Thursday evening professional development speakers, Friday night socials and Saturday morning Recreational Trail clean-ups are a great way to hit the weekend running, and it's how the Rotary Club of Monterey Pacific combines fun, fellowship and community service.

Our club meets Thursday evenings at 5:15 p.m. at the Casa Munras Hotel, 700 Munras Avenue in downtown Monterey. Visitors are always welcome.

Once a month, we present Third Thursday, a series of professional development talks and networking opportunities. Speakers cover a wide range of topics, with the goal of delivering actionable ideas and information to the Monterey Peninsula business community.

Rotary International is the world's oldest volunteer service club, but we're one of the youngest and newest clubs in Rotary. We work together to make the greater Monterey community a better place, and to help others around the world.

We've helped homeless people in Salinas, developmentally disadvantaged people in Pacific Grove and kids in Seaside. We've renovated an orphanage in Nicaragua, built blood banks in Nigeria and helped small farmers build businesses in Angola.

We have fun while we're doing it. Working together with friends to do good things is a wonderful feeling, and a great way to build better business relationships.

Please come by one of our meetings, and check us out!