Rob Rose
Bellevue Rotary Club
"Rotary In Action — Changing the World for People With Disability in Nepal!"

Bellevue Rotarian Rob Rose will be talking to our club about his latest journey to Nepal this past March/April and his "dream-project" to help uplift the lives of people with disabilities in Nepal during Rotary years 2009-2011.

This project helped kick-off Rotary Nepal's new District-3292 in July of 2008, with far-reaching and long-lasting benefits to those with disabilities who are on the lowest rung of the societal ladder in Nepal.

There are currently 75 Rotary Clubs and 50 Rotaract Clubs in Nepal! Rob's goal is to partner clubs in Nepal with clubs in the USA, one-to-one to work on projects to help People With Disabilities (PWD) in Nepal. In addition, District 3292-Nepal has joined with District 5030 on a Rotary Foundation 3H Grant (3H = Health, Hunger & Humanities). The 3H Grant is being utilized to create a comprehensive multimedia disability-awareness campaign. Getting clubs all across Nepal actively working on projects to aid people with disabilities will bring a level of awareness to the subject that has never been achieved. Add to that the overall awareness campaign from the 3-H Grant, and there is an opportunity to make a real difference for Nepal's community with disabilities, who have long suffered under the oppression of discrimination and segregation.

Bellevue Rotary Club is the direct project partner on this $330,000 Rotary Foundation 3H Grant project with the Rotary Club of Patan in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Rob has been a Rotarian in Bellevue Rotary Club for 24 years and was originally a Rotary Exchange student to Calcutta, India, in 1974 at the age of 16. He has coordinated ten Rotary Foundation matching grants in both Nepal and India and has traveled to Nepal 11 times. He was awarded the Service Above Self award by Rotary International in 2007 and was honored to receive the award of District 5030 Rotarian of the Year from District Governor Jesse Tam at the 2009 district conference in Victoria, B.C. He has been our Bellevue Rotary Club Rotarian Of The Year twice. Rob has been a program speaker at many Rotary clubs in the USA, India and Nepal and was a featured speaker at Rotary International's 100th Anniversary convention in Chicago in 2005.

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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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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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