Events

Use this link to book your tickets:

www.5thavenue.org/rotary

This event is now SOLD OUT! If you have signed up to attend, please see additional event details below!

Tour Highlights:

• The tour will begin at Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound, the operational command serving the greater Seattle area.  It will include a tour of the Joint Harbor Operations Center (Command Center) and the Vessel Traffic Center.  Both of these centers are the operational command and control nerve center for all operations occurring within the area.  Cellular devices, smart watches, Bluetooth devices, etc. are not permitted in this area; lock boxes will be provided.
• After touring Sector, we will do a quick walking tour of Base Seattle, ending with Station Seattle.
• Upon arrival at Station Seattle, we will meet with the boat crews and will commence boarding a Response Boat Medium (RB-M).  This segment of the tour will include a boat ride around Elliott Bay and will showcase the capabilities of our crews and assets.  Guests will have an up-close view of our Polar Icebreakers as well as a waterfront view of our facility and the city of Seattle.
• The tour is limited to 20 people.
• The boat ride is optional and can accommodate up to 10 guests on board.
• Email John Steckler to sign up. johnsteckler@comcast.net

Arrival Instructions:

• You will be met at the front gate by CMC Carroll, CMC Mullins and CMC Duff.  The adddress is: 1519 Alaskan Way S, Seattle, WA 98134
• Please ensure each person attending has their information captured on the attached Visitor Form.  This form needs to be provided back to CMC Mullins by May 5^th, 2023.

The Rise of the Asian American Voice

Featuring panliests Steve Hobbs (Secretary of State), Leesa Manion (King County Prosecutor), David Della (former Seattle City Council member), and Katherine Cheng (Seattle Mariners VP of People & Culture).

Have you ever wondered how 32^nd NHL team ended up with the Kraken name? Or how the Kraken were able to turn things around in just their second season?

Join Todd Humphrey, senior vice president of digital innovation & fan experience at the Kraken, on an interactive deep-sea journey through the history of the Kraken from conception to the first puck drop, how they're building a winning team on and off the ice, the magic that makes Climate Pledge Arena one of the best arenas in the world, the secrets behind their remarkable success in just two seasons, and more. As Kraken employee #5 and a former professional hockey player, Todd’s knowledge of the organization and game will provide unique, insightful stories into what’s happening behind the scenes at the Kraken. Don't miss your chance to plunge into the depths of the Kraken!

The Sea4s and Young Rotary Leaders groups are teaming up to host a Happy Hour on Thursday, May 25th starting at 5pm at Frolik Kitchen and Cocktails. This event will bring together new members of Seattle 4 and our Young Rotary Leaders group. There will appetizers provided by the club.

Five more spots available. If already registered to attend, please see event details below.

We have an exclusive opportunity to go on a guided tour of the Seattle Convention Center’s new Summit Building as they are not offering public tours.  Come see firsthand the innovative design that connects the communities surrounding the Seattle Convention Center together.

Show Me Seattle invites you to join us on an intimate, guided food tour of the world-famous Pike Place Market as we explore the back alleys, narrow corridors, and tiny storefronts in search of our favorite places. Taste the best the market has to offer while a friendly local guide shares entertaining stories of the market’s checkered history, its legendary characters, and one-of-a-kind small businesses with you. This tour is limited to 16 guests so make sure to RSVP FAST! Note: This is a walking tour therefore no transportation will be provided. Rain or shine, the tour will go on. Dress accordingly!

RSVP: Tiffany@CookiesWithTiffany.com

RSVP By: May 22^nd

Location: Pike Place Market. 

Join the Boys & Girls Club to celebrate Ms. Patrick Carter!

For more than 35 years, Boys & Girls Club kids, teens and staff turned to Miss Patrick Carter for love and support. Generations of youth grew up with her in their corner. Maybe you or someone you know is one of those lucky people who could always count on Patrick. Patrick leads with unmatched energy and passion for her kids and Club community.

