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Spinnaker Bay Brewing was founded in 2012 by

Janet Spindler and Elissa Pryor and is Washington state’s only 100% woman owned microbrewery. Located in the Hillman City neighborhood of Seattle, they create big flavorful beers with attitude.

Janet and Elissa have graciously offered to open their doors for Rotary D5030 on Monday, November 16th even though they are typically closed on Mondays.

The last Fireside had about 75 Rotarians in attendance, so get there early and plan to make a bunch of new friends!

Kicking off the new Rotary year my first priority was to visit with each club, connect with members to learn more about individual interests, challenges and to build new friendships. During each visit I shared my belief that The Rotary Foundation (“TRF”) is central to our work as Rotarians. Consider this message from the My Rotary website:

“ The Rotary Foundation transforms your gifts into projects that change lives both close to home and around the world. As the charitable arm of Rotary, we tap into a global network of Rotarians who invest their time, money, and expertise into our priorities, such as eradicating polio and promoting peace. Foundation grants empower Rotarians to approach challenges such as poverty, illiteracy, and malnutrition with sustainable solutions that leave a lasting impact. Strong financial oversight, a stellar charity rating, and a unique funding model mean that we make the very most of our Rotarian contributions.”

To my thinking, this message could not be more clear or more compelling as to why we actively support TRF! Taking our queue from RI Trustee Ray Klinginsmith, here’s the vision and direction for The Rotary foundation:

“The Rotary Foundation has traditionally used a few annual goals to guide its planning for the next Rotary year. However, there is a more comprehensive plan in place for the current Rotary year. At their October 2014 meeting, the Trustees utilized the spirit of the RI strategic plan by approving four priorities to stay in place for the next three years:

1. End polio, now and forever. 2. Strengthen Rotarians' knowledge, engagement,

and financial support of The Rotary Foundation. 3. Increase the quality and impact of Rotary's

humanitarian service effort through Foundation grants and the six areas of focus.

4. Enhance the image and awareness of the Foundation's record of achievements, particularly the success of PolioPlus and its 100-year record of doing good in the world.

In addition to the agreed four priorities for the next three years, the Trustees also approved four measurable goals for each of the priorities. Therefore, we now have 16 measurable goals to guide our efforts. The goals can be changed each year as progress is made on achievement of the priorities, but for the current year our course is set – and for the first time, it is measurable!”

Rotary International District 5030 ranked number nine in the world in terms of support to TRF for fiscal year 2014/2015. I could not be more proud and humbled by your support. For this year, know that each gift will help take the world in a new direction full of possibilities, hope and for many, a brighter future. Simply extraordinary!

Monthly Newsletter of Rotary District 5030 Terry Pickering, District Governor Volume 2 No. 5

~ Terry Pickering, DG

District Governor's Update

You're Invited

to join Terry Pickering at our

3rd All Club Fireside Chat

Organized by District 5030

November 16th from 5:30 - 7:00 pm

No host event at the

Spinnaker Bay Brewing

5718 Rainier Ave. S. (map)

Seattle, WA 98118

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November 2015

RI Peace Conference The Rotary International Peace Conference will be held in Ontario, California, January 15-16, 2016. Attend the conference and be a part of Rotary’s

effort to make the world a more peaceful place. More information is available at the Peace Conference website: http://www.peaceconference2016.org/.

Our Crew of District 5030 Governor's (Past, Present & Future) at the Zone

25/26 Institute in Hawaii

Back L to R: Don Gregory, Steve Lingenbrink, Kathy Johnson, John Enger,

Ezra Teshome. Front L to R: Alex Hopkins, Bo Darling, Terry Pickering.

To: All D5030 Rotarians From: Mike Montgomery, PDG

The third Rotary Foundation Workshop will be held TUESDAY, NOV 3rd at the Renton Highlands Library at 5:45 - 6:45 PM. (2902 NE12th St., Renton)

This Workshop is designed for Club Foundation Chairs and Club Presidents and is an excellent introduction to The Rotary Foundation (TRF) for new members. It offers assistance in designing and conducting Every Rotarian Every Year campaigns, celebrating World Polio Day, and other TRF topics.

This is the same workshop offered at the Bothell Library and elsewhere in the past few months. It's offered in Renton as an accommodation to Rotarians in those areas of the District. PLEASE REGISTER for this workshop on DaCdb... see the Calendar.

