City of Cupertino, CA Civic Service/CREST Awards Ceremonies, 27 May 2010

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Coverage of the annual Cupertino CREST Awards ceremony, recorded May 27, 2010. Produced by the Cupertino City Channel.

Award recipients include Lynne Capener, Catherine Chen, the Cupertino Senior Desk Volunteers, Faith in Action Board, Wallace Iimura, the Operation Awareness Planning Team, the Rhythmaires Band, Isabel Rodriguez and Andy Huang, Susan Wong and David Wong, and Crystal Yan.

This video is one in a series of programs presented as part of the City of Cupertino's digital video archive project.

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And now the city of Cupertino city manager, david knapp,.

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All you need to have a city is a group of buildings, but if you want to have a community, it takes much more than that. It takes people who care it takes people who take responsibility for each other and who recognize that it really is more satisfying to give than it is to receive.

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We are blessed in this community to have such people and we're here tonight to honor them and speaking of honor. It is my honor to introduce her honor. Our mayor, Chris Wang,.

C

Thank you, Dave. Welcome it's really exciting moment. Let me go back a little bit quest. What is the quest stands for it? We know Cupertino recognized extra staff taken, that's right so, like it they've said this, this community would not be the way it is. We saw all the volunteers putting their time and efforts a lot of time. We hear people saying Cupertino is a miracle. It is a miracle because we have the least property tax amounts.

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All the cities in California, our schools have a least funding amount to all the schools in California and we staff, our employee, has the least number amounts all the city in our size, but we are above beyond every other cities here. City Cupertino is a symbol that everybody feel proud of, and everybody use you know sitting here out there you go out anywhere, you say I'm from City Cupertino. You can see with people set that on their face. It's a proud. So we're really proud of that.

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You know here because to all the volunteers that put together and helping the city to grow to Bill, and that's why we have are the proud that we all enjoy. So today it's City Cupertino.

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We do a lot of event throughout the year, but you know one of this class of work is the one that we kind of sit back and and and think this is the this moment that we really think how we get to this far, because all these people that really the people that we're about to recognize putting their efforts and their their their their times, everything that's why we have our community.

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We want to take this this opportunity to thank all of you all of the recipients, not just this year, the past and also people that we haven't recognized yet all right. So, let's start with the first recipient group, is a Cupertino Senior Center des volunteers. Let's look at the video first.

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Wanted a senior citizen with a warm smile, a positive outlook and a sense of humor must be able to multitask answer all manner of questions and be sensitive to cultural distinctions must also work for free. It's not a job, everyone can do, but the 27 Cupertino Senior Center desk volunteers are more than qualified. This dedicated group of greeters is largely responsible for the senior centers reputation of being the friendliest center around visitors and members walking through the door are genuinely welcomed and given immediate personal attention, the desk volunteers take their responsibilities seriously.

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They register seniors for membership classes, trips, lunches and special events. They also give tours keep up with computer and operational programs and watch out for clients who may need help from a case manager committed to the job and incredibly loyal to the Senior Center.

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The desk workers recorded 3072 volunteer hours in 2009 more than 40 hours a week for 52 weeks during the year, the volunteers time behind the desk frees up Senior Center staff, allowing them to work on programming and special events for the city's growing elder population, whether they're scheduling an appointment for legal aid or fielding a question about digital TV channels. The senior desk volunteers served with warmth, grace and ever-present good cheer.

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But I have what the volunteers at the Senior Center come on the stage. Please.

C

Let me just add a little bit more. We have heard many members of his Covino city center set. Cupertino is the friendlist center around in a neighbor cities and the front desk volunteers they're here greeting each person who entered the front door with a smile, they work hard to keep up with the most current information about the center. Nothing can replace a warm smile or a friendly greeting and then also making people feel welcomed and important, and that you have someone dedicated in helping and solving problems. The front decks.

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Volunteers make it possible for staff to work on programming and special events for our growing senior population. Thank you so much folks, we have quite a lot of proclamation here, recognize all your work. So first is the award quest a word that I'm gonna give that Kennedy you and now this one is from the senior senator joseph a thing, and we also have one from Congressman Mike Honda.

