Bellevue Rotary Club, Bellevue, WA
WEEKLY BULLETIN
DECEMBER 19, 2006
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Annual Holiday Luncheon, featuring the Clyde Hill Elementary Choir, with Director Steve Holmberg | Penny LeGate Documentary on Ethiopia | Salvation Army Bell Ringers | Rob Rose’s Disability Awareness Project Progresses | Bellevue Rotary Forest Explorers Program, Lake Hills Elementary 2nd Graders | Rotarians Doing Business with Rotarians
THIS WEEK AT THE BRC
NEWEST RED BADGE
MEMBER(S)
Andy Barlass
Lourdes Tsukada
Keith Folz
GREETERS
Millard Lesch
George Brace
BACK TABLE DUTY
Charlie Gardner
Cecille Schuman
CLUB MAILING ADDRESS:
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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Bill Grimes, 12/02
Terry Posner, 12/03
Peter Kalunian, 12/04
BJ Rasmussen, 12/08
Debra Hauser, 12/09
Diane Tebelius, 12/14
Norris Bevan, 12/18
Dave Martin, 12/18
Rich Herzberg, 12/23
Rick Hervey, 12/25
Bob Evans, 12/28
Monte Snider, 12/31
Classification Report: “Banking” classification is currently full.
Annual Holiday Luncheon
featuring the Clyde Hill Elementary Choir,
with Director Steve Holmberg
Penny LeGate Documentary on Ethiopia
Margaret Doman
Mark your calendars!
December 19, 9:30 PM, KIRO 7
Be sure to watch Penny LeGate's half-hour documentary on Ethiopia, "Seattle to Ethiopia: Bridges of Hope". It will cover the issues of polio, water, fistula and AIDS orphans, all stories with local connections.
The Ethiopia Water Project was the raffle beneficiary during Katherine Thompson's presidential year. Special thanks go to Don Mings for his super-competent raffle management, which yielded a BRC contribution of $17,567!
The BRC once again needs bell ringers at Bellevue Square for the Salvation Army. These are 2-hour shifts this Saturday, December 23, from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM. It is preferable to have two persons per shift or a family.
To sign up, CLICK HERE and check the box by the shift you are interested in, then scroll down to the bottom of the sign-up list and enter your name and email address. Then click on SIGN ME UP!
It's possible that more people might sign up for a particular shift then are needed, so you may be asked to try to change your shift. Once your sign-up has been confirmed, your name(s) will appear in the spaces on the sign-up sheet.
If you have any questions, please contact Lynn Jones.
Rob Rose’s Disability Awareness Project Progresses
Rob Rose’s multi-district project between our district and soon-to-be District 3292 in Nepal is continuing to gain momentum in both countries. Jesse Tam, 2008-09 District 5030 Governor-Elect, and his wife Lilly will be traveling to Nepal with Rob and his wife Gina in February. Rob recently received a Rotary Volunteer grant from The Rotary Foundation. This grant provides funds for qualified participants to cover the cost of airfare and travel expenses on Rotary-related journeys.
While in Nepal, Jesse and Lilly will be hosted by Nepal’s District Governor for 2008-09 (District 3292’s inaugural year!), Dr. Tika Man Vaidya. They will be working together with Rob and other Nepali district representatives to create a project that will have a lasting impact for people with disabilities throughout Nepal. The goal is to uplift the conditions for those with disabilities, providing medical help, education and opportunity for this forgotten population.
If you’d like more information on Rob’s project, wish to volunteer, or have any questions, please contact him (Ph 425-881-6231).
Click here to read an article on this project at the District 5030 website.
Bellevue Rotary Forest Explorers Program
Lake Hills Elementary 2nd Graders
Peter Wang, Chairman, Community Grants Committee
Four classes of the 2nd Graders from Lake Hills Elementary School, BSD, attended the Forest Explorers program at the Woodland Park Zoo this fall, courtesy of Bellevue Rotary Community Grants. The Forest Explorers program presents the students an opportunity to experience first-hand the differences between tropic and temperate rain forests and the effect that they have on our environment.
The students and teachers from these classes have expressed their appreciation by sending us 79 original masterpieces of thank-you pictures and drawings. These wonderfully drawn thank you pictures are being displayed with Club Administrator for all to enjoy.
Here are some of the many wonderful comments from Mrs. McClanahan, Ms. Okawa, Ms. Tzucker’s classes and the fabulous writers of Room 111:
Amazing hands-on experience …
My favorite is a gorilla because the gorilla was picking it’s nose.
I saw a funny looking squirrel, a jaguar and a fat white owl …
I learned about the temperate rain fores t…
The live jaguar — that is our school mascot.
We learned the four layers of the forest …
Amazing … so cool … thank you …
Really appreciated that you let us go …
Great learning experience and appreciate your wonderful gift to us!
It was a real live jaguar! I love zoos.
And the penguins and peacock too.
I learned that the forest floor has bugs that eat the leaves and poop the soil out.
I love going to the zoo. I never been to zoo.
The bats make me scream, I jumped …
I learned about the monkeys, the ones with the beards.
Rotarians Doing Business with Rotarians
Our District Governor, Mike Montgomery, is encouraging all Rotarians to do business with fellow Rotarians, both club-wide and district-wide. One way we have done this is to ask Mike Schaeffer, our Sergeant of Arms, to have members recognized by not only their profession, but by their company name as well. He has done a great job to raise awareness of the different professions within our club.
Remember that our membership is comprised of people of high standards who are encouraged to follow the Rotarian Four Way Test. This 24-word test for employers and employees to follow in their business and professional lives is the guide for sales, production, advertising, and all relations with dealers and customers, and the survival of the company. It asks the following four questions:
Of the things we think, say or do:
1. Is it the TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?