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Aug. 10, 2022 1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
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Building and adapting special needs homes
Aug. 16, 2022
Building and adapting homes for the specific needs of people in the Bay Area living with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities. A home's level of accessibility affects each person’s ability to live healthy, meaningful lives. As disability-forward housing advocates, it is important to understand how housing is designed and how it is made accessible. When we design and create disability-forward housing solutions we open doors to more homes and opportunities for everyone. Regina Reilly has been working to advance education, inclusion and diversity of thoughts, programs and experiences since graduating Santa Clara University, as a student-athlete, with a degree in Political Science. She's travelled 48 of the U.S. states and 17 countries with a backpack. She has helped local schools launch leadership and mentoring programs, designed and executed unique events — one that was replicated in 4 states and brought 14,000 students to the San Jose Arena for a political convention, called KidsVention. She’s coached girls middle & high school volleyball and basketball teams at her alma maters and in Los Gatos. Today, she is growing a bocce event she managed to launch during the pandemic. Aside from the plan to have fun, the purpose is to bridge the gap in awareness, acceptation and inclusion around housing. She is the proud and grateful mother of a sophomore, student-athlete at Los Gatos HS, a hiker, fan of podcasts, a coach and player, who is looking for a pickle ball game to join |
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Aug. 23, 2022 5:00 p.m.
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Lighting for Literacy
Aug. 30, 2022
Christina Roberts Enneking is an experienced coach, facilitator, and leadership consultant supporting large and small businesses and individuals throughout Silicon Valley . She is known as a catalyst for positive change, combining entrepreneurial spirit with practical tools and skill practice to hone leadership efficacy and help align people with their deeper purpose. When Christina isn't serving corporate or private clients, she is leading service-based yoga retreats to install solar lights. "I am a catalyst for generating insights with clients interested in upping their game in leadership, relationship-building, and communication". With an engineering and business background, various leadership positions at Fortune 500 companies, a think tank, and a 7-person start-up, Christina brings rich experience and perspectives into group or 1x1 sessions. She likes to work with clients to uncover key behavioral strengths that accentuate their leadership edge and work to identify and resolve limiting beliefs. "I deeply value balance in the mind, body, and spirit - my passion is leading service-based yoga and meditation retreats around the globe". Christina is married with two children, a daughter and a son, and works with LightingforLiteracy.org to help children in Silicon Valley build solar lights, then deliver them to families who live off the grid across the world. Jessica Eastland is an elementary school teacher in the Cupertino Union School District. Born and raised in Silicon Valley, Jessica went to San Jose State University for a Bachelor of Arts in Communicative Disorders and Sciences. Soon after, she continued at SJSU, receiving a Master of Arts in Education: Curriculum & Design, as well as her teaching credential. Jessica is a community-minded individual. A passion to connect with others has driven her personally and professionally. Educating, empowering, and inspiring others is at the core of her practice, and is what led her to pursue a career in education. During her Master’s thesis, she studied the impact of community building practices on student social-emotional learning and connection within the classroom. Jessica has been working closely with Lighting for Literacy (LFL), since its inception in 2012. LFL is a STEM non-profit organization that educates youth in service, sustainability, and science, all while bringing light to people living off the grid around the globe She has participated in all aspects of the project, from preparing supplies, co-facilitating workshops in classrooms, and installing lighting units on service trips. This year, she accepted the role of co-CEO and president of Lighting for Literacy. This work is especially important to Jessica, as she is the daughter of LFL co-founder and Rotarian, the late Doug McNeil. Jessica lives in Los Gatos, California with her husband and puppy. Captivated by the redwood and oak filled hills, she enjoys hiking at the many beautiful parks and open spaces near her home.