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Next, one is from Governor on our sauce maker.

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And this one it's just as heavy as our nose is from Mariska's Wayne.

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Not done yet, we have supervisor listen s here. One last one is from Assemblymember Paul Fong.

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Who would like to represent a group and give a few words.

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I'm Mary Lou, Robson I'm, probably the new, be in this group. I've only been doing it since February, but it is a great pleasure to do it's fun. It's fun to meet people, it's fun, to discover I, haven't forgotten everything, I've learned being a nurse for 50 years and I really enjoy it. Thank you all for having us.

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Can you imagine it put through more than 3000 hours works next year, just when you're amazing, our next, we cry so we're receiving is operation awareness planning team, let's watch the video.

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As Boy Scouts and emergency planners will tell you, the best way to deal with a disaster is to be prepared. With that motto in mind, a dozen community leaders came together last summer and spent four months designing the first-ever citywide earthquake drill in Cupertino, known as the operation awareness planning committee. This diligent group of volunteers developed the exercise as a way to test emergency resources and communication systems throughout the community team leaders held regular planning meetings and potlucks with target groups. They put together maps, training and strategies.

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They created a promotional campaign distributing 10,000 informational booklets and they contributed more than 1500 hours, often working late into the evening, planning the exercise. Their efforts to engage every community group they can think of from local schools and businesses to homeowner associations and service clubs, resulted in more than 600 volunteer participants who contributed 2,500 hours to the project. When a drill took place in October the months of meticulous planning paid off many said, the exercise felt like a real incident.

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In the end that the operation awareness planning committee had carefully and successfully brought the city, several steps closer to being well prepared for the next emergency.

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Now I'd like to invite a team come on stage.

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More, the team.

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When we watch the video, we thought everything's just very smooth and running fine everything, but you can ask any one of them: they're facing a lot of challenges and problems, and they have to overcome everything everything they facing, so not just putting the hours and effort. So thank you very, very much for all the work you've done for our or the community and I'm, not gonna name. Every single one of my back.

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Well, an important aspect of this operation awareness is that it included citizens from all sectors of a city really United the city for that operation. We also had participation from block leaders in operation or operation Cupertino green, so we brought in more of the outreach entities from for the city.

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Additionally, we had enthusiastic support from the search staff city staff and, as the video mentioned, many stakeholders in our community so I think this. This operation, operation awareness was really a shining example, the city's outreach program and what it can do for our city and, as they've met they've mentioned in the beginning. It's all about having community involvement that makes the city great. Thank you.

C

Thank you now I would like to introduce one of my good colleagues vice mayor Gilbert want to keep in the next recipient outward. Okay,.

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Thank you very much. It's really proud to be here on tonight. This is one of the few things as a vice mayor that I'm really proud to give up to see all the recipients get awarded for all their achievements tonight. The next one that I'm proud to announce would be isabel rodriguez and andy hong. Let's roll the tape.

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During Cupertino, first emergency drill last fall. One of the most visible participating groups was cert. The city's community emergency response team and within that squad, few were more conspicuous than the husband-and-wife team of Annie Kwang and Isabel Rodriguez between them. Andy and Isabel spent more than 1,000 volunteer hours, getting ready for and joining in. The exercise deeply involved insert as well as cares in the block leader program.

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The couple embraced the drill as a way to put their training and expertise into action, and he aggressively courted the media for publicity about the event and worked tirelessly with youth groups, 20 Scout troops and three high school clubs to involve them in the project.

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Isabel took on the arduous task of documenting the emergency drill, which is essential for tracking and monitoring resources. During the incident she created a 15 page instruction manual developed a multi session training program as stocked six arcs with required forms and supplies during the weekend of the drill, both Andy and Isabel worked more than eight hours each day. The couple's dedication to this event and other work underscores their commitment to service and their standing as true role models for every citizen, volunteers.

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It is my pleasure to call an auntie Wang Isabelle Rodriguez up to the stage please I.

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Had an opportunity to work with Isabel and Andy they've been very active in the preparedness of emergency preparedness program.

