Alex Glazer with parents Photo provided

Alex Glazer, a Miramonte senior, spoke at a recent meeting of Rotary Club of Moraga about her experience at Camp Venture, a Rotary-sponsored one-week camp for students who wish to become familiar with entrepreneurship and general business concepts. Alex reported that the Camp was an exceptional experience for her and other students, and that she hopes to establish a career in business someday. Her scholarship was awarded by Moraga Rotary.

Camp Venture is a training and motivational camp for students who have finished their junior year and are interested in enhancing skills in teamwork and leadership. It is held in late June at the Maritime Academy of California State University in Vallejo. Students have the opportunity to interact with experienced business people and meet with other students who have similar interests. Students form teams which conceive of a new business and then develop and present a business plan as if they were seeking investors, and Alex's team was judged 2nd out of the ten teams competing.

Alex has been a member of the Orinda Teen Advisory Committee for four years and is currently its co-chair; this group consists of about two dozen young men and women who plan and implement youth activities and who provide guidance to the Orinda Department of Recreation. Alex is also a public speaker who has recently won local competitions and participated this summer in the National Public Speaking Competition at Dallas.

Rotary Club of Moraga is a local service club within Rotary International that meets most Tuesdays at noon at St. Mary's College. For information, please call Gary Irwin of Moraga Rotary at (925) 376-7688.