Rotary District 5030 Headlines

District 5030 Rotary Academy Begins

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:09:21 -0500

It’s time to launch the seventh annual District 5030 Academy! The kick-off meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, September 10, at 7:00PM, at the Mercer Island Community Center. This meeting will be an orientation session, as well as an opportunity to meet classmates and the Rotary Academy faculty.
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District After Hours Social a Big Success

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:07:50 -0500

On Thursday, August 28th, close to 150 Rotarians gathered at the Maplewood Golf Course in Renton for the first District 5030 After Hours Social. There was great food, raffle prizes donated by Lilly Tam, and even a putting contest with prizes, sponsored by Bill Perry of Bellevue Sunrise. Most importantly, there was a lot of Rotary fellowship in a relaxed social setting.
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UWHS Rotaract Club Thailand Benefit Banquet & Auction

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:04:21 -0500

The UWHS Rotaract Club invites everyone to attend a banquet and auction fundraiser to support the McKean Rehabilitation Institute in Chiang Mai, Thailand. One hundred percent of the proceeds will be used to buy supplies for the McKean Institute and offset the costs of the international service trip to Thailand in the summer of 2009.
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District Governor Jesse Tam on Cop Talk Radio

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:10:17 -0500

District Governor Jesse Tam will be the guest this week on Cop Talk Radio. District Governor Tam is also Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of Regal Financial Bancorp, Inc. This show will discuss the "Public-Private Partnership" between Law Enforcement and Rotary International.
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Proposals for Rotary’s Constitutional Documents

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:46:57 -0500

The Council on Legislation was discussed at the District Assembly. We hope everyone has thought about beneficial changes to Rotary’s Constitutional Documents. If you have proposals, please work through them with your club so that District Governor Jesse Tam can get the required certifying district endorsement.
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Rotary District 5030 First Annual Programs & Projects Fair, September 20

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:03:19 -0500

The District will host it's First Annual Programs & Projects Fair at the Best Western Executive Inn, 200 North Taylor Avenue, by the Seattle Center, on September 20th, from 8:30 to 12:00 Noon. This fair will feature all Avenues of Service and their subcategories. Come and get involved!
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Rotary Public Relations Tune-Up, August 23!

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:32:06 -0500

Rotary District 5030 has invited Steve Snyder, Rotary International Zone 23 Public Image Resource Coordinator, to present a special Public Relations Training Session to help Clubs be more effective in developing and executing public relations strategies. All Club PR Chairs (or designee if no PR Chair has been appointed yet) are encouraged to attend this event, which will provide an opportunity to work with and learn from more experienced Rotarians.
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Seeking Two Teams for Month-Long Exchanges in India or France

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:18:55 -0500

Rotary is seeking young professional people interested in a month-long exchange in India or France ... and Rotary picks up the tab! encouraging young business people to join these efforts by taking part in a month-long Group Study Exchange in Rotary District 1690 in southwest France from 28 March to 26 April, 2009, or in Rotary District 3201 in southwest India from 24 January to 23 February, 2009. Applications are currently being accepted by all clubs in the 5030 district. The exchange is open to Rotarians as team leaders per country leading a group of four non-Rotarians.
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One of the biggest pieces of news from the L.A. Convention - Drive to end polio gets huge boost from WHO

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:06:58 -0500

Past RI President Rick King in Seattle

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:22:10 -0500

Past RI president Rick King was in Seattle recently speaking to the Rotary Club of Emerald City. He was here because of a personal invitation from Myrle Carner, Club President-Elect.
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800 ShelterBoxes Begin to arrive in Remote Areas Un-Reached by the Ministry of Civil Affairs in China

Wed, 28 May 2008 14:38:25 -0500

Tuesday 27th May - CHINA: The immediate response by ShelterBox of 800 boxes to China is finally reaching some of the Sichuan Provinces worst hit villages. The distribution of the first 200 boxes began today by the four men ShelterBox Response Team on the ground. The first consignment of boxes where split into two lots of 100.
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Righting History — Rotarians Can Help

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:58:26 -0500

District 5030 Rotarians were the first to learn about an intriguing historical event coming to our community this summer. Seattle author Jack Hamann chose the District’s 2008 conference in Kennewick to make the important announcement during his keynote address. Jack revealed that the citizens of our community will be able to pay tribute to the veterans and their families caught up in breathtaking wrongful convictions at Seattle’s Fort Lawton during World War II.
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Children’s Village at Karachi: Matching Grant for Safe Drinking Water Project

Fri, 23 May 2008 09:49:03 -0500

Brian Rayfield, Bellevue Rotary Club Program Chair
In early 2007, I assisted a client, Dr. Yasmin Vora, in establishing a charitable trust to benefit several charities including an orphanage called the SOS Children's Village of Sindh in Karachi, Pakistan. This orphanage was founded by this client's brother, Mr. Yacoob Zamindar, and eight other prominent civic leaders in Karachi and is operated under the international umbrella of the SOS Children's Villages organization based in Innsbruck, Austria.
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Rotary - Scholastic Literacy Partnerships

Thu, 15 May 2008 14:15:54 -0500

For over 80 years, Scholastic has made quality books available to America’s schools and families. They have made a commitment to widening children’s access to rich literature by encouraging them to become life-long lovers of reading. This year during the 2008 Rotary International Conference in Los Angeles, Rotarians around the world have been challenged to participate in the global initiative Rotary’s Wide World of Books. READ MORE

Rotary & ShelterBox Help Muanmar Cyclone Disaster Victims

Tue, 20 May 2008 13:38:30 -0500

Rotary and Shelter Box are working together to help the Muanmar Cyclone disaster victims. You can be part of this disaster relief project by working with your club, neighbors, church or family to make a donation to Shelter Box. READ MORE

