Events

March with the Rotary Club of Seattle as it participates for the first time in the Seattle Pride Parade! To RSVP or if you have questions about parade attire, please email Mary Goldie.

Note: All members walking in the parade will have to arrive between 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM for staging. Our group will be staging on Fourth Avenue between the Yesler Overpass and S Washington.

Join us for a night of music, fellowship, and fun as we honor Beth Knox's year as Club President! The evening will feature plenty of entertainment from Sue Nixon & Band and our very own Rotary Rogues, with special surprises throughout the night! This event is one you will not want to miss!

Note that the last club board meeting of the year will take place in-person right before the event, also at the Queen City Yacht Club. 

To register to attend, please click HERE.

You're invited to celebrate the 4th of July at the home of Laurel James.  Her address is 17851 Ballenger Way NE, Lake Forest Park.  Call for time 206-829-0364. 

Bring a dish to share. 

Volunteer Requirements: All volunteers must complete a volunteer application and RSVP to fgreen@wellspringfs.org at least one week in advance of the event date . Masks are required onsite for all volunteer activities. Please let us know if there are young children or people with mobility restrictions in your group so we can plan a volunteer activity for everyone to enjoy.

For more information and additional opportunities, reach out to Faye at fgreen@wellspringfs.org.

Welcome our Early Learning Center students back from summer break with a clean and fresh playground. Be ready to scrub down toys, power-wash slides, and have fun!

Lake Union Rotary's 3rd Thursday Happy Hour for Good continues this summer lakefront on South Lake Union in Seattle. 100% of the net proceeds benefit the chosen local non-profit for the evening.  For $50 you will enjoy wine, microbrews, a casual dinner and live music on the dock from 6 - 8 pm.  All 21 and over are welcome.  Have refreshing food and beverage for a cause and raise some money while you're at it!

July 20 will benefit Coyote Central

• Coyote provides creative classes for 10-15 year olds over the weekends and school breaks, including all of summer! Students gather in classes of 8-12 and team up with professional teaching artists, learning skills often reserved for adults: woodworking, metalworking, cooking, fashion design, music production, digital animation, painting, drawing, printmaking, comedy magic, photography, filmmaking, architecture, and more! Every class is pay-what-works-for-you, so cost is never a barrier to participation.
• Beer from Georgetown Brewing Co. and a selection of wines
• BBQ from Pecos Pit BBQ
• Live Music from Writnwood, a Seattle-based 5-piece alt blue grass string band.

Tickets:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/happy-hour-4-good-tickets-635963653407

Thursday, August 3 
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Magneson Park, Community Center

Rock the Park - Summer program for youth at Mercy Housing (Supported by SRSF)

Lake Union Rotary's 3rd Thursday Happy Hour for Good continues this summer lakefront on South Lake Union in Seattle. 100% of the net proceeds benefit the chosen local non-profit for the evening.  For $50 you will enjoy wine, microbrews, a casual dinner and live music on the dock from 6 - 8 pm.  All 21 and over are welcome.  Have refreshing food and beverage for a cause and raise some money while you're at it!

August 17 will benefit CHOICES Education Group

• CHOICES Education Group (www.choices.org) is a student wellbeing platform that brings live classroom workshops to eighth grade students to empower them to thrive in school and life. Smart CHOICES empowers teens to make thoughtful, positive choices about their education and future, and introduces them to practical life skills to help them achieve their dreams. Money CHOICES © teaches teens how money is earned, budgeted, saved and spent, and helps them understand how they can make positive financial decisions both now and in the future.
• Beer from Georgetown Brewing Co. and a selection of wines
• BBQ from Pecos Pit BBQ
• Live music provided by Elliott Bay Blues Band

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/happy-hour-4-good-tickets-635963653407

Join Rotary District 5030 for a baseball night out! Tickets are $40 each and will be within the section 149/150 area near the third base line.

To purchase tickets to the special Rotary section, please click HERE.

Volunteer Requirements: All volunteers must complete a volunteer application and RSVP to fgreen@wellspringfs.org at least one week in advance of the event date . Masks are required onsite for all volunteer activities. Please let us know if there are young children or people with mobility restrictions in your group so we can plan a volunteer activity for everyone to enjoy.

For more information and additional opportunities, reach out to Faye at fgreen@wellspringfs.org.

The August Family Resource Fair will focus on equipping children with everything they need to have a successful school year. We rely on volunteers for this event to direct traffic, help pass out supplies and resources, serve food, and more.