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They got together over 500 hours of volunteer work and actually organized a day with many various different volunteers, from Boy Scouts to adult volunteers and really poured their heart and energy into this into that day, they were very warm enough to invite me into their home and show their real dedication for emergency preparedness that hopefully one day that we might have to exercise that drill into a real-life case with that it is my honor to algorithm in the work to this wonderful husband and wife team. Here.

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And we have various, are proclamations from city, county and state and federal.

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And one of you can come up and are both you can come up as a team and uh and say brief words.

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Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, my better half has asked me to speak on her behalf.

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Actually, as consul councilman, one mentioned we've together, we logged more than 1,000 hours, the main reasons, because we had to orchestrate more than 43 organizations the outreach program that we generated. Actually, we went out to invite more than 50 organizations through our core Patino from Boy Scouts, like my son, who's part of to the Girl Scouts, like my daughter, was sitting over there.

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Who's also part of to the business communities like the whole food, like the target AMC, as well as all the actual residential communities like the Montebello, like the Chateau, like the sunny view, as well as all the nonprofit organizations like the Rotary clubs like octagon, like to interact the CSF on high school, as well as all the media, who also contributed so really, although we are the receiving of the war, is actually all 600 people who actually participated.

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Who are the one that we want to thank for the for their participation to making our family or community safer air crew team? Thank you.

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Thank you very much Andy and Isabelle the next recipient.

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The next recipient is Catherine Chen, a very good friend of mine, roll. The tape. Please.

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The extraordinary volunteerism of Catherine Chen is driven by three things: boundless energy generosity of spirit and a powerful desire to promote understanding among people of diverse backgrounds, a certified financial planner. She is active in the chamber of commerce where she has served as the Chamber's director and as president of the organization's asian-american Business Council. Her numerous chamber activities have included coordinating Chinese, Lunar, New, Year and Moon Festival luncheons arranging business socials and conducting a successful educational seminar. Four years ago, Catherine joined quota international of Cupertino drawn by the club service component.

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She has been an officer for the past two years and wholeheartedly participates in club projects benefitting the military in Iraq, a battered women's shelter and needy children in the West Valley. When relay of life came to Cupertino Catherine jumped on board.

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She formed a team for quota which raised more than five thousand dollars and she laced up her shoes and walked more than 19 miles for the American Cancer Society, the recipients of Catherine's time and considerable talis are as diverse as the community, whether she's chairing a meeting for the Mandarin Business Association or helping out at an event for the organization of special needs families. She is always at the forefront of community action, happily giving 100%.

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It is my honor to call my friend Catherine shutting up to the stage. Please.

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I'm very proud to call my friend, Catherine Chen. We personally have worked together for almost a decade at the community member of Commerce. I first met Catherine on the asian-american Business Council, and she really poured her dedication inside the Cupertino uh community. Not only has she's been dedicated with the chamber, but she's also been very dedicated with quotas international. It's like almost see her every day we just had the 25th anniversary for our luncheon and she's, just a great woman who has given so much to our community. Thank you very much. Catherine.

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And then we have various proclamations again from the city, county, state and federal.

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Ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much if a quarter of what you know suggest me to receive recipient of this crest wall, I just doing my a little bit job- and you know it's like so many people doing unsung hero doing things daily. You know they haven't get the reward. I really appreciate to be the recipient. This award. Thank you.

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Thank you very much. Catherine um is now my honor to recognize the next councilmember who'll, be doing presentation and ask LC Lauren Mahoney.

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Thanks Gilbert I think many of you know that we've had three big meetings. This week we had a long budget city study session on Monday night and then we did interviewed 43 candidates, 14 Commission, on Tuesday and now we're back here, but but this is definitely one of the most rewarding things that we do get to do during a year. So it's a pleasure to be here, I'd like to introduce our next recipients and that's Susan and David Wong, and why don't we do a roll in? Please.

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There's an exclusive place in the hearts of David and Susan Wong reserved just for West Valley Community Services more than 30 years ago. It was a W VCS board member who first introduced the couple today, three decades in a daughter later, the Wong's remained devoted to each other and to the agency, where it all began so strong as their commitment to W VCS that David and Susan have become two of the organization's most recognizable ambassadors.

