Bellevue Rotary Club

Chartered March 9, 1961

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FEATURED FEBRUARY 15, 2005

Nancy Pasternak & Jerry Henry
"Establishing a Rotary Club"

Nancy Pasternak has just returned from a month-long stay in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, during which time she established the first Rotary Club in that country. This turned out to be a major undertaking, from scratch, since Tajikistan was not in any Rotary District.

Nancy learned of the enthusiasm for this club when she spent ten months in Tajikistan as a Mental Health Specialist for Doctors Without Borders in 2002. Nancy has entered the field of counseling motivated by 11 years of teaching Dale Carnegie courses.

As Director of Apna Ghar, a Chicago domestic violence agency for Indo-Pakistani survivors, Nancy researched solutions in India and was inspired to establish her foundation, Prosperity Rings, that funds micro credit enterprises for abjectly poor women in India.

Nancy graduated with a Masters in Hispanic American Studies from Stanford and a Masters in Counseling from the University of New Mexico, where she lived for 23 years. She is married to Rotarian Derick, and they have three children, Ken 33, Katherine 31 and Sarah 29.

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Get up close and personal with some of South Africa's wildlife on your own six-day, six-night South African Photo Safari. You and a guest are invited to enjoy four-star accommodations, gourmet meals, and twice daily guided open-topped Land Rover trips for viewing animals in Zululand, South Africa. (Restrictions: Does not include airfare, telephone charges, beverages.) VALUE: $3,000.00

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Submitted by Chuck Doland

These images are from a card from Diane Lacker’s Keys class thanking the BRC for our participation. Click on the images for a larger version.

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Community Grant Applications

The Community Grants Committee is taking applications until March 1st. Forms can be found here on the website at the CLUB FORMS dropdown menu at the top of this bulletin page and all other pages on the website. Or, you can send the same information to Phil Bevan by mail. Remember these general guidlines:

1) Not for operational expenses
2) To be used to benefit the Eastside and
3) Not to exceed $5,000.

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AXA Achievement Scholarship Deadline February 18

If you have a high school senior or know of someone who does, you'll be interested in the $2,000 AXA Achievement Community Scholarship for high school seniors. Or, you may want to share it with your family, friends and colleagues:

AXA plans to give away five $2,000 scholarships (up to 10 depending on how many applications we get). The application deadline is February 18th. Click here to print or download an application (Word format). The upper right hand corner of the application requires a branch code. Our local branch code is 708.

If you have any questions about AXA Achievement, please contact Kathleen Steele (Ph 206-956-6221).

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Crystal Mountain Ski Fellowship

It's time once again for the annual Crystal Mountain Ski Fellowship! Dates for this overnight event are Tuesday, March 8 (after work), and Wednesday, March 9, 2005, the ski day. Most skiers will return that evening,. Some skiers and non-skiers will return shortly after breakfast or lunch.

If you are planning to attend the ski fellowship this year, send an email to Scott East with as much information as you can now pin down, such as departure time on Tuesday afternoon, whether you can/want to drive or prefer to be a passenger, and when you plan to return on Wednesday, e.g., before breakfast, mid-morning, after lunch, at end of ski day. Carpools will be formed from the information received.

If you have never attended this trip or have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Scott East.

More information will be provided as the event draws near.

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Next Meeting
February 15, 2005

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GREETERS
Lee Graeve
Jeremy Burnstein

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Newest
BLUE Badge
Members 
Mike Ryan
Peter Kalunian
David Allen
Jason Weese
 

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Newest
Red Badge
Members
Tresa Leftenant
Jeremy Burnstein
Kathleen Steele

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FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS

Dan McDonald, 02/04

Scott East, 02/10

Conrad Lee, 02/10

Don Morehead, 02/10

Steve Sarkozy, 02/16

Josh Steele, 02/17

Dick McDermott, 02/18

SanDee Olson, 02/21

Mike Creighton, 02/22

Craig Edwards, 02/25

Leslie Lloyd, 02/25

Frank Young, 02/26

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Award Winning!
BELLEVUE COMMUNITY COLLEGE ROTARACT CLUB
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The permanent mailing address for Bellevue Rotary is:

Laurie Larson
Club Administrator
P.O. Box 523
Bellevue, WA 98009
bellevuerotary@seanet.com
Ph 425 451-3819
Fax 425 451-8025

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