Please send any general club committee announcements for The Newsletter to Fiona Ronyai by Thursday at noon.
May 19 - 11:00 AM
Diplomacy Initiative Seminar
Join us to hear Mr. Aysa Miller, currently working in Washington, D.C. as Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs and soon to be posted to Senegal as Chief Economics Officer. All welcome.
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.
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 Caroline for more details at Caroline@seattlerotary.org.
SPONSORS
In-person Meetings Are Back Starting July 14th!!
In addition to our regularly scheduled Wednesday Zoom meetings, we look forward to seeing you in person at the Westin Hotel downtown for these Wednesdays during the first quarter of the new Rotary year:
July 14 & 28
August 4 & 18
September 1 & 15
Vaccination will be required to attend our in-person meetings and all in-person meetings will also be available on Zoom.
For those members on our Program Plan, please note that this will increase from $20 to $70* per month to subsidize our catering and hybrid AV costs (this will be reflected on your June 1 invoice). Members who are fully retired and not on the Program Plan can pay for their lunch at the door for the usual cost of $40.
Every effort is being made by your club leadership and staff to keep membership costs as affordable as possible.
Thank you so much for your membership – we can’t wait to see you!!!
*Final Program Plan costs will be approved at the May 27th club board meeting and featured in upcoming communications.
Andrew Sund, Ph.D. is the President of Heritage University, a four-year private, non-profit college that sits amid the fields of hops on Yakama tribal land west of Toppenish, Washington. The student body is 72% Latinx, 12% Native American, 72% female, and 85% first-generation college students. 91% of Heritage students qualify for federal and/or state financial aid. It is the only university in the US with this demographic mix. Since its founding in 1982, Heritage has graduated nearly 10,000 students.
Higher education can be a great equalizer in American society. A college degree increases earning capacity and improves the quality of life. But despite many efforts, minority communities lag in degree attainment. It is hard to get them in; It is even harder to get them to graduation. Heritage University has proven methods and developed practices to help students succeed. This can be a model for higher education as an increasing number of first-generation and multicultural students pursue their degrees.
Speaker Rob McKenna gave us all a lot to think about this week. For those that want to delve deeper please find his slide presentation by clicking here.
Saturday, June 26 - Time TBA Morning Meeting on Zoom
Please confirm your ability to be a Seattle 4 voting delegate by emailing fiona@seattlerotary.org
Further information will be sent to you prior to the meeting.
Thursday, June 24
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Queen City Yacht Club
President's Reception
Join us for our first in-person event in more than a year! Cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, music, and real people will join together to honor President Jeff Borek. Significant others are welcome.
Tickets are $10.00 per person and include two drink tickets and must be purchased by June 18th. Cash bar for additional drinks.
Join fellow Rotarians and friends from District 5030 for an enjoyable round of golf at the spectacular China Creek Course, The Golf Club at Newcastle. Non-Rotarians welcome. Register below.
Seattle 4 will be hosting a cocktail reception from 6:00 pm -7:00 pm to thank Seattle 4 Rotary member Cathy Gibson for her tenure as District Governor. All are welcome - golfers and non-golfers alike. No charge for the reception only. One drink ticket included. Sign up below.
Dinner and program to follow at additional cost. Register below.
We have several fellow Rotarians who are currently battling cancer. We want them to know we care. For everyone who donates blood or platelets and lets Sten Crissey know, a handwritten card will be sent to let them know of your donation in their honor.
Dear___:
Understanding the critical importance of blood and platelets to many cancer therapies, I have made a blood/platelet donation at Bloodworks NW in your honor.
I am with you in thought and spirit.
Thank you to Jeff Borek, Cathy Gibson, and Larry Granat for your recent donations.
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.
Rotary Club of Seattle
1326 5th Ave Suite 342
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: 206-623-0023
Caroline Bobanick
Executive Director
caroline@seattlerotary.org
Fiona Ronyai
Membership and Communications Manager
fiona@seattlerotary.org
We love to see our Rotary members promoting good works in our community and abroad! If you have a project or fundraiser that you are excited about and would like to promote to your fellow club members, please check in with our Executive Director, Caroline Bobanick, or Membership and Communication Manager, Fiona Ronyai, before distributing information or invitations through our email roster. We value the privacy of our members’ contact information and can let you know the appropriate ways to reach out to folks in our club. Thank you!!
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