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OCTOBER 21, 2008
PUBLISHING ITEMS IN THE BULLETIN
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Joni Earl, Chief Executive Officer, Sound Transit | Partners for Work — Opportunity to Make a Difference | Dinner & Theater Fellowship:
"Beauty and the Beast" | Rotary 5030 Distict Conference 2009 | Summer Youth Exchange is Looking for Students! | Bequests to the Bellevue Rotary Foundation |2008-09 Bellevue Rotary Community Grants
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Rob McKenna, 10/10 |
Bob Bishop, 10/13
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PLEASE NOTE: If the regular parking garage is full and you are turned away or redirected, please go to the Harbor Club parking lot.
PLEASE NOTE: There will be a meeting of the Rotary "Service to the Disabled" Committee following the Tuesday, October 21, regular meeting. Contact: Tom Eckhart
Joni Earl
Chief Executive Officer
Sound Transit
Sound Transit CEO Joni Earl will provide an update on the regional mass transit system approved by the voters in 1996. She will also provide an overview of the Mass Transit Expansion measure that is on the ballot this November to expand that system, including the investments for the Eastside.
Joni Earl is the Chief Executive Officer of Sound Transit, the agency responsible for building and operating the Puget Sound region’s mass transit system.
Joni came to Sound Transit in 2000 and is in charge of all aspects of the agency, including its substantial capital and operating programs. She reports to an 18-member Board of Directors.
Under her leadership, the agency has built new transit centers, park-and-ride lots and HOV access lanes throughout Central Puget Sound. The agency runs ST Express buses, Sounder commuter trains, Tacoma Link light rail and, in 2009, will begin running Link light rail trains from downtown Seattle to Sea-Tac Airport.
Joni has a long, distinguished career in public service. Before joining Sound Transit, she was Deputy County Executive of Snohomish County, Washington. Before that, she was City Manager of Mill Creek. She also was Director of Internal Management and Chief Fiscal Officer for Kitsap County, Washington.
Joni is a graduate of Harvard University’s State and Local Government Executive Program. She holds a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Puget Sound, and a bachelor’s degree from Washington State University.
She currently serves on the Board of the Puget Sound Chapter of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and chairs the public sector campaign for United Way of King County. She is a past 3-time Rotarian and is the proud grandmother of 3 grandchildren.
In 2005, Joni was named one of Seattle Magazine’s 25 most influential people of the Puget Sound and one of the Puget Sound Business Journal’s 20 Women of Influence.
Partners for Work — Opportunity to Make a Difference
The BRC is joining in the District 5030 Partners For Work project, improving the lives of the developmentally disabled through understanding, acceptance, education and work opportunities. Annually, 100 to 150 people with developmental disabilities graduate from schools in District 5030 who are actively seeking employment. Unemployment of working age adults with disabilities is roughly 70%.
Our PFW committee is seeking three additional Rotarian members to develop programs within our club and district. We will begin by hiring a DD graduating high schooler to work with meeting set-up, registration and other support activities. We will include this individual in our meetings. You can help by joining the committee to increase awareness and work with our student during meetings.
If you have questions or need further information, please contact Chuck Doland.
Dinner & Theater Fellowship: "Beauty and the Beast"
A fellowship event has been scheduled on November 18, at the Issaquah Village Theatre, to see "Beauty and the Beast." Prior to the 7:30 curtain time, there will be a dinner from 5:00-7:15 pm, at the Pogacha Restaurant, in the large back room. The restaurant is located at 120 NW Gilman Blvd., Issaquah, and there is additional parking behind restaurant.
The Issaquah Village Theatre (Francis J. Gaudette Theatre) is located at 303 Front Street North, and it is a long walk from the restaurant so carpooling to the theatre from the restaurant is suggested, or plan to leave early enough to find parking closer to the theatre.