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The couple who share a seat on the W VCS board uses every opportunity to speak about the good work being done by their favorite organization. They discuss W VCS at Neighborhood, Association meetings in grocery store, checkout lines and at Rotary Club events. They encourage everyone. They meet to support the agency financially or through volunteerism. Their enthusiasm and advocacy has resulted in attracting countless donors, volunteers and even board members to the agency, David and Susan themselves are hardworking and active, W VCS leaders.

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They participate in several committees, including faith in action fund, development and finance in both public and personal lives. It's easy to see. David and Susan are a couple that gives wholeheartedly and cares deeply.

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If it Susan come on up.

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So again, I think you know. Hopefully almost anybody in Cupertino knows about the value, valuable services that are delivered by West Valley, Community, Services and- and it is only through all of volunteers, both at the board level right down to you know, people that are collecting food, that all that stuff happens and it was interesting I. You know they mentioned the face in action group and I.

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Guess we're gonna hear a little bit more about that later, but does the rotating homeless, shelter and as a Rotarian we participate in delivering meals, I've had the opportunity to personally go over there and meet some of the people and and just understand how important that operation is for those people that are in that situation in the community and again what a good job W VCS does in there. So again, thank you for all the work that you do and thank you for thanks, w pcs for being as good as it is for the community.

K

So would you like to say what do you like to say if you work.

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Thank you all. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for the for the honor that you've bestowed on us and we are truly humbled. We are actually further humbled by thinking of the good work that the volunteers actually did for thousands of homeless and families that are in need, and these the staff members, particularly the staff members I, think they are wonderful people and they're. Excellent citizens and I also am aware that there are many other groups like rotary and also like faith in action.

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They have done excellent work and we work with them before and we'll continue to work with them, and they have just put us to shame sometimes on the kind of work they do for other people, and so with that I humbly. Thank everyone for for such an honor and I hope. You have a great time when you volunteer for wbcs.

K

So, even though it looked like you share a position on the board, you don't have to share one of these. You yeah.

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But you mate, you may have to share with the proclamation.

K

Okay, our next recipients are the rhythm heir. So again, why don't we have a little video clip here.

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They've got rhythm, they've got music and who could ask for anything more for three decades, the rhythm Ayers band has been bringing their message of music and joy to venues throughout the community may play for love and for fun, for children for seniors and for everyone in between led by Jack Peters. The band is made up of ten enthusiastic musicians, whose average age is 70 years old, based at the Cupertino Senior Center. The rhythm airs also perform at the city's 4th of July celebration and other holiday events at retirement homes and in Cupertino elementary schools.

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The all-volunteer band is a dedicated crew faithfully practicing at the Senior Center every Friday. Last year they put in more than 1700 collective hours, making beautiful music. The rhythm airs make a point of keeping up with the times they began 30 years ago, as a country style group known as the hayseed band they've since evolved into a big-band jazz style ensemble tailoring their tunes to their audience.

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They particularly love sharing their knowledge of music and instruments with schoolchildren, while members work on scheduling sound system set up transportation and programming for each performance, there's never a need to check the heart of the groove. That piece of equipment is always upbeat and pitch perfect.

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So I've actually never heard them in person, but I've got a good, close acquaintance. Uncle Sam. That usually is there for the fourth of July that that that knows that they perform there at the pancake breakfast every year and and that they come highly highly recommended. So if the rhythm airs would come up here, please that would be great.

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Or the rhythm air is the case, maybe.

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Just one all right so again, you guys do a great job put an early plug in for you. It's only about six weeks away for the fourth of July. Do you have any other things coming up before then or.

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You come on over and come over to Mike. We.

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Play the same program on the first of July at the Senior Center, because they always have a celebration before the fourth for the fourth. Does that make sense.

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Yes, I certainly.

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Want to thank especially the people at the Senior Center Julia Linda, who wrote the nomination, who must have picked our brains to do that she did a wonderful job. So we thank you for the award and especially thank the staff at the Senior Center for making us happy there.

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We practice, as you heard every Friday morning and play at any of their functions, that that they wishes to and play of course out in the neighborhood the. If Jerry is here, he could probably come up. Jerry Johnson was coming well, perhaps not are there any other members of the rhythm heirs that came today? Well, we are based in coop t no, but.

