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Jul. 18, 2024 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Join the board meeting using this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83415179292?pwd=RX70reOzWXzsM5LZxNetC0wjaOLq3w.1 Meeting ID: 834 1517 9292 Passcode: 431738 |
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Jul. 22, 2024 6:15 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.
Rotarians will gather at the L'Experience Paris restaurant on Lake Washington Boulevard for their regular meeting on Monday, July 22, 2024. The restaurant is located in the space previously occupied by the Queen Bee in the Aegis Living Kirkland Waterfront building. Rotarians and guests will be treated to a selection of appetizers, select one main course from among three options, and then enjoy an array of dessert items.
For this meeting, the dinner fee of $55 will be paid at the time of registration online, due by Monday, July 15, 2024, which will in turn be provided to the restaurant a single payment. A Zoom option is planned, dependent upon Wifi and large screen display options at the site.
Meeting ID: 883 7590 7677
Password: 264774
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St. Vincent de Paul – Meeting Our Neighbors at their Point of Need
Jul. 22, 2024 6:40 p.m.
King County’s homelessness crisis has exploded and with light rail coming soon to the Eastside, it’s at our doorsteps. King County 211 Crisis Connections service connects people to the help they need, and they direct more callers to St. Vincent de Paul Seattle/King County than to any other agency. Learn how SVdP literally meets our neighbors at their point of need (for over 100 years), and ways to partner with SVdP to help prevent homelessness and address other real needs in Kirkland and across King County.
Mirya Muñoz-Roach is the executive director of The Society of St. Vincent de Paul Seattle/King County. Mirya is a passionate and visionary non-profit organizational leader committed to the common good, equity, inclusion, empowerment of those we serve, systems change especially those that maintain people oppressed, and to closing the achievement gap in education as well as lack of access to resources for vulnerable populations. She is a systems thinker, motivator, and community organizer, and she is bi-lingual (English/Spanish).
Connect with @SVdPSeattle on Facebook.
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Aug. 05, 2024 6:15 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.
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Boeing in Washington
Aug. 05, 2024 6:40 p.m.
Susan Champlain, senior director of NW Region Government Operations for The Boeing Company, will speak with Rotary members about the important work happening at Boeing. In her presentation, Susan will share the latest market outlook and update members about Boeing’s ongoing partnerships and investments in the Puget Sound region.
Susan leads the Northwest Region State & Local Government Operations team, managing relationships with elected officials and business leaders in Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho and Hawaii.
Previously, Susan held a series of positions within Boeing including policy and state and local government relations roles where she developed company positions on public policy and represented the company in Olympia, Wash. She joined Boeing in 1999 as manager of Legislative Affairs in Washington DC, lobbying Members of Congress on international trade issues.
Prior to joining Boeing, Susan worked for six years as a legislative aide on Capitol Hill focusing on international trade and defense policy. Susan holds a BA in International Studies from University of Washington and a MA in International Affairs from The George Washington University.
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Aug. 12, 2024 6:15 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.
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Entrepreneurship to break the chronic cycle of poverty and violence in an area of DR Congo
Aug. 12, 2024 6:40 p.m.
Alexis Ruhumuriza and Dean Wagner will discuss the challenges of poverty and violence in an under-developed and remote area of Democratic Republic of Congo and a program to reduce both through education of ethical leaders, capitalism, entrepreneurship, and reconciliation. The mission of Congo Peace is to break the chronic cycle of poverty, violence and tribal animosity in the Minembwe region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by assisting all tribes equally. We provide initial emergency support, and teach vocational and entrepreneurial skills to foster economic opportunity and stability, guided by Christ's reconciling love.
Alexis Ruhumuriza was born in South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and moved to Rwanda when barely a teen. As a teenager, Alexis founded a Christian school for children in Kigali, Rwanda – Rwanda Faith Academy. While there, he connected with an American mission team from Bellevue Presbyterian Church in Bellevue, Washington. He also met his wife Chantal. Through his American connections, he and his family relocated to Washington state. He became a pastor at Bellevue Presbyterian/New Hope Revival, a worshipping community of East African people. Since that time, Pastor Alexis has also founded Agape in Home Care and Congo Peace. Alexis and Chantal have four beautiful children. He is a committed Christian who believes that with God all things are possible.
