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From YouTube: CREST Awards Ceremony 2023 (Live Streamed Version)
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Coverage of the annual Cupertino CREST Awards Ceremony, honoring the outstanding contributions of community members. This year's winners include Jim Walker (Lifetime Achievement); Fari Aberg (Volunteer of the Year); Adhya Kasamsetty (Rising Star); Fari Aberg (Public Safety Champion); Friends of the Cupertino Library (Organization of the Year).
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B
Good
evening,
everyone,
my
name,
is
Pamela
woop,
your
city
manager
for
city
of
Cupertino,
I'm,
very
honored,
to
be
here
with
all
you
tonight
for
our
annual
Quest
awards
ceremony
each
year
the
city
of
Cupertino
presents
its
Quest
Awards.
What
does
cret
stand
for?
It
stands
for
Cupertino,
recognizes
extra
steps
taken
and
it's
a
chance
for
all
of
us
to
recognize
and
honor
those
who
have
provided
outstanding
contribution
to
our
communities.
C
Unfortunately,
mayor
hungry
is
unable
to
join
us
today,
but
on
behalf
of
Mayor
hungry
and
the
entire
city
council
sitting
at
this
table,
council
member,
fluid
council
member
Kitty,
Moore
council
member
Liang,
Chao
I,
welcome
you
all
to
the
2023
Crest
awards
ceremony
of
the
crest
Awards
is
is
one
of
the
highlights
of
our
Civic
life
here
in
Cupertino
and
without
the
dedicated
service,
the
extraordinary
commitment
and
the
time
of
every
single
volunteer.
Our
city
would
not
be
what
it
is
today.
C
C
The
selfless
nature
of
the
of
you
incredible
individuals
usually
leads
you
to
work
behind
the
scenes
or
to
focus
on
others.
So
this
is
a
great
opportunity
for
us
tonight
to
put
you
in
the
spotlight
and
to
receive
your
well-deserved
recognition
and
thanks.
So
we
will
start
with
the
award
presentation
and
the
first
category.
Let
me
introduce
council
member
fluid
to
award
The
Rising
Star
Award.
A
A
D
The
first
program
that
I
co-founded,
which
is
YFC
or
youth
for
change,
so
this
was
during
covid
and
kind
of
everyone-
was
sort
of
struggling
a
little
bit
with
their
mental
health,
and
you
know
just
feeling
very
stuck
during
that
time.
So
I
took
like
I,
think
around
10
to
15
High,
School,
mentors
and
I
paired
them
up
with
middle
school
mentees,
and
essentially
this
was
just
kind
of
a
place
for
these
middle
schoolers.
D
To
sort
of
just
talk
about
anything
they
needed
to
just
to
have
someone
to
talk
to
and
then
later
on,
I
founded
the
community
Leo
club,
which
is
a
community
service
organization.
People
all
over
the
world
have
to
choose
between
like
a
tampon
or
a
meal
for
the
day.
So
we
really
wanted
to
do
something
about
that.
So
we
started
a
GoFundMe
to
you,
know,
raise
awareness
and
raise
money
for
it,
and
then
we
also
went
door
to
door
to
ask
for
like
physical
donations.
D
D
From
the
community
Leo
club
and
I'm
spearheading
this
initiative
to
raise
period
products
for
homeless
women,
essentially
a
lot
of
the
women
here
that
are
homeless,
don't
get
access
to
these
products
because
they're
not
free,
and
they
end
up
using
like
things
like
Rags
on
the
side
of
the
road
which
is
unhygienic
and
just
something
that
they
shouldn't
have
to
do.
So
we
were
going
door-to-doors
ask
if
anyone
had
any
period
products
that
would
like
to.
D
D
D
I
think
the
work
that
I
do
is
important
to
me
just
because
it
just
feels
like
it's
kind
of
what
I
should
be
doing
I.
