Bellevue Rotary Weekly Bulletin

Bellevue Rotary Weekly Bulletin2022-03-30T13:39:25-07:00

Featured Speaker

Maoz Inon, Peace Entrepreneur (March 19th) – Making Hope with Maoz Inon

Maoz Inon, Peace Entrepreneur (born 1975), is an award-winning Israeli social entrepreneur and peace activist who has founded several tourism initiatives within Israel and the Middle East, including the Jesus TrailFauzi Azar Inn and and Abraham Hostel and Tour brands. Since the murder of his parents in the Hamas attack on Israel on the 7th October 2023, Maoz Inon has become a leading voice for peace between Israelis and Palestinians within international media.

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REMINDER

Meeting make-ups should be entered into DACdb by the 10th of each month. If you do an E‑club make‑up, you must still enter it into DACdb.

Questions? Contact Club Secretary Rob Amrine.

Club Updates

Debbie Williams & Mike Preiner Complete their Classification Talk

Engagement Fellowship Event Photos

A successful  “Engagement Fellowship Event” was held 2/28/24 at the home of Steve McConnell.  There were both newer members and seasoned members who mingled to encourage involvement in club committees. This was hosted by the new Engagement Committee.

March’s Calendar Highlights

Here are some of the items on the BRC Calendar for March:

  • March – Women’s History Month – More Info
  • March – Rotary Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Month
  • March 10th – First Day of Ramadan More Info
  • March 11th   – World Rotaract Week
  • March 13th – Book Group
  • March 20th – 8:00 AM BRC Board Meeting
  • March 23rd – Purim begins 
  • March 31st Easter

The Calendar includes some committee meetings, service events, and other BRC happenings. If you are a Committee Chair or Event Organizer, you can add your item to the calendar by filling out this form.

March Rotary Anniversaries!

Join us in celebrating the remarkable dedication and service of our members as they mark their Rotary Anniversaries. These individuals have contributed their time and energy to make a positive impact in our community and beyond, embodying the true spirit of Rotary. Let’s take a moment to recognize their outstanding commitment and express our heartfelt gratitude for their unwavering support.

 

  • Andrew Mirkovich – 59 Years
  • Brad Hunt – 42 Years
  • John Baldwin – 31 Years
  • Norman Beck – 30 Years
  • Conrad Lee – 25 Years
  • Christopher Porter – 24 Years
  • Patrick Taylor – 24 Years
  • David Laub – 22 Years
  • Elaine Heller – 18 Years
  • Dean Holly – 17 Years
  • Matt Camrud – 14 Years
  • Adam Pinsky – 14 Years
  • David Kading – 13 Years
  • Molly Stearns – 13 Years
  • David Lawyer – 11 Years
  • Julie Miller – 11 Years
  • Tom Knollmann – 9 Years
  • Dan Krekel – 9 Years
  • Babak Pourmassina – 6 Years
  • Christine Chi – 5 Years
  • Michael Gallo – 5 Years
  • David Downing – 1 Year
  • Tom Lawry – 1 Year
  • Brian Rockey – 1 Year

Book Group Discussion – May 8th, 2024

The next Book Group meeting will be in person and by Zoom on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, from 6:30 to 9:00 PM.  Back again in our rotation is a Non-Fiction pick; this time it’s A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s plot to take over America, and the woman who stopped them by Timothy Egan.

A historical thriller by the Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author that tells the riveting story of the Klan’s rise to power in the 1920s, the cunning con man who drove that rise, and the woman who stopped them.

The Roaring Twenties–the Jazz Age–has been characterized as a time of Gatsby frivolity.  But it was also the height of the uniquely American hate group, the Ku Klux Klan.  Their domain was not the old Confederacy, but the Heartland and the West.  They hated Blacks, Jews, Catholics and immigrants in equal measure, and took radical steps to keep these people from the American promise.  And the man who set in motion their takeover of great swaths of America was a charismatic charlatan named D.C. Stephenson.

Stephenson was a magnetic presence whose life story changed with every telling. Within two years of his arrival in Indiana, he’d become the Grand Dragon of the state and the architect of the strategy that brought the group out of the shadows – their message endorsed from the pulpits of local churches, spread at family picnics and town celebrations.  Judges, prosecutors, ministers, governors and senators across the country all proudly proclaimed their membership. But at the peak of his influence, it was a seemingly powerless woman – Madge Oberholtzer – who would reveal his secret cruelties, and whose deathbed testimony finally brought the Klan to their knees.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A Washington Post Notable Work of Nonfiction • An NPR Best Book of the Year • A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year •  A Chicago Review of Books Best Book of the Year • A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year • A Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist.

“With narrative elan, Egan gives us a riveting saga of how a predatory con man became one of the most powerful people in 1920s America, Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, with a plan to rule the country—and how a grisly murder of a woman brought him down. Compelling and chillingly resonant with our own time.” —Erik Larson, author of The Splendid and the Vile

If you are interested in attending, RSVP to John Campbell to receive the location address and Zoom link, which will be published about a week ahead of the meeting.