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Pearl Kidder, goodness sakes, please can you come up.

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Shyness is not an option.

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Is this is the best way possible and accepting an award for a group like ours that numbers 10 now goes back a long way and pearl Kidder here is one representative of the original group that I joined in the 1990s.

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It started with.

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With Forrest Baird, who played wonderful Trumbull and he was a doctor of music at the local universities he led between 1990 and when I took over in 1994. So the memories of all these people that organized this group early on is really very wonderful.

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He passed on in 2001, we lost al haig, er Eldred Clark, also in 2001 they were Reed players and one of the benefits we derived from them was they dumped their music libraries on us and, of course, the other group involved, Walt MP, who sang vocals and he has passed on and especially Dodie Kelly, who sang vocals. She was a combination of Ethel, Merman, Billie, Holiday and Doris Day, all wrapped up in one finally Keith McKay left us in 2004 and our wonderful piano player. Ninety nine year old, March cross, passed on in 2008.

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We also have a large number of individuals who have gone to other things and pearl Kidder. Here is one member of that group, which also includes Jack Perry who's in a retirement home in Davis California at the present time, Claire tears and Leonard Julian, who are still playing in the area. Phyllis Mickelson, who comes and sings once in a while when we need her badly if our regular singer can't come and certainly Jerry Johnson who I thought was coming tonight, is he here?

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Okay, he was a piano player, excellence extraordinary who has failed in many times. For for us, the final, of course the person is pearl Kidder, who was the extraordinary talented person who played piano organ and her favorite was marimba, and we couldn't do without that.

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So there are so many people to thank- and we like to invite you all to come to the 4th of July's pancake breakfast at the not at the Senior Center at Quinlan on the fourth, which is the Sunday this year and on the first, which is the ceremony same ceremony at the Senior Center and again I.

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Thank all of our group and the the ten members, of course in existence today are all very busy people most of the group not only play with the rhythm airs but sing or play in other groups in the communities they live in. Thank you.

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No thank you. I'm gonna. Do all these proclamations.

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You for sharing your music and your passion with all of us. Thank you very much.

K

Okay. Next I'd like to introduce my fellow council member mark Santoro to do the next two recipients.

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Okay, the next award winner is Lin Capener. Please roll the tape.

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Children and safety- those are the twin passions that guide the prolific volunteer activities of Lin Capener she's, a mother who graduated from the city's Community Emergency Response Team program, she's, a retired music teacher who volunteers with Cupertino amateur radio emergency service as her children moved through the Cupertino school system, Lin followed working with elementary middle and high schools on projects to keep local students. Safe Lin is now the volunteer chairperson for the city school disaster preparedness committee. She holds monthly meetings where subjects such as earthquakes, search and rescue campus violence and first-aid are discussed.

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Lin has been keeping committee members updated on current safety topics and trends for more than five years. She often provides training and produces a master calendar of school emergency drills, so principals staff and parents can observe them. She reviews school emergency plans and procedures, encourages new members and generously mentors others drawing on her years of school preparedness experiences to ensure the safety of her own surroundings. Lin with husband, Chris organized the neighborhood response team in the man Drive area. It was one of the city's first such teams.

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The success of this effort is just one more example of Lin's commitment to keeping family neighbors and community protected and prepared.

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So it's hard to go past what the tapes say: I think I've seen Lin at several disaster. Things I'm on the disaster was on the chair of the disaster counselor for the city in the past and while the emergency preparedness, council and Lin seems to be around in a lot of places, but they didn't say on the tape, if she's also a member of carers, radio, amateur and she's, also cert trained I kind of asked her, because the tapes are so good. Is there anything you'd like to say about yourself that that's not covered?

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She said well, I've I've lived here all my life. She says well, I got her when I was 2, so I guess she's been here for about 25 years, and she said you know she went right back to her heart, which is just tell him about the schools I'm about the kids I'm about the school's anything else, I'm about the schools, which is what she's about and it amazes me every year.

N

I think we get up here that we've gone through all of the wonderful people in the city that we can possibly have and every year there's just a whole new field of people just done amazing things. So thank you very much for your.