Join us in celebrating and thanking Ms. Patrick for all she has done for youth, families, our community, and her staff. We are so thankful for her energy and passion that have so deeply impacted the Rotary and Rainier Vista communities. Let’s come together to thank and celebrate Ms. Patrick as she moves on to her next adventure.  

Please share this event with others who would want to celebrate Ms. Patrick! Refreshments and appetizers will be served. RSVPs are requested ASAP..

When: Monday, June 5, 6:00-8:00pm

Where: Rotary Boys & Girls Clubs

Please RSVP to attend this event honoring Patrick

Our long program will be focused on Alzheimer's and will feature author Rosalys Peel. Rosalys is the author of The Mike & Me Book: New Hope for Alzheimer's Couples.

Tour the newly redesigned waterfront with Ivar's President & CEO Bob Donegan! 

We’ll walk the waterfront from Waterfront Park south of Colman Dock, the Washington Street boat landing, under the new Marion Street pedestrian bridge, along the central waterfront, look at the new Union Street steps and art, walk by the aquarium’s new Ocean Pavilion, and conclude at new Pier 62.

Your tour guide will be the only one of the original 24 stakeholders on the Alaskan Way Viaduct and Seawall Replacement Committee who still walks the project every day.

 Let’s meet at the Washington Street Landing (photo attached to this event listing) to save time.

Jerilyn Brusseau: My Life in Baking: From Cinnabon to Cairnspring Mill

We have something different cooked up for our quarterly networking event this spring! We invite you to join us at the WAC for an evening of business and pleasure as we get to try out the club's golf simulator and hear a presentation from John Steckler on making a growth plan for your business. Should be a good one! 

Volunteer Requirements: All volunteers must complete a volunteer application and RSVP to fgreen@wellspringfs.org at least one week in advance of the event date . Masks are required onsite for all volunteer activities. Please let us know if there are young children or people with mobility restrictions in your group so we can plan a volunteer activity for everyone to enjoy.

For more information and additional opportunities, reach out to Faye at fgreen@wellspringfs.org.

Family Resource Fair events provide a place for families to receive mulitple services at one time. These events have a tremendous impact in the community and rely on volunteers to direct traffic, pass out supplies and resources, serve food, and more. 

Our last Rotary meeting of the Rotary year will feature Rotary District 5030 Governor Kae Peterson with our annual District 5030 update.

Join the Seattle Mariners, Seattle Metro Chamber, and Together Washington for a pre-All Star Week clean-up! Meet at T-Mobile Park at 9 AM! 

March with the Rotary Club of Seattle as it participates for the first time in the Seattle Pride Parade! To RSVP or if you have questions about parade attire, please email Mary Goldie.

Note: All members walking in the parade will have to arrive between 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM for staging. Our group will be staging on Fourth Avenue between the Yesler Overpass and S Washington.

Join us for a night of music, fellowship, and fun as we honor Beth Knox's year as Club President! The evening will feature plenty of entertainment from Sue Nixon & Band and our very own Rotary Rogues, with special surprises throughout the night! This event is one you will not want to miss!

Note that the last club board meeting of the year will take place in-person right before the event, also at the Queen City Yacht Club. 

To register to attend, please click HERE.

You're invited to celebrate the 4th of July at the home of Laurel James.  Her address is 17851 Ballenger Way NE, Lake Forest Park.  Call for time 206-829-0364. 

Bring a dish to share. 

Volunteer Requirements: All volunteers must complete a volunteer application and RSVP to fgreen@wellspringfs.org at least one week in advance of the event date . Masks are required onsite for all volunteer activities. Please let us know if there are young children or people with mobility restrictions in your group so we can plan a volunteer activity for everyone to enjoy.

For more information and additional opportunities, reach out to Faye at fgreen@wellspringfs.org.

Welcome our Early Learning Center students back from summer break with a clean and fresh playground. Be ready to scrub down toys, power-wash slides, and have fun!

