ROTARY INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 5520

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ROTARY INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 5520 Inside
Passage ALASKA DISTRICT CRUISE
DISTRICT CRUISE RAFFLE
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The purpose of this project is to significantly
increase the amount of money raised by RI
District 5520 for The Rotary Foundation which, in
turn, will ultimately increase the money
available for grants in this District.
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Benefits of the Raffle

• Individual club members who sell the raffle
  tickets can become Paul Harris Sustaining Members
  (every Rotarian every year) and potentially do so
  without spending their money.
• Individual members that choose to purchase the
  raffle tickets themselves are being Paul Harris
  Sustaining Members and have the added bonus of
  winning two cabins on the District cruise.
• All club members (especially those selling
  tickets) can use this program to create
  excitement about and interest in Rotary.
• Actively participating clubs will have far more
  of their members become Paul Harris Fellows and
  thus more involved, vested members.

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Benefits of the District Cruise

• Participating Rotary families (and their friends)
  have the opportunity for a great cruise
  experience at the best fare offered by Princess
  Cruises.
• Participating Rotarians build good will and
  better friendship through a shared experience and
  often advance the causes of Rotary by sharing
  ideas and concerns in a non-competitive
  environment
• All club members can use this program (especially
  those going on the cruise) to create excitement
  about and interest in Rotary.

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How the raffle works

• Each club member is given one (or more) booklets
  of ten tickets in an envelope with their
  membership (or some means of tracking the ).
• from the sale of the tickets, completed ticket
  stubs (and unsold tickets) are to be returned to
  the appropriate club officer in the tracking
  envelope.
• The clubs are then responsible to get the and
  the stubs to the District Raffle Committee prior
  to the District Conference and to assist in
  tracking the individual members donations.
• At the District Conference, the wining ticket
  will be drawn with the person that bought and the
  person that sold the ticket each being awarded
  the following prize

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A cabin on the District Cruise (or another
Princess cruise of their choice) at a value not
to exceed 1000.00/person including NCFs
(non-commissionable fees), govt fees and taxes.
Airfare and transfers between the ship and the
ports airport are the responsibility of the
winners. Booking is to be done within 30 days of
the raffle and the cruise is to be completed on
or before the completion date of the District
Cruise.
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How the District Cruise works

• The District Leadership determines a cruise date
  and destination.
• SOUTHWEST PASSAGE will reserve the appropriate
  of cabins, negotiate group rates, etc. for the
  District 5520 group.
• Cruise participants would contact SOUTHWEST
  PASSAGE directly to reserve their cabin on the
  cruise.
• SOUTHWEST PASSAGE then makes the bookings,
  collects the money and distributes documents and
  information as needed.

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about SOUTHWEST PASSAGE

• Founded in Feb, 1992
• Choose to become cruise only Agency in Feb,
  2003
• Moved to NM in Oct, 2003
• Joe Vickie Wright are SP
• Both are MCCs
• Work from home office
• Primary clients are Rotarians

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Cruise Group References Rotary District
5730 Rotary District 5670 Rotary District
5510 Texas School of Professional Photographers
Professional Photographers of America American
State Bank Power Consulting RX Seeds Wayland
Baptist University
Joe and Vickie Wright at Southwest Passage are
excellent cruise agents and group coordinators.
They organize and escort some of the largest
Princess groups in this region. I cannot think
of better people to do business with. Carolyn
Czerkeres, DSM for North Texas Princess Cruises
and Cunard Line
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August 25 September 1, 2006
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Seattle, Washington
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PORTS-OF-CALL
Juneau, Alaska
Skagway, Alaska
Victoria British Columbia
Ketchikan, Alaska
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Tracy Arm
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Sawyer Glacier
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The Inside Passage of Alaska has the most
extensive coastal forest in the World
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This is a land with a fascinating native culture
and a remarkable history.
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THE BEAUTY OF ALASKA
Henry Gannett, a member of the Harriman
Expedition, which named most of the glaciers in
Prince William sound may have had is tongue
slightly in cheek when he wrote There is a
word of advice and caution to be given to those
intending to visit Alaska for pleasure or for
sightseeing. If you are old, go by all means,
but if you are young Wait! The scenery in
Alaska is much grander than anything else of its
kind in the world, and it is not well to dull
ones capacity for enjoyment by seeing the finest
first!
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ALASKA CRUISE FARES
Cabin Type Inside Cabin Outside Cabin Balcony
Cabin Mini-Suite Price/Person 999
1469 1699 1899
double occupancy, space available
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but cant you hear the wild? Its calling
you. Let us probe the silent places, let us seek
what luck betide us, let us journey to a lonely
land I know. Theres a whisper on the night wind,
theres a star agleam to guide us, and the wild
is calling, calling let us go. from the Call
of the Wild by Robert Service