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Scenes from our weekly morning meeting included our guest speaker and Chief of Police, Kathleen Larson on Security in Woodinville.

Special congratulations to new member Marshall Moon on receiving his blue badge and Allison McGill for receiving her red badge. Welcome to the club!

Also noteworthy was a limited edition eclipse t-shirt for the raffle prize. You never know what surprises are in store at a Woodinville Rotary morning meeting.

No morning meeting next Tuesday, Sept 5th, but we will be doing a clean up at DeYoung Park, 5pm that evening. Wear your Rotary shirt and remember to bring your gloves.
Building Friendships to Serve Others ~

President Keith kicked off the meeting with a welcome and club announcements. Susan updated everyone on the WRC Evening BBQ on Tuesday, August 22nd at Tom Quigley’s Sammamish Farm from 6-8pm. Instead of our regular morning meeting, join us at the Farm, for a relaxed summer gathering.

On the agenda today: Classification Talks by new members Heidi Schauble and Marshall Moon. We learned more about their background and passions. Welcome to the club Heidi and Marshall, we are looking forward to serving with you!

Raffle prizes, Fines and Happy Dollars by Sergeant of Arms Larry Leonardson closed out the meeting. Happy Tuesday everyone!
Building Friendships to Serve Others ~

Signing off in Service: Snapette

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The room was a buzz as guests and members mingled at breakfast this morning.

Woodinville Rotary Skateboard Challenge Event Coordinator, Pam Miller, reminded all about this Saturdays challenge event at Rotary Community Park and circulated a sign up sheet. See everyone at the park Saturday!

Partners for Work Coordinator, Debbie Moore, gave a shoutout to Gary Whitsell for hiring a specially abled employee for his firm. Well done!

On the speaking agenda: Manka Dhingra and Jinyoung Lee Englund, Candidates for the Washington State District 45th Senate. After both candidates gave opening remarks, the floor was open for questions, with an engaging discussion following. We celebrate the many “firsts” that these two candidates represent: first time running, as minority women who care about making a difference.

Follow their campaigns to be informed about their platforms and exercise your right to vote.

Learn more about Manka Dhingra.

Learn more about Jinyoung Lee Englund.

Good Morning Hugs for all from Greeter Mayor Jarvis kicked off our meeting. We are pleased to welcome new Woodinville Rotarian Marshall Moon and his lovely wife Dr. Marilyn Ward to the club. Looking forward to serving with you!

Guest Speaker and Seattle #4 Rotarian David Endicott from Music4Life announced that this wonderful music program will be launched in the Northshore School District.

The Mission of Music4Life is to provide musical instruments to participating schools and programs for students in need. Music4Life provides new and used musical instruments to Seattle area children through elementary school music programs. We purchase supplies, maintenance, and repair instruments to maximize the opportunity for music education in our schools. We do this because research shows that children who participate in music education are more likely to excel in other academic areas. Learn more about Music4Life.

Hopefully Music4Life can make a connection with another local organization, RawkBox which is a Seattle-based nonprofit run by volunteers who repair instruments for music education nonprofits at low or no cost. Learn more about RawkBox.

The RAWK is our service: helping music organizations maintain, repair, and recycle instruments for students. The BOX is our set of wheels: we drive our mobile repair vehicle to schools, camps, events, and other music-education facilities to repair and refurbish instruments on site. It’s our delivery truck that serves up fine-tuned RAWK.

Special shoutout to Nancy Balin, from the Jaimeson Jones Memorial Scholarship, for her donation of 2 homemade pies that were auctioned off this morning. Glad to have you!

Building Friendships to Serve Others.

Good Morning Woodinville Rotary! With a bag of tricks up his sleeve, President Keith kicked off the meeting in high gear.

There was a full line up this morning: Woodinville Chamber Director Dave Witt gave us a Summer update.

Brittany and Pat reminded all that the October 1st BlingoFest Fundraiser registrations are open. Tickets are $75 per person. Contact Brittany at brittanydslater@gmail.com to reserve your spot and purchase tickets.

Foundation Director Jay presented “Paul Harris Awards Part 2” and our guest speaker, North Creek High School Principal Eric McDowell, updated us on the newest school in the district. Welcome North Creek Jaquars! Visit the website to learn more about the school.

Good Morning Woodinville Rotary!

We kicked off our meeting by welcoming several guests: Marshall Moon, Allison McGill, Julie Hopkins, City Council Members Paula Waters and Susan Boundy Sanders and guest speaker Jay Arnold, Deputy Mayor of Kirkland.

Foundation Chair, Jay Fiske presented Tom Robinson with a Paul Harris award and Part 1 of an “Introduction to Rotary Foundation” ~ Stay tuned for Part 2.

