Founded 1909 Weekly News and Highlights February 21, 2024
President Jon's Four Cs: CONVENING, CONNECTING, COOPERATING, and COMMUNICATING!
Next Lunch Meeting Zoom Only
Wednesday, February 26
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Zoom Only
Chief Harold Scoggins, Seattle Fire
Mobile Integrated Health (MIH) is a service of the Seattle Fire Department alongside firefighting, rescue and EMS that provides enhanced services to frequent 911 callers, highly complex patients, persons with non-emergent medical complaints and those with social needs. The MIH program aims to reduce the burden of these responses from our Operations division to improve their readiness and availability, while providing exceptional care to needy and vulnerable people in Seattle. Our work encompasses the Health One response team, the Vulnerable Adult reporting program and client case management, all in partnership with the Seattle Human Services Department.
Jonelle Johnson introduced Dr Quinton Morris, Professor of Violin at Seattle University and founder of the music education organization Key to Change – a program aimed at supporting young musicians of color and low-income individuals.
She described in detail his worldwide body of work, multiple awards, and international recognition. She provided an overview of his multifaceted career as a concert violinist, educator, filmmaker, and entrepreneur.
“Key to Change empowers a new generation of student musicians and leaders. We teach students how to do hard things. The violin is just the vehicle to the bigger picture of presenting your work in front of a live audience,” he said.
Dr. Morris introduced one of the more than 2,000 student musicians in Key to Change, who performed a 5-minute violin solo – followed by a standing ovation!
Congratulations goes to Uplift NW who is our $75,000 Grant Recipient for the 2024-2025 Rotary Year!🎉
Thanks to all of you for your ongoing support as we went through our Large Local Grant process. I’m especially grateful to our Grants Committee, Scoring Teams and those who provided guidance and leadership. Sarah Weaver, Lori Walker, Lillian Sherman, Jenn Gladish, Mary Goldie, Maddy Vonhoff, Ford Van Winkle, Cindy Sharek, Tony Chen, Jeff Pritchard, Burr Stewart. Check out the District 5030 newsletter announcement here!
Please join us for the March 5th lunch meeting to hear from Chief Executive Officer for Upliftt NW, Gina Hall about how they will put the $75,000 to use.
Year to date, we have achieved 72.5% of our SRSF Campaign Goal.
Service committee chairs and stakeholders met Thursday night at the house of Jan Levy to discuss the findings from our recent club survey and ways to reimagine how our club approaches committees and committee participation. It was refreshing to meet in a small group in a cozy setting, made even more impactful by the conversations happening between members. Thanks to all that attended and participated (and helped Jan clean up the red wine!).
We look forward to sharing some initial survey findings with you during next week's Zoom only meeting. Make sure you are online February 26 for this special report!
-Mary Goldie on behalf of the Future Vision Task Force
Saturday, April 19
Time TBD
Rotary Boys and Girls Club
Rotary Boys and Girls Club Annual Clean-Up Day
We will have additional details soon but until then, save the date and help support "the club that Rotary built"!
Bloodworks is giving away a $3,000 digital gift card this January. Donate blood during National Blood Donor Month and enter to win at www.bloodworksnw.org/win.
Wherever you donate, be sure to let Bloodworks know you are donating with Rotary District 5030 or provide the code “5030” when you arrive to donate to count toward our cumulative impact!
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
Bindiya Patel
Bobbie Nickel
3 Years
Steve Brum
4 Years
Linda Lowry
6 Years
Paul Casey
8 Years
Roberto Dondisch
12 Years
Jan Levy
13 Years
Jeff Parker
Deanna Hobson
15 Years
Steve Crandall
13 Years
Sam Davidson
21 Years
Alan Kunovsky
Pete Delaunay
24 Years
Kim Moore
26 Years
Mike Barrett
28 Years
John Nesholm
Bill Center
35 Years
Rod Waldbaum
37 Years
Jon Bridge
Larry Granat
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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