Events

Fellow Rotarian and Rotary Foundation Chair George Wineinger will provide us with an overview of the amazing work of the Rotary Foundation. The nonprofit arm of Rotary International, the Rotary Foundation has a global reach of support and service.

We will walk across the parking lot to meet in the new Viticulture Facility and learn from David Bramlett about the Viticulture Program at Las Positas College.

We welcome Dr. David Rakestraw, from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, who will reveal the physics behind the iPhone - Why the iPhone worked after a 15,000 foot fall! We will learn some of the unknown capabilities of the iPhone as a tool for STEM.

Please download the app phyphox before the meeting so that you can be fully engaged during the presentation.

We will learn about the Shiva-Vishnu Temple and the community and cultural center that surrounds it. Our speaker, Gaurav Rastogi, is a Silicon Valley Executive with extensive experience in leading large-scale sales transformations for high-growth companies. Gaurav focuses on three areas: #Technology, #Transformation, #Spirituality.  He is also the author of “Global Business in the Age of Destruction and Distraction” (Oxford 2022).

Gaurav has been a Dhyana meditation and yoga teacher (ERYT500®) in Silicon Valley for over ten years. He has founded two learning non-profit organizations and is frequently invited to speak at events and conferences on the practices and philosophy of Yoga and Hinduism. Mr. Rastogi teaches the Yoga of Living Deeply®, an authentic yoga system designed for the modern world. At the Living Deeply Foundation, he has developed practical study guides based on the Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta philosophy, bringing this ancient wisdom into practical language. He is a co-founder and Board Member of a global service learning institute (https://hsciglobal.org) and teaches/advises programs at reputed educational institutions such as Ashoka University, GTU (https://www.gtu.edu/about/board-trustees), the Chaplaincy Institute (https://chaplaincyinstitute.org/).

Our meeting will be at Las Positas College. Following the regular meeting, club members are invited to visit the Temple for a tour. (1232 Arrowhead Ave, Livermore, 94551)

In honor of Veterans Day, we will have the opportunity to meet four veterans from Las Positas College's nationally recognized Veterans First program. They will share their journeys from active duty to college and the importance of community support.

We welcome Roland Williams, from Castro Valley Sanitary District, who will explain the purpose of special districts.

We are proud to be able to support our schools and community nonprofits by giving grants to further their work, aligned with our mission. All members and guests are invited to share in this uplifting meeting.

We welcome Carrie Olds, Program Manager, to share about the important role of Spectrum's Meals on Wheels program.