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Newsbriefs: March 2004
Group forming to plan services for seniors
A group formed to explore issues of senior care in the local Jewish community is seeking new members. Spearheaded by Rabbi Melanie Aron of Congregation Shir Hadash and Mindy S. Berkowitz, executive director of Jewish Family Service, the group already includes professionals and volunteers from Chai House, the Jewish Community Center, the Atrium, Saratoga Retirement Community, the medical profession, and others who care about seniors.
Among its many goals, the group plans to conduct a demographic study to assess senior needs in the community. The group also hopes to form a local Jewish Council on Aging. For more information please contact Mindy Berkowitz at 556-0600, ext. 11, or email mindyb@jfssv.org.
Jewish small business networking group
A networking group for small business owners at Congregation Shir Hadash is expanding and reaching out to business owners at other South Bay synagogues. The South Bay Business Leads Network consists of synagogue members who are small business owners, or who provide services to small businesses. There are no outside speakers and members identify themselves and their products or services at each meeting. Please contact Eric Platt at emplatt@ft.newyorklife.com for in-formation and meeting dates.
Kehillah Robotics Team Awarded Grant!
The Kehillah Jewish High School RoboticsTeam will receive a $2500 grant from Best Buy for integrating innovative technology into their curriculum. The grant will enable the team to purchase new equipment for their contribution to the 2004 USFIRST competition.
The school’s robotic team also begins their second year under the guidance of new coach Patrick Wang. Wang’s robotics experience comes from his four-year involvement as a student with the Monta Vista Robotics Team, serving as president of their very successful team. Last year, the Monta Vista team partnered with Kehillah, running the Jewish high school’s robot for the team during Shabbat. The Kehillah team, Batteries Not Included, is delighted to have Wang leading them. Wang is currently a business major at DeAnza College and among his many activities also manages the Western Regional Robotics Forum fall workshops.
Cortec Precision Sheet Metal Company in San Jose will be supporting the team as they build their robot. The Kehillah team will do all the design work with Cortec providing the materials to build the designs. Tony Corrales, President of Cortec, was thrilled to offer support from his company and is enthusiastic about seeing the high level of interest from the team members at KJHS. For more information please visit http://www.kehillahhigh.org/robotics/.
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