Washington High School Sophomore Wins First Place!

Rotary District 5170 (www.rotarydistrict5170.org) recently held its Annual Richard D. King Speech Contest and is pleased to announce the -- First place, $1000 prize winner Mehreen Rosmon, a sophomore at Washington High School, in Fremont. She was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Niles Fremont (www.nilesrotary.org).

Mehreen enjoys working to improve her school environment through her leadership class and exploring various subjects. She hopes to continue working hard and pursuing higher roles in Interact while giving back to the community and she is looking forward to being able to meet in person and build stronger connections once the pandemic is over.

“We are pleased to host this event each year as Rotary District 5170 takes pride in the youth services activites and opportunites we provide,” said Gregg Giusiana, District Governor 2020-21. In addition, we also offer scholarships, eductional and community projects, and more,” he added.

Rotary Clubs of District 5170 sponsors the Richard D. King Annual Youth Speech Contest with three goals in mind for club members and each speech contest participant:

• To increase the personal knowledge and awareness of the importance of being

able to speak effectively before a group.

• To increase public knowledge of what Rotary is and does throughout the world, especially among young people. Through this knowledge, we hope that they will learn, as we have in the past, “He who serves best profits most.”
• To increase participation in the contest and to provide all high school contestants an opportunity to win prizes as top speaker, or runners-up, in District 5170.

Second place, $600 prize winner

Kaylyn Phan is a senior at Evergreen Valley High School. She is the co-president of her Interact club and will be studying computer science at UCLA..

The San Jose East Evergreen Rotary Club sponsored Kaylyn.

Finalists, each receiving $300 (listed in no particular order)

Dessy Bonev is a junior at Leigh High School in San Jose. She is president of the Interact club at her school and enjoys filming, directing, and editing her own films.

The Los Gatos Rotary Club sponsored Dessy.

Shreya Anand is currently a sophomore at Los Altos High School.

The Mountain View Rotary Club sponsored Shreya.

ABOUT ROTARY DISTRICT 5170

Rotary District 5170, 61 clubs with 4,000 members is part of the Rotary International global network of volunteer leaders dedicated to tackling the world’s most pressing humanitarian challenges. Rotary International connects 1.2 million members of more than 34,000 Rotary clubs in over 200 countries and geographical areas. Their work impacts lives at both the local and international levels, from helping families in need in their own communities to working toward a polio- free world. For more information, visit Rotary District 5170 at www.rotarydistrict5170.org.

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