This is a regularly recurring volunteer project with District 5030 Rotary. To register as a volunteer for an upcoming volunteer day, please click HERE.

Now is the time to buy your tickets for the Broadway National Tour of 1776 and the return of The 5th Avenue Theatre’s magical production of Disney’s The Little Mermaid! 1776 plays one week only, August 2^nd - 6^th, and you get a 20% discount on select performances. The Little Mermaid plays September 8^th- October 8^th, and you get 25% off all tickets for all performances!

This incredible benefit gives you access to the best available seats at the best prices! You get your community/corporate partner discount for your whole family or group of friends! To book directly through our website use this link www.5thavenue.org/rotary or go to the CALENDAR section of our website and enter Promo code: ROTARY to purchase your tickets.

Come celebrate the dedication of a new peace pole at the Chess Park.  All ages welcome.  FREE FOOD, COMMUNITY & CHESS.

The peace pole is donated by The Rotary Club of Seattle!

Mayor Bruce Harrell will provide an update on his One Seattle vision and agenda, highlight the positive progress that has been achieved over the last year to build the city we want to see, and discuss the city’s challenges and the work ahead to address them – from public safety to homelessness, downtown recovery to ongoing growth and affordability. Mayor Harrell will address Rotary members and take questions.

Judges for Justice (JFJ), Washington State innocence organization, has been key in helping four innocent men get out of prison in three states (Idaho, Hawaii, Ohio). Judge Michael Heavey (Ret.) is the CEO of JFJ and co-founded the organization with Judge Peter Deegan (Ret.) of Michigan in 2013. Judge Heavey was appointed to the King County Superior Court bench in 2000 by Governor Gary Locke and served until his retirement in at the age of 66 in 2013. Judge Heavey served as a legislator in Olympia for 14 years from 1987 to 2000, eight in the House and six in the Senate. From 1967 to 1970 Heavey served as an officer in the US Army. He spent one year in Vietnam with the First Air Cavalry Division and was awarded The Bronze Star medal for meritorious service.

Lake Union Rotary's 3rd Thursday Happy Hour for Good continues this summer lakefront on South Lake Union in Seattle. 100% of the net proceeds benefit the chosen local non-profit for the evening.  For $50 you will enjoy wine, microbrews, a casual dinner and live music on the dock from 6 - 8 pm.  All 21 and over are welcome.  Have refreshing food and beverage for a cause and raise some money while you're at it!

• The Lake Union Rotary Foundation (LURF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that was founded in 2012 with the goal of supporting the charitable projects of the Lake Union Rotary Club and qualifying for matching grant funding from Rotary International. Donations to LURF are 100% tax deductible and will be used to fund our current projects. Since LURF is run by members of the Lake Union Rotary Club, there is zero overhead and all funds are spent directly on service projects locally and globally. In most cases we are able to double or even triple each donation through the power of matching grants from Rotary International. Proceeds from this Happy Hour for Good will support clean water projects in Ethiopia.
• Live music by Jannie & Friends

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/happy-hour-4-good-tickets-635963653407

If you are interested in being a business mentor for the University of Washington Foster School of Business, please fill out the form below no later than Friday, October 6:

https://forms.office.com/r/uQ8c2rQjT7

1.1 billion people around the world are blind or live with vision loss, 90% of which is avoidable and can be addressed through comprehensive eye care services that are community facing. Bringing eye care directly to communities fast-tracks reaching the most marginalized and underserved populations particularly in low- and middle-income countries. The presentation will highlight how Orbis International is addressing the health equity gap through a community-centered model that focuses on primary eyecare work as well as support for vision centers, including “green vision centers” (powered by green energy) and women-led vision centers, integrating eye health together with other critical cross-cutting global issues.

The Peacebuilders Committee is happy to share that we are bringing back our Book Club. Many Seattle 4 members participated in our Book Club a few years ago with readings focused on racial justice. For our first read this time around we have selected The River that Made Seattle by BJ Cummings. We will be scheduling a group discussion of the book in November so you have some time to get your hands on a copy of this impactful story about a misused and misunderstood but vitally important river.

Here is an article from the Seattle Times about the book: https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/seattle-arose-from-a-tortuously-transformed-duwamish-river/

Here is a full description of the book:

The River That Made Seattle - A Human and Natural History of the Duwamish, By BJ Cummings

With bountiful salmon and fertile plains, the Duwamish River has drawn people to its shores over the centuries for trading, transport, and sustenance. Chief Se’alth and his allies fished and lived in villages here and white settlers established their first settlements nearby. Industrialists later straightened the river’s natural turns and built factories on its banks, floating in raw materials and shipping out airplane parts, cement, and steel. Unfortunately, the very utility of the river has been its undoing, as decades of dumping led to the river being declared a Superfund cleanup site.

