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Cannabis Dispensaries
Oct. 19, 2021
Los Gatos Town Code currently prohibits all medical marijuana operations and distribution facilities throughout the Town. With recent State law changes, cities and counties across California are exploring these new regulations and the fiscal tax impact of allowing Commercial Cannabis Operations and facilities. This is one of several workshops the Town will be conducting to gather information to help the Town Council decide which types of cannabis-related businesses, if any, should be allowed in Los Gatos and, if allowed, where they would go and how they would operate. To obtain community input, the Town will also be conducting a survey. The goal of the workshops and survey will be to gauge the community’s interest and concerns associated with allowing commercial cannabis businesses to operate in the Town. |
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Oct. 23, 2021 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Make a difference! We will be painting the exterior of a home of a family in need. Come ready to paint- small jobs and large jobs for all kinds of volunteers. And remember, many hands make light work. VOLUNTEER DETAILS Date: Saturday, October 23, 2021 Time: 8am – until the project is completed Address: Timber Cove Mobile Homes: 106 Timber Cove Drive, Campbell, CA 95008 Parking: Parking is limited. Carpooling is recommended. Clothing: Old pants (may get dirt or paint on them) and sensible closed toed shoes. You will receive a t-shirt at the site to wear and take home. For the safety of our homeowners and volunteers, everyone on site must wear the Rebuilding Day t-shirt. Sunscreen, hat, sunglasses Personal PPE (masks, gloves, protective eyewear) Water bottle You may bring snacks, but we will provide lunch in individualized containers. Three important things. Please plan to stay until the project is finished. If we are organized and work hard it shouldn’t take all day, but clean-up is SO important. Let’s leave the homeowners with a safe, clean, finished service project that we can feel proud of-- so please stay to the end. Please read and adhere to the following guidelines: RTSV COVID-19 Volunteer Safety Guidelines. We are forever grateful for your flexibility and willingness to help your community members during these challenging times of COVID-19. Please carpool as parking is limited. It is a mobile home park with some guest parking, but please park along Camden Ave near the entrance to Timber Cove if possible. Give yourself an extra 10 minutes to park and walk to #106
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Oct. 24, 2021 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Through met physical needs of food and clothing, House of Hope is able to minister to those in need both physically and spiritually. A clothing drive is being held at Calvary Church on October 24th from 9 am - 12 pm. Clothing, coats, and more are needed for all ages. Drop Off Location: 9am - 12pm - 16330 Los Gatos Blvd. Los Gatos, CA 95032 Most Needed Items · Coats Additional Items We Need Donated · New or Gently Used Towels |
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Operation Care & Comfort Service Collaboration
Oct. 26, 2021
Paul and other members of his administrative staff, will present the Service Above Self collaboration between our Rotary Club and the Los Gatos Union School District. During the program segment, we will have a hands on service project happening along with a brainstorming session to help refine the Service Above Self objectives, projects and timelines. |
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Oct. 27, 2021 5:30 p.m.
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Nov. 02, 2021 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
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Nov. 09, 2021
A Bay Area native and a resident of Los Gatos since 1997, Rob Rennie holds a Masters degree in engineering from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H and BA in Chemistry and Physics, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. He spent more than 25 years in the semiconductor industry with 5 years developing products to improve solar energy technology. After retiring from the tech industry Rob took on a new challenge and became a small business owner in town. Rob was elected to the Los Gatos Town Council in 2014 and currently serves as a Vice Mayor. Prior to being elected to Council Rob has also been active in a number of community organizations. Rob and his wife Isabella have a grown daughter, Alena, who is a DJ and music producer in Berlin, Germany. Isabella dedicated her professional life to helping others and for the last 15 years worked for a property management company focused on affordable housing in the Bay Area. In his spare time Rob enjoys hiking, bicycling, and walking the family dogs, Fiona & Fleece. |
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A Wheelchair Can Change Lives
Nov. 16, 2021
For over two decades the Wheelchair Foundation has been delivering mobility, freedom, dignity, and hope one wheelchair at a time. Heather Schomaker is the Director of Community Outreach and will share remarkable stories of what just one wheelchair can do to change lives. In 2009 the vision of the Wheelchair Foundation expanded to develop a school program called From The Heart. Through this program Heather helps educators show students that we are all different in some ways, but we all have the same needs for respect, acceptance, inclusion, and friends. In her spare time, you will likely find Heather gardening, baking, or adventuring in the outdoors. She also hopes to one day own her own dog farm, despite her husband’s resistance. |
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Nov. 23, 2021
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Dec. 05, 2021 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
We have over 100 Los Gatos Rotarians and their significant others signed up for this festive event. We celebrate our club, all the members but especially our current and Past Presidents. In years past we have had 17 Past Presidents attend a, wonderful group photo opportunity. *It is not just for past presidents - all rotarians should attend. Date: Sunday December 5th Time: 10:00am - 12:30pm Location: Cinnabar Hills Golf Club; 23600 McKean Road, San Jose - 95141 Cost: $55/pp We will kick off the holiday season in our Sunday's best attire. Enjoy good food, good company, a live performance. and surprises. Email Henry Vitkovich with any questions. DIRECTIONS: Cinnabar Hills Golf Club From Los Gatos : |
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Dec. 07, 2021
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Dec. 07, 2021 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Home of John and Devonne Pencer
Holiday Gathering
Please bring an appetizer, or salad, or dessert, and wine, or your favorite beverage.
