Our Rotary Cares team is ready to listen and to support you. One of the wonderful things about our club is that you have many friends --you just need to reach out to tap into our amazing network of caring people. Please contact one of our Rotary Cares Committee Co-chairs listed below to let us know how we can help.
Video of Seattle 4 Rotary Programs are available online thanks to the generous support of our Seattle Rotary Audio Visual Sponsors.
Special thanks to our Gold Level Sponsor, Bob Alexander.
In addition to supporting our club, becoming a Seattle 4 Rotary Audio Visual Sponsor brings many benefits. To learn more, click here, or contact Mariah for more details at Mariah@seattlerotary.org.
Get Involved - Join a Committee!
You can find a full list of our committees with descriptions on our website. Contacting the committee chair, listed below, is the best way to find out how to get involved.
Do You Have Any Musical Instruments to Donate to Students in Need?
Music4Life is a non-profit and project of Rotary District 5030 that distributes musical instruments to public school students in need.
We welcome any gently used musical instruments you wish to donate. They can be delivered directly to these local music stores that are now open: American Music in Phinney Ridge and Kennelly Keys Music in Bellevue, Lynnwood, and Everett.
Please accompany your instrument with the PDF donation form, linked below.
Detective Kim Bogucki is a 32-year veteran of the Seattle Police Department and co-founder of the IF Project, a collaboration of law enforcement, current and previously incarcerated adults, and community partners. Detective Bogucki will draw parallels between her unique career path and some rather unusual, but highly effective models of community engagement. Detective Bogucki will also present practical strategies police can use to begin to earn trust…one department, one community, and one person at a time.
I never think of CPA’s as being particularly funny or extroverted. At least I never did, until I met our newest member, Monna Lux!
Monna is the managing shareholder of Lux & Associates, a CPA firm located in Federal Way which provides tax, business planning, and compliance work along with educational and supervisory services to their clients.
Congratulations to Bill Center, winner of this year's UW Distinguished Alumni Veteran Award!
Established in 2012, the Distinguished Alumni Veteran Award (DAVA) is given to a living UW alumnus veteran who made a positive impact on the local, national or international community, the University of Washington, or the veteran community. Congratulations to our member and past president Bill Center who received the 2020 award! If you missed seeing the recognition video following our Veteran's Day meeting, we encourage you to check it out via the link below.
Diplomacy Initiative Task Force Meeting Featuring Suzanne Griffin
You're invited to join next week's Diplomacy Initiative Task Force meeting. Seattle 4 Rotary member Suzanne Griffin, Ph.D. will provide an overview of international aid efforts in Afghanistan, explain the rationale for significant international investments in that country, and highlight progress made to date. In 2002, Dr. Griffin used her sabbatical to return to the country where she had served in the Peace Corps. She ultimately resigned from her community college position to lead education and health programs in Afghanistan until 2016.
The Power of Servant Leadership: A Conversation With Howard Behar
Join this year's VP of Membership Mark Wright for a special Happy Hour conversation with Howard Behar, former president of Starbucks Coffee Company International and the author of It's Not About The Coffee: Leadership Principles from a Life at Starbucks. Members are encouraged to invite their friends and associates who they think would be interested in club membership. Please RSVP for your guests by sending their names to Caroline at Caroline@SeattleRotary.org.
Rotary District 5030 Symposium: Race Matters to Rotary
You are invited to the District 5030 Symposium: Race Matters to Rotary on Saturday morning, November 21st. The Zoom session opens at 8:50 am and the formal program begins at 9:00 am.
Please register in advance for this meeting through the link below. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the symposium.
See the flyer attached below for a full lineup of speakers and workshop topics.
Peacebuilders Book Club - Caste: The Origins of our Discontents
Join the Peacebuilders Committee on Thursday, December 3rd at 5:00 pm (Zoom info to be provided) to discuss Caste: The Origins of our Discontents, written by Isabel Wilkerson! In her critically acclaimed non-fiction work, Wilkerson explores the United States’ unseen caste system and the historical influences. You can find multiple formats of the book on Amazon. Questions? Reach out to Caitlin Grant or David McDonald.
UW Foster School of Business Consulting Offer for Rotarians
The Foster School of Business at the University of Washington has a talented class of MBA students who, as part of their education, put their skills and education to work by taking on consulting projects with companies throughout the Pacific Northwest. The program is offering to waive the nominal consulting fee for Rotarian businesses that submit proposals for the upcoming winter term. Note that the current RFP deadline is November 13, but an extension can be requested. See the flyer attached below for more information. Click here to submit a project proposal. Additionally, the Foster MBA Strategic Consulting website has further information including an option for a spring quarter project if the winter is not a good fit. For questions please contact Samantha Buhr, Director of Strategic Consulting, at sbuhr@uw.edu.
2. Send your ideas and requests for content for our public Facebook Page to Social Media Chair Bailee Neyland.
For $30, You Can Bring Hope to a Homeless Person with an Art Kit
As health and wellness practices evolve there is increased understanding that the arts offer promise to reducing anxiety and social isolation, processing trauma and stigma, and relieving feelings of depression and suicidal ideation. An art kit can help transform the life of a low-to-no income adult recovering from homelessness, substance use disorder, health challenges, and other trauma by harnessing the power of creative engagement as a bridge to community and a path to stability. Please consider clicking on the link below and donating $30 for an art kit for someone experiencing the trauma of homelessness. We are partnering with Path with Art to distribute these to local shelters in downtown Seattle.
This is part of our club’s efforts as we get closer to winter to help individuals in Seattle who are experiencing homelessness. Our foundation recently supported the Downtown Seattle Association’s Outreach Team with a $35,000 to help provide case management, mental health services, housing, and job placement as well as street-based outreach services for those in need. Working with the First 5 Collaboration of Rotary clubs, we also distributed 1,000 hygiene kits to the Salvation Army’s new state-of-the-art shelter in SODO. And, a team of Seattle 4 members helped put together beds and performed other tasks needed to get the facility ready for its opening this week.
Thank you to all our members for your support in giving hope to those experiencing housing insecurity.
2. Forward invitations to meetings and events to your network.
3. Include Caroline's email (Caroline@SeattleRotary.org) so your friends and associates can reserve their spot and get access codes.
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CONTACT US
Rotary Club of Seattle
1326 5th Ave Suite 342
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: 206-623-0023
Caroline Bobanick
Executive Director
caroline@seattlerotary.org
Mariah Kimpton
Program Manager
mariah@seattlerotary.org
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I never think of CPA’s as being particularly funny or extroverted. At least I never did, until I met our newest member, Monna Lux! 
Congratulations to Bill Center, winner of this year's UW Distinguished Alumni Veteran Award!
