Katy Dickinson

Silicon Valley Heart Walk 2008

2008 Start! Silicon Valley Heart Walk
September 21, 2008
De Anza College, Cupertino, CA

I am coordinating the Heart Walk effort for Sun Microsystems on behalf of our sponsor Greg Papadopoulos, Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Research and Development. I hope to recruit walkers and donors from both inside and outside of Sun. Please consider walking with us this Sunday (meet at 8 am at the Sun booth), sponsoring a walker, or making a donation through the Company Page of Sun Microsystems.

Click here for Event Information. You can also find information on: Sun's Heart Walk page on Facebook.

"Since 1924, the American Heart Association has helped protect people of all ages and ethnicities from the ravages of heart disease and stroke. These diseases, the Nation's No.1 and No.3 killers, claim more than 910,000 American lives a year. The association invested more than $543 million in fiscal year 2005-06 for research, professional and public education, and advocacy so people across America can live stronger, longer lives."

Some photos from Sun in the Silicon Valley Heart Walk 2007:

Sun Heartwalkers 2007

Sun Labs Walkers

Littlest Heartwalker

Images Copyright 2007 by Sheri Kaneshiro, John Plocher

Posted at 11:22AM Sep 16, 2008 by katysblog in Mentoring & Other Business  | 

Youth Dinner and Dance

My home parish of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Saratoga, CA) hosted its 2nd annual Youth Dinner and Dance on Sunday night. St. Andrew's large and active youth community plans, manages, cooks for, and runs the popular event to raise money for their Mission Trip. Sunday's cajun-style dinner was excellent and there was much sharing between those with catfish and those served pork.

This past June, the youth Mission Trip was to Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi (on the U.S. Gulf Coast), to rehabilitate houses as part of the Katrina recovery effort. Next summer, they plan to work in Mexico.

The Dinner and Dance is fun both for those who work and those who dine. My son Paul was again one of the table servers. John, Laura, J.R. and I bid on auction items; Laura won a day at a local spa. One of the unexpected treats was not only listening and dancing to the CSB Big Band but also looking at their elegant instruments during breaks. Photos:

Ready for dinner

Dance floor

Ready to serve

CSB Big Band

Saxophone mouth

Electric Guitar

Saxophones

Images Copyright 2008 by Katy Dickinson and John Plocher

Posted at 09:27AM Sep 16, 2008 by katysblog in Church  |