All are welcome to our events
– RPCVs, applicants, maybes, families
– All who work for peace!
....

• Speak of your PC Service Through the year!
• Help with SD PC Recruiter Events
• Bulletin Board, Local Calendars, NPCA Advocacy

Ongoing Speakers Needed!

2/25 Social Hr: 94th Aero Squadron (Montgomery Field)
4/1 Nominations for Global Awareness Award Due in
4/18 SDPCA Booth at EarthFair San Diego
6/6 Rock'n'Roll Marathon--SDPCA's 9th year

• Ongoing and Annual Events
• Past Calendared Events (Since June 2003)

Although Peace Corps Week (first week in March) is the official time to celebrate promoting a better understanding of other cultures, we can get into the community, share our experiences, and open up the world, one speaking engagement at a time throughout the whole year!

Speak to students at Peace Corps Information Meetings, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Lions Clubs, Rotary Clubs, schools and groups throughout San Diego County, and more...

Up-coming Speakers Needed!
(see also in Bulletin Board under Connections)

• Speakers can present the culture of their host country
• Presentations can be as interactive as possible:
  • photos,
  • local foods
  • clothing
  • fabrics,
  • national music, etc.
• Speakers can have a frank discussion with the students and answer questions about what some of the country's/community's real needs are.
• Students can work on some sort of service project tied to your presentation. The teacher or leader of the group you present to would coordinate such an activity.
  • Teacher/group have contacted group(s) of children in a presenter's country of service to communicate or receive/exchange these packs although that's not required.
  • The children have made little "Peace Packs," knapsacks with their handprints in paint, a note of peace, and some school supplies and basic dental hygience stuff and send them to the country they learned about.
  • It's always really fun, and the kids are super curious.

If you are an RPCV and would like to share your experiences:

• Contact Lennox Miller, Speaker Chair,
  -- To help you find where you can speak and
  -- To help you prepare.
  
• Contact http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/speakersmatch/
  -- List yourself and
  -- Find places near you that want speakers.
  .
• Contact PC Wasington to get a Presenter's Kit to help your presentation -- To register online to receive the free kit at https://www.peacecorps.gov/rpcv/peacecorpsday/register/index.cfm?&
  .
• Afterward: Let Mae Hsu, Newsletter Editor, know about your presentation
  -- Submit pictures
  -- See yourself listed here and in Pacific Waves.
  

Peace Corps Recruiting Events
RPCVs are welcome to help talk with interested students!

We have two PC Recuiters who work in the San Diego Area.
Contact them to see when and if you might be needed to talk with students.

1. Diana Gomez, Armenia (1999-2002) (Tues 9:30-4:30; Wed.9:30-6:30)
   UCSD Recruiter d1gomez@ucsd.edu
   Career Services Center, 9500 Gilman Drive #0335
   La Jolla, CA 92093 Tel. (858) 534-1336
   http://career.ucsd.edu/sa/PeaceCorps.shtml
   .
2. Shane Mathias, Panama (2004-07)
   SD Regional Recuiter smathias@peacecorps.gov
   PC/LA Regional Office
   Tel. (310) 356-1102
   

SDPCA February
Third Thursday Social Hour

94th Aero Squadron

(Montgomery Field)

When: Thursday, February 25, 2010
5:30 pm

Where: 94th Aero Squadron - Montgomery Field
8885 Balboa Avenue (30th and Upas)
San Diego, CA 92123 (858.560.6771 )

94th Website: http://www.94thaerosquadron.signonsandiego.com/

Please join us for the San Diego Peace Corps Association's February social hour at 94th Aero Squadron next to Montgomery Field on Thursday February 25.

Located inside a replica of a World War I French farmhouse, the restaurant sits overlooking Montgomery Field Airport, and is packed full of military memorabilia, antique farm implements, and aviation relics. The interior is cozy and romantic, with huge stone fireplaces, masses of hanging green plants, dark wood paneling, beamed ceilings, and old airplane wings hanging over the dining area. There are even headphones at some of the tables for diners to listen to the FAA control tower. On warm evenings and at lunchtime you can sit outdoors on a grassy embankment at umbrella topped tables and be surrounded by an old model airplane, an army jeep, and a duck pond.

More details to come! -- Watch for evite...

SDPCA booth at

EarthFair 2010
in San Diego

21st Anniversary in San Diego

When: Sunday, April 18, 2010
EarthFair runs: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
Volunteer needed for 2 hour shifts starting at 9:00 am.
To volunteer, contact Marjory at: 858.576.9909

PICNIC: Let us know if you'd like to join us for am informal PICNIC at noon!

Where: Balboa Park
Exact location to be announced

Earth Fair Website: http://www.earthdayweb.org/EarthFair.html

Volunteers are needed in 2-hour shifts starting at 9:00am

SDPCA will have a booth again this year!