Dean Wagner is a retired health care leader and Air Force Officer who has resided in Bellevue since 1990. He is in active leadership roles for various U.S. and African based not-for-profits. Dean was born in a small rural village in Nebraska to a mercantile and farming family. After serving his commitment as a U.S. Air Force officer, he moved to Bellevue to pursue a civilian career while continuing to serve in the Air Force Reserve. His hobbies include travel, wood working, hiking, cross-country skiing, kayaking, motorcycling, reading history, and exploring world cultures. Dean is an avid aviator with ratings in airplanes, helicopters and gliders.
If you have questions of either of these presenters, they encourage you to send one or both of them an inquiry. You may:
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Aug. 19, 2024 6:15 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.
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Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives "101"
Aug. 19, 2024 6:40 p.m.
Jason Chudy is the public information officer for the Seattle Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Jason will discuss the ATF Seattle Field Division Citizens Academy and how to participate in it. The Academy includes a classroom portion at ATF division headquarters in Seattle’s SODO district, with the final day at a firing range and Washington State Fire Training Academy. Participants learn about ATF history; “ATF 101;” firearms and explosives laws and regulations; crime gun intelligence center operations; how the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network, known as NIBIN, works to help tie firearm crimes together; ATF’s undercover agent and special response teams programs; and how ATF, and other law enforcement agencies, determine their “use of force” policies. The firing range experience includes handgun and rifle practice, and demonstrations of a semi-automatic handgun with an installed Glock switch, which makes these firearms fire fully automatic – meaning they are machine guns, according to the law.
Jason transitioned to ATF from the Department of Energy’s Office of River Protection in Richland, Wash., where he worked for nearly 2 ½ years. Joining federal service in July 2011, he served as a public affairs specialist at the U.S. Forces Korea/United Nations Command/U.S.-Republic of Korea Combined Forces Command and as the chief of public affairs for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Far East District in Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Between April 2009 and June 2011, he served in a variety of public affairs and media-related positions in Iraq, Afghanistan and Qatar with the Department of Defense and NATO, including serving as a counter-improvised explosive device multimedia team program manager in Afghanistan and an Army heavy brigade combat team public affairs specialist in Iraq.
After graduating from high school in May 1988, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy, serving 21 years, mostly overseas, including tours on three aircraft carriers – two of which were based in Japan – and the flagship of the U.S. 6th Fleet in Gaeta, Italy. Jason holds a Master’s Degree in Human Relations from the University of Oklahoma.
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Aug. 26, 2024 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Once again this year, the Rotary Club of Kirkland Salmon Bake will be held on Yarrow Point. The Catering Company has been engaged for the event and the menu is essentially the same as last year. The fee is $40. Similar to prior years, Rotarians are invited to bring side dishes and refreshments, although some will be provided (see below). Please coordinate those items through the club service chair, Doug Evanson. Registration for the dinner is through the ClubRunner events system, and the deadline to register is noon on August 21, 2024. Due to overwhelming popularity, the frozen margarita bar, courtesy of our host and our immediate past president, will be offered again while supplies last. In addition, a selection of other cocktails as well as beer and wine will be available. Please note that registration is limited to 40 attendees. |
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Sep. 07, 2024 7:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
The HERO House Fun Run is coming up next weekend, Sept. 7, and they are critically short on volunteers for the course. Hero House staff estimate their support needs at 10 volunteers to help on Saturday the 7th from about 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 or 10:00 a.m. The race will be at Redmond Municipal Park on the scenic Sammamish River Trail. The race itself starts at 8:00 a.m., so volunteers need to be there by 7:30 a.m. at the latest. Here is the race registration site: https://runsignup.com/Race/WA/Redmond/HEROHouse5K. Club members refer to the invitation sent through ClubRunner for volunteer coordinator contact information.