Fresh Water, With the Help of the Rotary Club of Bellevue

Fri, 09 May 2008 10:27:22 -0500

Marial Bai, Sudan, is the hometown of a friend of Bellevue Rotary Club World Community Service Chair Peter Kalunian. The drinking source for the village is the polluted Bahr Al-Ghazal River, and people are suffering from cholera and dysentery. Peter's friend, William Deng, asked if money could be raised to drill a water bore hole. READ MORE

Rotary Delivers Over 200 Computers to Schools

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:11:24 -0500

by Afeefah Beharry
The Bellevue Breakfast Rotary Club of Seattle, Washington, and the Rotary Club of Antigua yesterday donated over 200 computers to private and public primary schools across Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua is the fourth country outside of the USA that is benefitting from the club’s project “computers for the world.” READ MORE

3-H Grant Approved by TRF!

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:55:53 -0500

The Trustees of The Rotary Foundation have approved 3-H Grant application #62861 to launch an integrated, multi-media awareness campaign to overcome disability prejudices in Nepal. READ MORE

Rotary Members Aim to Collect 1,200 Instruments

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:16:21 -0500

By Emily Heffter
Seattle Times education reporter
When Marcus Pimpleton returned to the Denny Middle School band room to teach music, the trombone he played as a Denny student was still there. A frayed piece of masking tape on its case still bore his name. READ MORE

Music Education: Strike Up the Band

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:56:55 -0500

Rotary Music4Life is a collaboration among Seattle Public Schools, the Northwest Youth Music Association, and Seattle Rotary District 5030, partnering to expand music education for all children in Seattle Public Schools. The Seattle P-I recently published an article on this program. READ MORE

Guess Who’s Going To Nepal

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:13:32 -0600

Bellevue Rotarian Charlotte Ellis and her friend Sandy Anderson, along with Bellevue Rotary Club Administrator Laurie Larson and her son Eric, are part of a group of 21 volunteers traveling to Nepal with Bellevue Rotarian Rob Rose and his wife Gina during mid-February. READ MORE

Kicking Polio Out of Africa

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:25:59 -0600

Editorial From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer [12-13-07]
by Ralph Munro
Our jeep had just entered town when I saw him out of the corner of my eye. Low to the ground, he was using his shoulders and hands to drag the rest of his body across the dirt street in this tiny village high in the hills of Ethiopia. Back in East Africa for my fifth year of vaccinating children for polio, I instantly recognized a "crawler." READ MORE

District Governor Nominee Designate: John Matthews

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 07:23:58 -0600

Please welcome our new District Governor Nominee Designate (2010-2011), John Matthews, a 19-year Rotarian from the Rotary Club of Mercer Island.

USA-Nepal "Differently-Abled" Theme Song

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:19:57 -0600

Mr. Sunil Joshi visited Bellevue Rotary Club recently to debut his project theme song, "Song for Nepal's 'Differently-Abled,'" to enhance our club's Rotary Disability Awareness project in Nepal.

Rotary International & Gates Foundation Together Commit $200 Million to Eradicate Polio

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:37:18 -0600

Rotary International today announced a partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that will inject a much-needed US$200 million into the global campaign to eradicate polio, a crippling and sometimes fatal disease that still paralyzes children in parts of Africa, Asia and the Middle East and threatens children everywhere.

Group Study Exchange Team Selected

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:16:00 -0600

District 5030 GSE Chair Laverne McIntyre announced the GSE Team that will be heading to Peru in April 2008.

Morrie Tugby is Newest Assistant Governor

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:22:59 -0600

Please welcome from the Rotary Club of Alderwood-Terrace multiple Paul Harris Fellow Morrie Tugby to the position of Assistant Governor. Morrie has over 22 years of Rotary Service to District 5030 and 19 years or perfect attendance.

Rotary to Receive UN Association's Humanitarian Award

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:25:53 -0500

The profile of water and sanitation in Rotary International will receive a tremendous boost on October 25th. On that day the United National Association of New York will honor RI and The Rotary Foundation with its 2007 Humanitarian Award, in recognition of Rotary’s significant efforts to provide safe water and sanitation and its commitment to sustainable development worldwide.

Gift from Rotarians Should Fascinate Rock Hounds

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:28:36 -0500

Daniel Mooney/Reporter, The Kent Reporter
Gift from Rotarians should fascinate rock hounds by Daniel Mooney When Rotary International celebrated its centennial anniversary in February 2005, local Rotary clubs put their heads together to figure out how to symbolize that longevity in the Kent community.

2009-10 RI President Nominated

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:00:00 -0500

The 2007-08 Nominating Committee for President of Rotary International in 2009-10, having functioned in accordance with the bylaws of Rotary International, has indicated that it unanimously nominated John Kenny, of the Rotary Club of Grangemouth, Central, Scotland for the office of President of Rotary International for the year 2009-10.

Paul Harris Society Challenge to Other Clubs!

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 08:11:52 -0500

Bob Smith, the Rotary Club of Maple Valley Foundation Chair, challenged the Foundation Chairs of all of the other District 5030 clubs to a contest to see what club could obtain the greatest percentage increase in Paul Harris Society members from now through June 15, 2008.

Rotary Helps Bring Health Center to Village

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:50:15 -0500

By Lauren Vane, Times Southeast Bureau
On a trip to Cameroon, three Maple Valley Rotary Club members got a glimpse of a life much different than their own. These Southeast King County residents saw a place where families fight a daily struggle against AIDS and malnutrition. READ MORE