Mountain View Rotary
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
Greeting/Ring Bell -- Welcome to our meeting of the Mountain View Rotary Club. This year's International Rotary Theme is “Create Lasting Impact."
Pledge of Allegiance – The screen displayed and American flag. Tom Myers led club members in pledging allegiance.
Thought for the Day – 3fer Catherine shared a thought on Education: Curriculum, Competition and Community.
Introduction of Guests: No non-speaker guests
Club Business/Announcements
- Upcoming Club Dates/ Events
- October 27th at 5:00 PM, Club Social at Savvy Cellar Wine Bar at 750 W. Evelyn Avenue (Train Station)
- Nov 3: Mike Kasperzack
- November 30th: Rotary Foundation donations made through the end of November will be matched by an anonymous donor
- Cops and Gobblers on Sunday, November 22nd, 9:00 am, at Mountain View Police Department
- Holiday Party on Friday, December 11th, at Ristorante Don Giovanni, cocktails at 5:00 pm with Madrigals arriving at 6:00 pm. This is a mandatory event.
- A big thank you to Paul and his crew of Fred, Scott, Cathy, Sanjay, Stephen, Susan, Alex, Jarod, Eric, Bruce, and Spike, as well as three dedicated volunteers from the Los Altos Rotary Club for a very impactful cleanup of the Mountain View Rotary section of the Stevens Creek Trail last Saturday.
Programs
- Alex Amoroso gave us a summary of his deployment to the Middle East (excluding any classified information) His presentation included a slide set with photos of deployment, barracks in US before departure and those in Kuwait. Photos showing some fun the troops had with USO and Holiday parties. Alex was the HR and logistics person for a battalion of approximately 650 troops with very limited support, as all civilian employees had been released. He summed up the experience as “Bad places, good people”.
- Mckinney-Vento staff from MVLA Alba Garza and from MVWSD Priscila Bogdanic and Eduardo Rios Pacheco. They presented slide presentations on the US federal law passed in 1987 during the “No Child Left Behind” called the McKinney Vento Homeless Assistance Act to support housing insecure students in public education. In 2024-25 MVWSD had 243 of 4644 students qualifying for this program. Currently MVLA has 93 students in McKinney Vento. Inserted here is Santa Clara County Data.
The slides presentations will be available via the Challenge Team google drive soon.
MVLA has a Boutique where families can get clothes, linens and other items for free. MVWSD has a SPARC center with similar items. There is a give-away day at MVWSD on November 19th. Those wishing to help can contact Priscila at pbogdanic@mvwsd.org
A shared resource guide includes the following collaborative partner organizations where donations can be given and support received by those in need.
- School site colleagues
- City of Mountain View
- Challenge Team
- Move Mountain View
- Hope Hunger
- Bill Wilson Center
- Other districts’ McKV Liaisons
- CSA- Community Service Agency
- MV Police Department
- LifeMoves
- Hope’s Corner
- Reach SV
- Santa Clara County Office of Education
There are many more families and students in need, yet due to current laws, immigration policies and other concerns, some are fearful of admitting the need.