Using previously unpublished accounts by Indigenous people and settlers, BJ Cummings’s compelling narrative restores the Duwamish River to its central place in Seattle and Pacific Northwest history. Writing from the perspective of environmental justice—and herself a key figure in river restoration efforts—Cummings vividly portrays the people and conflicts that shaped the region’s culture and natural environment. She conducted research with members of the Duwamish Tribe, with whom she has long worked as an advocate. Cummings shares the river’s story as a call for action in aligning decisions about the river and its future with values of collaboration, respect, and justice.

https://uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295750989/the-river-that-made-seattle/

https://a.co/d/2XNQRxp

Prevention Matters in Ending Human Trafficking. Come hear Ashlie Bryant from 3Strands Global Foundation share about the PROTECT program that has reached almost 1,000,000 youth. She will hear her "why" and the outcomes of prevention as well as how Rotarians can help scale PROTECT in Washington.

Rotary Club of Seattle member Jim Barnhart and the Environmental Sustainability committee invite you to Oxbow Farm as we walk and tour the site.  See the organic farm’s processing facility, workshop, their Native Plant Nursery, their Family Farm and Kids’ Play area, and walk out to the Snoqualmie River overlook to hear about conservation work on the farm and across the valley.  As we walk, you’ll learn about their programs in organic farming, conservation, native plant propagation and sales, and education—as well as the many public events they host to inspire visitors from across the region.

The tour will wrap up around noon.  If folks want to bring a lunch with them, the tour will stop at their covered pergolas to allow everyone a chance to eat and ask questions.

There will be no Wednesday meeting on October 11th. Instead, we will have a SPOTLIGHT ON SERVICE Event on October 10th from 5:30-7pm at the Renaissance Hotel at 515 6th Avenue. 
If you drive, there is a special Rotary rate of $10 in the Renaissance parking garage on Madison just west of 6th Avenue.   Our event will be on the main floor of the hotel, with visible signage from the lobby area on the southwest corner of the main floor (visible from the bar area).  

There will be complimentary appetizers and a cash bar.  We will have a chance to meet with Seattle 4 Rotarians and learn about some of the ways that Seattle 4 members have plugged into service that has been fun and fulfilling.  

The panel will feature the CEOs of three of our major Seattle area museums: MOHAI, Wing Luke Museum, and the Foss Waterway Seaport of Tacoma.  We will explore how the museums have adapted to the changing environment brought on by the pandemic and what is planned for the future of the museums.

Lake Union Rotary's 3rd Thursday Happy Hour for Good continues this summer lakefront on South Lake Union in Seattle. 100% of the net proceeds benefit the chosen local non-profit for the evening.  For $50 you will enjoy wine, microbrews, a casual dinner and live music on the dock from 6 - 8 pm.  All 21 and over are welcome.  Have refreshing food and beverage for a cause and raise some money while you're at it!

• At Community Passageways (www.communitypassageways.org) we create alternatives to incarceration for youth and young adults by rebuilding our communities through committed relationships centered on love, compassion, and consistency. We support our youth and young adults at every stage of the criminal legal process—from prevention to detention. This is designed to replace the school-to-prison pipeline with a school-to-life success pipeline. Instead of suspensions and expulsions, we strive for restorative and culturally relevant programming. Instead of police, prosecutors, and judges, we operate with mentors, counselors, and circle keepers. Instead of frustration and denial, we build purpose and opportunity. Instead of jails, we will have homes, schools, jobs, and a community that stands with our youth.
• Live Music TBD

Tickets:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/happy-hour-4-good-tickets-635963653407 

Volunteer Requirements: All volunteers must complete a volunteer application and RSVP to fgreen@wellspringfs.org at least one week in advance of the event date . Masks are required onsite for all volunteer activities. Please let us know if there are young children or people with mobility restrictions in your group so we can plan a volunteer activity for everyone to enjoy.

For more information and additional opportunities, reach out to Faye at fgreen@wellspringfs.org.

The Wellspring Family Store provides free essentials like diapers, formula, clothing, books, toys, and school supplies to children with families experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, homelessness. This critical effort relies on volunteers to help sort clothing, manage inventory, and pack orders going to families.

