To continue delivering programs that are engaging and entertaining, the Program Committee needs your feedback. Please take two minutes to click on the following link to complete our Quarterly Member Survey. You’ll have a chance to rate the topics and speakers we featured during Q3 2024 and to tell us about the topics and speakers you’re interested in for future programs. Here’s the link to the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/L9XQWRF
 

We are working on the 2025 Membership Directory! You should have received an email from Tori with your current information. If any data is incorrect or missing, please either log into DACdb to update it or reply to the email giving the updated information. All changes must be received by Friday, October 18th.  

Want to update your DACdb photo?
Our talented Photography Committee will be holding a "photo booth" before the meeting on both October 23rd and October 30th from 11:30-12noon. No need to reserve a spot! Just make sure to show up early and dressed to impress! All photos are due on October 30th.

Interested in advertising your business or service?
Put an ad in the Directory! Please reach out to Tori Berninger at Tori.Berninger@gmail.com if you are interested. The deadline for commitments is October 18th. You must be a member to advertise.

Mobile App
Also, you can always access up-to-date directory information through the DACdb app, which is available for Apple and Android phones.
 

Join us to celebrate the 2024 Leigh Weimers Emerging Artists Awards recipients. You can't help but be inspired when the winners share their art through performances or discussions. The event closes with our Club presenting each artist with an unrestricted grant of $5,000. Many of our members count this as their favorite program of the year!

We welcome all members of the community, even non-Rotarians, to join us for this wonderful event.

Wednesday, October 16 at Hammer Theatre from 12:15pm-1:15pm.

It is free to attend*, but the Hammer Theatre requires everyone to register with Eventbrite! Register HERE!

*Do you want to buy a $20 box lunch? If so, click here. Please plan to arrive early enough to eat before the meeting starts; no food or drink are allowed inside.

The International Service Committee invites you to the Annual International Feast to enjoy the "Tastes of the World" focusing on Peru!

Improve Life and Health with Clean Water for Peru's Santa Rosa De Pedro Human Settlement. Enjoy a delicious international feast, music, Jaranon y Bochinche dancers, wonderful raffle prizes – and fun and friendship!

WHEN: Friday, October 18th, 2024 at 5:30pm
WHERE: Gordon House, 1690 Senter Rd, San Jose, 95112
COST: $70 per person, additional donations are welcome!

RSVP and buy tickets here.
To donate only, click here.

RSVP HERE

Thanks to Lisa Reigel's hard work, we have our donation page back up and running!

At the very top of our website, sjrotary.org, you will now see the word DONATE located next to MEMBER LOGIN. We currently have the donation module set up for the International Service Committee Feast, Gala Sponsorships, and Neurodivergent Youth Empowerment Fund. We are expecting to make more available soon.

Anthony ‘Tony’ Mata is a Chicago native and has resided in San Jose for the last 28 years. He served as a police officer, detective, and command officer for the City of San Jose including becoming police chief in 2021 and is currently the Chief Investigator for the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office.

During his time working in public service, he has developed strong relationships with businesses, the community as well as national and world law enforcement agencies and leaders. It is through these relationships that he will continue to keep our City well informed.

Tony’s passion is to empower our youth because they are our future and especially our inner-city youth because he shares their lived experiences. As an Enlace Mentor at Evergreen Valley College for the last two decades and as a graduate of the University of Illinois at Chicago and San Jose State University, he is an ambassador for higher education.

He continues to support our San Jose community by participating on community advisory boards and attending various community events. He will support San Jose Rotary’s mission by leveraging Rotary events with our entire community.

His recent position has allowed him to spend more time with his amazing wife and children by traveling and supporting his children’s college and high school journeys.
 

Standing in a beautiful pecan orchard, Yuhui (Hui) Guo was deeply moved by nature's gifts—sunshine, water, flowers and fruits. This experience strengthened her commitment to agriculture and sustainable development. Originally from Beijing, Hui came to the U.S. in 2009 to study at San Francisco State University, where she served as president of the Chinese Students and Scholars Association. She later earned her MBA from Santa Clara University.

Hui's community service experience includes her role as Project Manager at the China National Children's Center in Beijing from 2020 to 2022, where she led international exchange programs fostering cooperation and friendship among youth from diverse cultures. She also spearheaded biodiversity and climate change projects during COP 15 and COP 26. In response to the 2022 Pakistan floods, Hui organized a successful fundraising event with the support of UNHCR and environmental organizations, raising over 137,000USD (1 million RMB) in relief supplies to support disaster-affected communities and strengthen climate resilience.

As a former member of the SF Evening Rotary Club, Hui is excited to continue contributing to community service and sustainable initiatives.