Current fundraisers
· Selling special Halloween scrunchies in MESA
· For breast cancer awareness month, we are selling pink scrunchies
All proceeds from the pink scrunchies will go to a cancer organization
- Cancer Support Community in Walnut Creek
- Vote to decide how to spend club funds on this donation
Vote:
Yes: 20
No: 0
Non-vote: 0
Halloween Booth
· Friday, October 25th from 5 PM - 8 PM
· Need to confirm what we are selling:
Scrunchie, painting mini pumpkins, other ideas?
Vote on what to sell:
Mini Pumpkins: 17 votes yes
Cookies: 11 votes yes
Face painting: 0 votes yes
· There will be three shifts:
Shift 1: 5PM – 6PM
Shift 2: 6 PM – 7 PM
Shift 3: 7 PM – 8 PM
Please sign up online!
Upcoming Outreach
· Deer Valley – Friday, October 25th
· Antioch High – Friday November 22nd
Deer Valley High School Outreach
· Friday, October 25th
· Meet at DVHS – please come at least 10-15 minutes early to your shift; you will need to sign in as a visitor in the office
· Mr. Adkins room 511
· Entire DVHS school day (9 AM – 2:51 PM): periods 3,5, 7
· 3 shifts (5 people per shift):
Shift 1: Period 3 (9:00 AM – 10:42 AM)
Shift 2: Period 5 (10:49 AM – 1:05 PM)
Shift 3: Period 7 (1:12 PM – 2:51 PM)
Club Trip
NextGen Jane Biomedical Engineering Lab Tour
· Friday, October 18th time TBD
· We have a club meeting scheduled on the same day
· Women’s Health Tech Startup NextGen Jane based in Oakland, CA
· Transportation: bus provided by MESA!
NextGen Jane
· Ridhi Tariyal: co-founder and CEO, biomedical engineer
· Improving women’s reproductive health by increasing accessibility and ease of sending in samples
· Currently in beta testing
· Easy, in-home testing kit à “smart tampon” à mail in à get results
· Early disease detection (endometriosis, ovarian cancer), predict fertility, improve pregnancy health
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