Happy June. 

May was a full month, starting with the Saratoga Rotary Art Show. This show has become a valuable community asset, where members can reconnect while enjoying fine art, fine wines, good food, and the beautiful West Valley College campus. Additionally, art show sales support the Saratoga Rotary Charitable Foundation, which supports local charities and service organizations.

Also in May, we participated in the Area 11 initial social event at The Terraces of Los Gatos. We were able to socialize with Rotarians from the Rotary clubs of Campbell, Los Gatos, Los Gatos Morning, and of course, Saratoga. This event should be the start of regular interactions with our fellow Rotarians.
Earlier this month, Budd MacKenzie from Trust in Education shared their success in providing infrastructure and school resources in Afghanistan, especially for girls. Karyn Sinunu-Towery informed us about the success of the Innocence Project in freeing Jeremy Pucket who was improperly imprisoned for murder. What an exciting story!

We will finish May with a presentation about the District 5170 Ambassadors of Compassion Program, and their success in working with high school and community college students.
In June, we are looking forward to another entertaining and insightful presentation on Amazing Science Tidbits and Cool Facts by our own Dr Science, Dave Eshleman.

We will also see one of the teams from the Enterprise Leadership Conference (ECL SVW). These high school juniors, continue to impress and amaze me. In three exhausting days, these students who had never met before, select officers, choose a product or service to offer, and make a presentation to a panel of “investors” in a Shark Tank like atmosphere. 

Cynthia Gregory, a local author, coach, and speaker will speak to us about the Creativity of Writing and Publishing, hopefully giving us guidelines for navigating the maze of reaching an audience with our ideas or experiences.

It has been an honor and pleasure to have served this great club this year. I was privileged to be able to work with a board that was hard working, extremely capable and conscientious in helping Saratoga Rotary achieve remarkable success in serving the community as well as having some fun along the way. They were also instrumental in keeping me from making too many mistakes. Thank you very much 2024-2025 Saratoga Rotary Board and support members

. 
Next month, Dave Guidry and his new board will have the opportunity and the challenge of guiding this great club. Let’s all welcome and support them!