton Avenue, just south of El Camino. They are willing
to do family style with 5 entrees and dessert for around $15 per
person, or we can order from the menu. Please contact Faith at
480-9802 or fkboucher@ucdavis.edu to make reservations.
3.
OVERSEAS PROJECT FUNDING - PLEASE READ!! For several years our group
has been giving away about $1000-$1500 per year to worthy PCs for some
project in their host country. We raised the money through calendar
sales and the Human Race. However, the Human Race has been cancelled,
so we need to think about other sources of money, like wine tasting or
ethnic performance events (no phone soliciting). In addition, we’ve had
a lot of trouble finding projects to fund, so the Board decided to ask
for suggestions from our members by region. The designated hitters
are: Asia - Faith Boucher fkboucher@ucdavis.edu, South America – Bruce
Sandie bsandie@comcast.net, Central America/Caribbean – Mark Stivers
mark@markstivers.com, Africa – Steve Riggs steve.riggs@yahoo.com. We
will be contacting people informally to get everyone’s input, or you
can send send us your ideas. THANKS!!
4.
SAC VAL RPCVs IN THE NEWS – Mark Stivers, a famous artist of our
acquaintance, has a new exhibit going up. Details: Paintings and
Collages on display March 9-April 5, 2008 at Espresso Metro, 2104 11th
Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95818. Reception Second Saturday, March 8, 6-10
pm.
5.
GOAT ROAST TIME! - Howard Koons is setting up a real goat for April
27, 3:00-9:00. If you want to help with the pit you can go up the
night before! Please sign up with Howard at hekoons@gmail.com,
530-888-7355.
6. ARTS IN RIVER PARK May 11, 7:30-5:00 p.m. –
We’ve been asked to take the International Taxi to Brenda Waters’ main
event again, which will be at the 7th Day Adventist church on H St. We
have 2-hour slots starting at 7:30 a.m. for setup. Please contact Jim
Waters at jwaters@westyost.com to sign up to help.
7. INTERNATIONAL HOUSE, UC BERKELEY, OFFERS DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP FOR RPCVs. Check the attached press release for
details.
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