Deputy Mayor Jay Arnold told us about the history and development of the neighboring Totem Lake area. Many exciting improvements and expansions are in the works.

It was nice seeing DG Alex and Julie Hopkins this morning. They have begun their tour of clubs, so we may need to catch them at evening events the next couple months.

Hope to see everyone at the first Celebrate Woodinville Concert in the Park tomorrow evening from 5:30-8pm featuring Cloverdale. See the full line up here.

Building Friendships to Serve Others.

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It was a historic morning at Woodinville Rotary!

District Governor Alex Hopkins and Julie made their first official club visit of the Rotary year at their home Rotary Club of Woodinville. In true Rotary fashion, a strong contingency of 5030 Past District Governors attended the meeting in support. DG Alex gave an inspirational speech and set course for the upcoming year. We are looking forward to an amazing 2017-2018 engaging Rotarians of all ages!

Rotarian Heidi Schauble, was officially given her WRC Red Badge to celebrate the beginning of her Woodinville Rotary membership. As a long time friend of Rotary, Rotary Scholarship Alumni and Charter Rotaract President, we are proud to welcome Heidi into a new chapter of her Rotary journey.

Way to kick off your year, President Keith!

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It was another fun morning with the Woodinville Rotary!

President Erv brought the world peace vibe wearing his unique RI Dashiki shirt and infectious spirit. Signing in this morning was Charter Rotaract President Heidi Schauble, incoming Rotaract President Ariana, Rotaract Directors Lamiya and Steven and guest Marshall Moon.

After Mayor Jarvis opened the meeting with the official bell ringing, VP Paul Konrady presented President Erv with a special gift from the club: a nights stay in the Treehouse Bed & Breakfast – A standing ovation was in order for Erv, for another fabulous year!

Incoming Rotaract President Ariana presented her story to the club, with plans for a strong relaunch in the Fall at UW Bothell. We are looking forward to serving with our sponsored Rotaractors.

Please note that there will not be a morning meeting on Tuesday, July 4th, due to the Independence Day Holiday. Building Friendships to Serve Others.

Vice President Paul Konrady led the morning meeting in style, while President Bronco attends the Rotary International Convention in Atlanta with DGE Alex Hopkins, Julie Hopkins and Gayle Hickey.

John Hughes introduced Doug Moore and Jon Garberg, who spoke of the upcoming Parker Archie Moore Memorial Scholarship Fund Golf Tournament on June 26th at Bear Creek Country Club. All are invited to participate and join the community in support of scholarships.

Our guest speaker, Shawn Palmer, of the Leadership Coalition, spoke about kindness in leadership and his personal journey to mentor young adults.

Bob Guide celebrated his birthday this week and facilitated bylaw changes that were approved by the club. Rotary was a key highlight of Bob’s year. Cheers to another great year!

It was an outstanding morning at the grange, with guest speaker Ngoc Nguyen, Program Manager from BEST (Businesses Ending Slavery & Trafficking) informing us on ways BEST is addressing the problem of human trafficking in Seattle.

This is a difficult topic that needs to be discussed. Seattle is a hotbed for sex trafficking.

The Victims are:

• 300-500 children are prostituted in greater Seattle – some are as young as 11 years old.
• Most of these youth are American.
• Most of them are bought in hotels.
• The typical age of entry into prostitution is between 13 and 15 years old.

Visit BEST to learn more about what can be done to stop this evil. Seattle BEST Slavery Facts.

On a lighter note, Woodinville Rotary Alumni Greeter extraordinaire, Eric Angelo and his parents, joined Debbie Moore from Partners for Work, in a surprise visit. It was great reconnecting with Eric, seeing a special recap video and hearing about Eric’s job at Microsoft. Eric remembered many names, jumped into his old greeter duties and lifted everyones spirit. His energy is contagious! See his video.

Assistant Governor, Pat Turner, paid a visit and won a raffle prize. Always nice seeing Pat! Paul Harris awards were presented to Wayne Parris and Paul Konrady by President Bronco. Congratulations!

An announcement was made by Past President Jeff Lair, who will be transferring his Rotary membership to the Mazatlan Rotary later this summer. We wish Jeff all the best, as he moves to Mexico, to bring music to disadvantaged children and continue his passion for service.

Standing ovations were in order for Brittany for hosting an amazing auction dinner and President Bronco on a fantastic year as our Club President. This was a year to remember!

Ken Hawkins, Executive Director of The Mission to Seafarers Seattle was our guest speaker today. Ken discussed how the international Mission supports seafarers as they come into the Seattle port. The Mission to Seafarers was founded in 1856 and is entirely funded by voluntary donations.

Piracy, shipwreck, abandonment and separation from loved ones are just a few of the problems merchant seafarers face. Around the world, The Mission to Seafarers provides help and support to the 1.5 million men and women who face danger every day to keep our global economy afloat.

