Laughter: The Best Medicine
RotaCare Bay Area
Demonstrating again that so many great ideas come from Rotarians, we heard from Tammy Janosik, the Executive Director of RotaCare Bay Area, which was founded in 1989 by Dr. Mark Campbell, who was a member of the Rotary Club of Campbell at the time.
Today, RotaCare Bay Area operates free clinics throughout the Bay Area providing quality healthcare for the uninsured. RotaCare clinics are located in Concord, Daly City, Gilroy, Half Moon Bay, Monterey, Mountain View , Pittsburg , San Jose, San Leandro, San Rafael, and Santa Cruz. … BREAKING NEWS: Tammy announced that a 12th Clinic will open in Richmond this Fall!
The San Jose branch operates at Washington Elementary School, and offers care for minor illnesses/injuries, chronic conditions, gynecological services, and Ophthalmology.
Most RotaCare services are provided to uninsured patients who would otherwise get care from a local emergency room. Without RotaCare, the burden to taxpayer-supported medical emergency facilities would be much higher than it already is.
Tammy also introduced San Jose Rotarian David Markham, member of the San Jose Rotary’s RotaCare Committee, who invited our club to become more involved in supporting the San Jose clinic.
Welcome Noelani Sallings, inaugurated into the club as a full blue-badge member at today’s meeting!
Thanks to Jim Neal for the Golf Tournament update! … Now accepting credit cards!
If you are interested in the signature collection process for a ballot measure in support San Jose libraries, guest Peter Allen presented the argument in favor of the “Save San Jose Libraries” effort.
The folks behind the Campbell Veteran’s Memorial is hosting a Car Show on June 16.
See a taped convention webcast ow.ly/arF3D & hear the latest about our efforts to end #polio. #ricon12
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Schmahl Science Workshops
Today’s speaker was Belinda Lowe Schmahl, who started Schmahl Science 18 years ago when she felt the science curriculum in her children’s school was not inspiring enthusiasm for science.
Based in a self-described “kluge lab” at History San Jose, SSW serves 800,000 local students each year, with an annual budget of approximately $1,000,000. The program supports 400 teachers, pre-K through 12th grades, in over 150 schools in the south bay, including Willow Glen Elementary and the Campbell Community Center.
Starting with four 4th grade students in her garage she built up SSW organically, growing 15 to 30 percent each year. She has dedicated her work to developing best practices in science education and how learning styles impact cognition and education.
Among the fun stories Belinda shared were about the California STAR Test questions about NaCl (salt), the Barbie Smash project, and a local version of junkyard wars.
This Week’s Rotary Business
Campbell’s “Boogie on the Bayour” is May 19-20, 2012 … and Rotary will participate. To help with our food booth, please contact Bill Ellington.
The Willow Glen 5K run/walk will be held in Downtown Willow Glen on Saturday, May 12. If you’d like to be part of Rotary’s volunteer team, please contact John Shannon.
EMQ FamiliesFirst hosts its annual fundraiser on May 20, in downtown Los Gatos: The Great Silicon Valley Caper
Polio No Longer Endemic in India
Pete Constant, SJ District 1
As a reminder that our Club’s influence stretches well beyond Campbell & Willow Glen, today’s guest was Pete Constant, the city council member from San Jose’s District One, which stretches mostly northeast of Campbell to the SJ borders with Cupertino and Santa Clara.
After presenting a brief introduction of his career, Councilmember Constant spoke exclusively about San Jose’s annual budget challenges, and shared details about the proposed Measure B Pension Reform, which will appear on the ballot on June 5.
- Mayor’s Retirement Reform information.
- SJMN Herhold:
- Mercury News editorial: For pension reform in San Jose, vote yes on Measure B
Club Trainer: Bill Highley
Rotary ELC … in the News …
Students develop business plans at conference
By Khalida Sarwari
Del Mar High School students Sydney Abel and Lyndon Enow were among 60 high school juniors who participated in a conference last month on the principles of business in the American free enterprise system.
Students from 14 high schools were invited to the Campbell Rotary Club’s third annual Enterprise Leadership Conference held over three days in Pacific Grove. The students, including those from Leigh, Prospect, Westmont, Saratoga and Los Gatos, were divided into teams of six, with three boys and three girls on each team, and were told to create a business plan for a new product or service. The keynote speakers were Jed York, president of the San Francisco 49ers, and Helen Pastorini, founder of Alain Pinet Realtors.
“I learned lessons you can’t be taught in a classroom,” said Sydney, 17. “It’s an experience I will never forget.”
… Read the rest of the story in the San Jose Mercury News
Bill Murphy from Clos LaChance Winery
We love local Wineries!
Today’s speaker was Bill Murphy, CEO of Clos LaChance Winery, a fmaily-owned winery in San Martin, with deep ties to Saratoga, San Jose, and Willow Glen. His talk inspired us to think about life after high tech.
After a successful career developing products and managing marketing for HP, Bill found himself wanting to do more. He retired from HP in 2000.
By 1987, Bill and his wife Brenda had already planted a few rows of Chardonnay in their Saratoga backyard, both for landscaping purposes and to realize their dreams of being small-scale vintners.
A few years later, the wines produced from this small backyard vineyard were good enough to sell to the public. It was at this point that Clos LaChance formed into a commercial winery. The first released wines were from the 1992 vintage. The next 15 years would take the Murphy’s from 200 cases of wine produced to 80,000; 3/4 of an acre to 150 acres planted and 20 full-time and 25 seasonal employees.
Clos LaChance Winery takes its name from the small fenced-in area encompassing a vineyard (Clos) and from co-owner Brenda Murphy’s maiden name (LaChance). The Murphy’s chose the Hummingbird as the winery’s symbol for both its aesthetic beauty and its ability to keep other birds away from the grapes.
And, YES! … We’ll be inviting Clos LaChance to our 2nd Annual Valley Flavors event in September! You should come too!
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