Lake Union Rotary's 3rd Thursday Happy Hour for Good continues this summer lakefront on South Lake Union in Seattle. 100% of the net proceeds benefit the chosen local non-profit for the evening.  For $50 you will enjoy wine, microbrews, a casual dinner and live music on the dock from 6 - 8 pm.  All 21 and over are welcome.  Have refreshing food and beverage for a cause and raise some money while you're at it!

July 20 will benefit Coyote Central

• Coyote provides creative classes for 10-15 year olds over the weekends and school breaks, including all of summer! Students gather in classes of 8-12 and team up with professional teaching artists, learning skills often reserved for adults: woodworking, metalworking, cooking, fashion design, music production, digital animation, painting, drawing, printmaking, comedy magic, photography, filmmaking, architecture, and more! Every class is pay-what-works-for-you, so cost is never a barrier to participation.
• Beer from Georgetown Brewing Co. and a selection of wines
• BBQ from Pecos Pit BBQ
• Live Music from Writnwood, a Seattle-based 5-piece alt blue grass string band.

Tickets:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/happy-hour-4-good-tickets-635963653407

Thursday, August 3 
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Magneson Park, Community Center

Rock the Park - Summer program for youth at Mercy Housing (Supported by SRSF)

Lake Union Rotary's 3rd Thursday Happy Hour for Good continues this summer lakefront on South Lake Union in Seattle. 100% of the net proceeds benefit the chosen local non-profit for the evening.  For $50 you will enjoy wine, microbrews, a casual dinner and live music on the dock from 6 - 8 pm.  All 21 and over are welcome.  Have refreshing food and beverage for a cause and raise some money while you're at it!

August 17 will benefit CHOICES Education Group

• CHOICES Education Group (www.choices.org) is a student wellbeing platform that brings live classroom workshops to eighth grade students to empower them to thrive in school and life. Smart CHOICES empowers teens to make thoughtful, positive choices about their education and future, and introduces them to practical life skills to help them achieve their dreams. Money CHOICES © teaches teens how money is earned, budgeted, saved and spent, and helps them understand how they can make positive financial decisions both now and in the future.
• Beer from Georgetown Brewing Co. and a selection of wines
• BBQ from Pecos Pit BBQ
• Live music provided by Elliott Bay Blues Band

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/happy-hour-4-good-tickets-635963653407

Join Rotary District 5030 for a baseball night out! Tickets are $40 each and will be within the section 149/150 area near the third base line.

To purchase tickets to the special Rotary section, please click HERE.

Volunteer Requirements: All volunteers must complete a volunteer application and RSVP to fgreen@wellspringfs.org at least one week in advance of the event date . Masks are required onsite for all volunteer activities. Please let us know if there are young children or people with mobility restrictions in your group so we can plan a volunteer activity for everyone to enjoy.

For more information and additional opportunities, reach out to Faye at fgreen@wellspringfs.org.

The August Family Resource Fair will focus on equipping children with everything they need to have a successful school year. We rely on volunteers for this event to direct traffic, help pass out supplies and resources, serve food, and more.

This is a regularly recurring volunteer project with District 5030 Rotary. To register as a volunteer for an upcoming volunteer day, please click HERE.

Now is the time to buy your tickets for the Broadway National Tour of 1776 and the return of The 5th Avenue Theatre’s magical production of Disney’s The Little Mermaid! 1776 plays one week only, August 2^nd - 6^th, and you get a 20% discount on select performances. The Little Mermaid plays September 8^th- October 8^th, and you get 25% off all tickets for all performances!

This incredible benefit gives you access to the best available seats at the best prices! You get your community/corporate partner discount for your whole family or group of friends! To book directly through our website use this link www.5thavenue.org/rotary or go to the CALENDAR section of our website and enter Promo code: ROTARY to purchase your tickets.

Come celebrate the dedication of a new peace pole at the Chess Park.  All ages welcome.  FREE FOOD, COMMUNITY & CHESS.

The peace pole is donated by The Rotary Club of Seattle!