Bring your significant others and enjoy the beautiful holiday decorations in the lovely Pensor home |
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Deadline Adventures
Dec. 14, 2021
Abstract: What I Learned in 43 Years Of Sports Writing While Having Lunch With Muhammad Ali, Meeting Fidel Castro At A Bowling Alley And Playing Golf With Neil Armstrong. MARK PURDY was a sports columnist at the San Jose Mercury News from 1984 until his retirement in 2017. Since then, he has been teaching at San Jose State, serving on the Bay Area 2019 Host Committee For The College Football Playoff National Championship Game, volunteering for History San Jose and goofing off as much as possible. During his column-writing tenure, Purdy covered 14 Olympic Games, 32 Super Bowls, 22 World Series and numerous other high-profile sports events. During his Mercury News tenure, Purdy was honored by the Wall Street Journal for writing one of America’s Top 10 sports columns. On multiple occasions, he was named to the Associated Press Sports Editors annual list of America’s Top 10 Sports Columnists. In the Bay Area, he is known as the newspaper columnist who gave the name "McCovey Cove" to the body of water behind right field at AT&T Park as a tribute to former Giants' slugger Willie McCovey. In 1989, Purdy was a member of the Mercury News staff that received a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the "World Series earthquake" that struck the area just before Game 3 at Candlestick Park. Purdy has made broadcast appearances on ABC's Nightline, Court TV and ESPN "Outside the Lines," as well as on NBC Sports Bay Area’s programming. A native of Celina, Ohio, Purdy is a 1974 graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. He previously held reporting or column writing positions at the Cincinnati Enquirer, Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune.
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Dec. 22, 2021 5:30 p.m.
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Dec. 28, 2021
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Jan. 04, 2022 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
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Jan. 11, 2022
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Town of Los Gatos 2040 General Plan
Jan. 18, 2022
Jennifer Armer started working for the Town in 2015 as an Associate Planner in the Community Development Department. In late 2017 she was promoted to Senior Planner with the responsibility for managing the update of the Town’s General Plan. She is currently the Planning Manager. Jennifer has 16 years of planning experience in the public, private, and non-profit sectors, and received her Masters in City and Regional Planning from UC Berkeley. Jennifer loves how planning connects with so many different interrelated topics that continue to provide new learning opportunities. Joel Paulson started working for the Town in 2000 as an Assistant Planner in the Community Development Department and is currently the Community Development Director where he manages the Building Division, Planning Division, and Code Compliance and staffs the Planning Commission. Joel has 22.5 years of municipal government experience, 21 of which have been with the Town of Los Gatos. Joel is a graduate of Humboldt State University where he received a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resource Planning. |
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Yes, Print Lives: Forty years of Newspapering in Los Gatos and Silicon Valley
Jan. 25, 2022
Forty years ago, as a 23-year-old recent graduate of UC Santa Cruz, Dan Pulcrano moved to Los Gatos, founded the Los Gatos Weekly and joined the Los Gatos Rotary Club. Funded by community investors, the Los Gatos Weekly competed with the established Los Gatos Times-Observer—which he bought eight years later to create the Weekly-Times. Dan also founded the free weekly Metro Silicon Valley, and has bought four other similar papers around the Bay Area, including Good Times in Santa Cruz and the East Bay Express. The publishing group, known as Weeklys, now owns more than 15 publications, including community newspapers in Gilroy, Morgan Hill, Scotts Valley, Watsonville and King City. His newest publication is the Los Gatan, which began publishing in September. He is married to his wife Juliana, and has three daughters. |
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Jan. 26, 2022 5:30 p.m.
