President Tori Atwell Greeting:  Good Afternoon and welcome to the Rotary Club of Mountain View where: We’re More Than A Club…We’re a Family!!! 

 

Pledge of Allegiance: Led by Paul

 

Greeter & Thought for the Day: Steve quoted Gandhi: Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

 

Introduction of Visitors:  Scott introduced Cpt. Alex Amoroso, military technician, 63rd Readiness Division, US Army Reserve. He is interested in service, mentorship and education.

 

Special presentation: In honor of Dave Cole a donation was presented to Chiung-Chi Chen, Director of Development, Community School of Music and Arts. Dave had a passion for the school. From 2017 to 2019, he arranged for Rotary volunteers to assist as hosts and ushers at free community concerts.

 

 

Chiung-Chi Chen from CSMA was the guest speaker. Their mission is to make the arts accessible to all. There are 60 schools in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties serving 28K students of all ages. 20K are served through in-school art and music programs. The school provides private lessons in over 20 instruments. Financial aid is available as well as merit scholarships. The preschool offers art and music classes to children ages 2-5 including children from low-income families. There are weekly art, music and dance classes for students with autism and developmental disabilities. Silicon Valley employees may take classes through the corporate arts program.

 

A fundraiser for CSMA will be at Palo Alto Hills Golf and Country Club on Saturday, October 7, 5pm-9:30pm. Tickets can be purchased online at arts4all.org.

 

Mark your Calendars:  MV Rotary social next Tuesday, October 26, 5pm, at Scratch, 401 Castro St., MV.