You
know,
I
see
all
these
like
different
things
that
are
going
on
in
my
community
and
I
feel
like
I
should
do
something
about
it
if
I'm
passionate
about
it,
if
someone
was
interested
in
volunteering,
I
would
tell
them
to
like
absolutely
go
for
it.
I
think,
especially
in
Cupertino
there's
just
like
so
many
opportunities
available.
D
I
think
it's
just
a
really
great
way
for
you
to
get
to
know
people
in
your
community
for
one
and
also
just
to
feel
good
about
yourself,
for
you
know
doing
something
that
really
benefits
other
people.
So,
if
you're
interested
for
volunteering
for
anything
absolutely
go
for
it,
there's
so
much
support
and
opportunities
here.
A
Okay,
so
I'm
gonna
have
you
stand
in
my
little
box
there,
so
you
can
go
be
embarrassed
so
just
to
recap,
and
to
highlight
odia
created
youth
for
change
in
2018,
which
focused
on
mentoring
and
preparing
middle
schoolers
for
high
schoolers.
She
recruited
10
high
schoolers
from
Cupertino
High
Schools
to
help
Mentor
more
than
30
Middle
School
students
and,
finally,
she
volunteered
for
design
for
careers
where
she
taught
a
course
on
video,
editing
and
graphic
design
to
middle
schoolers.
So
if
you'd
like
to
share
a
few
words.
D
Hi
everyone,
first
of
all,
just
a
really
big.
Thank
you
to
the
city
for
just
acknowledging
me
I'm
beyond
honored,
and
grateful
to
receive
this.
So
thank
you
so
much
but
yeah.
It's
it's
crazy!
That
I'm
up
here
I
mean
the
cause.
Is
that
I'm
volunteering
for
are
things
that
I'm
really
really
passionate
about
and
I
think
they're
things
that
I
didn't
really
think
I
could
do
much
for
I.
D
D
I'm
passionate
for
so
I'll
just
end
off
with
a
big
thank
you
to
my
family
they've,
very
much
supported
me
and
encouraged
me
and
all
my
volunteering
work
and
a
big
thank
you
to
the
city.
I
felt
very
supported
and
encouraged
and
I'm
sure
a
lot
of
other
youth
as
well
to
just
volunteer
and
actually
start
initiatives
about
things,
I'm
passionate
about.
So
thank
you
so
much.
F
G
G
I
have
been
involved
with
the
Medical
Reserve
course,
since
the
Inception
in
Cupertino,
which
is
2002
and
currently
I,
am
the
coordinator
for
the
Medical
Reserve,
Corps
and
I'm.
Also
a
member
of
third,
which
is
community
Emergency,
Response
Team.
We
do
a
lot
of
training
throughout
the
year
and
our
MRC
team
supports
the
first
aid
food
at
every
event,
which
is
run
in
the
city
of
Cupertino.
G
G
One
of
our
biggest
events
that
we
do
the
medical
receptor
is
on
top
of
my
list
and
just
organizing
the
drills
that
we
do
annually
because
it
involves
having
the
cooperation
with
the
fire
department
with
the
ambulance
company
with
the
Santa
Clara
County,
so
I
enjoy
doing
that
work
because
you
get
to
know
what
options
are
available
in
your
local
area.
In
case
the
real
emergency
happens.
H
I
work
with
Hari
for
a
number
of
years
on
the
Medical
Reserve
Corps.
She
is
amazing-
has
kept
the
group
together
I.
Think
of
all
our
the
cities.
We
are
probably
one
of
the
better
organized
basically,
because
of
all
that,
fari
has
done.
Fari
truly
deserves
this
Crest
award
for
all
of
her
efforts,
above
and
beyond
what
the
job
entails,
and
she
truly
deserves.
The
honor
and
credit.
G
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
I
wouldn't
have
been
here
without
the
help
of
other
people,
because
it's
a
group
of
the
volunteers
that
make
it
build
it's
not
just
one
person
is
a
group
of
people
that
work
together
and
participate,
try
to
learn
everything
and
go
through
all
the
trainings.
