Meeting Highlights - July 7, 2020

Meet 2020-2021 President Gary Howard Service is in Our DNA - Gary C. Howard grew up in the coal-mining region of Southern West Virginia. He earned a PhD in biological sciences from Carnegie Mellon University and completed postdoctoral fellowships at Harvard and Johns Hopkins.

Meeting Highlights provides members, guests, and the community an overview of each speaker's presentation, significant Club and member achievements, and information regarding upcoming speakers and events.  

Meet 2020-2021 President Gary Howard Service is in Our DNA Gary C. Howard grew up in the coal-mining region of Southern West Virginia. He earned a PhD in biological sciences from Carnegie Mellon University and completed postdoctoral fellowships at Harvard and Johns Hopkins.   After spending 11 years in two small biotech companies in the Bay Area, he worked 22 years as a science editor and writer for the Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco. He is semi-retired, but continues to edit and write books.    Click here to read Gary's message to the Club. Click here to read more about President Gary.

Reviewing 2019-2020 - Todd Anglin Past President Todd Anglin reviewed the 2019-2020 accomplishments of the Club under his leadership.  He focused on his goal of making the Rotary Club of Castro Valley known throughout the community, increased membership, new events and strategies, outstanding speakers, grants, major projects, and local activities.    Click here to see Todd's PowerPoint and click here to see the video of Todd's presentation (also posted on ClubRunner).  Click here to read Todd's thank you letter to the Club. Click here to accept Todd's ASK/CHALLENGE.

Looking Ahead to 2020-2021 - Gary Howard President Gary Howard started with a theme of Do Good and Have Fun.  Then he reviewed the impact that COVID-19 has had on the Club and how the Club has responded as well as how it needs to continue responding.  Gary introduced the 2020-21 Board and then focused on traditional activities, new activities, fundraising without the traditional events.  Gary detailed a series of outstanding speakers that he has lined up including several evening presentations (be sure to check Upcoming Event and Upcoming Speakers on ClubRunner.  He challenged all members to be active Rotarians and accept Todd's challenge (see above).   Click here to see Gary's PowerPoint and click here to see the video of Gary's presentation (also posted on ClubRunner). Service is in Our DNA

Welcome New Member Monica Lee Monica has lived in Castro Valley for twenty years. She is an attorney and has a BS in Business and a JD from Cal. She is married and has two adult sons.  Monica’s youngest son is currently a sophomore at UC, Santa Cruz.  Her oldest son is a 2020 graduate of UC, Santa Cruz.   Throughout her children’s school years, she was active as a parent volunteer, serving as PTA President, Vice President, Secretary, and Parliamentarian of the Jensen Ranch Elementary School PTA.   Click here to watch the video and click below to read more. Click here to read more about Monica.

Pandemic: An Artistic View The Rotary Club of Castro Valley and A.R.T., Inc. are jointly sponsoring an online show of photographs, artworks, and poetry that document the coronavirus pandemic in the Castro Valley area. We hope to illustrate the medical, economic, and social effects of the pandemic in our community. Information and entry form posted on ClubRunner.

Castro Valley Rotary Helps Nursing Homes Combat the Pandemic On Friday, June 26, members of the Rotary Club of Castro Valley joined  Rotarians from Dublin and Walnut Creek to distribute personal protective equipment to more than 100 nursing homes in our community. The event was sponsored by the Ombudsman Services of Contra Costa, Solano, and Alameda Counties at the Dublin City Hall. Soldiers form the California National Guard provided traffic control.     "Nursing homes are an often overlooked component in the fight against COVID-19,” said Gary Howard, 2020-21 Castro Valley Rotary President. “We are happy to assist in this distribution of supplies and we are actively looking for other ways to support nursing homes in this difficult time.” Thank you Gary, Mark and Todd.

The BFL Team at Nejo Hospital in Ethiopia. Click here to see more photos.

Upcoming Meetings                                            July 14 Shannon Bennett is the Chief of Science and Harry W. and Diana V. Hind Dean of Science and Research Collections at the Academy and studies infectious diseases that can be transmitted from animals to humans. While invisible to the naked eye, these microbes have a major impact on global human health, which is why the race is on to understand . how they work.   July 21 Senator Bob Wieckowski was re-elected to a second term on Nov. 6, 2018 and represents the 10th Senate District in the California State Legislature. The district stretches from southern Alameda County into Santa Clara County and shares the member’s focus on job creation, clean technologies, protecting our environment and reducing unnecessary regulations.   July 28 Paul Hodges is the president of the board of directors of the Hayward Area Recreational District. In his professional work, Mr. Hodges has been involved in real estate in Southern Alameda County since 1980.   Registration and Zoom access links are posted on ClubRunner under Upcoming Events.  Please RSVP for meetings.  Guests are always welcome.