The annual Richard D King speech contest will be held at this week’s meeting featuring students from local Fremont High Schools.

Join us this week as two of our members share about their work inside and outside of Rotary.

Join us to learn more about how Meals on Wheels will be reintroduced to our community here in Fremont. We will hear from John Schinkel, a lifelong Fremont resident who works in nonprofit development; he currently holds a community relations role with SOS Meals on Wheels—the largest provider of senior nutrition services in Alameda county.

Join us to hear from leaders at Fremont Police Department on the strategic vision they have for policing in our community. Speakers: Chief of Police — Sean Washington & Deputy Chief — Lance Brede

Join us to discuss the opioid crisis that affects our neighborhoods and the actions we can take. Opioids don’t discriminate and are more prevalently used than we might like to realize, and may start with many other routinely used medications. Also, do not forget to grab your own free narcan kit.

Speakers:

Lawrence Nordhoff, DC, EMT
Volunteer Coordinator Medical Reserve Corps, Alameda County EMS Agency
Part-time EMR instructor at Las Positas College, Emergency Medical Technician E136575. Alameda County. Active status.Outreach Director for the National Coalition Against Prescription Drug Abuse (NCAPDA) First Aid and CPR instructor for AHA and Health Safety Institute since July 2023.Certified as an Opioid Overdose Responder and Naloxone train-the-trainer.

Anisha Doshi
Part-time clinical pharmacist at Haller’s pharmacies and at Washington Hospital Health system. She earned her doctor of pharmacy degree (PharmD) from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) followed by a community pharmacy residency with Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and Bremo Pharmacy in Richmond, Virginia. During her residency, she worked closely with a primarily geriatric population and trained medication aides on caregiving and administering and managing medications. Throughout her 8 year career, Anisha has been passionate about preventative care, deprescribing medications safely to reduce pill burden and empowering people and their families to be their own health advocates through education about medications, their side effects and proper administration.

Huna and Naseer will be speaking about Boosting Hope

We have observed that there is a niche of people who are underserved and fall through the cracks since they do not qualify for government programs nor commercial support. These are highly capable individuals who need a little one-time support to overcome hurdles to their path to prosperity. These hurdles are related to education, health, livelihood and housing. Huma has been supporting people in these areas on a personal level. We are helping others through Boosting Hope education grants to enable capable students to go to college on their path to prosperity. Hoping they will be motivated to pay it forward after graduating from college. Success of this effort will largely depend on your contribution that will help someone on their path to prosperity!! Helping avail an opportunity for prosperity is an amazing gift!!! Check out our website https://boostinghope.org

We are Huma and Naseer, married for more than 40 years with four children and four grandchildren. After retiring we founded Boosting Hope as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) company to give back and make a difference in people’s lives. Huma is the motivation behind this effort and came up with the name. Our experience in the development sector spans more than three decades in over 30 countries with long-term postings in Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Kenya and the US while working with the US Agency for International Development and The World Bank.