World Polio Day 2023: Let's Make Polio History

Tuesday, Oct. 24 
In-person: 5 to 7 p.m. at the Discovery Center at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Virtual via Zoom: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
ASL & captioning services | All-ages | Free 

RSVP Now

To register to volunteer at this lunch hour event, please email fgreen@wellspringfs.org and please submit this accompanying volunteer form after RSVPing.

As part of our amazing group of Corporate and Community Direct Connect Partners to The 5th Avenue Theatre, we are so thrilled to offer up an exclusive extra special discount on tickets to Irving Berlin’s White Christmas! This is a deal that is even more deeply discounted than your regular ongoing promo code.

For a limited time (until November 5th) you can get $29 tickets in zones 3, 4, & 5 and $79 tickets in zones 1 & 2 for any evening performance of White Christmas! The promo code for this Special Offer is BLUESKIES, which is different than your regular discount code. This discount code is not good for any of our matinees, but on evening performances, only! To access this discount go to www.5thavenue.org/blueskies or put in Promo Code: BLUESKIES when purchasing your tickets at 5thavenue.org.

Greetings from the World Affairs Council! I'm with the Global Leadership Exchange team at the World Affairs Council. We welcome youth leaders and professionals from around the world for short exchange programs.

Our next youth homestay program is coming up this November and we're excited to welcome youth participants (ages 15-18) from Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru for a two-week exchange focused on digital literacy and the use of social media to address community issues.

We are looking for homestays from Saturday, November 4th - Friday, November 17th and I wondered if this is something your community might be interested in, or at least want to hear about! The students will be meeting every morning at the Northwest School.

Happy to share more information with any members of the Rotary Club who would be interested in hosting - looking forward to hearing from you!

Rayan Atallah (he/him)

Program Officer, Global Leadership Exchange

ratallah@world-affairs.org

C: 617-584-9936

World Affairs Council

2200 Alaskan Way, Suite 450

Seattle, WA 98121

www.world-affairs.org   

Josh will share insight into the impact of one of the largest nonprofit Arts & Cultural organizations in the region.  Provide a good understanding of the health of the local nonprofit arts sector and opportunities in front of us.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT. USE PROMO CODE rotarymember WHEN SUBMITTING YOUR REGISTRATION

Join us for our next evening member event at the Columbia Tower Club for a mentorship panel moderated by Mark Wright and featuring club members that have benefitted from being mentors or mentees! Appetizers will be provided and there wil be a cash bar. There will be a registration link added here soon; parking is available at Columbia Tower for $12 after 5 PM.

Boys & Girls Clubs of King County is honored to be selected as a Spirit of 12 Partner with the Seattle Seahawks again this year! This means there will be exclusive opportunities for our organization to fundraise for our mission at Seahawks games and events throughout the season. Our next volunteer opportunity is coming up on November 12, 2023 for 50/50 raffle ticket sales and we would love to have you there!

Following a successful debut in 2022, the Seahawks' 50/50 Raffle program returned for the 2023 season. Raffle tickets for the 50/50 electronic raffle ticket program will be sold at each Seahawks home game. Fans 18 and older can purchase tickets for a chance to win half of that game's total jackpot. The other half goes to the Seahawks Charitable Foundation and is distributed evenly at the end of the season to the team's Spirit of 12 Partners. The total donation is then generously matched by the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation. In its inaugural season, the program raised more than $450,000.

To purchase 50/50 raffle tickets, fans can look for the Seahawks 50/50 sellers (that could be you!) at kiosks located throughout the stadium. Raffle sales begin upon gate opening and conclude at the end of the third quarter. Winners are announced during the 4th quarter of each game, and later posted to Seahawks.com/5050.

The Volunteer Opportunity

What: Selling 50/50 raffle tickets during a Seahawks home game. The charitable proceeds portion of the 50/50 raffle jackpot will go into a pool of funds that will be combined all season and evenly distributed between all twelve (12) Spirit of 12 organizations at the end of the season.
When: Sunday, November 12, 2023
Where: Lumen Field
Time: 9:00am thru the start of the 4^th quarter
Registration: Pre-registration is required – Seattle Seahawks Spirit of 12 -50/50 Ticket Sales (volunteerhub.com)

Additional Details:

• All volunteers will be provided with breakfast & lunch.
• All volunteers provided a Spirit of 12 t-shirt
• Volunteers who sell a minimum amount of raffle tickets will receive Starbucks gift cards.
• The highest ticket sellers will have a chance to win Seahawks game tickets, autographed items, and team gear!