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Sep. 06, 2022 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
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Post-Secondary Transition Program, LGSUHSD
Sep. 13, 2022
Carlos Lamoso, Teacher at the Post Secondary Transition Program and Kristi St George, Workability I & Transition Partnership Program Coordinator with our Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District will share their efforts in teaching and supporting local young adults after high School with job skills. Not only will they describe the programs they lead, offer a glimpse on the varied strengths the young adults bring, but also propose a format for our local business owners that can lead to more job skills and employment opportunities. Carlos Lamoso has taught in the Postsecondary Program in the Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District since 2013. Prior to this he taught transition in Oakland and San Francisco from 2009-2013. Postsecondary Programs teach life skills and employment training to young adults aged 18-22. Mouna Raad, Education and Mental Health Program Manager at Parents Helping Parents, is happy to share the new Connections California hub at PHP, aiming to inform and support families and (ages 12 to 26, and beyond!) on transition for students who will need additional supports and guidance to be successful in this process. Mouna Raad is an Education and Mental Health Program Manager at Parents Helping Parents. Her background includes international regulatory affairs and molecular genetics research. She enjoys reading, watching documentaries, teaching French and Italian, swimming and hanging out with her family, which now includes grandchildren! Mouna has helped raise four amazing adults, one of whom is extra special. Mouna is also a long time Los Gatan, having - by chance - landed in this beautiful town over 35 years ago! Kristy is an alumni of Los Gatos High School, West Valley College, University of the Pacific and Loyola Marymount. Kristy has been working for LGSUHSD for over 25 years in various roles supporting students, but mostly as Coordinator of the Workability I (WAI) and Transition Partnership Program (TPP) serving students in the special education programs. The focus of the programs are work readiness, self-advocacy instruction, job exploration, work experience.and post-secondary counseling. We have long-time business partnerships in the community where our students have the opportunity to work and build job skills. |
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Shelters for internally displaced people in Ukraine
Sep. 20, 2022
In March 2022, the NGO "Rotary Club Kyiv International" launched a large-scale project, the aim of which is to equip temporary accommodation for internally displaced people in Ukraine. During the project, the Rotary team intends to prepare at least 50 shelters to open in 12 regions of Ukraine. During the first three months of the project, six shelters were set up in five regions of Ukraine, resulting in 2000 equipped places for living in shelters for IDPs. Volunteers of the Rotary Club Kyiv International in a short time have ensured effective cooperation with local authorities and heads of shelters, finding the necessary goods, their purchase and delivery, as well as quality control of the performed work. During the arrangement, each of the shelters has received all the goods, that are necessary for the comfortable living there and meeting needs of internally displaced people. The list of goods, that were provided to shelters includes furniture, household appliances, bedding, water filters etc. The project plan is to arrange 50+ shelters in 12 regions of Ukraine by the end of the year. The budget of project is $1,450,000 USD for 30,000 IDPs. We know how important it is for people who have lost their homes and are fleeing war, to have a comfortable and safe temporary shelter, so we are working hard on creating a system of that kind of shelters in Ukraine! We invite you to join us and would appreciate your support! Oksana Tjupa is Charter President of Rotary Club Kyiv International. Before the war in Ukraine Oksana was a New Business Director, Fundraiser, Enterpreneur and Social Leader. Oksana comes from the Rotary Club Kyiv where John Hewko - Director of RI - is a charter member. She is married with no children yet. Oksana's parents live near Kyiv, and thankfully, they are alive and well. Oksana is a philologist of the English language, Ukrainian language and literature. She graduated from the Linguistic University in Kyiv. She started her career at the Electrolux Representative Office (household appliances) in marketing, and continued working in top advertising agencies Saachi&Saatchi, Ogilvy, TMA. At the age of 31 she took up entrepreneurship: she became a co-founder of the Sniper recruiting agency, the Advertising School, and the export office. She is now 44. These days Oksana is only spending her time volunteering together with the Rotary community to bring Ukraine closer to victory in the war with Russia. |
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Oct. 04, 2022 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Halloween Theme
Please bring an Appetizer and a Beverage to share. (Desserts will be assigned). Thank you Gae and Nancy
Tina 408 768 9346
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Music presentation
Oct. 11, 2022
The UMS Jazz combo is made up of several talented 8th grade musicians, most of whom also perform in the UMS Tiger Big Band. Harrison Huang leads most rehearsals and plays alto saxophone, Eric Wu is the combo's drummer, Joel Foreman plays bass and sometimes keyboard, Zach Lee plays Piano and keyboard, Tina Lovre plays guitar, and Aryan Mohanty plays tenor sax. The UMS Music program has over 200 students, 5 band classes, an after school choir, an after school percussion club, and the after school jazz combo. During the school day, the director Mr. Kay teaches beginning band, intermediate band, two jazz bands, and the symphonic band, which travels and performs as the department's showcase group. |
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Oct. 22, 2022
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Nov. 01, 2022 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Please join us at the home of Erin Hartnett
Guests welcome. (408 966 9342)
Please bring an appetizer and beverage to share. Dessert will be provided.
(Thanksgiving theme) Plenty of parking in public parking lot behind her home in Chase bank.
Her Unit is all the way in the back
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Providing Opportunity to Rural El Salvador
Nov. 08, 2022
Leveraging the New World of Work to Provide Opportunity to Rural El Salvador Having led a school through a pandemic in the USA, Joe realized he could work virtually connecting his love for the community in El Salvador to launching an organization to provide education and economic development. Now 14 months later, Grande Center has launched a school and an adult training program in rural El Salvador. Within the next few months, they will also launch a company to employ people from the region to do data labeling, an entry level career in the field of artificial intelligence. The profit from the company will be turned back over to the educational model to create a self sustaining cycle of opportunity for former refugee communities from the Salvadoran Civil War. Joe Albers, born and raised in San Jose, has dedicated his career to education for underserved communities in El Salvador and in San Jose. He is the founding President of Grande Center for Education and Economic opportunity whose mission is to educate rural communities of El Salvador to thrive in the digital global economy. With an innovative model of school by day and adult training by night, Grande Center is catalyzing economic opportunity in a region that has had all of the cards stacked against it. Joe has been visiting and working with the people of Chalatenango, El Salvador since 2000 and founded a scholarship program in 2011 in the town. Joe previously served as founding Principal at Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit High School from 2013 to 2021. |
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Nov. 12, 2022 7:15 p.m.