So
thank
you
to
all
of
them
that
come
year
after
year
to
help
with
the
drills
that
we
have.
G
F
F
So
her
first
name
is
Iranian
because
she's
Iranian,
and
so
it's
very
oberry
I
you
are
the
person
that
I
see
most
often
in
a
lot
of
the
Cupertino
festivals.
You
are
always
at
this
first
aid
stations
whenever
it's
in
the
first
Festival,
the
oh,
all
the
festivals
we
have
and
it's
like
almost
every
event.
You
are
always
there
and
you
I
learned
that
you
have
been
volunteering
since
1990s
in
so
many
groups.
F
This
video
captures
it
well
from
citizens,
Corps
black
leader,
neighborhood
watch,
Medical,
Reserve
and
amateur
radio,
and
third,
almost
every
group
that
the
city
needs
someone
you
are
there
you
step
up.
You
really
represent
the
crest
award
extra
steps
taken
you
take.
You
took
so
many
many
many
extra
steps
really
appreciate
that,
and
not
only
that
you
received
a
new
Grant
of
25
000
national
grants
for
training
materials
and
additional
supplies
for
the
city's
Medical
Response.
F
You
also
seek
out
grants
to
help
the
city
and
during
covet
you
have
helped
with
many
of
the
other
volunteers
together,
helped
with
County
Health
and
the
City
Emergency
Management
to
help
testing
the
city,
testing
sites
and
I
think
every
time
there
is
power
outage,
the
volunteers
are
out
there
going
door
to
door
and
then,
when
there
is
fire,
volunteers
are
out
there
warning
The,
Neighbors
about
potential
danger,
and
so
I
I
think
this.
This
our
Cupertino
is
just
blessed
to
have
so
many
dedicated
volunteers
and
I'm.
F
F
G
Hello,
everybody
I'm,
not
a
public
speaker,
so
just
bear
with
me:
I
am
very
honored
to
be
receiving
this
award
and
I
cannot
do
it
myself.
They
are
100
volunteers,
the
citizen,
Corp
volunteers
that
are
supporting
us
through
the
year
and
they
spend
hours
of
your
time
doing
training
exercises.
So
when
you,
the
Cupertino
residents,
are
in
need
and
during
the
disasters
they
are
there
to
help.
You
I
have
a
number
of
them
in
the
room.
G
C
C
I
J
I
The
summer
reading
program
involves
things
like
puppet
shows,
music
and
we
sponsor
all
of
those
there's
always
some
child
sitting
on
the
floor
with
a
book
that
they
have.
That
has
really
captured
their
attention
and
you
can
step
over
and
walk
around
and
they
don't
even
see
you
they're
so
involved
with
their
book.
It's
really
a
real
joy
to
see
these
little
ones
excited
about
the
books
in.
I
J
K
S
are
a
fantastic
group
if
you've
ever
been
to
Community
Hall
one
of
their
book
sale.
It
really
is
a
community-wide
event.
You
see
everyone
turn
out
for
it.
These
folks
volunteer
their
time
so
that
our
community
members
are
able
to
access
this
fantastic
resource
and
every
sense
that
they
generate
goes
back
to
funding
library
programs
to
book
club
groups.
I
J
C
C
I
have
good
friends
who
are
part
of
the
friends
of
the
library
group,
and,
although
we
all
like
to
think
we
are
friends
of
the
library,
the
real
friends
are
the
ones
who
do
the
work
and
and
believe
me,
it's
not
good
enough,
just
to
say
I'm
a
friend,
but
you
do
have
to
do
the
work,
and
this
group
does
and
I've
seen
it
and
I.
Think
all
of
you
have
seen
it
as
well.
So
I
invite
the
group
representative
to
come
up
to
the
podium
and
say
a
few
words
Colin.
E
You're
going
to
find
this
hard
to
believe,
but
I've
been
a
volunteer
with
the
friends
of
the
Cupertino
Library
for
20
years
now
and
I'm
a
youngster
in
the
organization
I
used
to
work
over
at
City
Hall
and
over
20
years
ago.