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Thank you so much I, like everybody else here we don't do this for the award. We do the the volunteering that we do, because it's close to our hearts and like many people, if, if the kids aren't in cupertino, aren't safe, if they're not growing and progressing, then it impacts all of us in the community. Just like the the parents and teachers who just raised what was it two and a half million dollars?

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What a mark for our community, everybody in our community has been tremendous and it's been I noticed that, as you say, I all these other people who are coming up to accept Awards I keep going faith in action. Oh I've done things with them, West, Valley, Community, oh I, know them I've done things with them. You know I do little things with these other groups, not nearly to the extent that so many of you have done.

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There are so many people in our community who volunteer tremendous hours and what a marvelous community that we have because of it, I'm just privileged to live here and privileged to be associated with all of you. Thank you. So much.

N

So she's got a real stash here: I'm, not gonna, read through these, but there's one from a supervisor: Liz Ness there's one from Congressman Mike Honda, there's one from Senator Joseph Smith. You.

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Not to be outdone, she has one from the Terminator and a terminator I guess, mayor Wang.

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And I missed one here: Paul Fogg excellent.

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You and in this cute little piece of glass, don't drive.

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Okay, the next recipient is crystal yen.

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If you've ever wondered about the meaning of high achiever, one look at crystal Yuans resume makes everything perfectly clear. A senior at Monta Vista high school crystal has already accomplished more than most people pull off in a lifetime. She might be best described as a serial social entrepreneur having founded or contributed to several online companies that focus on youth marketing and empowerment. She started torque Media Group, a design agency that offers pro bono packages to startups and nonprofits. She co-founded social startup summit, a high-impact alternative conference for young people.

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She is co, curator of an e-book called, what's next 25 big ideas from 25 Jen wires under 25 and she's, founder of econ for all a media campaign offering tools to make learning fun for K through 12 educators and oh yes, she speaks three languages. Crystal is always on the move. Looking for ways to improve the world and motivate others to do the same, she mobilised a middle school to raise $1,500 for Thanksgiving dinners for low-income families and then went out and raised five hundred dollars on her own for UNICEF.

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She sits on national boards his speeches and has worked as a consultant. She also created project connecting communities to give high school students a vehicle for their own service projects. That endeavor is endorsed and supported by the Cupertino Rotary Club, unlike many local students crystal, doesn't come from a privileged background. She achieves with hard work intelligence, a winning attitude and an eye toward an even brighter future.

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So I asked Krystal: I walked up, I've, never met her before the meeting and I introduced myself and I learned something from her right off. She said I know you I've seen your lawn signs, which which impressed me because I'm famous for running the lowest budget campaign it had the least amount of lawn signs. So clearly she pays a lot of attention. She had to look really hard for those I. Think well.

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I was gonna talk about what's next, because she thought that's the one thing that the staff didn't know anything about, but but once again our staff, just amazingly good at ferreting out all this information I go you sure they know everything she's, not I, don't know that. So they do know that, and so the lady is so bright and articulate I mean let her speak for herself, while I get her Awards ready.

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So I just want to take a brief moment to think I think a lot of the contributing factors that led me to do all the crazy things that I do um I wanted to thank my family because it was a conversation with my sister that made me realize the need for a service club at a local middle school, a middle school that had just been recently established and I want to thank the community leaders, especially our educators. I know our previous recipient was really adamant about the need to support on the education within our community.

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I love that Cupertino is a city that, when I went to present the idea to start a service club at Lawson middle school, then most readers and the faculty immediately stepped up to help us make our crazy ideas to change the world happen. I also want to thank, of course, our city's leaders when I when we first started project connecting communities when in a year we had already collaborated with the city of Cupertino through the Cupertino Teen Commission and through the Cupertino Parks and Recreation Department twice for our projects in just one year.

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In fact, mr. Mahoney I don't know if he remembers, because he probably is all over the place inspiring young people. He actually came to sever our meetings to inspire interactors as part of the Bertino rotary and I love. That conforte knows a place where all of us, young people can get a little face time to share ideas to make our city even better.

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Just today, in fact, and my classmates were able to present some ideas for a city plan to some of our city's commissioners, and they told me the night before they had no idea what City Planning was all about. So it's unbelievable that this is a community that not only tolerates the voices of young people but celebrates them. Thank you.

