Wednesday, November 5 Socialize @Noon! 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM MOTIF HOTEL
The Future of Public Broadcasting
Public media is at a crossroads. Join three local leaders — Rob Dunlop (Cascade PBS), David Fischer (KNKX), and Tina Pamintuan (KUOW) — for a candid conversation about the challenges and opportunities shaping the future of mission-driven media produced in the public interest. The panel will include an open Q&A — bring your questions.
Our club frequently hosted dances in its early years-check out this dance card from a 1913 club event! All the dances of the day allowed, but please “no rag”!
New Honorary Members
During this month's board meeting a motion was passed to make club members in good standing honorary members once they reach the milestone of 90 years of age.
With this motion, we have added four new honorary club members: Laurel James, Lou Lundquist, Don Root, and John Durbin. Other current club members with honorary status at 90+ are Neil McReynolds and John Ellis.
Thank you for your years of service to the club!
Club member Charmaine Vazquez was seeing Rotary all over during her recent travels in South America! The picture on the left is from San Salvador and the picture on the right is from Guatemala.
Our club continues to support international grants in South America. Can you remember any memorable projects from these regions?
Support Your Club Bowling Team, Gutter Ballers Unite!
Your fellow club members will be fundraising until November 3 for this year's Hunger Strike benefitting Rotary District 5030 community partner Harvest Against Hunger!
If you want to make a donation in support of our team, please CLICK HERE. We will announce our team's bowling location once identified and hope you join us on November 3!
Education Group Update
Our Education Interest Group (the former Education Committee) had our monthly meeting and wanted all our club membership to be aware of the importance of the upcoming election, knowing that most of the attention will be on the mayor's and council race. Also on the ballot is renewal of the important Families and Education Levy where the city provides extra support to the Seattle Public Schools. In addition there are four open school board positions - - extremely important given the choice and shepherding of a new superintendent. It behooves all our members to check out who is running for office through the non-profit reporting of the Education Lab at the Seattle Times:
Should any of our members have concerns or questions, feel free to let our group know.
SRSF Spotlight
Last Tuesday, October 21 Rotarians and friends from around the area gathered at the Gates Foundation Discovery Center for World Polio Day 2025. The Seattle Rotary Service Foundation and the Gates Foundation have worked alongside each other for decades supporting polio and malaria eradication efforts globally.
Thanks to Jeff Borek for the pictures!
Financially supporting our foundations is an important way to make an impact through your Rotary membership.
Monday, November 3 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM The Garage Bowling Alley 1130 Broadway
Hunger Strike 2025!
Come cheer on our fellow club member bowlers in benefit of Harvest Against Hunger!
If you want to make a donation in support of our team, Gutter Ballers Unite, pleaseCLICK HERE.
Saturday, November 8 8:45 AM-12:30 PM Rainier Foothills Wellness Foundation
Boise Creek Restoration Day
Join the Rotary District 5030 Environmental Sustainability Committee for a half-day of work restoring the Boise Creek natural area. We will be planting 400 native edible plants and clearing invasive blackberry bushes.
In an effort to better inform membership of the health of the club, we will start posting member additions and resignations after each month's club board meeting. October membership changes approved by the board are as follows:
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 Club Director, Mary Goldie, 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!!
These are club membership (not total years of Rotary membership) anniversaries only
1 Year
Juan Pablo Liendo
Mariola Lisewska
Susan Szafir
Bob Nicholson
2 Years
Cody McNeal
3 Years
Andrea Anderson
5 Years
Tabitha Claus
Stephen Morse
Mihoko Tanaka
6 Years
Dow Constantine
9 Years
John Hojaboom
11 Years
Lorna Tumwebaze
Carla Fowler
12 Years
Eric Christensen
13 Years
Carese Busby
15 Years
Sheree Wen
23 Years
April Mobley
24 Years
Rabbi Daniel Wiener
26 Years
Jim Moore
27 Years
Cynthia Chirot
30 Years
Tom Mesaros
31 Years
Bob Johnson
32 Years
Neil Larson
Kathy Williams
33 Years
Karl Ege
36 Years
Roger Chaffin
Lou Lundquist
Nancy Osborne
37 Years
Jeff Pyatt
38 Years
Ron Bayley
43 Years
Steve Prince
54 Years
John Durbin!
Get Involved
Meet fellow Rotarians and get involved in service. See below for a list of committees. Email the committee chair by clicking on their name. Or, contact Mary Goldie for more information.
4. Invite your connections to a weekly meeting, and let mary@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.
In addition to supporting our club, becoming a Seattle 4 Rotary Audio Visual Sponsor brings many benefits. To learn more, click here, or contact Mary for more details at mary@seattlerotary.org.
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.
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 Chair to let us know how we can help.
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