Come share your experiences with fair attendees and potential Peace Corps volunteers, hang out with old and new SDPCA friends, and join us for a group lunch at noon (bring your-own-picnic-basket).

• Please note: parking is extremely difficult at this event so please plan accordingly! Public transportation, biking, walking or other alternate modes of transportation are strongly recommended. If you must drive, plan on arriving early enough to find parking and to get to the booth in time for your volunteer shift.
  
• Location: Balboa Park near International Houses of Hospitality, look for SDPCA banner
  
• Volunteers are needed in 2-hour shifts starting at 9:00am.
  
• To volunteer, contact Marjory at: 858.576.9909 or MarjoryClyne@att.net

More details to come..

"San Diego's annual EarthFair in Balboa Park is the largest free annual environmental fair in the world. EarthFair 2010 will be our 21st anniversary – the 41st anniversary of Earth Day! Each year, the EarthFair draws around 70,000 visitors."

"Produced by 400 volunteers, EarthFair features more than 350 exhibitors, special theme areas, a Food Pavilion, a special Kids’ Activity Area, three entertainment venues, the Children’s Earth Parade, the Earth Gallery art show, and the Cleaner Car Concourse."

2010 Global Awareness Award Nominations Due

When: Thursday, April 1, 2010

Where: Nominations form due in to SDPCA
Download/print/fill-in form:
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/SDPCA/GlobalAwarenessForm.pdf

Program info: http://edweb.sdsu.edu/SDPCA/programs.html

What San Diego group do YOU believe shares the goals of the SDPCA?

Each year, the SDPCA honors one nonprofit organization at our Annual Meeting which carries out work consistent with SDPCA’s goals.  Nominations for the 2010 (our 7th) Global Awareness Award are open to any 501c3 non-profit organization that supports one or both of the goals in our mission statement:

• Bringing the world back home.
  
• Building a network of RPCVs in the San Diego area.

Over the past six years the SDPCA has awarded our Global Awareness Award in recognition to the efforts of:

• 2009: Survivors of Torture International
  
• 2008: Irwin Herman: The Bookman
  
• 2007: One World, Our World
  
• 2006: Carol Jahnkow-International Rescue Committee of San Diego
  
• 2005: San Diego Peace Resource Center
  
• 2004: Victor Villaseñor: International Snow Goose Thanksgiving

All SDPCA members are encouraged to nominate a nonprofit organization for the Global Awareness Award. A one-page nomination form should describe the following:

1. What is the organization, and its activities.
   
2. What results have the organization and its members achieved over the last two years.
   
3. What makes the organization and its members worthy of recognition?

An application form is also available to download online: http://edweb.sdsu.edu/SDPCA/GlobalAwarenessForm.pdf

Send nominations to (or email )
SDPCA
c/o Global Awareness Award
P.O.Box 26565
San Diego, CA 92196

8th year - SDPCA volunteers at

2010 Rock'n'Roll Marathon

When: Sunday, June 6, 2010
Set-up and shifts to be arranged

Where: Set up and work with another group at specific Water Stationto be assigned

Marathon Starts at Balboa Park
6:30 am at 6th Avenue & Palm Street San Diego , CA

Rock'n'Roll Marathon Website: http://san-diego.competitor.com/event-info/

Volunteers are needed to help hydrate runners as they rock n’ run 26.2 miles

SDPCA has volunteered helping with a water station for 8 years now!

"Not a runner or walker? You can still be a part of the event! With 20,000+ participants, volunteers are needed to assist with every aspect of the event, including setup, pre-registration, the Health & Fitness Expo, the Start Line, Finish Line and water stations along the course."

"Team up with your friends or family and make this an experience you won’t forget! Each Volunteer Receives:"

• A Race Crew T-Shirt
  
• Race Goodie Bag
  
• Opportunity to win fantastic prizes
  
• Satisfaction of Helping Others
  
• A great time!

More details to come!

If you wish to run, we'll cheer you on!!

Date/Time: Sunday, June 6, 2010 6:30 AM
START Location: 6th Avenue & Palm Street San Diego , CA

Registration Fees*:

• Marathon
  • $95 – Early Entry (thru 1/31/10)
    
  • $115 – Marathon Entry (2/01 – 5/30/10)
    
  • $145 at the Expo (June 4-5, 2010)
• Rock ‘n’ Roll (4-person) Relay:
  • $300 (thru 5/30/10)
    
  • $400 at the Expo (June 4-5, 2010)

*All fees are non refundable & non transferable.
Online registration closes May 30, 2010 11:59 PM Pacific Time
Registration Info Online: http://san-diego.competitor.com/register/