February 2, 2010
PUBLISHING ITEMS IN THE BULLETIN
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If you have information, articles, photos, etc., for publication in the weekly bulletin (printed bulletin, website and/or eFlash), please send them to bulletin@bellevuerotary.net by 2:00 pm on Fridays.
THIS WEEK AT THE BRC
CLUB CONTACT INFO
GREETERS
Vijay Vashee & Byron Piro
BACK TABLE DUTY
Norm Beck & Bob Berry
INVOCATION
Rachele Cawaring
NEWEST MEMBER(S)
Natalie Werzynski
Janet Taylor
Tim Siegel
Vijay Vashee & Byron Piro
BACK TABLE DUTY
Norm Beck & Bob Berry
INVOCATION
Rachele Cawaring
NEWEST MEMBER(S)
Natalie Werzynski
Janet Taylor
Tim Siegel
Laurie Larson
Executive Director
P.O. Box 523
Bellevue, WA 98009
execdirector@bellevuerotary.net
Ph 425-451-3819
Fax 888-814-5696
Are you receiving
The Rotarian Magazine?
If not, contact Laurie Larson or email The Rotarian Magazine.
Executive Director
P.O. Box 523
Bellevue, WA 98009
execdirector@bellevuerotary.net
Ph 425-451-3819
Fax 888-814-5696
Are you receiving
The Rotarian Magazine?
If not, contact Laurie Larson or email The Rotarian Magazine.
Sandra Olson-Meyer, 02/21
Mike Creighton, 02/22
Cecille Schuman, 02/23
Leslie Lloyd, 02/25
Nita Petry, 02/26
Frank Young, 02/26
Mike Creighton, 02/22
Cecille Schuman, 02/23
Leslie Lloyd, 02/25
Nita Petry, 02/26
Frank Young, 02/26
Byron Piro, 02/03
Dan McDonald, 02/04
Scott East, 02/10
Conrad Lee, 02/10
Steve Sarkozy, 02/16
Liz Swanson, 02/16
Dan McDonald, 02/04
Scott East, 02/10
Conrad Lee, 02/10
Steve Sarkozy, 02/16
Liz Swanson, 02/16
PLEASE NOTE:
If the regular parking garage is full and you are turned away or redirected,
please go to the Harbor Club parking lot.
SERVICE TO YOUTH
Eastside Baby Corner Volunteer Opportunities for Rotarians
FEBRUARY 12 & APRIL 17, 10:00AM—12:00 NOON
Tom Norwalk, CEO
Seattle's Convention and Visitors Bureau
"Tourism in the Pacific Northwest"
Seattle's Convention and Visitors Bureau
"Tourism in the Pacific Northwest"
Tom Norwalk serves as President & CEO of Seattle’s Convention and Visitors Bureau, an economic development agency responsible for competitively marketing Seattle as a destination for meeting and convention groups and leisure travelers.
Seattle’s Convention and Visitors Bureau is a non-profit economic development agency responsible for competitively marketing Seattle as a destination for meeting and convention groups and leisure travelers. Some 9.5 million visitors spend more than $5 billion in Seattle and King County annually, contributing $468 million in state and local tax revenues. Direct visitor spending benefits hotels, retailers, restaurants, attractions, transportation services and other businesses and supports jobs for more than 63,000 people in the Seattle region.
Norwalk oversees more than 40 employees in the organization’s main Seattle office, as well as sales offices in Washington, D.C., and Chicago, and is responsible for all of the bureau’s operations, sales and marketing, finance and budget management and business development.
Previously, Norwalk served as Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing for the bureau, a position he held since October 2005.
Norwalk is a hospitality veteran with extensive hotel and other travel industry experience. From 2002 until 2005, he served as President and Managing Director of Seattle Hospitality Group, LLC, Seattle’s leading destination management company.
Between 1981 and 2001, Norwalk served in sales and marketing positions with Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts. During that time, he was the director of marketing for Four Seasons properties in San Francisco, Vancouver, B.C., and Seattle, working proactively with convention and visitor bureaus in all three cities. He served as Director of Marketing of the Four Seasons Olympic Hotel in Seattle from 1993 to 2001, and served concurrently at the Four Seasons corporate level as Regional Director of Hotel Marketing, where he oversaw ten properties in the Western United States and Hawaii.
From 2001 to 2002, Norwalk was the general manager of The Golf Club at Newcastle, a $75 million luxury public golf facility in suburban Seattle.
Norwalk began his career in 1976 in the catering and banquets division for the Washington Plaza Hotel in Seattle, which later became the flagship property for Westin Hotels and Resorts.
A Seattle native, Norwalk earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from Washington State University. He and his wife Linda have three children and reside in Bothell. Norwalk is an active board member of Seattle Rotary and chairs the regional efforts of Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Seattle’s Convention and Visitors Bureau is a non-profit economic development agency responsible for competitively marketing Seattle as a destination for meeting and convention groups and leisure travelers. Some 9.5 million visitors spend more than $5 billion in Seattle and King County annually, contributing $468 million in state and local tax revenues. Direct visitor spending benefits hotels, retailers, restaurants, attractions, transportation services and other businesses and supports jobs for more than 63,000 people in the Seattle region.