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Jan. 29, 2022 5:00 p.m.
Rotary Club of Los Gatos cordially invites you to our second annual Virtual WineFest & Auction Won’t you join us, help us help others all while enjoying good food, good wine, good company, and all for a good cause. Pick up your Wine Kits which serves 2 people for $150.00; Wine Tasting will be led by a professional Sommelier from Rootstock wine bar in Los Gatos. Online auction will include exciting items to bid on. “Raise Your Paddle” to fight local hunger. |
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Evening Social Cancelled due to COVID. We hope to be back for 1st Tuesday in March!
Feb. 01, 2022
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Uplift Family Services: A Century and a Half of Service to our Community.
Feb. 15, 2022
A returned Peace Corps Volunteer and AmeriCorps Fellow, Darren joined Uplift Family Services (then Eastfield Ming Quong) in 2002 as a volunteer, and has since served as Development Manager, Associate Director, and now Director of Development. He has been a Certified Fund Raising Executive since 2013, and is currently a member of AFP Silicon Valley. DeMonsi has provided 20 years of mission-driven, quality service at Uplift Family Services, managing multiple aspects of fund development—ranging from recruiting and managing volunteers, developing and managing successful events, submitting and receiving grant awards, successfully managing a major gifts portfolio, supporting three auxiliary stores, and more. “Working with donors and volunteers to affect profound and meaningful change for children and families in our community has been a gift; I couldn’t imagine a more rewarding career,” said DeMonsi. “I’ve been truly blessed to be a part of the Uplift family for so long.” Darren resides in Scotts Valley with his a 14-year-old neurodiverse son, Evan. He works out of Uplift Family Services’ Los Gatos office. About Uplift Family Services Uplift Family Services is one of the largest, most comprehensive behavioral health treatment programs in California. Each year, we do whatever it takes to help more than 34,000 children and family members manage and recover from challenges stemming from prior trauma—such as severe neglect and abuse—and learn the essential life skills they need to be successful at home, at school, and in their community. |
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How the Rotary Helped Save My Life and Continues to Save Lives Through the WeHeal Foundation
Feb. 22, 2022
Eric Drew is a former Los Gatos High School football quarterback, runway model, and VP of several Silicon Valley global firms. His miraculous survival from a “terminal” leukemia, after every medical center in the US said nothing could be done, has brought hope to millions, and inspired new groundbreaking medical technologies and treatments. Diagnosed in his prime at age 35 with only days to live without emergency treatment, Eric’s charmed life as he knew it was over in an instant. After two years of excruciating chemo and radiation treatments at several major hospitals, including two failed bone marrow transplants, Eric was exhausted and out of options. He refused to accept his terminal prognosis, and through diligent self-advocacy and networking with doctors in Europe and Asia, he finally found the one treatment that could save him. It was an experimental stem cell transplant using the umbilical cords of newborn babies. A global search located matching stem cells, which had been frozen for eight years in a small cryo-bank in Milan Italy, and Eric was cured with the blood from this little baby girl. Eric is now an internationally recognized keynote speaker, writer, spokesperson, and consumer and medical advocate. He is the longest serving board member for the Los Gatos Monte Sereno Police Foundation, and is serving his 17th year as Chairman of The WeHeal Foundation. He is also the VP of Business Development and Patient Advocacy at Aloha Health Network, a new technology company using AI to match patients to optimal clinical trials. Eric has been featured on the cover of MSN.com and in most major news publications throughout the US and Europe including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Discover Magazine. He was published in Huffington Post and has appeared in countless TV and Radio shows including “CNN Morning Show”, “Dateline NBC”, “NPR Market Report”, “Montel Williams”, “Geraldo”, and many more. He has done over 200 keynote presentations at medical centers, academic institutions, and conferences around the world, inspiring and educating a broad range of audiences. Recently, he did the keynote TED talk at the first TEDx event hosted at Netflix headquarters. Eric is also known for his triumphant battle against identity theft while he was fighting for his life in the Seattle hospital. When his complaints to the FBI, Seattle Police, and hospital management went unanswered, Eric refused to be a victim. After weeks of investigating and building evidence while on life support, Eric identified the hospital worker identity thief and forced the first federal conviction under the Federal HIPAA patient privacy laws. He then battled nine of the largest in federal court for eight years, triumphantly setting new legal precedents for consumer privacy protection. |
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Mar. 01, 2022 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
First Tuesday Happy Hour
Hapas
Event Manager Cassie
Reserved seating in outside patio, right side.
Order food and drink inside. Pay as you go.