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See I told you, she was a great speaker, isn't changing.

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I once again, a large fistful of proclamations, one from Paul Fong, one from Liz Ness.

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One from Joe, Smith Ian.

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He gets the way toward one from Mike Honda, one from Governor Schwarzenegger and one from our own mayor, Chris Wang, and not yet you get this cool glass thing too.

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It's now my pleasure to introduce my fellow council member berri chang to present the next two awards.

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Welcome I'm sorry I'm running a little bit behind, because I was showing houses and I couldn't get out of get out of it. I might cry and keep talking to me. I said I got to go, but you know sorry but I'm glad I come in just barely in time compared to different than mark. When he was running he was running low profile. I was running high profile champion honey, Cement Prince, air pollution.

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If you know what I have to say or what I've done- and my also most people know me- and my major problem is my mouse- is faster than my brain. So I make quite a lot mistake: I'm still learning so my pressure to to give the award to the face in action war- and this is my first time so, if I goof, please excuse me, okay, roll! Please it's supposed to be roll right.

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When the computer crashes or the system catch is above who you gonna call at West Valley Community Services. The answer is easy: just dial, w4 Wally, that's Wally, yamura, I, t's, troubleshooter, extraordinaire and a godsend when the WV CS network needs help. In a hurry. Last year, Wally logged more than 150 hours, doing, volunteer tech work on-site at WV, CS, a retired technology. Employee he's been assisting the agency for the past eight years.

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He fixes and maintains the computers and network and with patience and kindness he helps WV CS clients with their computer and network problems, always on the lookout for ways to help both staff and clients Wally researched and installed a 4x, faster internet connection for almost half the monthly cost. Wally was also instrumental this year in bringing the vita free tax assistance program to WV CS by configuring, the computers, printers and network to allow vita to share the agency's multipurpose community room.

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For the first time, WV CS clients were assisted by trained volunteers to correctly file their tax returns friendly and helpful, while they generously shares his IT experience with other community groups, including the better part, video production group at the Cupertino Senior Center and Live Oak Adult Day services got a system. Glitch Wally will be there with a smile to save the day.

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Why are you coming up? I really apologize first ones, goop right. There, I I follow the instruction here. The first one was supposed to be face in action bore, but then you become worried. I'm, sorry.

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Well, I want to thank know me Nakano Matsumoto for nominating me, but you know my task really is to get the people at West, Valley, Community, Services, productive and not have to deal with all the computer things that I can do. So that's what I do, and thanks thanks to the city for the privilege of accepting this award.

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Thank you. We also have confirmation from.

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Joseline thean State Senator and one from.

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This one is from supervisor business.

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And this one from Papa, thank you and then also this one. Thank you very much.

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So next one's supposed to be face in action, ball right, press wall.

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More than 7,000 people are chronically homeless in Santa Clara County, but for some there's a lifeline every month, the rotating shelter program for homeless men gives 15 gasp a place to sleep and three square meals. While they look for employment, build up their cash reserves and seek permanent housing behind the successful 18 year old shelter program stands a passionate and committed Board of Directors members of this faith and action team include representatives from 11 local churches and one synagogue along with staff members from West Valley Community Services.

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During the past year, the shelter board coordinated, 16200 meals and 5,400 nightly beds for over 100 homeless. Men members also raised approximately 150 thousand dollars to run the rotating shelter program through tireless recruitment and outreach efforts led by chairperson Mary Ellen Henning. The board has forged partnerships with 15 local churches, organizations and businesses to help with fundraising and to provide meals and services for shelter guests, the shelter rotates from one church or congregation to another. Every month, well, screen guests stay up to 90 days, receiving case management and other assistance.

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Although they come from different religious backgrounds. Board members are united by one goal to be effective and dedicated advocates for homeless men in search of a stable, self-sufficient lifestyle.

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Can I have faith in action for coming up? You know this is a very special, especially when we know some part of the world they're fighting because of different religions, but in here different religion can work closely together. That's not not really say we're a really good example, and then you know they provided sixteen thousand two hundred meals in a year and the reason about 150 thousand dollars a year so really a lot of hard work. Thank you very much.

