Rotary Connects

The Rotary Club of Menlo Park is hosting Rotary Connects on Wednesday September 16th, 5:30 to 7:30pm pm at Galata Bistro. The business community is invited to attend and connect with other local business leaders, community leaders and Rotary Members.

The guest speaker for the evening is Tara VanDerveer, Stanford University Women’s Basketball coach. She led the Stanford Cardinal to two NCAA Women’s Division I Basketball Championships: in 1990 and 1992. She stepped away from the Stanford program for a year to serve as the U.S. national team head coach at the 1996 Olympic Games. VanDerveer is the 1990 Naismith National Coach of the Year and a ten-time Pac-12 Coach of the Year. She is also one of only six NCAA Women’s Basketball coaches to win over 900 games.

The goal of the evening is to create an opportunity of connection in a friendly and sociable setting. Council Member Kirsten Keith among other city leaders, will be in attendance representing the City of Menlo Park.

“As a Council Member I have made connecting with our business community a high priority. Our business community is the bread basket of the City and business works best when it is connected,” notes Council Member Kirsten Keith.

The Rotary Club of Menlo Park invites all interested community members to attend the Rotary Connects event. Space is limited.

Cost is $​30 per person, which includes appetizers, wine, and nonalcoholic beverages. RSVP to Yuhui Chen at yuhuifitness@gmail.com

About Rotary

Rotary is an international humanitarian service organization. Rotary members are business and professional leaders who volunteer their expertise, compassion, and power to improve communities at home and abroad in more than 200 countries and geographical areas. Rotary is a worldwide network of 34,000 clubs and 1.2 million members. The Rotary Club of Menlo Park consists of volunteers who are active or retired business professionals who live or work in the city of Menlo Park and neighboring cities. Among other community service projects, the Rotary Club of Menlo Park has a scholarship program for high school graduates going on to college, and the club has recently started a community garden project in the Belle Haven community. The club also puts on two major fundraising events annually – the “Taste of Menlo & beyond” food, wine and music benefit in June and the “Tour de Menlo” bike ride in August. The Rotary Club of Menlo Park Foundation was founded as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. 100% of every dollar is contributed to support its designated mission. This formula has appealed to many generous friends who have supported the Foundation, enabling the endowment to exceed $2.5million. For more information, please visit www.menloparkrotary.org or email info@menloparkrotary.org.