Craig L. Hendrickson
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Overlake Hospital Medical Center

Craig Hendrickson is the President and Chief Executive Officer at Overlake Hospital Medical Center. Prior to joining Overlake in 2001, he was the COO at Swedish Medical Center (Providence Campus). His experience includes positions as the Chief Executive at Providence Seattle Medical Center, Senior Regional Vice President & COO at Catholic Healthcare West in California, President/CEO of South Sound Integrated Delivery Network for the Franciscan Health System, and CEO of St. Francis Hospital in Federal Way.

Craig has a Masters degree in Healthcare Administration from the University of California, Irvine, and brings over 25 years of experience in hospital operations. He has a proven record in business development, strategic planning, and organizational operations. Craig is committed to ensuring a high standard of patient care by overseeing hospital operations, employee and physician satisfaction, management development and process improvement.

Craig and his wife Linda live in Kirkland and have three grown children and four grandchildren.

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The Search Is On!
For the 2011 Auction's Primary Beneficiary
Joel Cambern, 2011 Auction Committee

As we look forward towards our annual Bellevue Rotary Auction for 2011, we face the opportunity and the privilege of identifying our Primary Beneficiary for this important event. This is a challenging task, due to the fact that there is a vast number of worthy organizations within our community that would benefit greatly from the generosity of our members, donors, guests, and sponsoring partners.

We are currently seeking applications from local nonprofits and charities that we may be able to partner with, and we need your help. Our club members are very active throughout the community and interact regularly with organizations which meet the criteria that we are looking for. We are reaching out to our members for leads, recommendations, and introductions to these groups.

Ideally, the applicants will:

• be local
• have a specific capital need which can be addressed through our "Fund a Need" Campaign
• have the capacity to partner with us in audience development and donor procurement

The application deadline is July 30th. We intend to have our 2011 primary beneficiary identified by early next month, so we are very anxious to get those applications in and to start the interview process.

If you have an organization in mind, please contact Alan Fulp, Joel Cambern, or any member of the Auction Committee ASAP for details on how to have an application submitted.

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Check Presented to Eastside Baby Corner

Karen Ridlon and Angela Kennedy, Eastside Baby Corner, were presented with a check at last Tuesday's meeting for $100,300, the amount raised during the fund a need portion of the annual BRC auction.

Eastside Baby Corner, the 2010 BRC auction primary beneficiary provides essentials — clothes, shoes, formula, diapers, car seats and numerous other goods — to about 500 children each week.

Trinity Parker, BRC Auction Committee, thanked the Eastside Baby Corner on behalf of the BRC, for the incredible work they do to help kids and families in our community.

Photo courtesy of Rob Rose

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2010 BAM Ice Cream Sales—July 23, 24, 25
Kelly Becker

We would love to have you join us at the Bellevue Arts Museum artsfair & 2010 6th Street Fair! Please register online for one of the sales shifts. There are four three-hour shifts on Friday and Saturday and three shifts on Sunday. We need 10 people and 2 captains per shift. If you would like to be a Shift Captain, please enter (CAPT) after your name in the form field in the online sign-up.

We also need people for the Set-Up Party on Thursday, July 22, from 6:00-8:00 pm, and for the Clean-Up Party on Sunday, July 25, 6:00 pm.

Family, friends, and co-workers are all welcome!

If you have questions, please contact Kelly Becker or John Strathy.

Photo courtesy of Rob Rose

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Career/Travel Opportunity: Rotary Sponsors Exchange With India
Application due date extended to 19 July 2010

The Rotary clubs of greater Seattle are seeking business and professional people ages 25-40 to apply for a cultural/vocational exchange program with Central India this winter from mid-December 2010 to mid-January 2011. 

The Group Study Exchange is a longstanding program of Rotary International, which offers an all-expense paid experience with home stays with Rotarian host country families, vocational visits, and an opportunity to exchange ideas and customs with counterparts. Applicants must live in Rotary District 5030, which basically corresponds to Seattle and its suburbs. The exchange is not open to Rotarians or their lineal descendants. 

Applications for team members are due on July 19,2010. Complete information and application forms are available at gse.rotary5030.org. 

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