Mayor Bruce Harrell will provide an update on his One Seattle vision and agenda, highlight the positive progress that has been achieved over the last year to build the city we want to see, and discuss the city’s challenges and the work ahead to address them – from public safety to homelessness, downtown recovery to ongoing growth and affordability. Mayor Harrell will address Rotary members and take questions.

Judges for Justice (JFJ), Washington State innocence organization, has been key in helping four innocent men get out of prison in three states (Idaho, Hawaii, Ohio). Judge Michael Heavey (Ret.) is the CEO of JFJ and co-founded the organization with Judge Peter Deegan (Ret.) of Michigan in 2013. Judge Heavey was appointed to the King County Superior Court bench in 2000 by Governor Gary Locke and served until his retirement in at the age of 66 in 2013. Judge Heavey served as a legislator in Olympia for 14 years from 1987 to 2000, eight in the House and six in the Senate. From 1967 to 1970 Heavey served as an officer in the US Army. He spent one year in Vietnam with the First Air Cavalry Division and was awarded The Bronze Star medal for meritorious service.

Lake Union Rotary's 3rd Thursday Happy Hour for Good continues this summer lakefront on South Lake Union in Seattle. 100% of the net proceeds benefit the chosen local non-profit for the evening.  For $50 you will enjoy wine, microbrews, a casual dinner and live music on the dock from 6 - 8 pm.  All 21 and over are welcome.  Have refreshing food and beverage for a cause and raise some money while you're at it!

• The Lake Union Rotary Foundation (LURF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that was founded in 2012 with the goal of supporting the charitable projects of the Lake Union Rotary Club and qualifying for matching grant funding from Rotary International. Donations to LURF are 100% tax deductible and will be used to fund our current projects. Since LURF is run by members of the Lake Union Rotary Club, there is zero overhead and all funds are spent directly on service projects locally and globally. In most cases we are able to double or even triple each donation through the power of matching grants from Rotary International. Proceeds from this Happy Hour for Good will support clean water projects in Ethiopia.
• Live music by Jannie & Friends

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/happy-hour-4-good-tickets-635963653407

If you are interested in being a business mentor for the University of Washington Foster School of Business, please fill out the form below no later than Friday, October 6:

https://forms.office.com/r/uQ8c2rQjT7

1.1 billion people around the world are blind or live with vision loss, 90% of which is avoidable and can be addressed through comprehensive eye care services that are community facing. Bringing eye care directly to communities fast-tracks reaching the most marginalized and underserved populations particularly in low- and middle-income countries. The presentation will highlight how Orbis International is addressing the health equity gap through a community-centered model that focuses on primary eyecare work as well as support for vision centers, including “green vision centers” (powered by green energy) and women-led vision centers, integrating eye health together with other critical cross-cutting global issues.

The Peacebuilders Committee is happy to share that we are bringing back our Book Club. Many Seattle 4 members participated in our Book Club a few years ago with readings focused on racial justice. For our first read this time around we have selected The River that Made Seattle by BJ Cummings. We will be scheduling a group discussion of the book in November so you have some time to get your hands on a copy of this impactful story about a misused and misunderstood but vitally important river.

Here is an article from the Seattle Times about the book: https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/seattle-arose-from-a-tortuously-transformed-duwamish-river/

Here is a full description of the book:

The River That Made Seattle - A Human and Natural History of the Duwamish, By BJ Cummings

With bountiful salmon and fertile plains, the Duwamish River has drawn people to its shores over the centuries for trading, transport, and sustenance. Chief Se’alth and his allies fished and lived in villages here and white settlers established their first settlements nearby. Industrialists later straightened the river’s natural turns and built factories on its banks, floating in raw materials and shipping out airplane parts, cement, and steel. Unfortunately, the very utility of the river has been its undoing, as decades of dumping led to the river being declared a Superfund cleanup site.

