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LAST WEEK______________________ Henry Hoge Our Rotary Cub does a lot for the public High Schools in South San Francisco. One of the events we sponsor for the school kids is known as "Student of the Month". This particular event was this day. As is the usual practice, we invited to lunch two kids from El Camino High led by Principal Adele Berg and four from South San Francisco High, led by Principal Michael Coyne. Each student is selected, on his or her leadership and academic achievement. Most notable is that the students chosen seem to excel in some areas and their interests decline in others. We have had chosen students explain that they were most interested in drama, others in Auto Mechanics or French or literature and even sports. In this event, several years ago the trend was medicine and law. It is great that the students seem to have a much wider scope of understanding these days; despite the fact, that a good number of TV programs and computer games, available to kids seem to focus on crime, law and medicine.
Among the other things we do to help these local kids is provide a "Shadow Day". This is a day, whereby members of our club escort students to local businesses to let them have a sample of what type of work that might interest them and how such a business operates. This tour occurs in the morning and is climaxed with a lunch for all participants.
It is questionable whether the students enjoy the food provided at these luncheons, but they are fun and interesting for the Rotary Members. The Rotary Scholarship program gives deserving students significant money to help with their University education. This seems to be one of the most generous programs of its kind in America. Each year we provide each High School principal money to be used at their discretion for needy kids. The principals dole out this money to kids, who need such items as lunch money or clothing and to participate in school activities.
Last, but not least, we support student Interact Club activities. In this activity, the students participate in events, that are of their own volition. The most notable, last year, was the painting and upgrading of a elderly lady’s home.
All of the mentioned activities above were and are guided by that handsome and debonair John Schlenke. What a guy!
In addition to all of these events, the April Basketball game with the Harlem Globe Trotters is a fund raiser intended to provide financial assistance to the local schools.
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