Beer and some wines. Limited food menu
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Navigating high dimension spaces with artificial intelligence
Mar. 08, 2022
We humans, have been engineering our environment for thousands of years by shaping natural materials and inventing new materials. However, the number of materials we have developed and exploited is relatively few. Nature has provided us with vastly rich chemistry, with over 90 different elements. Combining these elements in different proportions creates even a larger number of new materials. Not just chemistry, but the arrangement of elements in a material matters. If we select 30 common, non-toxic elements there are billons of possible yet to be explored chemistries and realizing these chemistries in different structural arrangements, by tweaking synthesis condition, we have library of materials with vast range of functionalities. Many of the challenges we face today could be addressed with a new material with novel functionality. We are developing an approach that combines an accelerated brute searches, with insights from physiochemical theories, and predictions from previous experiment via machine-learning to search vast unexplored multi-dimensional composition- synthesis parameter spaces with 100-1000 times faster. I will illustrate this approach with a recent example of a search of materials with wear-resistance comparable to diamond-like carbon. Apurva Mehta is a Lead Scientist at SLAC National Accelerator with 30 years of experience in advance X-ray-based metrology. Over the last decade, she has been combining high throughput computational and experimental methods in an artificial intelligence framework to accelerate discoveries and insights. |
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AWỌ Invites You to Transform Los Gatos
Mar. 15, 2022
A Yoruba princess from Osun State in Nigeria who relocated to the US in 2017, Folake Phillips (a.k.a. Folake Oyetunji) founded AWỌ in response to the death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minnesota police and the Black Lives Matter street protests that erupted during the US COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Raised in Nigeria with deep Yoruba cultural roots and educated at Coventry University in the UK with a Bachelor of Arts in Marketing Management, Folake Phillips is a Christian, wife, currently a mother of one and a community organizer. Though her career has spanned the fields of marketing, human resources, strategy and corporate client hospitality with multinational clients where she also organized, managed and facilitated various symposiums, public seminars and leadership trainings. With collective involvement at the core, her recent nonprofit work operates with a fierce urgency of now and curates programs addressing civil and social matters. |
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Create Your Future: Re-imagining Senior Services in Los Gatos
Mar. 22, 2022
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Mar. 23, 2022 5:30 p.m.
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Refugee Resettlement Housing Program
Mar. 29, 2022
Jewish Family Services of Silicon Valley is one of only two agencies resettling refugees in Santa Clara County. With the Afghan crisis and now the influx of Ukrainian refugees, JFS SV needs help more than ever to support our resettlement efforts and help these refugees start their new lives here. This presentation will give a brief overview of JFS SV, what services we provide to refugees and how the community can help. Debbie is the refugee resettlement housing coordinator for Jewish Family Services of Silicon Valley responsible for sourcing and providing temporary and permanent housing for refugees who resettle in Santa Clara County. She also works as a marketing coordinator for a real estate agent at the Christie’s Sereno office in Los Gatos. A long-time volunteer in the community, Debbie ran successful auctions for the local elementary and high schools, volunteered in various capacities with Jewish Family Services and was the Vice President of Membership on the executive board at Temple Emanu-El, the oldest reform Jewish synagogue in San Jose. Debbie was born and raised in San Jose, graduated from UC Irvine and moved back to the area where she and her husband raised their two sons. |
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Apr. 02, 2022
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Apr. 05, 2022 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Happy about at Rootstock will be extended for us until 7:30. We need to pre-order the food only, by April 1.
Joe Chiodo and Nick DePaolo are our hosts. (408) 841-6503 |
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Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Teen Health Van
Apr. 12, 2022
The Stanford Children’s Health Teen Van is a mobile clinic offering free health services to uninsured and underinsured youth, ages 12 to 25, in the San Francisco Bay Area. They visit high schools, community colleges, and nonprofit organizations from as far south as East San Jose and as far north as San Bruno. The staff includes a doctor specializing in adolescent medicine, a nurse practitioner, a social worker, a nutritionist, two medical assistants, and a registrar/driver. |
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Duty, Honor, Country
Apr. 19, 2022
Sergeant Sammy L. Davis was awarded the Medal of Honor for action in an area West of Cai Lai in the Republic of Vietnam on 18 November 1967. In the movie "Forrest Gump" the fictional action in which Forrest was awarded the Medal of Honor is loosely based on Sgt. Davis's real action. Other awards include the Silver Star, Purple Heart, National Defense Service Medal, Viet Nam Service Medal, Viet Nam Campaign Medal and Good Conduct Medal. He is married and has four children.
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