BRC Members Supporting Harvest Against Hunger’s Hearts & Wine Fundraiser

New Blue Badge Member, Sherry Salstrom

Future president Michael Nassarian welcomes new blue badge member Sherry Salstrom:

New: recording of last week’s meeting (Jan 16th)

Here are the recordings of last week’s meetings.

Full recording of Jan 16th 2024 meeting (unlisted do not share publicly)

See email version of the bulletin sent on Jan. 22nd for full meeting video link.

Judge Michael Heavey, Ret. – Rectifying Wrongful Convictions (public on our channel, feel free to share publicly)

Full recording of Jan 16th 2024 meeting

To watch, see the email version of the bulletin sent on Jan. 22nd.

Watch the BRC’s Whole Meeting of Nov 21st, 2023

Private video, see Nov. 28th email bulletin sent out on the morning of Nov. 27th.

Kaj Pedersen – Awaken to the Extraordinary Opportunity of Rotary

Watch District Governor, Kaj Pedersen, give his presentation on, Awaken to the Extraordinary Opportunity of Rotary.

Bellevue Rotary Club receives ECO-Star Action Club Designation

New Rotary Red Badge Members

Here are our new Red Badge members attending an inspirational Fireside on October 11! Name them all correctly and be awarded the opportunity to give their classification talk!

Email Glen your answers: gacjmc@msn.com

[Updated with More Images] Images from Gearing Up Gala and Auction 2023

What an absolutely phenomenal night it was at the Gearing Up Gala and Auction 2023! The Bellevue Rotary Club extends heartfelt gratitude to all our attendees, sponsors, and supporters who made this event a resounding success. Your generosity and enthusiasm left us truly awestruck.

Your support will have a lasting impact on our community and the causes we champion. Let’s carry this spirit of giving forward and continue to make a difference.

Successful Past Presidents Dinner – September 9th

Another successful Past Presidents Dinner was held on September 9th at the beautiful home of Rich and Marilyn Herzberg! This dinner was an auction item at the 2022 Rotary gala event and has been held many times over the years.

Photos From Oktoberfest

Celebrating Diversity Starts With You

“Diversity really means becoming complete as human beings – all of us. We learn from each other. If you’re missing on that stage, we learn less. We all need to be on that stage.” – Juan Felipe Herrera

The BRC DEI Committee invites Club members to share their heritage or identity with the club through a mini program. For example, maybe you have a heritage as a Pacific Islander and would like to share more about how that has impacted your life or a piece of history about Pacific Islanders.  We would encourage all members to look through the BRC Calendar, Calendar – Bellevue Rotary Club, and if you have a personal connection to any of the celebrated months, or would even be interested in researching more and educating the club, the DEI Committee is here to help make that happen.

Email our co-chairs, StanKehl and Lynn Juniel.

New Bellevue Rotary website feature: Club internal pages

In the past few months, several committees have asked to publish club internal content to our website.

As our website is currently targeted to public facing content only, the ability to add club internal content was lacking until now.

We’re pleased to announce that we have a new section of our website dedicated to this.
You can find this section by clicking on “Club Internal” on the member page (see screenshot) of our site or by directly opening: https://bellevuerotary.org/internal/

This section of the website is password protected, we will change the password from time to time and send an update to brc-mbrs@ (and include it in the emailed bulletin as a reminder as well)

Be Bold-4-Blood

To assure a healthy community, our region needs a dependable supply of blood.

This reality inspired Rotarians from around the district to approve Bloodworks NW as a 5030 District Project at our recent annual meeting.

Under the banner, Rotary 5030 is bold-4-Blood, our district has committed to providing 150 units of lifesaving blood per quarter this next Rotary year. This amounts to 50 donations per month, a goal that is highly attainable Providing we have the support of all our clubs.

To reach our goal the 4th Saturday of every month will be a Rotary 5030 is Bold-4-Blood Saturday. Clubs are asked to locate the Bloodworks NW donation site(s) most convenient to them. Each member must then make their own appointment, but it is easy. Just click here:

https://schedule.bloodworksnw.org/DonorPortal/GroupLanding.aspx?s=3760

or call 800-398-7888

At check-in, please let Bloodworks know you are with Rotary and after you donate send an email or text letting me know the date and location of your donation.

Jim Hogue: 425-503-8335 or jimh@campbell-hogue.com

If 4th Saturdays do not work for you, or there is no availability on the 4th Saturday at the chosen site, no problem. Locate any Bloodworks NW donation site convenient for you and schedule an appointment on the day and time that works best for you.

We all have it in us, so let’s save lives!

Join us! Be Bold-4-Blood!

To learn more about BloodworksNW, here is a link to BloodworksNW CEO Curt Bailey’s presentation at Seattle 4Rotary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJhD2bTNx2g

You can now pay using Zelle for Club and Foundation Invoices and Donations

The Rotary Club of Bellevue and the Bellevue Rotary Foundation now accept payments via Zelle.  We recently switched our banking relationship in order to reduce operating costs for both the Club and the Foundation, but we need your help!  Another way to reduce our operating costs if for our members to start using Zelle to make Happy Bucks, Fines, Club, and Foundation payments as there are no fees associated with these transactions versus the fees we incur when payments are made via credit card.

See instructions on how to use Zelle to make payments to the Bellevue Rotary here.

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