SPHEREx Mission Takes Center Stage at Caltech Y Friends Dinner, Raising Over $2,500 for Fire Recovery Efforts
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PASADENA, CA — The Caltech Y proudly hosted its annual Friends Dinner earlier this month, bringing together alumni, faculty, students, and supporters for an inspiring evening of community, conversation, and giving back. The event, held in support of fire-relief efforts, raised over $2,500 for the Caltech Y Fire Fund, which directly supports student-led fire recovery initiatives in the local community.
The success of these fundraising efforts was made possible through the generous support of event partners TIAA, Enterprise, the Athenaeum, and Orion AV, whose contributions helped make the evening a success and ensured that more resources could be directed toward fire-relief efforts and supporting the local community.
Guests enjoyed a compelling keynote address from Caltech Professor, Jaime Bock, who gave an insider’s look at the recent SPHEREx launch. Professor Bock spoke about the dozens of hands that went into the much-anticipated launch from graduate students to seasoned space experts at JPL, Caltech, and SPACEx. He also shared the captivating first images from the mission, which are just the start of the most in-depth, and colorful, spectral survey done of the universe to date.
Luke Zhou, Caltech Y student Executive Committee President, spoke to how these dinners are just one of the many Y experiences that allow students “to grow enormously in a variety of areas, particularly with respect to the pillars of the Y: perspective, leadership, adventure, civic engagement, and service. Together, these pillars not only make up the acronym PLACES (perspective, leadership, adventure, civic engagement, and service), but they also play a critical role in shaping the PLACES that we will go.”
The evening also spotlighted the ongoing need for aid in the wake of the devastating Eaton Fire. “From the student-led fire relief projects already happening, to science experts applying their research to ensure the safety of those living in our community, to all of our community partners in the Eaton Fire collaborative, I have hope we will rebuild — and that the Caltech Y will have a part in that recovery,” shared Maya Rosental Saporito, Senior Project Manager at the Caltech Y and Altadena Native.
Attendees were invited to further engage by donating to the Caltech Y Fire Fund, volunteering with community partners, or connecting with the Eaton Fire collaborative. Student projects related to these efforts began with Make-a-Difference Day volunteer collaborations with Friends InDeed, Habitat for Humanity ReStore, and Boys & Girls Club Pasadena.
Established in 1916, Caltech Y is an independent nonprofit affiliated with California Institute of Technology that empowers students to become responsible citizens of the world. The Friends of the Caltech Y are the primary support group of the Caltech Y.
For more information about Caltech Y, visit www.caltechy.org or follow @Caltech-Y on LinkedIn.
*Indicate Y Fire Fund in the notes
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