The Seafarers Mission works in over 200 ports in 50 countries caring for seafarers of all ranks, nationalities and beliefs. Through their global network of chaplains, staff and volunteers they offer practical, emotional and spiritual support to seafarers through ship visits, drop-in centers and a range of welfare and emergency support services.

In over 100 ports our Flying Angel centers provide a ‘home away from home’ for seafarers who may have been at sea for up to two years. Here they can enjoy time away from their ship and use internet and phone facilities to get in touch with loved ones after months away.

In an emergency, the Mission is often the only help available. No matter what problem a seafarer is facing, be it injury, abandonment, non-payment of wages or personal difficulties, they know they can turn to the local Mission for help, advice and support. Mision chaplains and volunteers offer practical and financial support, advocacy services, family liaison or simply a space to talk in a time of crisis.

Locally, Seafarers play a vital role in our daily lives. We depend on them to bring us food, electronic items, raw materials, and other essential cargo. Raw materials supply our industries and finished goods fill our stores and homes. In addition, we depend on the seafarers to ship our exports overseas to help pay for the imports. Without ships and seafarers, trade would cease and our lives would be almost unrecognizable.

Seafarers need us. A job at sea can sound romantic and exciting. The reality is that it is the third most hazardous occupation, due to natural elements and piracy. The work takes seafarers away from their homes and families for months at a time. While at sea they are isolated and when in port, periods made ever briefer by more efficient cargo handling techniques, they often find themselves alienated by language and culture. Moreover, under the Homeland Security rules, shore leave in the United States is often difficult to obtain.

The crews on the commercial ships that call at the Port of Seattle come from many different countries, each with its own culture and religious beliefs. The average crew is made up of about 20-25 seafarers who often speak several different languages. This leads to isolation and loneliness.

It is our privilege to welcome all seafarers while they are in Seattle. Our chaplain and ship visitor visit ships and arrange transportation to the Center or for shopping in the city. The Center has phones and computers for the use of seafarers and is wired for Wifi so they can use their own laptops. When seafarers are not allowed to leave their ship, we bring cell phones and low cost phone cards to them so that they can call home while in port and we also offer to do any necessary shopping for them.

Learn more about The Mission to Seafarers Seattle.

Dr. Amy Goings, president of Lake Washington Institute of Technology (LWTech) was our featured speaker at today’s meeting. Dr. Goings gave us an overview of LWTech and how the institute is evolving to meet the needs of the community.

Located just outside of Seattle, WA, Lake Washington Institute of Technology (LWTech) was founded in 1949, and is the only public institute of technology in the state of Washington. LWTech offers six bachelor’s degrees (starting Fall 2017), 47 associate degrees, and 89 professional certificates in 44 areas of study, including STEM-focused programs in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.

LWTech directly serves the communities of Kirkland, Redmond, Bellevue, Kenmore, Mercer Island, Bothell, Woodinville, Carnation, Duvall, North Bend, Fall City, Sammamish, Issaquah, Snoqualmie, Skykomish, Clyde Hill, and Medina. LWTech also serves students from outside our service area, as well as students from around the world.

We all discussed an opportunity for the club, and the Scholarship Foundation of Northshore to leverage the LWTech scholarship application process.

Also thanks to Paul for standing in for Erv.

Exciting happenings this morning at Woodinville Rotary!

District 5030 Vocational Service Chair, Chris Boland, gave updates on the new focus for this area of service that can begin at the club level. Good seeing you Chris!

Wall of Honor Board Members were presented with a $9,000 check, from the proceeds of their 3 Community Partners Tables at our recent Woodinville Rotary Fundraising Auction. Big things happen when we partner together!

Incoming District 5030 Governor Alex announced details of the 2018 District Conference at the Tulalip Resort & Spa. Assisted by Rotaractors Lamiya and Derek, Chief of Staff Jeff led the banner brigade, which will be displayed after July 1st at our club. We are looking forward to “Opening New Doors to Rotary” this year!

With a warm welcome from Greeter Brittany, President Erv reviewed the recent Fireside Chats. Club discussion was followed by a reminder of the Induction Dinner on June 20 at Cystal Lake Lodge, and a special Paul Harris challenge by Paul, and his beard mystery was revealed by Foundation Chair Jay.

The club discussed some ideas for where we want to make our next community difference along with a smaller fundraising effort for the Fall of 2017 and then getting back to our larger fundraising auction in the fall of 2018.

Looking forward to the Rotary District 5030 Conference this weekend, along with 6 of our UW Bothell Rotaractors.

Amazing things are in the works!

Doreen Milburn, Director of Early Childhood Programs for the Northshore School District was our featured speaker today.

