Campbell community briefs for the week of Sept. 10

Eagle donates bikes

Aseem Rajopadhye, a senior at Monta Vista High School, recently completed an Eagle Scout Project to help Rebekah Children’s Services by building and donating 22 bikes with helmets and first-aid kits for the foster youth served by the Campbell-based nonprofit. He recruited a team of 10 scouts and five adult volunteers for the project.

“I gained leadership experience,” Aseem says of managing his volunteers. “It is also giving us a great sense of satisfaction in imagining the happiness the bikes will bring to the children.”

“Each bike that we received from you went to a foster youth that has experienced a history of trauma,” Serena Misley, director of family linkage for Rebekah Children’s Services, wrote in a letter to Aseem.

Rebuilding help sought

Rebuilding Together Silicon Valley is taking volunteer signups for its Fall Rebuilding Day, set for Saturday, Oct. 23. Volunteers at the event help with home maintenance and repairs for low-income residents throughout the South Bay.  All skill levels are welcome, and no previous experience is necessary.

To sign up as a volunteer, visit https://rebuildingtogethersiliconvalley.secure.force.com.

Series explores Coyote Valley

The Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority is launching a three-part educational webinar series, “Discovering Coyote Valley,” to raise awareness about the Coyote Valley Conservation Areas Master Plan for these protected lands. Each webinar in the series features local experts on what makes Coyote Valley an important landscape and how it can be restored.

The first webinar, is set for “A Bird’s Eye View of Coyote Valley,” is set for Sept. 16, 11 a.m.-noon. For the Zoom link and more information, visit https://www.openspaceauthority.org/visitors/events.