When I’m out and about going to events and meetings I tend to get a lot of useful information. This column will be dedicated to report back to the community on what’s up in our area. This past weekend I attended “Lend me a Tenor” at Limelight Actors Theater with my brother, sister-in-law and my friends Jaime & Evelia Rosso. It was a wonderful show with much laughter from the audience. They hold a raffle every show to raise funds for the Michael J. Fox,TEAM FOX which raises money for Parkinson’s research. This year is their 6th show with Steve Spencer & Kae Jenny-Spencer. If you go what not to miss: Rocky Road Ahead candy, which you can only purchase at the theater, made in Gilroy by Rosalind Ferrotte.
On Monday July 4, I volunteered doing security for my friend and fellow Rotarian Chief Denise Turner at the, 71st U.S. Women’s Open at CordeValle in San Martin. I was stationed for nine hours on the path next to a bridge where the players were dropped off from the 6th hole to walk to the 7th hole. Each player that practiced that day walked by me with their caddy and entourage. At the beginning of my shift I worked with Cynthia Iwanaga who was also a volunteer and works for the city of Morgan Hill. It was exciting but the most nerve-racking part of my duty was to watch out for a resident feral momma kitty and her four kittens. Didn’t want one of those kittens run over by the golf carts whizzing by! It was a beautiful day and the weather was perfect in the mid 80’s. There were players from all over the world and a really big deal for our area.
Every year Gilroy Rotary sends students to leadership camp and they come back with life-changing experiences. This year’s campers were Estaban Rubio CHS, Kassandra Avery CHS, Collet Howard CHS, Michael Vu CHS, Andres Stebbins GECCA, Emily Boykin GHS. The theme was Be a Gift to the World. Besides leadership activities they assembled care packages for the homeless for the Sunrise Homeless Shelter and wrote letters hoping to brighten their days. They also assembled care packages and letters for a class of first grade students at Longfellow Elementary School in San Francisco. The packages contained pens, pencils, notebooks and other basic school supplies along with individualized cards for each of the students.
