Founded 1909 Weekly News and Highlights November 15, 2024
President Jon's Four Cs: CONVENING, CONNECTING, COOPERATING, and COMMUNICATING!
Next Lunch Meeting
Wednesday, November 20
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM; Socialize @ Noon!
Plymouth Church
Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein, Brain and Behavioral Research Foundation
Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein, M.D., President and CEO of the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF), will speak to our club about BBRF’s work facilitating cutting-edge research into brain and behavior disorders, including addiction, ADHD, anxiety, autism, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, depression, eating disorders, OCD, PTSD and schizophrenia, as well as suicide prevention.
The 2024 Hunger Strike concluded on Monday as club members and other District 5030 Rotarians laced up their bowling shoes to try to eliminate hunger! This impactful fundraising event will be promoted nationally during this year's CBS Radio Thanksgiving Special.
Stephen Morse, Kathy Williams, Lynn Lindsay, Vicky Oxley, and Carl Behnke at Wednesday night's evening member event at the Frye Art Museum
We have not added any 2025 lunch meeting event listings to Our Mayberry or the club website yet as we are awaiting confirmations from those speakers before publishing details online. The Programs Committee is following up with presenters that were asked to hold dates previously to finalize the exact date they will be speaking. I anticipate having all 2025 lunch meetings online before we take our December holiday break.
Please know that we will still be having meetings on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month as we have been doing, with a Zoom only meeting on the fourth Wednesday of each month. Our first 2025 meeting will be held at Pier 55 on the waterfront on January 8.
Julie Kang, Board Chair Gina Hall, President Jon Bridge, and a goofy John Adams at the Frye Museum
This Wednesday, club members assembled at the Frye Museum for our November evening event, which provided a valuable opportunity for members to hear updates from our Future Vision Task Force Implementation Teams. Several positive trends for this Rotary year were mentioned. Two of the most notable: we have stabilized membership numbers and "stopped the bleed" and SRSF and TRF giving is at its highest participation level and funds gained this early in the campaign in at least the last seven years.
There were still member questions about continued elevated AV costs and other concerns and to continue to address these issues, we will be sending out another comprehensive club survey in January. This will be your opportunity to let us know mid-year how implementation changes are being received by membership.
Thank you to all that braved the wind and cold to gather for another impactful evening of fellowship!
We are pleased to announce that this is the highest member participation in our SRSF & TRF campaign in at least seven years! Based on your early giving, 24% of club members have already given or pledged to SRSF and nearly 18% of members have already given to TRF!
We will continue to update you each week as we march towards our campaign goals; we hope to count each and every member in our number!
We have also opened up for grant applications for local, large local, and international grants; please use the links below to access application materials!
Thursday, November 21
12:15 PM
Wellspring Family Services
Lunch Hour Volunteer Session
Volunteer in service with your fellow Rotarians at our last lunch service event at Wellspring in 2024. To RSVP and fill out all necessarily volunteer forms, please CLICK HERE.
Saturday, December 14
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Wellspring Family Services
Holiday Volunteering and Gift Drive
Volunteers will support the Family Store program extension, providing holiday gifts for children facing homelessness and hardship. Tasks will include sorting incoming gifts, or packing orders to go directly to families. It will include light lifting and walking. Day of tasks will vary based on our greatest needs.
To find the required volunteer form AND register to attend, please sign up via the Our Mayberry event listing by CLICKING HERE.
Thursday, December 19
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Queen City Yacht Club
Annual Holiday Party
Please note that this will be a ticketed event this year for all members. Tickets are $50 and can be purchased through Our Mayberry by CLICKING HERE. This year we welcome back the Seattle Rotary Mariners as our entertainment organizers. Live classic Christmas music will be provided by Sam Russell and the Harbor Rats, so bring your dancing shoes!
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
4 Years
David Wu
Eric Piekarz
5 Years
Mary Johnstone
7 Years
Gene Boes
8 Years
Jaime Mendez
10 Years
Robyn Grad
22 Years
Terry Van Nostrand
32 Years
Dave Kraft
36 Years
Tracy Garland
37 Years
Sue McNab
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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