I am happy to recognize the "Top 10" clubs in the district for their YTD (9/30/2015) contributions to the Annual Fund of The Rotary Foundation. For the 2015-16 Rotary Year to date, D5030 Rotarians have

donated $181,818.87 to TRF with over $93,000 to the Annual Fund. This money serves to fund scholarships, grants, peace fellows, Polio eradication, and humanitarian and community service projects from Enumclaw to Ethiopia. You make Rotary one of the world's truly significant organizations!

November is Rotary Foundation Month on the Rotary calendar. Talk it up! Your projects are doing good in the world. Your giving makes those projects possible. Every Rotarian Every Year! Keep charging!

1. Lake Union Neighborhood 2. Edmonds 3. Edmonds Daybreakers 4. Bellevue 5. Lake Forest Park

6. University District 7. Bellevue Breakfast 8. Mill Creek 9. Kent 10. University Sunrise

New Express Grant Program Launched This Month

I am pleased to announce a new, D5030 Assistant Governor Express Grant program. It’s inspired by our focus on finding new ways to strengthen club member engagement and new member attraction. Up to $500/club during this Rotary year will be available. AGs can plan with club leaders to invest in community service projects that will engage Rotarians and community leaders. Only AGs may apply to keep the process as simple as possible.

It will be great to see what imaginative projects you want to fund. They only need to be consistent with Rotary’s mission, meet a community need, attract volunteers, and enhance Rotary’s public image. AGs will take responsibility for their grants so that club MOUs and other qualifications are not necessary. Projects which bring together more than one club and include a local chamber or community group are preferred but not required. Funds will be available starting this month.

A great example of an eligible project is a recent social event sponsored by four Rotary Clubs at a winery. The Duvall, Mill Creek, Redmond and Sammamish Clubs stuffed four very large boxes to send our troops in Afghanistan by Christmas. Each Club contributed funds to be augmented by an AG Express Grant. Club contributions are great but not required.

This will be a pilot program. I’m counting on our leaders to make as much use of it as possible.

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The Rotary Club of Bellevue to Build an Inspiration Playground & You Can Help For three years, Bellevue Rotary has been working to create an inclusive playground and sensory gardens to give children with and without disabilities, their parents, veterans with disabilities, and anyone with mobility limitations the opportunity to ‘get out and play’ in an inclusive, outdoor environment.

Disabilities challenge how individuals and families go to school, work or even spend a day in the park. To rectify that need, the Inspiration Playground is being designed and built in the Downtown Bellevue Park to offer universally inclusive play environments where children and family members of multiple abilities can play together—not just alongside each other.

What We Will Build Together

A unique space with barrier-free surfacing materials, inclusive and challenging play environments, sensory experiences that engage all five senses.

Design elements that address the autistic spectrum including enclosed spaces, which provide an area to regulate their sensory systems after a time of high sensory input, perimeter pathways and other safety features.

Enhanced and accessible family restroom facilities. A Sensory Garden that will engage all the senses as

visitors interact with its colorful scented plantings, playful sound features, and hands-on tactile elements.

Compassion, Awareness and Acceptance.

How You Can Help To date they have raised $3.8M but still have about $1M left to raise and they need your help. Rotary Club of

Bellevue will be launching a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to help raise a portion of the remaining balance. To contribute or to find out more, please visit http://igg.me/at/playforall.

In addition to helping us fund this amazing project, this campaign will: Raise awareness about the project by promoting it to a

wider audience.

Give the community a personal connection to the project and the chance to be a part of its success.

Give people an opportunity to act on their values in a meaningful way by making a statement: "I want my community to be inclusive."

A Lasting Legacy The City of Bellevue has committed early dollars to the project and will oversee construction and maintenance of the playground once built—assuring donors of the lasting value and legacy of their investment. Individuals will also have an opportunity to leave a personal legacy. Visit the 'perks' section at http://igg.me/at/playforall to see how your name or the names of your family and friends can live on forever in the park that you helped to build.

Rotary's Special Observance Month in November is Focused on The Rotary Foundation

November 2015

Click Here to Register

District Conference

Rotary District 5030

April 29 - May 1, 2016

Coeur d'alene Resort

Lead Corporate Sponsor

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RYLA District 5020 & 5030 2016 will mark the 47th year of RYLA NW. Over 4600 students have had the opportunity to participate in this rewarding 4-day leadership conference.