Doreen talked about the program’s growth and challenges over the past few years. Once of the major issues is available space for the program. The outcomes of these interventions are striking in terms of the differences that are being made for children and their families.

The mission statement is as follows: We believe in the uniqueness and individual worth of every child and strive to help all children reach their highest developmental potential. We nurture in children a love for lifelong learning and value families as partners in education.

The preschool and kindergarten years are among the most critical in a child’s life to influence learning. The Northshore School District is committed to providing the support that our youngest students need to prepare them to succeed later in school. The district offers a variety of Early Childhood Programs for children age three to five. In addition, the district contracts with Development Centers to provide services to children age birth to three who qualify for specially design instruction.

Learn more about Northshore’s Childhood Programs.

Jeanie Robinson and Emily Sprong from Friends of North Creek Forest provided us with an update on recent developments.

They shared that the City of Bothell has completed the purchase of the final parcel of land, completing the goal of protecting all 64 acres of North Creek Forest! This was truly a grassroots effort – many volunteer hours and contributions have all helped protect a piece of the wild in Bothell!

While the purchase of the final parcel is a tremendous achievement, the work is not done. In fact, in many ways, the most exciting part lies ahead! 2017 will bring a Master Plan for North Creek Forest – an opportunity to synthesize all the data that has been gathered, hear from the community, and create a plan for how to open the forest up to the public while still protecting its valuable habitat and ecosystem functions.

The Rotary Club of Woodinville also made a donation to the Friends of North Creek Forest to allow them to continue with an intern.

Learn more about the forest and everything that is happening from next steps to outdoor classroom activities.

Join Friends of Northcreek Forest to celebrate the final purchase at the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Breakfast on Friday, April 28. Learn more and RSVP here.

Bellevue Rotarian, Chuck Kimbrough was out guest speaker today. Chuck spoke to the club today about the TELOS program at Bellevue College.

TELOS, the Greek word meaning ‘fulfillment’ is what the TELOS program offers: an engaging community where adults can fulfill their continuing desire to learn and grow. This educational program is aimed at retired people who wish to participate in opportunities and challenges for continued learning, personal growth and new friendships. The emphasis of TELOS is on learning, growth and fun.

Classes meet once a week during the day and are non-credit and non-graded. TELOS classes are taught by men and women who have expertise in their subject matter and excellent teaching skills. Many are active or retired faculty from colleges and universities. Others are professionals with accomplishments in many fields. All share a keen interest in contributing to the mental, physical and spiritual fulfillment of older adults.

With as many as 50 courses offered each quarter and over 1,000 students participating in TELOS, this program is bound to offer a course and community that is right for you!

Learn more at the TELOS website.

With banners waving high, this mornings’ meeting featured Paul Harris awards presented to Tim House, Carol Lee, Dr. Tim Burner, Jorge Gonzalez and Max Zellweger. More awards to follow. For history on this award visit the Paul Harris Fellow Recognition page on the Rotary website.

Our guest speaker and Grange Master, Tom Quigley, updated us on the Sammamish Grange happenings and opportunities to build community.

Tom shared a special grange quote: “In Essentials, Unity * In Non-Essentials, Liberty * In All Things, Charity.”

Natalie Place, Senior Manager, Programs & Education at City Fruit, a Seattle based non-profit that promotes the cultivation of urban fruit in order to nourish people, build community, and protect the climate was our guest speaker today.

Natalie discussed how City Fruit is working with various urban fruit tree owners to utilize the fruit that would otherwise go to waste. Natalie is a fruit enthusiast with degrees from Bastyr University and James Madison University. With her combined education and work in public health and holistic design, she is passionate about healthy environments and happy people.

If you have fruit trees and are interested in engaging with them for fruit stewardship or to learn more about their programs including educational opportunities visit City Fruit (https://www.cityfruit.org/).

Dr. Michelle Reid, the new Superintendent for the Northshore School District paid a visit to the club today.

Superintendent Reid spoke about the current state of the school district and how district growth and an increase in languages spoken are changing the overall composition of the district. She also talked about the new high school which opens next fall, grade shuffling to move 9th graders into the high schools and the beginnings of a comprehensive strategic plan.

It was a pleasure to have her visit and share some stories about herself. The club had lots of questions for Dr. Reid and the hope is she will plan another visit to the club in the near future.

Dr. Reid was formerly the superintendent of South Kitsap School District. Prior to becoming South Kitsap’s superintendent, she served as deputy superintendent, district athletic director and high school principal in the Port Angeles School District. She is known regionally and nationally for instructional leadership and crafting sustainable systems for district support of the instructional core. She has been a conference keynote presenter, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) panel participant and has been a leadership facilitator at both the University of Washington Center for Educational Leadership and the Harvard Institute for School Leadership.