Member Larry Barr to be Honored with Rotary International's Service Above Self Award at District 5170 Conference
Congratulations to our very own Larry Barr who has been selected for Rotary International's Service Above Self Award. The Award Established in 1991 by the RI Board of Directors, the Service Above Self Award is Rotary International’s highest honor for an individual Rotarian who embodies Rotary’s motto “Service Above Self”, with an emphasis on personal volunteer efforts and active involvement in helping others. This is an internationally competitive award, with a maximum of 150 recipients selected worldwide each year, and only one per district.
Please join us on April 30th at the District 5170 conference in San Ramon where Larry will receive his award. Well deserved Larry!
Larry Barr pictured with last year's International Youth Exchange Students
District Assembly is the official training session for Club Chairs and other leaders as they prepare for a new Rotary year. Join us for this year's District 5170 Training. Red Badgers, this is a great way to check off some items on your way to becoming a Blue Badger.
India Community Center
525 Los Coches Road
Milpitas, CA
Presidents, President Elects and Nominees Session 4:00pm
Sessions begin at 5:00pm
Dinner from 7:30 - 9:00pm with Special Guest Speaker Frederick Marx (Oscar and Emmy nominated director/writer)
2015-2016 Rotary Club of Hollister Scholarship Application Deadline March 31, 2016
Attention San Benito County High School Students: The Rotary Club of Hollister is now seeking applicants for our annual College Scholarship Program. Each year we raise funds to send future leaders to college. We believe that our future is in our youth and value the investment to make our world a better place with educational boosts.
For questions or more information contact: President Cathy Buck - cathy@sccwd.org
Hollister Rotary Supports San Benito County Spelling Bee and Awards Winners with a Kindle
The San Benito County Office of Education hosted the annual San Benito County Spelling Bees, on Tuesday, March 1st for the Elementary (grades 4-6) and on March 2nd for the Junior High (grades 7-8). As usual, the events were wonderful, with great audience attendance and nail biting spelling by the 25-27 finalists each night. The final two contestants in each Bee went round after round until finally a final winner was determined. Both of the first place winners went home with a Kindle donated by the Hollister Rotary. The first through fourth place winners were awarded trophies, and the first two places will go on to represent San Benito County at the State Spelling Bees. The State Elementary Spelling Bee will take place on Saturday, April 23, 2016 at the San Joaquin County Office of Education in Stockton and the State Junior High Spelling Bee will be held on Saturday, May14, 2016 at Miller Creek Middle School in San Rafael.
Elementary Winners
Jacques Morin, 6th grade, Sacred Heart
Carmela Clark, 6th grade, Spring Grove
Athena Vasquez, 6th grade, Tres Pinos
James Breen, 5th grade, Sacred Heart
Junior High Winners
Delilah De La Cerda, 8th grade, Rancho
Eduardo Padilla, 7th grade, Spring Grove
Chase Freeman, 7th grade, Southside
Andrew Tobias, 8th grade, Tres Pinos
President Elect Krystal Lomanto with Jacques Morin, elementary school spelling bee winner.
2016 Area 6 Speech Contest Hosted by Almaden Valley Rotary
Five students from Area 6 clubs represented their clubs at the Three Flames Restaurant in San Jose on March 3, 2016. Each student recited a speech that included this year's theme of Be a Gift to the World and needed to include Rotary's 4 Way Test guiding principles.
This year Morgan Hill's Nikhita Gopisetty took home the First place prize. All of the students did an incredible job and were true winners. We are especially proud of Hollister's own student winner Hernan Chavez. Once again, he commanded the audience with his passionate speech about education as he drew on his own experiences and lessons learned. We are sure Hernan Chavez has a very bright future.
First Place Winner is Nikhita Gopisetty, Morgan Hill
Second place is Phoebe Yin, Almaden Valley
Third place is Hernan Chavez, Hollister
Fourth place Steven Porter, Gilroy
Fifth place Monica Zuchelli, Gilroy Sunrise
Left to right: Nikhita Gopisetty, Hernan Chavez, Phoebe Yin, Monica Zuchelli, and Steven Porter
Registration is now open for the 2016 District Conference.
The conference will be held April 29-May 1, 2016 in San Ramon, CA. The conference will open Friday with lunch at the BlackHawk Automotive Museum. Friday evening through Sunday Morning events will be held at the San Ramon Marriott. Full event details, registration and hotel registration links can be found at http://dc.rotarydistrict5170.org.
Saturday night, April 30 will feature an Interact Talent Competition. Interactors are encouraged to go to www.rotarydistrict5170talentcompetition.com for details on how to enter today. The contest is limited to Interactors in District 5170. Rotarians, please encourage the talented Interactors in your midst to enter the competition!
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