Jon Hankins
Partners for Work
Partners for Work
Jonathan Hankins is a West Seattle Rotarian who lives in Seattle and has been working for nine years for Trillium Employment Services, a non-profit that assists employers in hiring individuals with developmental disabilities. Jon currently directs a start-up agency for Trillium in Vancouver, WA. In his previous job in facilities management, he had an opportunity for the first time to work with people with disabilities in a business setting. That experience directed him into his current vocation, which he enjoys and by which he is challenged.
Jonathan’s interest in Rotary came from two events in 2003:
1) his two years of work on a vocational project that became a district project this year, Partners for Work, which started within the Rotary Club of Auburn and has grown through out district 5030;
2) his involvement with the GSE program, where he was selected as first alternate for the 2004 trip to east Africa.
Jonathan grew up in Michigan, where he attended Albion College and received a degree in Communications. For fun, Jonathan enjoys coaching high school boy’s basketball, camping, and music.
Rob Rose
What a wonderful and successful two-month trip to Nepal! My sincere thanks go out to all of my Nepali Rotary friends whose extraordinary efforts made it happen. Listed below are some of the outstanding accomplishments from our journey as well as some random thoughts and insights!Rotary Accomplishments
• On many of our Rotary Club visits we were accompanied by Nirmala Gyawali or her sister, Sita Gyawali who are both women with blindness. Having a representative of the community with disabilities made for a very compelling presentation on disability awareness.
• Rtn. RR (Rabendra) Pandey and I traveled to four other cities within Nepal besides Kathmandu and met with representatives of over 40 Rotary clubs to discuss the ‘Disability-Awareness’ project. All of the clubs we spoke to were interested in participating and inspired by the project.
• We spoke to most of the country’s 49 Rotaract clubs about disability awareness simultaneously at the Rotaract District 3290 Conference held in Chitwan, Nepal.
• Representatives from eight USA Rotary clubs and one Rotaract Club visited Nepal as part of our group for volunteer projects and sightseeing activities.
• The Rotary Foundation sent DGN Rtn. Scaria Jose from Kerala, India to evaluate the 3-H Grant proposal for disability awareness in Nepal. Past project site visits and cooperating organization meetings were held throughout his five-day visit. We await a final decision on the grant by the Trustees of the Rotary Foundation in April.
Random Thoughts…
• When trying to communicate with the guy cutting your hair, be sure he understands if you are showing him how much you want cut off of your hair, not how much hair you want left on your head!
• This is such a dusty place. I think if you left something sitting on a table for a couple of months it’d be buried in dust.
• Momo’s (Nepali chicken or veggie dumplings) should be declared one of the four basic food groups. They are tasty!
• Bucket-baths aren’t too bad as long as the water is warm.
• Occasional candlelight dinners are romantic but with twice-daily power outages the romance kind-of goes out of it.
• On the flip-side, you feel a bit like a pioneer reading nightly by rechargeable lantern.
• On our way to the airport at the end of our trip, I saw a dog look both ways before crossing the street and then he/she crossed within the crosswalk.
• Never go anywhere without your trusty roll of toilet paper!
We Should Feel Fortunate…
• That when we make a cell phone call, it usually goes through.
• That even though gas prices seem expensive here, at least fuel is available.
• That we have clean air to breathe and clean water to drink.
• That we have electricity at a consistent voltage on an ‘on-demand’ basis.
Ten Grands Performance
David Laub
Ten Grands features ten grand pianos and ten concert pianists playing a variety of classical and modern pieces both simultaneously and individually. There is a concert in Seattle at Benaroya Hall on Saturday, May 17, at 7:00PM.
Concert proceeds benefit The Snowman Foundation, which in turn benefits youth service groups, helps generate scholarships and music lessons for disadvantaged youth in Oregon and Southwest Washington and helps purchase pianos for schools and organizations in need.For the first time, Ten Grands is taking its show on the road; specifically, taking it north to Seattle. In addition to raising funds for The Snowman Foundation, this performance will also benefit PONCHO (Patrons of Northwest Civic, Cultural and Charitable Organizations). The organization strives to create a diverse and expansive community which celebrates and supports the vitality and variety of the arts.
If you would like to attend this event, please email David Laub at and let him know how many tickets you would like.
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Save the date!
Fellowship Event: Golf at Trilogy
Brad Hunt
We have reserved 32 spots for the spring golf fellowship at Trilogy Golf Club, Redmond Ridge, on Wednesday June 4th. The cost is $100 for balls, carts, greens fee, prizes and food. The first starting time is 1:00 pm, and we will be playing a "Scramble" format.Spaces will be held on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information and to book a spot, please contact Brad Hunt (Ph 425-417-6794).
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