Using previously unpublished accounts by Indigenous people and settlers, BJ Cummings’s compelling narrative restores the Duwamish River to its central place in Seattle and Pacific Northwest history. Writing from the perspective of environmental justice—and herself a key figure in river restoration efforts—Cummings vividly portrays the people and conflicts that shaped the region’s culture and natural environment. She conducted research with members of the Duwamish Tribe, with whom she has long worked as an advocate. Cummings shares the river’s story as a call for action in aligning decisions about the river and its future with values of collaboration, respect, and justice.

https://uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295750989/the-river-that-made-seattle/

https://a.co/d/2XNQRxp

Prevention Matters in Ending Human Trafficking. Come hear Ashlie Bryant from 3Strands Global Foundation share about the PROTECT program that has reached almost 1,000,000 youth. She will hear her "why" and the outcomes of prevention as well as how Rotarians can help scale PROTECT in Washington.

Rotary Club of Seattle member Jim Barnhart and the Environmental Sustainability committee invite you to Oxbow Farm as we walk and tour the site.  See the organic farm’s processing facility, workshop, their Native Plant Nursery, their Family Farm and Kids’ Play area, and walk out to the Snoqualmie River overlook to hear about conservation work on the farm and across the valley.  As we walk, you’ll learn about their programs in organic farming, conservation, native plant propagation and sales, and education—as well as the many public events they host to inspire visitors from across the region.

The tour will wrap up around noon.  If folks want to bring a lunch with them, the tour will stop at their covered pergolas to allow everyone a chance to eat and ask questions.

There will be no Wednesday meeting on October 11th. Instead, we will have a SPOTLIGHT ON SERVICE Event on October 10th from 5:30-7pm at the Renaissance Hotel at 515 6th Avenue. 
If you drive, there is a special Rotary rate of $10 in the Renaissance parking garage on Madison just west of 6th Avenue.   Our event will be on the main floor of the hotel, with visible signage from the lobby area on the southwest corner of the main floor (visible from the bar area).  

There will be complimentary appetizers and a cash bar.  We will have a chance to meet with Seattle 4 Rotarians and learn about some of the ways that Seattle 4 members have plugged into service that has been fun and fulfilling.  

The panel will feature the CEO’s of three of our major Seattle area museums: MOHAI, Wing Luke Museum, and the Burke Museum at UW.  We will explore how the museums have adapted to the changing environment brought on by the pandemic and what is planned for the future of the museums.

Lake Union Rotary's 3rd Thursday Happy Hour for Good continues this summer lakefront on South Lake Union in Seattle. 100% of the net proceeds benefit the chosen local non-profit for the evening.  For $50 you will enjoy wine, microbrews, a casual dinner and live music on the dock from 6 - 8 pm.  All 21 and over are welcome.  Have refreshing food and beverage for a cause and raise some money while you're at it!

• At Community Passageways (www.communitypassageways.org) we create alternatives to incarceration for youth and young adults by rebuilding our communities through committed relationships centered on love, compassion, and consistency. We support our youth and young adults at every stage of the criminal legal process—from prevention to detention. This is designed to replace the school-to-prison pipeline with a school-to-life success pipeline. Instead of suspensions and expulsions, we strive for restorative and culturally relevant programming. Instead of police, prosecutors, and judges, we operate with mentors, counselors, and circle keepers. Instead of frustration and denial, we build purpose and opportunity. Instead of jails, we will have homes, schools, jobs, and a community that stands with our youth.
• Live Music TBD

Tickets:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/happy-hour-4-good-tickets-635963653407 

Volunteer Requirements: All volunteers must complete a volunteer application and RSVP to fgreen@wellspringfs.org at least one week in advance of the event date . Masks are required onsite for all volunteer activities. Please let us know if there are young children or people with mobility restrictions in your group so we can plan a volunteer activity for everyone to enjoy.

For more information and additional opportunities, reach out to Faye at fgreen@wellspringfs.org.

The Wellspring Family Store provides free essentials like diapers, formula, clothing, books, toys, and school supplies to children with families experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, homelessness. This critical effort relies on volunteers to help sort clothing, manage inventory, and pack orders going to families.

Date, time, and location details will be updated once event date is determined.