Wakanda Forever! Our fall fundraiser, benefitting Lighting for Literacy, is the latest Marvel movie continuing the story of the Black Panther. There are two showings: 4:45 and 7:15, both at Cinemax Plaza in Campbell. Tickets are $40 before Nov 8, $45 after. Buy them here
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Chasing History – and Writing My Family’s Story
Nov. 15, 2022
Tonya will be speaking about the family letters she recently acquired from the Civil War, the Oregon Trail, and from 1850s California – as well as the books they have inspired her to write, the related research she has been doing, and her two recent trips to Missouri to visit relevant historical sites and meet people who can help her in this exciting historical journey. Tonya McQuade has been teaching English and serving as the Interact Club Advisor at Los Gatos High School since 1992. She is a member of Poetry Center San Jose, serves on the board for Tabard Theatre, and is a long-time honorary member of Los Gatos Rotary. In her spare time, she enjoys poetry, historical fiction, blogging, playing piano and guitar, travel, hiking, genealogy, scrapbooking, volunteering for local theater and concert productions., and spending time with family and friends. |
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Dec. 04, 2022 10:00 a.m.
Secure your tickets to our Holiday Presidents Brunch here: https://docs.google.com/forms/
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Dec. 06, 2022 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. UTC-08:00
Home of John and Devonne Pencer
Holiday Gathering
Please bring an appetizer, and wine, or your favorite beverage. Desserts will be provided.
Bring your significant others and enjoy the beautiful holiday decorations in the lovely Pensor home |
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Prep wires for science students to build solar kits for communities without access to electricity
Dec. 20, 2022
Another in-meeting service project. This is easy - not at all technical- and many hands make light work. We will be prepping wires that Fisher science class students will be using to build solar kits sent around the world to communities in need of reliable electricity. Electricity -> Light -> Ability to do homework -> Literacy! |
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Jan. 03, 2023
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Jan. 03, 2023 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Please join us for wine tasting at the Gali tasting room.
Bring significant others, and potential members. Morning Rotary is also invited.
Wine by the glass is $15, and bottles run $30 to $45
Charcuterie can be ordered in advance
cheese boards $20, or cheese and meat $25
text Gae to order. 408 455 2186 by Jan 2
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Jan. 10, 2023 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
At our club meeting on Jan 10th, we will give a sneak peak into our upcoming CrabFest & Auction being held at 5pm on February 4th at St. Andrew's Church in Saratoga. We will show you how to browse and bid on over 100 fabulous auction items on your phone! Fun prizes will be given for participating in bidding. Come see what all the fuss is about!
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Climate change: cause, impacts and solutions
Jan. 17, 2023
Campbell Scott is a retired scientist who now volunteers for The Climate Reality Project, Silicon Valley where he is director of the speakers’ bureau . With a bachelor’s degree from St. Andrews University in Scotland and PhD in physics from the University of Pennsylvania he pursued a career in education and research. In retirement, he uses his background in physics, chemistry and education to inform the public about the causes, consequences and solutions of climate change. It is increasingly evident that global climates are changing. This talk will summarize the cause of climate change and the impacts that it is having, with a focus on the Bay Area. Since the cause is well understood, the solutions are clear. Each of us can play a role in contributing to, and benefitting from, these solutions. |
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Jan. 24, 2023
Julie ‘Brain Lady’ Anderson is considered to be one of the nation’s top experts on the Brain Personality Connection. She is a dynamic and engaging international public speaker; business, communication, and relationship consultant; as well as a published author. For more than 15 years she has been igniting her audiences to fire up their brains to inspire positive changes in the relationships of all in attendance. The information she shares will help those who hear to accelerate their success in life and business through discovery of their natural gifts. Julie’s educational background is vast. She studied Natural Health, Psychology, Human Resource Development and Psychoneuroimmunology at Clayton College. She is a 3 time attendee of Realizations Inc. / Success Resources International’s Brain and Innate Giftedness program. She has also received CEC’s in the field of Depression, Anxiety Disorders and Brain Function. She has done extensive research in the areas of Personality Types, Brain Function and Anatomy, Brain Health, and the Brain Personality Connection. |
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Jan. 31, 2023
At our club meeting on January 31st, we will give a sneak peek into our upcoming CrabFest and Auction being held at 5pm on February 4th at St. Andrew's Church in Saratoga. We will show you how to browse and bid on over 100 fabulous auction items on your phone! Fun prizes will be given to our most generous pre-event bidders. Come see what all the fuss is about. |
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Jan. 31, 2023 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
At our club meeting on January 31st, we will give a sneak peek into our upcoming CrabFest and Auction being held at 5pm on February 4th at St. Andrew's Church in Saratoga. We will show you how to browse and bid on over 100 fabulous auction items on your phone! Fun prizes will be given to our most generous pre-event bidders. Come see what all the fuss is about.
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Feb. 04, 2023 5:00 p.m.
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Feb. 07, 2023 5:50 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Come and join us at Travel Advisors with Ed Stahl and his welcoming team at his office.
Please bring your favorite beverage and an appetizer to share with our members. Dessert will be provided. Bring your significant others and potential members. This event will be coordinated with a fundraiser for our club with J.McLaughlin store near Ed’s office
from 1 to 5:30.
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