Wednesday, April 9
6:00 PM
Wisteria Hall, Graham Visitors Center
April Evening Event with Christina Owen
Christina Owen is the Director of University of Washington Botanic Gardens overseeing the programming and plant collections at the Washington Park Arboretum and the Center for Urban Horticulture. She has a PhD in evolutionary genetics of flowering plants from the University of Washington. Prior to joining the Botanic Gardens, she spent 11 years as a Senior Program Officer in Agricultural Development at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She will share the exciting changes coming to the Botanic Gardens organization and the future of Seattle’s arboretum and botanic gardens.
For tickets, CLICK HERE and scroll down to the April 9 event listing.
President Jon welcomed everyone to our meeting at the Plymouth Congregation Church. Neil McReynolds remembering our longtime member (he joined in 1977) and past club president, Ralph Munro. He reflected on Ralph’s life, work in politics (five-term Secretary of State) and service to the community especially as a Rotarian (he was passionate about polio eradication and made numerous trips to Africa) and as a member of our club.
Linda Rough provided an interesting background on the origin and popularity of “Let There Be Peace on Earth” before leading us in singing it accompanied by Freeman Fong on the piano.
John Steckler presented our Member Spotlight highlighting the life of our member, Sue McNab: 70 year Girl Scout, world sailor, diver, and a leader in business and local government. John mentioned that Sue believes that retirement is a time to repurpose and to keep growing.
The Future of Museums
President Jon introduced our guest speaker, Scott Stulen, the new Illsley Ball Nordstrom Director/CEO of the Seattle Art Museum (SAM) who moved here last summer from Tulsa. He brings a rare background to running a museum as a visual and studio artist. Scott shared his very unique and creative way to get people who would not normally visit or join a museum to get engaged, including several examples of events and exhibits (including an event attended by 13,000 people watching homemade cat videos) that he has implemented with great success at previous museums in Minneapolis and Tulsa.
Wednesday, April 9
6:00 PM
Wisteria Hall, Graham Visitors Center
Green Thumbs Unite for our April Evening Member Event!
Christina Owen is the Director of University of Washington Botanic Gardens overseeing the programming and plant collections at the Washington Park Arboretum and the Center for Urban Horticulture. She has a PhD in evolutionary genetics of flowering plants from the University of Washington. Prior to joining the Botanic Gardens, she spent 11 years as a Senior Program Officer in Agricultural Development at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She will share the exciting changes coming to the Botanic Gardens organization and the future of Seattle’s arboretum and botanic gardens.
For tickets, CLICK HERE and scroll down to the April 9 event listing.
Saturday, April 19
9:00 AM
Rotary Boys and Girls Club
Rotary Boys and Girls Club Annual Clean-Up Day
CLICK HERE to email Jared Grose to confirm your attendance! Friends and family welcome and encouraged to attend!
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. March membership changes approved by the board on March 25 are as follows:
New Members: Alex Cyrus and Alyson Teeter
Resignations: Ralph Munro, Mary Do, Adriena Clifton, Taylor Shimizu, Tucker Minor
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
2 Years
Dorothy Echodu
3 Years
Mary Goldie
4 Years
Brian Goodwin
Gina Hall
Jenn Gladish
Rachel Smith
5 Years
Anchor Dewitt Jensen
7 Years
Nicole Klein
10 Years
Jon Scholes
Mike Adams
12 Years
Michele Shaw
15 Years
Kari Rallo
16 Years
Gary Drobnack
17 Years
Steve Boyd
19 Years
Steve Sundquist
20 Years
Linda Cheever
21 Years
Hollie Ellis
Freeman Fong
25 Years
Jean Bateman
32 Years
Mike O'Byrne
38 Years
Bob Parks
41 Years
Jim Burdett
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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