Please consider joining a Rotary Club of Seattle committee for greater fellowship. Our committees need your help, and we have a lot of great opportunities to choose from. They are the foundation our club is built upon. Please contact President Jimmy Collinsor Fiona Ronyai in the office for more details.
4. Invite your connections to a weekly meeting, and let fiona@seattlerotary.org know so they may be introduced.
If you don't already have a LinkedIn profile, CLICK HERE to learn how to get started.
SEATTLE 4 ROTARY AUDIO VISUAL SPONSORS
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
Wednesday, January 12
On Zoom
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Austin Allison
Co-founder/CEO of Pacaso
Breaking Industry Boundaries to Create a Completely New Category of Second Home Ownership
Pacaso, a service that helps people buy and own second homes, has broken records and changed the second home real estate industry through passion, innovation, and technology. To help make the dream of second homeownership possible for more people, Austin created an entirely new category of second home buying through co-ownership. Austin will be sharing his entrepreneurial journey, from his real estate start in Ohio to the launch and eventual sale of his last startup dotloop, to the incredible growth Pacaso has seen over the last year.
Austin launched Pacaso in October 2020 and by March 2021, he had successfully raised $90M over the course of two rounds of funding and became the fastest U.S. company to reach Unicorn designation (less than 6 months). Now, over a year later, the company is valued at $1.5 billion with total funding at $217 million.
Andrea Driessen’s TedX talk went viral one day after she described how Gracenotes engage the recipient and writer in meaningful ways; and how a simple note can help organizations and individuals be more effective, resilient, and empathetic. Although a Gracenote is a euphemism for ‘thank you note’, these simple communications can have long-lasting benefits.
“Why do we wait so long to talk about someone until they have died?” she began. “How do we honor those who are very much alive?”. She described how her dad reacted when she wrote his “living eulogy” as a repeatable tool for love and gratitude.
“We underestimate the impact of a Gracenote on the giver as well as the receiver,” she said. “Send a Gracenote to yourself via snail mail to gauge how your perspective changes…just the sense of holding the note as a receiver.” A Gracenote can be a written note, video, photo collage, PowerPoint deck…the medium, she continued, doesn’t’ matter as much as the doing.
Sea4 s are our newest Rotarians (joined 2019-2021). Pre-Covid monthly happy hours took place to allow new Rotarians to meet each other and learn about Rotary and how to make the best use of their membership. We are reviving this tradition and had hoped for an in-person event for January. However, in light of the latest surge, we are taking January's happy hour online. We hope this won't deter you from participating.
It will be a great opportunity to meet some club leadership as well as other new Rotarians in an informal setting. This month we will learn about the Seattle Rotary Service Foundation (SRSF). What is it? How does it impact the work Rotary Committees do? How can you help?
All Seattle #4 Rotarians are welcome to join in! We look forward to seeing you soon.
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 our Rotary Cares Committee Co-Chairs are listed below to let us know how we can help.
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.
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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