Norwalk oversees more than 40 employees in the organization’s main Seattle office, as well as sales offices in Washington, D.C., and Chicago, and is responsible for all of the bureau’s operations, sales and marketing, finance and budget management and business development.
Previously, Norwalk served as Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing for the bureau, a position he held since October 2005.
Norwalk is a hospitality veteran with extensive hotel and other travel industry experience. From 2002 until 2005, he served as President and Managing Director of Seattle Hospitality Group, LLC, Seattle’s leading destination management company.
Between 1981 and 2001, Norwalk served in sales and marketing positions with Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts. During that time, he was the director of marketing for Four Seasons properties in San Francisco, Vancouver, B.C., and Seattle, working proactively with convention and visitor bureaus in all three cities. He served as Director of Marketing of the Four Seasons Olympic Hotel in Seattle from 1993 to 2001, and served concurrently at the Four Seasons corporate level as Regional Director of Hotel Marketing, where he oversaw ten properties in the Western United States and Hawaii.
From 2001 to 2002, Norwalk was the general manager of The Golf Club at Newcastle, a $75 million luxury public golf facility in suburban Seattle.
Norwalk began his career in 1976 in the catering and banquets division for the Washington Plaza Hotel in Seattle, which later became the flagship property for Westin Hotels and Resorts.
A Seattle native, Norwalk earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from Washington State University. He and his wife Linda have three children and reside in Bothell. Norwalk is an active board member of Seattle Rotary and chairs the regional efforts of Make-A-Wish Foundation.
We will meet at the Newcastle YMCA from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon on Saturday, February 20th. The project will be done in conjunction with Bellevue Parks Department, Boy Scouts, who will be planting native vegetation, and the Newcastle Weed Warriors. Earn make-up time!
Contact Jim Price for further information (Ph 425-453-9292 x110).
Contact Jim Price for further information (Ph 425-453-9292 x110).
We're all learning of the devastation in Haiti from the recent earthquake and the very serious challenges being faced by the survivors. I've heard from a number of you asking how you can help.
Our Bellevue Rotary Foundation will accept donations from interested members. I'm mindful of the number of things we already ask you to support. Consequently, there is no expectation, nor will there be any "push" for donations. However, if you'd like to help, bring a check to Laurie Larson at our next meeting or mail it to Rotary Club of Bellevue, PO Box 523, Bellevue, WA 98009. Your check should be made payable to "Bellevue Rotary Foundation," with a notation of "Haiti relief." All funds collected will be disbursed to Rotary relief efforts in Haiti.
Separately, our World Community Service Committee is examining whether they can allocate any of their remaining funds to support this effort as well.
Thank you for your consideration.
Our Bellevue Rotary Foundation will accept donations from interested members. I'm mindful of the number of things we already ask you to support. Consequently, there is no expectation, nor will there be any "push" for donations. However, if you'd like to help, bring a check to Laurie Larson at our next meeting or mail it to Rotary Club of Bellevue, PO Box 523, Bellevue, WA 98009. Your check should be made payable to "Bellevue Rotary Foundation," with a notation of "Haiti relief." All funds collected will be disbursed to Rotary relief efforts in Haiti.
Separately, our World Community Service Committee is examining whether they can allocate any of their remaining funds to support this effort as well.
Thank you for your consideration.
Bellevue Rotary Club is now accepting scholarship applications for the Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship.
About the Scholarship
Supporting the Rotary Foundation's goal of world understanding and peace, a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship is a grant of $25,000 intended to fund the cost of tuition, room and board associated with one year of undergraduate or graduate study abroad at an overseas institution of higher education. Funding will be for the 2011‐2012 academic year.
Who is Eligible?
Applicants should have accumulated at least two years of college or university credit and should be proficient in the language of the country they propose to visit. Bellevue Rotary will give preference to students who live, study or work in the greater Eastside Lake Washington area. Applications are especially encouraged from students or graduates of these local colleges and universities:
How to Apply Interested applicants can download an application and Program Guide from the Rotary International website.
Applicants should mail five copies of their completed applications to:
All applications must be postmarked by April 1, so don't delay!
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About the Scholarship
Supporting the Rotary Foundation's goal of world understanding and peace, a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship is a grant of $25,000 intended to fund the cost of tuition, room and board associated with one year of undergraduate or graduate study abroad at an overseas institution of higher education. Funding will be for the 2011‐2012 academic year.
Who is Eligible?
Applicants should have accumulated at least two years of college or university credit and should be proficient in the language of the country they propose to visit. Bellevue Rotary will give preference to students who live, study or work in the greater Eastside Lake Washington area. Applications are especially encouraged from students or graduates of these local colleges and universities:
- Bellevue College
- Cascadia Community College
- City University of Seattle
- Lake Washington Technical College
- University of Washington Bothell
How to Apply Interested applicants can download an application and Program Guide from the Rotary International website.
Applicants should mail five copies of their completed applications to:
Attn: Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship Committee
Bellevue Rotary Club
PO Box 523
Bellevue, WA 98009
Bellevue Rotary Club
PO Box 523
Bellevue, WA 98009
All applications must be postmarked by April 1, so don't delay!
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