SVEC Engineering Open House Social (11/3) with Jim Newton, Steve Mohr
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The Silicon Valley Engineering Council welcomes you to our complimentary Open House social event! Join us for a light buffet and an evening of exciting information and engineering camaraderie. Colleagues and spouses are invited to enjoy the festivities. Welcome Reception: 5:30pm - 7:00pm, Presentations: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Speaker: Jim Newton, Founder, TechShop "STEAM Education & TechShop"
Speaker: Steve Mohr, Varian "Linear accelerators in the history of Varian"
This year we are collecting donations to support afterschool STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) programs for disadvantaged youth. We are partnering with TechShop which has a thriving after school STEAM program. We are a nonprofit 501c3 and donations toward this initiative are fully deductible. NOTE: You may have heard that TechShop San Jose is facing a serious budget crunch moving to their new location since their current one is being redeveloped shortly. They are currently raising funds to pay for construction at their new facility, and having prepaid scholarships will really help them build out the classrooms they need for the after-school STEAM program. Please consider donating or bringing this to the attention of **companies** who may be willing to support the effort. Every bit helps! Currently we are taking only pledges toward this effort. If you sign up to make a pledge we will be in touch with more information.
TechShop and SVEC will provide scholarships to disadvantaged young people who want to learn how to become makers using STEAM principles and the cutting edge technologies that TechShop provides. We believe that when kids learn how to use basic tools and create fun projects that are open-ended and customizable, their creativity, initiative, and enthusiasm naturally follow.
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