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Sep. 09, 2024 6:15 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.
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Rotary clubs and districts grant for Obstetric Emergency Training in the Congo
Sep. 09, 2024 6:40 p.m.
HandUp Congo is a small, non-government organization based in Australia and registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission. It was created to make a difference to the health and well-being of Congolese communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo – a country that ranks at the bottom of the United Nations Human Development Index. HandUp Congo remains small by choice, continuing to focus on food security, education and emergency medicine. Remaining small allows us to successfully engage with our Congolese project partners. We regularly visit Congo with skilled volunteers and communicate with donors and volunteers about our projects. This presentation is related to an international grant opportunity extended to the Kirkland club by Lucy Hobgood-Brown with the Rotary E-Club of Greater Sydney.
In 2005 HandUp Congo was founded by Anne and Lucy Hobgood, two sisters who grew up in Congo, and their friend, Betsy Brill. Betsy Brill is a former journalist and business editor who has spent more than a year travelling, studying, and writing about microfinance approaches in Egypt, India, Bangladesh, and Indonesia. She brought her knowledge of microfinance and sustainability to the trio’s fledgling efforts when they organized in 2005. “The world is filled with problems,” Betsy says, “but solutions fascinate me. Sharing those solutions – taught by women in other developing countries – is the most rewarding thing I’ve done in my life.” Betsy, who was the catalyst for the Microcredit project, lives in San Francisco and spends part of the year in a small village in France.
Betsy, who was the catalyst for the Microcredit project, is a woman of a certain age… among the first recipients of the polio vaccine in the 1950s and the most eager to receive the COVID19 vaccine in 2021. A former journalist, editor, and publication designer, today she is an exhibited sculptor in clay. She now lives in Scottsdale, Arizona, and San Francisco, California.
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Sep. 16, 2024 6:15 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.
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Advocating for condominium homeowners across the United States
Sep. 16, 2024 6:40 p.m.
From Alaska to Florida and Hawaii to Maine, common interest communities (better known as community associations or condos, co-ops and HOAs) are everywhere. This program will explore how legislation influences association governance and operations in Washington State and across the nation. In addition, we'll discuss the role of the business industry and why homeowner-centric advocacy is critical for superlative legislative outcomes.
Homeowners of America (HOA) United is a nonprofit organization led by volunteers that connects homeowners to provide advocacy, collaboration, education, empowerment, and inspiration to create positive, transformative impacts for common interest communities. HOA United relies on the engagement and donations from members across the United States.
Condo Connection is a highly-developed volunteer passion project dedicated to maintaining healthy, vibrant common interest communities through access to information. Condoconnection.org applies a pragmatic approach to provide access to the best concepts, content and ideas homeowners and volunteers can immediately apply in their communities and offers learning and engagement opportunities for individual homeowners, volunteer leaders, and community managers. The bi-weekly CIC Info Bytes newsletter contains dozens of news articles and insights about topics that directly and indirectly impact community associations.
Steve Horvath has been an active part of the Seattle condominium community for over a decade as a multi-term board member and committee volunteer. Steve founded Condo Connection to provide free education and resources, the SMAARTE Group to provide homeowner-centric consulting services, and co-founded HOA United where he actively volunteers as a national advocate for legislative reforms that balance the reasonable expectations and needs of homeowners with the responsibilities of community associations.
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Sep. 23, 2024 6:15 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.
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Kirkland Arts Center & Community
Sep. 23, 2024 6:40 p.m.
Since joining the Kirkland Arts Center in December, Executive Director David Lynx has added three new board members, seven new staff members, and the team has redefinied its mission and vision. The Kirkland Arts Center was built in 1893 by Peter Kirk, in 1962 was bought by the Creative Arts League, and has performed as a functioning art school since that time. David will share the newest programming at the center and some exciting plans for next year.
