President Charlie Says.....
Posted on Apr 03, 2017
Several possible community service projects are in the works.
- As I mentioned above, Rotarians with a deep passion can accomplish things she/he set out to do. As you know, Denise Henkes join SJEE because of her passion for Sunday Friends. I feel the same way about Sunday Friends and always urge Rotarians and others to volunteer or donate to them. To emphasize Denise’s passion, read the following which is an email she wrote for all of us (HINT: this includes all the non-Rotarians that keep thinking about joining Rotary or assisting us helping our neighbors:
I have signed up for a volunteer shift at the upcoming Sunday Friends program at Lowell School (March 26). Please consider joining me, and wearing your yellow Rotary T-shirts. To register, go to the “returning volunteers” tab on the website (www.sundayfriends.org) and select the shift that suits your schedule. My shift is at 12:30. If you are unable to volunteer that day, please consider donating everyday household items, like toilet paper, paper towels, detergent, soap, etc., or baby items, like diapers, baby shampoo, things like that. I will collect them when we meet on the 23rd for our luncheon, and bring them with me to the site. You can print out a donation receipt for tax purposes, and that is also to be found on their website.
I hope you will come volunteer with me on that day!
Please call me with any questions.
- Next one is from Vice Mayor Magdalena Carrasco. On April 22, she is holding the “Great America Litter Pick Up.” The attached flyer gives the details to what amounts to assisting the residents of East San Jose clean their neighboirhoods. Clean neighborhoods are the first steps to beautifying streets but more importantly the people’s lives.
- Here is another one I received from a friend related to tutoring high school students. His name is Dave Noel and here is his contact info – mention my name so he knows you are from SJEE or found out about it from SJEE: dnoel1234@aol.com
I wonder if your Rotarians might be interested in doing some volunteer teaching for Citizen Schools (www.citizenschools.org) at middle schools in East San Jose? My company's new corporate owner, Thermo Fisher Scientific, has been a big supporter.
If anyone is interested in a low-commitment trial run, I can set them up co-teaching opportunities of 1 to 3 classes at their convenience held on Wednesdays from 3:30-5:00pm at Renaissance Academy at Fischer or Thursdays from 3:00-4:30pm at Joseph George Middle School. No prep work is needed. The curriculum and supplies are already taken care of, and you can see in advance what topics are being taught on which dates. The curriculum is called Science Explorers. It's tilted towards basic Chemistry, but it's super basic so there is no need to have subject matter expertise.
- Another possible service project is serving as a judge at a high school level debate competition. There will be 200 “home schooled” students competing. Here is the request I received:
Our homeschool debate club is going to host our Spring Debate tournament at West Valley College, Saratoga, CA on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 23, 24 and 25, 2017. We expect to see more than 200 homeschool students, aged between 12-18, to come to debate in Team Policy, Lincoln Douglas, Parliamentary and Individual Policy debate. I would like to invite you to come to help to serve as a judge to educate these fine young men and ladies. If you are able to help us out, please click on the link below and sign up for the rounds of your choice. https://clash2017.