FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 28, 2006

ROTARY DAY OF ACTION TO BENEFIT SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION
35 Members of Downtown Rotary to Volunteer in Emergency Shelter for Women and Children, Will Also Help Landscape Rescue Mission Receiving Center and Streamline Operations

WHAT:
The San Diego Rescue Mission will welcome 35 volunteers from the Downtown Rotary Club, as part of a regional day of action involving thousands of Rotarians from San Diego and Imperial counties and Baja California. Five prominent member-businesswomen will help admit and feed women and children entering the Rescue Mission's Emergency Shelter. Thirty (30) members will be on-site at the Rescue Mission's Receiving Center to beautify the landscaping surrounding the site - five of those volunteers will examine retail operations and make recommendations on increasing productivity and efficiency.

WHEN:
Saturday, April 29, 2006
Receiving Center: 9:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Emergency Shelter: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

WHERE: San Diego Rescue Mission Receiving Center
5150 University Avenue
San Diego, CA 92104

San Diego Rescue Mission
120 Elm Street
San Diego, CA 92101

WHO:
Jim Jackson, Jr., President San Diego Rescue Mission; Bob Watson, Governor of Rotary District 5340; volunteers from the Downtown Rotary including former candidate for City Attorney Debbie Berger, Sheryl Charleston, Debi Ives of General Atomics, Karen Hutchens of Porter Novelli, and Cheryl Wilson of St. Paul's Senior Homes and Services.

ABOUT THE SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION Every day, the lives of homeless men, women, and children are changed at the San Diego Rescue Mission. The Mission's long-term programs provide the physical necessities, vocational training, and spiritual encouragement needed to truly turn their lives around. The San Diego Rescue Mission prepares nearly 350,000 free meals and provides over 120,000 free nights of shelter each year, serving thousands of San Diego's homeless. For more information, visit www.sdrescue.org.

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