David Lynx grew up on Mercer Island, earning his bachelor's degree in theatre from the University of Washington and Masters in Museum Studies from the University of Washington as well. He worked for five years as the director of Sheehan Gallery at Whitman College, 18 years at Yakima Valley Museum reaching associate director, and 11 years as director of the Larson Gallery at Yakima Valley College. David has taught Art History for Yakima Valley College since 1996. He is currently the executive director of Kirkland Arts Center.
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Oct. 11, 2024 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87996042707?pwd=K8bLtDQ0KOFj3R30YUECpyD98HTM15.1 Meeting ID: 879 9604 2707 Passcode: 978924 |
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Oct. 14, 2024 5:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
This is an evening of fun and fellowship you won’t want to miss! The location is St. John’s Episcopal Church. Think about something to donate for the auction. (Maybe a week in Cabo, or tickets to a great sporting or performance event, or dinner in your home, or a lovely house plant, or wine and glasses, or use of your Rolls for week, or ….) And, this year you will be voting on the recipient(s) of the proceeds of the Auction. |
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Oct. 17, 2024 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Rotary Club of Kirkland Board of Directors meeting Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89874593402?pwd=H6Rfbw5ExPqgK7aRa0BwCwC3ydX9hY.1 Meeting ID: 898 7459 3402 Passcode: 709576 |
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Oct. 21, 2024 6:15 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.
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Why do a rummage sale: The Rotary Club of Bainbridge Island's primary fundraiser for over 60-years
Oct. 21, 2024 6:40 p.m.
Carol Reitz is a six-year member of the 150-member Rotary Club of Bainbridge Island, and was the chair of the Rotary Club of Bainbridge Island Auction & Rummage Sale in 2023. Carol will discuss with Kirkland Rotarians "Why do a rummage sale?" The Bainbridge Island club has been using the rummage sale as its primary fundraising tool for over 60 years. It’s a long-term commitment that will provide more benefits than just dollars.
Carol was raised in Minnesota, and graduated from University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire with a degree in music. She found a job thanks to her MBA in finance from the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota. She retired from Weyerhauser's Management Consulting group in Federal Way when her son was born 26 years ago. Her son graduated from Mount Si High School in Snoqualmie, and Carol accompanied the excellent Mount Si High School choirs for five years. Carol is now the committee chair for the Rotary Positive Peace Action group and the Mentorship process. She is also the president of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community.
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Oct. 26, 2024 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
The Rotary Club of Kirkland will operate a booth at the Kirkland Downtown Association's Pumpkins in the Park event, with contests and prizes and club members will be dressed up in costumes. Specifically designed for children and pets in costume, Pumpkins in the Park will include multiple different vendors, a dog costume contest, live music, llamas, Reptile Man, food vendors, professional pumpkin carvers, and much more! There will be treats for kids and prizes for the grown-ups as well.
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Nov. 04, 2024 6:15 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.
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What does it mean to Kirkland to be a Main Street Affiliate
Nov. 04, 2024 6:40 p.m.
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Nov. 18, 2024 6:15 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.
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How Make-A-Wish works and how Rotarians can be involved
Nov. 18, 2024 6:40 p.m.
The speaker will be Lou Cutler, a man who has been a Make-A-Wish volunteer for 28 years and has now been involved with over 240 wishes. He retired as a P.E. teacher and now devotes full time to fulfilling wishes for children who want and need them. He will describe how the organization works and presumedly will let us know how any of us can be involved if we so choose. |
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Nov. 21, 2024 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Rotary Club of Kirkland Board of Directors meeting Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81774609077?pwd=fhI6RTNHtXbBj8a0GsL6eNHgWaBJ5w.1 Meeting ID: 817 7460 9077 Passcode: 973391 |
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Dec. 02, 2024 6:15 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.
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Dec. 09, 2024 6:15 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.
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Listen and Talk is a specialized listening and spoken language program for hearing impaired children
Dec. 09, 2024 6:40 p.m.
