Community briefs
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 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.
Cupertino Fun Fest
In lieu of its usual fall festival, the city of Cupertino is partnering with Cupertino Rotary for Silicon Valley Day ’n’ Night Fun Fest on Sept. 11. The event is set for 10 a.m.-8 p.m. at Memorial Park.
A kids zone and cultural and environmental booths will be set up until 4 p.m., and there will be some roving fun like balloon artists as well as multiple food trucks. A bike rodeo is set for 10 a.m.-noon
More food trucks will arrive at 4 p.m., when local restaurants will have food samples available and there’ll be beer and whiskey tasting for those 21 and older. There will also be evening entertainment, and awards will be presented for some art exhibits. Admission is free, and free parking will be available at De Anza College. Attendees are requested to wear face masks.
For more information and to sign up for the bike rodeo, visit https://siliconvalleydaynightfunfest.dudaone.com.
Citywide garage sale
Cupertino’s 16th annual Garage Sale is set for Sept. 18-19, when residents can sell their unwanted stuff from their own front yards.
Every year, more than 200 households participate by hosting their own garage sale on this weekend.
Residents can register at cupertino.org/garagesale by today to have their sale advertised on a citywide map and published on the city’s website.