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.
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 Co-Chairs are listed below to let us know how we can help.
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
No Meeting November 24th
Watch for Your Club Leadership Ballot Arriving by Email on November 24th
Virginia McKenzie kicked off the meeting, leading us in song with Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head that featured cameos from the Rotary Music Committee members with their umbrellas, and Jaime Mendez inspired us.
Our member Jon Scholes of the Downtown Seattle Association provided an update on the state of downtown, especially after the recent election. He said that “the recovery of downtown was on the ballot” and that there is now a new optimism based on the results. People often ask him, what they can to do help downtown recover, so one answer is to “show up” and attend events eat out, etc. He also asked any employers to let him know if your business is planning to reopen their downtown office so that it can be recognized. President Jimmy thanked the official “cheerleader in chief of downtown.”
Virginia McKenzie announced the launch of a new, issue-driven Rotary club, the Pacific Northwest Rotary Club on Sex Trafficking. Since our club is her new club’s official sponsor, she encouraged us to engage with them which could include taking part in one of their service projects.
Steven Shaw then introduced Deborah Lenk, the executive director of the Museum of Glass in Tacoma who gave an overview of this gem in our backyard and what it provides for the community and region, which was followed by her introduction to our main speaker, Preston Singletary.
Preston Singletary: Raven and the Box of Daylight, is the unique solo traveling exhibition on display at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma that tells the Tlingit origin story of Raven and his transformation of the world - bringing light to people via the stars, moon, and sun. Raven leads visitors on a journey through the transformation of darkness into light. Deborah announced that the next stop for the show will be at the National Museum of the American Indian at the Smithsonian for a year starting in January!
We invite members to view a special video by Ken Workman, a direct descendent of Chief Seattle. As a club, we acknowledge that we meet on the traditional homelands of the Coast Salish Peoples including the Duwamish and the customary territories of the Suquamish and Muckleshoot Peoples. We honor these communities' past, present, and future.
Saturday, November 20
9:15 AM - 11:15 AM
Volunteer Opportunity
Wellspring Family Services
1900 Rainier Avenue S.
Spend a Saturday morning with your fellow Rotarians by helping families experiencing homelessness at Wellspring Family Services.
Friends and family welcome.
Complete the Volunteer Formin advanceand check the ‘Rotary – 4th Saturday’box. Please note that November and December have been adjusted to the 3rd Saturday to accommodate the holidays. If anyone has any questions they can also reach out to smckissick@@wellspringfs.org
Sunday, November 21
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
(3rd Sunday of each month)
Volunteer Opportunity
Build Tiny Houses
The Hope Factory
5 South Nevada Street
14 volunteers maximum per event - first come, first served. Volunteer form needs to be completed for each volunteer.
Rotarians and their families, and friends of Rotarians are all welcome
The Seattle Rotary Mariners invite you to help us celebrate the holidays at our annual Christmas Party. The festivities will take place in the Center for Wooden Boat’s in the Wagner Education Center Sail Loft (1010 Fairview Avenue North).
It will be a Potluck / BYOB. Spouses and significant others are welcome.
We will meet at 5:30 pm outside the WAC and proceed on a 30 - 40 minute walk guided by Paul Nunn of Urban ArtWorks. Walk at your own pace as we are guided through the banners brightening downtown city streets. Holiday lights will be in full glory!
The Seattle 4 Rotary Arts Committee produced “Welcome Back to Your Seattle,” a banner project to revitalize downtown, invest in BIPOC artists and encourage families and businesses affected by the pandemic. The banners brighten the downtown core from James to Denny and 1st to 9th Avenues and encourage a return downtown.
All the banners were designed by artists of color, who were paid for their work.
The local non-profit, Urban ArtsWorks, selected the artists, and local firm SuperGraphics produced the banners, permitted them with the City of Seattle, and hung them this fall.
We will meet back at the WAC for no-host beverages and bites (optional). Look forward to seeing you there.
Please pre-register so we may know how many to expect for the walk. For those that wish to go to the WAC for refreshments afterward, please email Doug Seto so he may make the appropriate arrangements: dougseto@comcast.net
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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