I
I
walked
over
to
the
library.
On
my
lunch
break,
to
check
out
a
book.
I
picked
up
a
book,
sale,
flyer
and
thought
that
was
interesting
and
I
ended
up
going
to
a
book
sale
and
to
make
a
long
story.
E
E
I'd
like
to
thank
the
support
that
we
receive
from
the
library
itself,
we
happen
to
have
two
members
of
of
the
library
staff
here
with
us,
our
former
Cupertino
librarian
Claire
varicio
over
there,
don't
don't
point
the
camera
at
her.
She
said.
Don't
do
that
and
then
our
acting
a
community,
librarian
Brian
Bell,
is
also
seated
over
there,
so
we're
very
glad
to
have
both
of
them
here,
so
they
could
share
this
moment
with
us.
E
I
E
L
All
right
good
evening,
everyone
and
thank
you
all
for
coming
out
to
share
the
love
for
our
volunteers,
making
our
community
the
best
place
to
be,
and
congratulations
to
our
winners.
So
far
this
evening,
I'm
here
to
introduce
the
volunteer
of
the
Year
award
category
and
this
award
recognizes
individuals
who
have
made
a
difference
to
the
community.
Through
volunteer
service
and
I
want
to
first
thank
our
video
team
for
creating
these
awesome
videos.
And
will
you
please
play
the
video.
G
G
G
It
came
on
the
group
that
I
was
part
of,
and
it
was
the
five
Seas
citizens
of
Cupertino
cross-cultural
Consortium
and
then
I,
went
and
through
the
third
program
and
then
went
through
a
lot
of
trainings
and
I
obtained
my
EMT
I'm
also
a
member
of
the
ham
radio
club,
which
is
on
the
area
every
Tuesday
in
the
afternoon,
and
we
do
a
drills
throughout
the
year
as
well.
For
that
program
being
a
volunteer.
G
M
So
I
know
fari
through
the
cert
program.
She
has
always
to
me
been
an
integral
part
of
every
operation
that
I
participated
in
well.
I.
Think
the
strength
of
our
community
comes
from
us,
interacting
with
each
other.
Getting
to
know
your
neighbors
caring
about
the
people
around
you
that
live
in
your
community
and
I.
Think
Bari
takes
it
very
seriously
and-
and
that
makes
me
want
to
emulate
that-
to
continue
to
be
here
and
be
of
service
to
my
community
and
her
dedication
is
without
question.
M
G
It's
really
a
very,
very
good
feeling
to
know
that
part
of
the
volunteer
work
that
I
do
eventually
is
going
to
help
somebody.
There
are
so
many
different
people
in
the
city
that
do
a
great
work
and
I'm
just
doing
my
share
of
the
volunteer
work,
so
it
can
really
as
a
surprise,
like
not
expected
at
all
I
think
doing.
A
volunteer
work
is
the
best
thing
that
could
happen
to
anybody.
G
I
think
everybody
should
have
a
volunteer
hat
at
any
point
in
time
in
their
life,
because
by
doing
a
volunteer
work
you
get
to
help
your
fellow
citizens.
You
get
to
know
your
neighbors,
you
get
to
know
everybody
in
the
city
and
it's
just
a
great
opportunity
to
get
to
know
people
and
help
them
out
in
case
the
help
is
needed.
L
L
Her
leadership
skills
are
phenomenal
and
she's
able
to
unify
volunteers
with
diverse
backgrounds,
interests
and
experience
for
the
greater
greater
goal
of
supporting
residents
of
Cupertino.
Just
this
past
Saturday,
for
instance,
Safari
was
at
the
MRC
medical
drill
at
Creekside
Park.
They
had
27
volunteer
patients
and
they
were
there
to
train
the
volunteers
to
help
teach
them
how
to
take
care
of
the
patients
and
I
would
like
fari
to
say
a
few
words.
G
Okay,
I'm
done
with
words,
and
thank
you
I
just
watching
that
video
some
of
the
old
videos.