The Peacebuilders Committee Book Club is back! We are reading The River that Made Seattle by BJ Cummings. This is a book about the Duwamish River, a critical resource to the Indigenous people of the area that became a vital utility to aerospace and other industries. The use and abuse of the river shaped the lives of the area’s first people and the white settlers who came later. “Deeply researched and eloquent. Cummings skillfully unfolds the interrelated stories of a much abused river, an ambitious city, and the people whose lives shaped both the river and the city.”

Our book discussion will be held on Wednesday, November 15, at 11:00am before the Seattle Rotary lunch program. We will meet in-person in the Olympic Room on the Mezzanine or 2nd Floor of the Westin Hotel.

The book’s publisher, University of Washington Press, is currently have a Back-to-School sale with 40% off and free shipping through Oct. 31st. https://uwapress.uw.edu/

Seattle Aquarium's Ocean Pavillion: Putting Global Ocean Health at the Heart of Our New Waterfront

Join Seattle Aquarium President and CEO Bob Davidson for an insider’s look at the Aquarium’s historic campus expansion. Join us to “tour” the new Ocean Pavilion—opening in summer 2024—and learn how this project will benefit local communities, downtown Seattle and our shared marine environment.

Come pack “No-Cook Bags” for the Pike Market Food Bank. These bags provide ready-to-eat food to community members who are experiencing homelessness, do not have a kitchen, or are in a situation that prevents or limits their ability to store, cook and prepare food.  Community members can pick up bags daily from the Pike Market Food Bank in addition to the regular grocery distribution program.  The demand is high for these bags with more than 600 bags picked up EACH WEEK!   All of the food items for the bags will be procured in anticipation, we simple need willing hands to back them up and deliver them to the food bank.  We will be using a space right above De Laurenti’s in the Market to pack and we will have a few moments to learn about the network of social services operating in the Market Community.   

If you will be joining us, please RSVP by emailing club member Lillian Sherman at Lillians@pikeplacemarketfoundation.org

Join us for a visual feast of French and Japanese art, followed by a sumptuous Italian dinner!

Gather for a self-guided tour of the Seattle Asian Art Museum, followed by a wonderful Italian dinner at Osteria La Spiga! 

Thursday, November 30th

• 3pm  Seattle Asian Art Museum, 1400 East Prospect St., Seattle, WA 98112
• 5pm  Osteria La Spiga restaurant, 1429 12th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122

This terrific exhibit can only be seen in Seattle:

What do late 18th- to 19th-century Edo (present-day Tokyo) and late 19th-century Paris have in common? This exhibition uncovers the shared renegade spirit that characterized the graphic arts and social cultures of these two dynamic cities. On view are over 90 Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints and paintings from SAM’s Japanese collection alongside private loans of works by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901).  

Renegade Edo and Paris: Japanese Prints and Toulouse-Lautrec (seattleartmuseum.org)

Ask for discounted Rotary group pricing at SAM

• Adults $12
• Seniors/+65 & Military $10
• Students $7
• SAM Members free

Special thanks to Fedva Dikmen, Doug Seto and the Membership and Arts Committees.  

Please RSVP to jeff.parker@bristleconeadvisors.com to confirm attendance, as we have reserved space at both venues.  

Michael will discuss the state of the arts and culture sector reflecting on data from last year's Community Accelerator Grant, 2019's Nonprofit Recovery Grant, and conversations with industry leadership. The conversation will conclude with a brief discussion of current and future initiatives to strengthen and support the sector.

Please RSVP with items to share HERE and join your fellow Rotarians for this fun annual tradition!

Volunteer Requirements: All volunteers must complete a volunteer application and RSVP to fgreen@wellspringfs.org at least one week in advance of the event date . Masks are required onsite for all volunteer activities. Please let us know if there are young children or people with mobility restrictions in your group so we can plan a volunteer activity for everyone to enjoy.

For more information and additional opportunities, reach out to Faye at fgreen@wellspringfs.org.

Every December, the Wellspring Family Store transforms into a holiday wonderfuland to provide gifts and toys to children in families experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, homelessness. Volunteers will write cards to be included in holiday orders, organize toys, or pack toy orders to go directly to families.

Please keep an eye out for a club-wide email with final registration and event information coming soon! Thank you to club members Linda Lowry and Nicole Klein for making this happen!

Join us for our annual holiday party at Queen City Yacht Club! Expect food, drinks, music, and plenty of time to socialize with your fellow Rotarians!

Purchase event tickets by CLICKING HERE today!