Personal Emergency Preparedness Training

Fremont Fire, Support Services division, is offering free Personal Emergency Preparedness Training to the residents of Fremont. This is a 3- hour long class. All classes are held at the training facility located at 7200 Stevenson Blvd.

Class will cover:

• Earthquakes and Disaster Awareness
• Gas, Electric & Water shut off
• Fire Extinguisher training
• Smoke detector placement.

Class schedule:

•  weekdays – 7:00 to 10:00 PM
  Thursday, August 24th
  Wednesday, November 8th.
• weekends – 9:00 to 12:00 PM with hands on training at 12:15
  Saturday, May 13th
  Saturday, September 16th

To register for class please send an email to FirePubEd@Fremont.gov or call 510-494-4244

For more information, click FremontCERT.org.

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Cast Your Vote for the 2016 – 2017 California Young Reader Medal by April 1, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The California Young Reader Medal (CYRM) program encourages reading of popular literature among the young people. Since 1974, millions of California children have nominated, read, and voted for the winners of the California Young Reader Medal.

Young readers recommend the titles of their favorite books for nomination, or teachers and librarians note repeatedly read or requested titles, and these titles are submitted to the California Young Reader Medal Committee. The committee read the suggested books, discuss their merits and appeal to children, and then decide upon a well-balanced list of nominees.  Then students from all over California are encouraged to read the nominees and vote for their favorite.

There are five categories: primary (Grades K-3), intermediate (Grades 3-6), middle school/junior high (Grades 6-9), young adult (Grades 9-12), and picture books for older readers (4^th Grade and up).  If you are a young reader fall into any of these categories, you can vote your favorite nominees online or submit the ballot postmarked by April 1, 2017.  Winners will be announced on May 1, 2017.

check here and scroll down for the 2016 – 2017 nominees for each category.

Have fun reading and voting, and wait and see if your favorite title will be the next winner!

 

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Rewired To Inspire

This is a pretty new program involved students 7-18 years old and adults aged 55 and up. The fun and successful kick-off event took place on May 20th.  After several months off, they are coming back to resume the program on September 16th, with a plan to have it regularly on every 3rd Friday of the month.

Sponsored by FUSS (Fremont Unified Student Store), this student initiated Care Project helps build a bridge between older adults and students.  Through this program, adults can act as role models by sharing their cultural heritage and wisdom while students can increase their communication and leadership skills as well as enhance their emotional intelligence (EQ).

For more information, check their website, or contact rewiredtoinspire@gmail.com

 

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If You Are Still Figuring Out What Your Kids Can Do During This Summer …

Fremont Unified School District’s Students Store (FUSS) is partnered with InPlay, a nonprofit organization dedicated to help all children and youth engage in out-of-school programs to ignite their individual interests and talents.

They offer Fremont families a free online searchable activity directory of local after-school and summer activities.  Check here if you like to know what activities are offered through out the city.

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Seats4Safety – Free Booster Car Seats to Give Away

 

This is a community event that provides free new booster car seats to families across Alameda county.  500 free new booster car seats will be distributed in conjuction with Safe Kids Day.  The family must live in Alameda County, and meet the applicable income threshold.  Both the child and vehicle must be present for installation of the booster car seat.

• Date: Saturday, March 19
• Time: 9 am – 3 pm
• Location: Oracle Arena and O.co Coliseum Parking Lot, 7000 Coliseum Way, Oakland, Ca 94621

For more information, email info@Seats4Safety.org, or visit http://www.Seats4Safety.org.

 

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Young Entrepreneurs Workshops

1. A day-long event educating students, specifically girls, in the 6th to 8th grade about the fundamentals of leadership and entrepreneurship. Students who are interested in the field of business and curious about entrepreneurship will be exposed to characteristics of a great leader and to marketing, finance, business management and administration through various activities. They will then use what they learn to simulate their own business and compete with other students at the workshop.

• Date: Saturday, December 12, 2015
• Time: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
• Location: Fremont Adult School, 4700 Calaveras Avenue, Fremont, Ca 94538
• Cost: suggested donation $10
• For registration, click here.

 

 

2.   TiE  is world’s largest entrepreneurship forum and is a nonprofit organization with yearly events like TieCon. The TiE organization is organizing a series of workshops for 9th – 12th graders on entrepreneurship. Students will learn how successful entrepreneurs start companies and get a chance to interact with them directly. Classes are open to all students who are highly motivated to start their own companies; and there are no prerequisites.

• Date: December 18th, 2015
• Time: 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
• Location: TiE SV Conference Center, 415 Oakmead Parkway, Sunnyvale, CA, 94085
• Cost: Student members are free; and non-members are $10
• For Registration, check here.

 

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Chinese New Year 2015

Chinese New Year is just 10 days away; have you been wondering which animal’s turn it is this year?  It will be the Year of Goat – bah, bah, bah …… 🙂

Our annual celebration is scheduled on Saturday, Feb 21st from 1 to 4 pm.  It is usually a full blast at the library with thousands, yes, thousands, of people enjoying abundant beautiful performances, and cultural craft booths.  If you haven’t experienced this big event in the past, make sure you do not miss it again this year!

Mark your calendar and we’ll see you there!

For more info about Chinese New Year, click here.

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National Library Week Is Here!!

National Library Week will be observed April 13-19 with the theme “Lives change @ your library®” this year.

First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. It is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation’s libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support. All types of libraries – school, public, academic and special – participate.

In honor of National Library Week, CNN wants to hear from people who love to tour and photograph libraries around the world. Share your original photos of the libraries you love the best and what makes them so special, and you could be featured in a story on CNN Travel. For more info, click here.

Here are some awesome photos on Fodor’sTravel to share with you!!

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Alameda County Science & Engineering Fair

Have you ever wonder how smart today’s youngsters are?  Come to the Alameda County Science and Engineering Fair which is scheduled on the weekend of March 22 and March 23 at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton.

You will be amazed how much effort and how deep and thorough the research these participants put into their projects and how well their projects are presented.  It will be an eye opener to all of us.  If you were looking for ideas for your own science projects, make sure that you don’t miss this opportunity!

Sponsors of the science fair include some of the largest science and technology companies and organizations in the Bay Area such as Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Intel, Oracle, and Cisco to name a few.

Check here for more info.

 

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volunteer season

Back  to  school  means  it  is also  time to  think about  the service  learning  requirement for  high  school.  There  are  a lot  of  volunteer  opportunities  for  high  school  students.   Some  are  looking for  a  short  commitment ,  some are  looking for  long  term involvement.   What  ever volunteer  opportunity  you  chose,  think  about it a little  and learn about yourself  and  your  interests .And  before  you  even  start – thanks  for  you  help.

Here  are  some places  in  ?Fremont where  you might  look  for  some volunteer  jobs.

Fremont Main Library is first .Teen volunteer applications are due September first.

Interested in Environmental issues? Click on the link to see this opportunity on September 3rd.

Interested in film or history? check out Niles essanay silent film museum for volunteer spots.

Do You want to help people? S.A.V.E.  ( safe alteratives to violent environments ) is a great place to help .

Tri-City Food Bank and Thrift store is another great place to volunteer.

Now the list I’ve put up here is just a start. The Fremont parks and rec department has opportunities, sometimes the animal shelter needs help and don’t forget the haunted house in October.  be  creative  ans look for  different opportunities.

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