What happens when 130 high school students from Western Washington and Vancouver Island get together for a weekend of leadership development and youth engagement? Opened eyes, 4 Way Test and Tell no lies, close connections and primed for elections, changed lives and a belief that dreams can be realized. Beyond word play, the best ways to experience the impact of RYLA NW is to sponsor a participant, and listen to their stories on the car ride home or invite them to a club meeting to talk about their experience. To learn more about RYLA contact Rylaconference@hotmail.com.

What’s Up with D5030 Youth Service

Please welcome our Class of 2015-2016 Inbound Exchange Students:

Jonas Henning, Germany hosted by Mill Creek Rotary

Han-Kuan Huang, Taiwan hosted by Mercer Island Rotary

Maria Vallas Lucea, Spain hosted by Vashon Island Rotary

Alyne Montenegro, Brazil hosted by Shoreline Rotary

Leonard Mazet-Roux, France hosted by Bellevue Breakfast Rotary

Bruna Raful Sacomani, Brazil hosted by Renton Rotary

These outstanding representatives of their countries are already engaged in student activities and sports. You will have the opportunity to meet them at the District Conference in Coeur d’Alene in May. Be prepared to be impressed and experience the energy and charm that they bring to us.

Please congratulate our Class of 2015-2016 Outbound Exchange Students. D5030 sponsored and supported 4 equally talented and energized students to make new friends and participate in the “personal diplomacy” that Rotary Youth Exchange brings to the world.

Riley Cook is in Spain, sponsored by Issaquah Rotary

Robyn Muilenburg is in Brazil, sponsored by Shoreline Rotary

Emily O’Hearn is in Germany, sponsored by Renton Rotary

Nadja Svensk Li is in Taiwan, sponsored by Mercer Is, Rotary

Now is the time to energize all Rotarians in D5030 to recruit our next class of Outbound students. The application process is now open and all Rotarians can be talent scouts, looking for sophomores to spend their junior year abroad. Applications are available from Club Presidents, Youth Exchange Officers and Hal Beals, District Chair at hwbeals@gmail.com.

November 2015

It’s been a busy month for District 5030 Rotaract! On September 22, the Rotaract Club of Cascadia College held its official chartering ceremony at the Lake Forest Park City Hall. Club President Solange Aguilar spoke about the opportunity for service and the advantages of Rotary and accepted the club gavel and bell presented by

Becky Gorlin, liaison from Lake Forest Park Rotary. The Rotaract Club at Cascadia is sponsored by Lake Forest Park and Mill Creek Rotary Clubs. An official welcome to our newest chartered Rotaract Club members!

District Rotaract Representative, Zac Reichert, and his team announced the launch of their new web page, where they will be building contact and event information for all nine D5030 Rotaract clubs. Check them out at: www.5030rotaract.org

The weekend of Oct. 16-18, D5030 Rotaractors hosted the 2015 Big West Rotaract Conference on the campus of Seattle University. There was a full day and a half of inspiring mainstage speakers, excellent workshops and lots of positive energy! The conference was attended by 280 Rotaract leaders from 5 countries: Italy, Canada, Australia, Pakistan and eight states in the western US. Congratulations to Devon Hay and Becky Gorlin, Co-chairs, and the BWC Planning Committee. Recognition is also due to the many workshop leaders, event sponsors, Rotary volunteers and housing hosts for supporting our district’s Rotaractors and the conference.

Make Rotaract activities like these available to more young leaders! If your Rotary club has given scholarships to students attending Bellevue College, Cascadia College, Edmonds Community College, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle University, University of Washington Seattle or Bothell campus, send their contact info. to Mike Madden, mikeminseattle@gmail.com. He’ll connect them with their campus Rotaract club. Let’s keep Rotaract growing in D5030!

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Submit Articles or Club Ads to The Bridge: Send articles and club event ads to The Bridge editor, Carma McKay carmamckay@gmail.com. The deadline is the 22nd of each month. Submit text in the body of an email or as a Word attachment. Ads need to be in .jpg or .pdf format. Please use current Rotary logos in your ads. Download Rotary logos at www.Rotary.org.

Call for Nominations

November 2015

D5030 Facebook Page

District Conference Site

District Conference - Registration

DACdb (District & Club Database)

District 5030 Website

District Leadership

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RI Website

Rotary Downloads

End Polio Website

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Helpful Links Just a Click Away Simply click on a title below

Register for the November 14 Interact District Assembly!