Cost for this event is $70 per ticket (includes dinner and no-host bar), and it is imited to the first 70 people total. To sign up, email John Strathy with your total ticket count by November 4th. Members will be billed on their Rotary accounts, and tickets will be distributed at the November 11th Rotary luncheon or at Pogacha Restaurant the night of the event.
Rotary 5030 Distict Conference 2009
The Rotary District 5030 2009 District Conference is being held May 1-3, 2009, in Victoria, BC. We would like as many as possible to attend. Besides being informative, it is great fun, with dinner, tours, golf tournament, pub crawl, etc. Spouses are encouraged to attend. There will be something for everyone to enjoy.
The price is $275.00 per person until November 30, 2008, plus lodging. After that date, the price is $325.00 per person, plus lodging. Sign up early! Hotels book up early, so choose your hotel soon.
The registration website is: www.district5030conference2009.org
If you have questions, contact Gail Ryder (425-455-1234).
Summer Youth Exchange is looking for Students!
Elaine Heller
Do your kids, your grandkids, neighbors or a family friends have an interest in foreign travel next summer?
Each year, local Rotary districts and clubs worldwide arrange thousands of international Youth Exchanges for high school-aged students. A primary goal of the program is to foster world understanding by way of intercultural exchanges.
Students are matched with students of similar age, interests and gender in a country of their choice and spend 3-4 weeks living with that student’s host family. The student and his/her family then hosts the matched student for a similar length of time. The exchanges take place when school is not in session. Every year approximately 7,000 students ages 15 to 19 go abroad under the auspices of the Rotary Youth Exchange program.
If you know of a child ready for the challenge and the rewards of living in another land as an exchange student, talk to them about the Rotary’s Youth Exchange program. Some of the countries where we have matched students include Germany, France, Holland, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Japan, Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, Greece, Mexico, and Denmark.
If you know of a student, neighbor, child, niece, nephew, or grandchild interested in becoming a Rotary Youth Exchange Summer Student for next summer, please contact Elaine Heller.
Bequests to the Bellevue Rotary Foundation
Rich Herzberg
For years, Rotarians have had the opportunity to leave a legacy by making specific bequests to Rotary International in their estate plans. This has allowed Rotarians to support international service. Bellevue Rotary is now providing a new estate planning option by allowing specific bequests to the “Bellevue Rotary Foundation Community Service Endowment Fund” to support community service. If you’d like to leave a legacy that supports your local community through Bellevue Rotary, please consider updating your estate plan. If you have any questions please contact President-Elect Rich Herzberg.
2008-09 Bellevue Rotary Community Grants
Peter Wang
The 2008-09 Bellevue Rotary Community Grants Bellevue Rotary is soliciting applications for community service grants until October 15, 2008.
The following are some of the guidelines, not limiting to:
1. The funds must be community service oriented, beneficial primarily to the residents of the City of Bellevue and secondarily to residents of the neighboring Eastside cities.
2. Funds will be granted for capital investments in service projects and not for general operating expenses such as overhead and salary, etc.
3. The maximum grant per organization is $5,000.
4. A simple Letter of Inquiry must be filled out and received by October 15, 2008.
- The Letter of Inquiry should provide the following information:
- Organization information (name of organization, contact person, address, & telephone number).
- Single summary sentence of service project.
- Population & number of people benefiting from project.
- Total estimated budget of proposed project.
- Grant proposal and how the grant money will be utilized.
Upon favorable review, a Full Request may then be requested by a Bellevue Rotarian of the Community Grants Committee for final review.
The Community Grants Committee will then select the final list of grant proposals for approval by the Bellevue Rotary Executive Board.
Please send all Letters of Inquiry on or before October 15, 2008 to:
Bellevue Rotary
Attn: Community Grants
P.O. Box 523
Bellevue, WA 98009
For further questions, contact Peter C. Wang, Chair, Bellevue Rotary Community Grants Committee (Ph 425-241–0110), or Phil Noble, Vice Chair (Ph 206-689-2129.
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