On Thursday, November 15 we will have a Club Assembly to view the results of our club's District 570's Visioning exercise capably led by Greg Bogdanoff, Arley Marley and Linda Price.
Ten club members met with the District team for almost four hours on Saturday morning, October 27 and brain-stormed ideas for a vision of how our club will look in five years. Greg, Aarley and Linda worked as our scribes and helped us narrow the focus of the scores of ideas we came up with, to those that were the most meaningful for the majority of us.
Come and share in the Vision - the next steps will start with the development of a Strategic Plan led by P Sara Calkins, PE Harbinder Sikka and PP Robbie Izat. Richard Dorsay has agreed to Champion the process and make sure we get on and stay on track!
On Monday, November 19 we met at the Family Learning Center at Foothill High School filling bags with turkeys and "all the fixin's". These groceries were given to 21 student parents that are completing requirements for high school graduation; given to show them that we respect and support their determination to succeed.
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“For the first time in its 52-year history the Rotary Club of San Jose East/Evergreen is focused on creating an annual self-driving race car (SDRC) competition for high school students.
Championed by president-elect Harbinder Sikka, our club brought cutting-edge autonomous vehicle high technology to students in the East Side Union High School District (ESUHSD). The majority of ESUHSD students belong to an economically disadvantaged family and represent demographics under-represented in the technology workforce. This initiative will provide exposure to career options in high technology. Students will utilize this new technology in a fun and engaging manner through a self-driving race car competition.
Our club, with funding assistance from the San Jose East Endowment Fund, donated six SDRC kits to Silver Creek High School. Through the diligent efforts of Harbinder Sikka and our past president, Nick Leon and Silver Creek High School adviser Mr. Imani Butler, the Silver Creek SDRC club had 24 students sign-up within the first two weeks. The club meets every Wednesday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. President-Elect Harbinder Sikka will be meeting with Mount Pleasant High School’s club advisers to set up a second club next week.”