It
brought
back
a
lot
of
good
memories,
with
the
five
c's
with
my
neighborhood
organization,
with
the
a
lot
of
other
things,
the
fall
festival
or
any
sitting
right
there
and
I
use
Studio
health
and
safety
for
the
beginning
of
2000,
I,
believe
and
then
rotary
was
doing
their
fall,
festival
and
orange.
Approached
me
and
I
said:
do
you
want
to
combine
the
events
and
I
said?
G
G
So
what
I'd
like
to
add
is
we
need
more
Volunteers
in
the
city,
I'm
sure
everybody
has
at
least
five
hours
a
year
to
donate
their
time,
and
that
is
basically
nothing.
So
if
you
add
up
the
five
hours
per
person,
we
get
a
lot
of
volunteer
hours
throughout
the
year
and
we
can
make
our
city
a
better
place
to
live.
Thank
you,
everybody.
Thank
you.
G
I
should
say,
can
I
say
something:
I
should
say
something
about
my
grandson.
He
is
just
five
months
old,
but
during
the
last
two
months
he
has
been
sitting
on
my
lap
in
front
of
my
computer
when
I
was
planning
and
writing
the
exercise
plan
for
the
medical
drill
which
we
had
last
last
Saturday.
All
he
asked
for
was
one
Cinema
I
played
Rafi
songs
for
him,
which
I
did
and
he
loves
that
foreign.
L
C
N
N
Back
in
late
60s
early
70s,
there
was
no
youth
soccer
program
in
Cupertino
and
I
became
involved
in
AYSO
soccer
and
after
a
couple
of
years
we
had
our
own
region,
and
so
we
were
putting
up
soccer
goals
at
the
various
schools
around.
Those
were
the
first
soccer
goals
that
the
schools
had
had.
We
had
about
1800
kids
planned,
so
it
was
a
huge
program.
It's
amazing
how
my
efforts,
along
with
all
of
the
parents
in
my
time,
benefited
the
kids
for
years
to
come.
N
Foreign
way
back
in
1978
I'm,
going
back,
I
was
invited
to
join
the
Rotary
Club
of
Cupertino,
which
is
a
service
organization.
It's
a
great
organization,
it's
one
of
the
leaders
in
contributions
and
at
efforts
and
programs
and
projects
that
we're
doing
well.
Today
is
one
of
our
Rebuilding
Together
days,
we're
going
to
power,
wash
the
house
and
on
Saturday
they're,
going
to
have
a
squad
of
Volunteers
in
here
painting
the
house.
O
N
Well,
my
advice
to
people
is
stay
involved
in
their
families
and
their
children
in
their
schools
and
I
was
really
fortunate.
That
Cupertino
was
the
kind
of
city
where
the
City
Administration
the
school
districts,
the
non-profits
everybody
seemed
to
get
along
and
work
together
and
that's
a
wonderful
place
to
raise
your
children.
All
of
the
things
that
I've
volunteered
for
or
with
or
in
conjunction
with
others,
has
always
been
rewarding
to
me.
C
C
N
N
One
out
of
two
today
isn't
bad
right,
but
my
kids
all
went
through
Hoover
Ragnar,
Kennedy
Monte
Vista
into
De,
Anza
College,
and
so
we
enjoyed
the
great
school
system
that
we
do
all
enjoy
today
in
nineteen
77
still
going
back
a
ways,
I
was
working
for
a
construction
company
and
we
did
some
development
and
we
built
a
spec
building.
That
is,
we
had
no
tenant
on
banley
Drive
and
a
real
estate
broker
brought
us
a
company.
Now
remember
this
was
the
valley
of
Hearts
Delight.
N
We
had
a
lot
of
fruit,
apricots
cherries,
they
brought
us
a
company
that
had
a
name
after
a
fruit
and
the
only
fruit
and
the
only
thing
an
apple
was
was
a
fruit.
You
never
heard
Apple
used
in
any
other
way
in
that
year.