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So each one, how you say if you were how's that sound okay coming.

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First I would like to introduce my fellow faith in action members here. This is Don Van, Buren, kitty Hagen, dick Schumacher, Susan Wong and David Wong and Kurt Woodruff and, as you know, as you found out from the video faith, an action has been in operation for 18 years.

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365 days a week, I mean 365 days a year. We have been providing shelter and meals for homeless men in our area. And, yes, we do have a number of homeless people who live in this area, and so it has been our privilege to serve as on this committee, to help these men get back on their feet in a warm and supportive environment. I think all of us here on the board have a heart for the poor and we choose to serve us but or maybe I should say we have been chosen to serve.

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We have a very unique partnership with West Valley Community Services. We in our churches and congregations supply space for the men to sleep all their meals and other goods, but West Valley, Community Services provides all the administrative areas like the case management, the overnights supervisors. And so let me say, I think it's important to introduce not only people who are here but all of the the organizations and churches and congregations that are part of this, because there are dozens in January. The men are housed at st.

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Jude, Episcopal Church in Cupertino in February, Trinity, United, Methodist Church in Sunnyvale, and by the way it is an intercity effort in March Prince of Peace church, a Lutheran Church in Saratoga in April Presbyterian Church of Sunnyvale in May Union Church of Cupertino in June, Congregation, Beth, David and Saratoga in July, st. Joseph of st. Joseph of Cupertino Catholic Church in August Ascension, Catholic Church in Saratoga in September, the Good Samaritan United Methodist Church in Cupertino in October, st.

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Thomas Episcopal Church in Sunnyvale in November, the first United Methodist Church in Sunnyvale and in December the congregational Community Church in Sunnyvale. And not only are we an intercity area organization, but we're interfaith and it I have to say I've been on the committee for almost 18 years and it is beautiful to work with all the different faiths. We have one common goal and that is to serve the poor and also I wanted to just mention very quickly.

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We have dozens of other churches or congregations and community organizations who supply meals such as Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints in Cupertino and Sunnyvale, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Sunnyvale Korean, Baptist Church in Campbell, st. Cyprian Catholic Church in Sunnyvale, st. John's Lutheran Church in Sunnyvale, Bethel, Lutheran, Church in Cupertino, and also our wonderful Cupertino, Rotary, Club, De Anza, the DeAnza Kiwanis Club Silicon, Valley, Kiwanis, Club, Cupertino Grange, and some restaurants, including McCart spits a--, and also some of our representatives from West Valley Community Services, including David and Susan Wong.

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So, thank you very much on behalf of all of us here. We are privileged to serve and we are happy to do it. We hope we can continue this good work and I'd like to invite any of my colleagues to say a few words if you wish.

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Hello, I'm Don Van Buren I'm from the Church of the Ascension I've lived in Cupertino since 1976 Ascension is a on Miller Avenue at Prospect, Road I'm here, because father Joe and his predecessors have allowed our gym to be used during four or five weeks in the August time frame, but I'm also here, because there is an extensive community that donates meals and other necessities. You know, although I think our Ascension parishioners are very generous, we don't do it alone.

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We we have other meal providers from los gatos, United Methodist, Church, Methodist, Church, Congregation, Beth, David, who's next door and Sacred Heart Catholic Church. In Saratoga.

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We get, we get phone calls from people that want to provide meals. You know I thank Cupertino Cupertino for this recognition, but it's it's really a community activity and I think it's really the whole community. That should be recognized. Thank you.

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Almost forgot his paws all right yeah. This one is from nacho Cimmerian state senator, and this one is from my uncle.

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And this one is from our mayor chris van.

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And this one from supervisor business this one from Steve Assemblymember papa. Thank you very much. Thank you. Oh God see how bad I am I'm. Sorry.

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They're not like me, I like to talk so I'll cut it off here's or welcome our mayor. One come up. Thank you very much for all your help.

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Wow I'm so touched by all the receiving tonight before we end I like once again. Thank you. Thank you all the quest where we see being today for all the works you have done for our community and congratulations to before we end, let's give them another big around our pod. Thank you.