Listening and Spoken Language is an approach that relies on newborn hearing screenings, supportive intervention, and hearing technology to empower children with hearing loss to listen and communicate verbally with the surrounding world. Listen and Talk families partner with highly-specialized providers to utilize auditory-verbal strategies that support their child’s language development.
Maura Berndsen began her career at Listen and Talk in 1996 where she has served as executive director since 2018. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Deaf Education from Fontbonne University, a Master of Arts in education from University of Texas-San Antonio, and a Listening and Spoken Language Specialist Certified Auditory-Verbal Therapist designation from AG Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language.
Maura serves as a member of Washington Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth’s Statewide Outreach Team and has volunteered in leadership roles for AG Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language, OPTION Schools, Inc., Washington State Hands and Voices, and numerous state-level and national-level advisory councils and work groups. She has shared her knowledge with others by volunteering for Global Foundation for Children with Hearing Loss, where she supported their efforts in Vietnam.
Maura has also provided presentations, contributed to publications, and supported research related to the development of listening and spoken language in children with hearing loss, as well as best practices for the children and their families.
Maura is a nationally recognized advocate for increased access to specialized services for the diverse community of children with hearing level differences and their families.
When not working at Listen and Talk, Maura enjoys spending time with her husband Kevin and daughter, Sophie.
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Dec. 16, 2024 5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
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Dec. 19, 2024 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Use this link to join this board of directors meeting using Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85423555123?pwd=kCrxI98iBOcyABZ7edrpJnmJx9l1AE.1 Or use the following access codes: Meeting ID: 854 2355 5123 Passcode: 34191 |
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Jan. 06, 2025 6:15 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.
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Connecting for kids, because every child counts
Jan. 06, 2025 6:40 p.m.
KidVantage, formerly “Eastside Baby Corner” was founded in 1990 by a pediatric nurse practitioner with insight into what kids need for healthy development, and what families need to care for their children. Over the past 31 years, KidVantage has grown to three locations in King and Kitsap counties. KidVantage helps children have what they need to grow, play, learn and thrive by providing essential care, safety, and health goods for children who are experiencing the stresses of economic insecurity, systemic inequities, or family disruption.
Kids, ages birth through 12, get shoes, diapers, formula, blankets, coats, and much more from KidVantage and its service partners. KidVantage also provides for expectant and postpartum mothers, supplying maternity wear, personal care goods, and mother-infant support items. Kids are warm, healthy, safe, and better prepared to fulfill their own potential because of KidVantage.
Helen Banks Routon is the director of development and community relations at KidVantage.
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Jan. 13, 2025 6:15 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.
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Sustainability Ambassadors work advancing the city's Sustainability & Transportation Strategic Plans
Jan. 13, 2025 6:40 p.m.
Students of the Sustainability Ambassadors Kirkland Team will engage the Rotary Club of Kirkland around a range of impact campaigns that they are facilitating in collaboration with the city of Kirkland to advance the city's Sustainability Strategic Plan and Transportation Strategic Plan. The Sustainability Ambassadors' mission is to “rapidly advance a sustainable future” and they have some exciting ways that they are leading by example at home, at school, and in our neighborhoods. Presenters will share their work on…
Collaboration
In conversation with Rotarians, the Ambassadors would like to explore ways that they might work together across generations and neighborhoods on reducing our collective carbon footprint through transportation choices, energy conservation, home electrification, tree canopy, and water conservation. They would like to inform, inspire, and involve the Rotary Club in these efforts. The Ambassadors admire Rotary's service-oriented mission and would like to combine forces wherever practical. There are so many solutions.
The Ambassadors have three goals for this presentation and in follow up with club members:
The Student Ambassadors invite Rotarians to join them in their mission to rapidly advance a sustainable future right here in our community.
Sustainability Ambassadors Staff
Peter Donaldson, Director of Learning, peter@sustainabilityambassadors.org
Jenna Leverich, Communications Coordinator, jenna@sustainabilityambassadors.org
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Jan. 16, 2025 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
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Meeting ID: 815 8786 6753
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