Past President Tom welcomed everyone to the meeting of the Mountain View Rotary Club. This year's International Rotary Theme is "Unite For Good." Our local club theme this year is "Our Rotary Family Cares."
Judy led us in the Pledge of Allegiance
Steve provided a Thought for the Day
Introduction of Guests Fred: none
Club Business/Announcements
President’s Club – All are welcome to join!
Bonus Bucks – Bruce issued Cathy Bonus Bucks to Tom and Bert for the President's Club and Jack for a belated Happy Birthday.
Fridays at 9:30 am – Rotary Pickleball, Rengstorff Park
September 30 – Club Social at Olympus Caffe, 135 Castro Street, starting at 5:00 pm
October 4 – Rotary Club of Silicon Valley Passport is sponsoring “Creativity for Community” from 3:00 to 5:00 pm at Dr. Roberto Cruz Alum Rock Library in San Jose. See the flyer on the clipboard for more details.
October 4 and 5 – Palo Alto Rotary is partnering with the Palo Alto Pickleball Club to sponsor a Pickleball Tournament from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm both days at Mitchell Park in Palo Alto. See the flyer on the clipboard for more details.
October 15 – Board Meeting at 5:00 pm at Tori’s Office
October 15- Graham Choirs’ Fall Concert at 7pm at Graham Middle School Auditorium. Made possible through a grant from Mountain View Rotary Club.
October 16 – District 5170 Avenues of Service Celebration. 5:30 pm to 10:00 pm, at the Columbo Club in Oakland. The Club will pay for any Members who would like to attend. Great opportunity for new Members. See flyer on the clipboard for more details. Sign up list will be passed around.
December 19- Fred announced the holiday party will be at Don Giovanni.
February 7 – Crab Feed at MV Buddhist Temple confirmed by Scott.
Program –
Tom Moran introduced our speaker today, Shanon Pestrong, Associate Executive Director of the YMCA of Silicon Valley, El Camino Branch.
She spoke about fitness trends at the Y. There is more emphasis on functional fitness rather than cardio. Exercise is geared to avoiding and reducing injury.
In the future AI and adaptable technologies will become more common. For example, you will carry a fob to set the exercise equipment to your specifications. There will be more adaptive coaching, recovery and stress integration, and personalization with health data.
At the El Camino Y, there are new spin bikes, free weights and power stations. Basketball Academies, chess clubs and swim programs are just some of the activities.
YMCA is different because it stresses the importance of community. Group fitness combats social isolation, instilling a sense of belonging and identity. Through this there is improved adherence leading to long-term success.
Tom thanked our speaker and recognized her with a donation to Polio Plus in her name.
Next Meeting – Next week is our Social at Olympus Caffe starting at 5:00 pm. Our next lunch meeting is Tuesday, October 7th, and our Speaker is a surprise. Our 3fer is Jarod.