Join your fellow Rotarians and Interactors on November 14, 2015 for 3 power-packed hours of Interact information and networking. click here for details.

At this meeting we will:

Train Rotarians, Interact Club Advisors and Interactors to run exciting, successful Interact Clubs

Share tools to motivate and inspire everyone involved in Interact

Provide you with guidance on all of Rotary’s youth service programs, including Youth Exchange, Rotaract and RYLA

Why should you be there? Because the time for Interact Action is now. By November, the frenzy of the start of the school year is over, and there is still plenty of time ahead to ramp up and execute an outstanding year of Interact-ion. So be there! Use the attached form and Register Right Now! click here for registration form

District-wide Interact Service Project on February 7, 2016

Your Interact District Council is teaming with the Green Seattle Partnership for an all-call District Interact Service Project on February 7th. Mark your calendar now and attend this project with your Interactors!

This project will involve planting native species of trees and shrubs in a Seattle natural area, and whacking out invasive species that are clogging our forests. The exact location of the project will be announced soon; candidate sites include the Thornton Creek area in North Seattle and the various forested greenbelts in the Duwamish River corridor.

The purposes of this project include more than doing the right thing for our urban forest. It will also be a “best practices” demonstration to help your Interact Club organize better attended, more effective community service projects in your own high schools and neighborhoods. Interactors and advisors will be treated to “behind the trees” insights of just what turns a Good Project Idea into a GREAT PROJECT!

Details will be coming soon, but for now, Mark your calendar now on February 7, 2016 and attend this project with your Interactors!

Young Professionals (YP)… Don't Miss This!

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November 2015

Polio losing to good people taking action

The Seattle Times ran an incredible article by Jerry Large featuring a local member of Rotary from the Rotary Club of the University District, Seattle Ezra Teshome. Since 1996, Teshome has been leading groups of American and Canadian Rotarians to Ethiopia. Learn what keeps Ezra going after all these years: http://www.seattletimes.com/…/polio-losing-to-good-people-…/

SUPPORT MILES TO END POLIO On 21 November, Rotary General Secretary John Hewko and a team of Rotary staff members will bike in El Tour de Tucson to raise funds for polio eradication. The Miles to End Polio team goal is $3.4 million. Districts can support the team with Designated District Fund donations. The district that gives the most will get a visit from Rotary President-elect John Germ. Donate today! Support Rotary staff riders with a contribution Learn more about Miles to End Polio and meet the team

UPDATED LEAD YOUR CLUB SERIES NOW AVAILABLE

Check out the updated manuals in Rotary's Lead Your Club series, which provide vital information about the role and responsibilities of the club president, secretary, treasurer, and recommended committees.

The Fremont Rotary Club sponsored the first-ever Rotary International table at the primary fundraiser for the USO at Sea-Tac.which has garnered the support of several District Rotary Clubs. PDG John Enger (standing 3rd from the right) was one of several Rotarians proud to contribute to the USO, which serves servicemen & women---& their families---24/7. Other District officers & Rotarians from at least 5 Clubs attended, as well.

Rotarians learned that members of the Armed Services required to travel through Seattle to international posts have unique challenges. To report for shipping out of SeaTac in the early morning, for example, they had to land in Seattle the night before,

requiring many to sleep on terminal floors---before the USO expanded last year. Efforts of many helped to double the USO's size at SeaTac, & funds raised at the Oct 10 event keep it serving those who serve us so bravely. Another way Rotary Clubs have 'adopted' the USO is by contributing funds for a tile on the Wall of Honor at the USO.

What a wonderful celebration for World Polio Day! We're proud to have collaborated with the The UNFoundation's Shot@Life team and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to feature such incredible speakers as Congressman Jim McDermott, polio survivor Dennis Ogbe a Paralympic Athlete, Apootva Mallya from the Gates Foundation, and our very own Ezra Teshome from Rotary Club of the University District, Seattle and Steve Crane from Rotary Club of Seattle. Thank you to all the Rotarians and polio NID participants who we able to attend this celebration! With only 2 endemic countries the end of polio is finally within reach if we stay the course.

Oct 25th Son Michael Pham, AG wrote, "We arrived in Hanoi ... with all of our luggage, more than 500 lbs. of gifts for the children we will visit over the next 10 days."

Son Michael Pham Rotary Mission to Vietnam