Guest Speaker Mauri Okamoto-Kearneyo
Mauri will share her Experiences with Santa Clara Search & Rescue
Who You Gonna Call? ...when a loved one doesn't return from hiking or biking...or from his daily round-the-neighborhood walk?
Mauri Okamoto-Kearney, a member of Cupertino Rotary, graduated from the training academy of the Santa Clara County Sheriff Search and Rescue team on November 7th, 2018. One week later, she responded to a mutual aid call to search for missing residents of Paradise after the Camp Fire, the deadliest fire in California history. She is a member of the general ground search team and a flanker for the canine search team, two of the 6 specialty teams of SCC Sheriff SAR. Mauri will give us a brief background on SAR, her experiences as a SAR team member, and manager of its nonprofit entity.
Mauri Okamoto-Kearney retired as Senior VP of Product Development in biopharma, having devoted 30 years at Genentech and several startups in the industry. She recently joined Cupertino Rotary and is an active member of Community and World Community Service Committees, championing homeless essentials kits, mental health kits for seniors, and a Global Grant for an elementary school in Cambodia cobbled by Covid. Mauri studied and received her EMT license in January 2020 and joined CalMAT, our state’s medical assistance team, providing healthcare service to Covid patients in Imperial Valley this past December and January.
Since retirement, Mauri keeps busy with leadership coaching, has worked in American Red Cross shelters, and is organizing the first free medical-dental-vision clinic with California Care Force in Santa Clara (planned for 2022, hopefully with free vaccinations for influenza AND Covid). She trains and deploys with the Santa Clara County Sheriff Search and Rescue team and is the President of its nonprofit fundraising entity.
Leaadership 2020-21
President: Jill Meyers
Past President: Lou Bash
President Elect: Carol Goedde
Secretary: Carol Goedde
Treasurer: Brian Bianco
Director(1 yr): Kit Seymour
Director(1 yr): Geri Hall
Director(2 yr): Janette Rosales
Director(2 yr): Diana Reinhart
Foundation Board 2020-21
Chair: Lou Bash
President: Lou Bash
President Elect: Carol Goedde
Treasurer (non-voting): Brian Bianco, George Uccelli
Member: Kris Myers
Member: Keri Rees
Member: Stephanie Bianco
Member: VACANT
Note from the Editor
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Duty Roster
SAA:Janette Rosales
Pledge of Allegiance:Diana Reinhart
Thought of the Day:Trixie Johnson
Happy/Sad $:$: Geri Hall or Carol Goedde
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Club Social
Coming April 30th
6-7pm
Activity to be Announced
ZOOM ID: 890-5541-0639
ZOOM PW: 009259
Clean Creeks Coalition
Steve Holmes will join our Friday meeting to receive the $2500 grant awarded by the Foundation to the Clean Creeks Coalition.
On April 24, 8:45-11:00am there will be a clean up event with the Boy Scouts to clean up an area of Los Gatos Creek. It would be nice If we could get a good turn out of 6-9 people on April 24th with our Rotary work shirts. If you can do a little walking and hold a garbage bag you can be a volunteer. You don't need to even bend down.
Let Janette know if you can participate, 408-373-2795. Wear your Rotary vest.
We will meet at the Los Gatos Creek, just South of Santa Clara St. on Delmas Ave. in the parking lot called Adobe West Lot.
Little Free Libraries Project
Next Committee meeting 4/22/21, 5-6pm.
If anyone wants to participate, contact Carol or Janette.
This is a project that will offer a lot of opportunity to participate.
Holiday Project At Grant School
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The final report was submitted and approved so the Foundation will be prepared to submit another grant request for DDF Funds. These funds are used to provide a gift bag (containing a book, toy and candy cane) cookies and a class photo to every student at Grant Elementary School during the Christmas season. All club members are asked to partici-pate with bagging the items, delivering the boxes, handing out cookies or the most exciting part of the project; giving the gifts to the students.
Gifts of Kindness Project
April 3rd. Delivering Gifts of Kindness to a Nursing home and an assisted living facility in San Jose. Photo of Evelyn Reis of Terraces of Los Gatos receiving her gift bag. Such a small act of kindness can bring a lot of joy, especially to those who are shut in for any reason.
District 5170
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Rotary International
Rotary Opens Opportunities
Please join us for 2021 Virtual Convention: Rotary Opens Opportunities, 12-16 June. Registration opens in mid-April This year’s event will connect you, virtually, with members around the world. It will open new opportunities to learn and to engage with the family of Rotary, near and far. Together, we’ll inspire action, strengthen our commitments, work on our challenges, and celebrate our successes.
On Facebook, visit the convention event page to connect with other participants and share what you’re looking forward to experiencing with #Rotary21. The Virtual Convention is open to all Rotary members and participants, so invite a friend to join you or share the event with your community.
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