I
was
fortunate
enough
to
be
involved
in
the
development
of
the
project
and
I
signed
a
lease
in
Palo
Alto
with
a
guy
named
Steve
Jobs.
N
Now
that
was
pretty
impressive,
because
it
was
the
only
time
I
ever
saw
Steve
Jobs,
but
seven
years
later,
1984
he
was
on
the
cover
of
Time
Magazine,
because
Apple
had
introduced
the
Macintosh
and
even
at
the
Super
Bowl.
If
you
remember
there
was
a
big
Super
Bowl
ad
with
a
well
that
whole
thing
was
about
the
Macintosh
now
I
have
to
say
he
was
on
the
cover
of
Time
Magazine
and
I
was
doing
the
same.
N
Damn
thing,
I
was
doing
seven
years
before
after
my
kids
went
to
school,
I
was
looking
for
other
things
to
do
and
I.
Thankfully,
a
good
friend
named
Joe
Brown.
If
some
of
you
remember
Dr
Brown
was
a
veterinarian
and
Cupertino
and
he
invited
me
to
join
rotary
four
years
later.
I
was
a
president
a
few
years
after
that
I
was
a
District
Governor,
but
it
changed
my
life
because
I
was
able
to
travel
and
go
places.
N
So
as
a
guy
that
grew
up
in
Cupertino
and
a
wonderful
place
to
raise
your
family
I'm
so
lucky
that
I
was
here
and
I'm
so
lucky
that
I
wasn't
in
Des,
Moines,
Iowa
or
Boise
Idaho
or
some
other
place,
because
we
changed
the
Valley
of
the
heart's
Delight
to
Silicon
Valley
and
that's
what
it's
known
today.
So
whenever
we
travel,
we
tell
people
we're
from
Cupertino
and
we're
the
home
of
Apple
computer.
N
Here
dick
was
the
first
Commissioner
of
AYSO
soccer
nice
to
see
you
dick
and
so
we're
so
fortunate
here
in
Cupertino
to
have
all
this.
As
far
he
would
say
the
volunteers
that
come
out
and
help
us
do
what
we
do
to
make
this
a
better
place.
So
I'd
say
this
even
though
it's
a
lifetime
achievement
I
still
have
some
purpose
and
meaning
and
I
want
to
continue
to
do
whatever
I
can
to
make
Cupertino
a
better
place
to
live.
Thank
you
very
much.
C
Okay,
that
was
really
something,
so
we
are
approaching
the
end
of
our
event
this
evening
and
I'd
like
to
mention
that
we
typically
have
a
sustainability
champion
of
the
year.
This
time
we
are
not
doing
that,
but
I
do
want
to
encourage
all
our
community
members
to
help
the
city
in
working
towards
a
cleaner,
healthier
future
and
perhaps
be
nominated
next
year
or
or
the
in
future
years
and
or
to
nominate
someone
you
you
know
who
deserves
that
recognition
on
that
note.
C
I
will
add
that
Crest
nominations
are
accepted
all
year
round,
so
please
feel
free
to
submit
an
online
nomination
at
any
time
during
the
course
of
the
year.
I
hope
you
all
enjoyed
this
evening,
honoring
all
our
award
winners
and
to
all
our
2023
Crest
Award
winners.
Congratulations,
congratulations
and
we
thank
you
all
so
much
for
your
wonderful
service
to
the
community.
B
Thank
you
all.
So,
if
you
would
like
to
stop
by,
we
do
have
a
very
nice
city
backdrop
in
the
front
lobby
for
you
to
take
picture.
If
you
or
anyone
would
like
to
relive
this
wonderful
past
45
minutes,
it
is
available
on
our
City's
YouTube
channel
and
lastly,
supervisor
smithian
for
Santa
Clara
County
would
love
to
be
here,
but
giving
his
busy
schedule
I
feel
like
I'm
a
magician,
so
he
sent
his
regard
to
have
a
certificate
prepare
for
each
of
the
recipient.