Jessica Forsythe shared her thoughts about her goals for Redmond as a candidate running unopposed for Redmond City Council as the warm-up for the meeting. 

Next, Redmond Rotary featured its annual Students of the Month celebration for the junior and seniors chosen for that award. Teachers at Redmond High School nominate three juniors and three seniors each month during the school year for this honor. A committee of Redmond Rotarians interviews the three candidates and selects the individuals for the award. Each Rotarian who has participated in the interviews agrees that all the candidates have impressive backgrounds and achievements and making the decision is always difficult. 

Students who are chosen for the achievement have their names added to a permanent plaque at Redmond High School. The students, their parents, and the nominating teachers are also guests of Redmond Rotary for lunch to receive their awards--a special engraved plaque. The teachers share why they were nominated as part of the awards ceremony. 

Senior Student of the Month--Holly Tiglon



Junior Student of the Month--Sophia Randolph



Together Center Campaign Manager--Anna Carroll


Our featured speaker, Anna Carroll, shared the great news about the new Together Center, and the organization's mission. She spoke about the campus transformation and how it will enable to better serve the community. 

Join Redmond Rotarians for lunch on Thursday, June 1, at the Family Pancake House, 17621 Redmond Way, Redmond, WA 98052, at 12 noon to meet Rep. Amy Walen and hear her speak about taxes and tax reform. The state tasked the Tax Structure Work Group to conduct outreach across the state and all sectors of our economy to make recommendations to reform and update our tax code. That four-year project resulted in a number of recommendations that were supported by both sides of the political aisle. What are the next steps for those recommendations and other ideas for tax reform that came out of the work of this group? We will discuss!

Amy Walen has represented the 48th legislative district (parts of Kirkland, Redmond, Bellevue and the "points" communities) since 2019. Amy is a small business person with over 20 years experience as an automotive dealership Chief Financial Officer. She served nine years on the Kirkland City Council, with four years as Mayor.

Amy cares deeply about the addressing the challenges faced by working families, and works on policies around housing affordability, preventing gun violence and suicide and tax reform. 

See you then!

 

 

Little Bit, one of Redmond Rotary's partner charities, is located on 14 acres along Bear Creek on Avondale Road in Redmond. Volunteer work groups assist the organization by mowing grass, trimming plants, weeding and other gardening chores. For more information on Little Bit go HERE!

The Rotary Club of Redmond is proud to sponsor Redmond High School's Interact Club. This active group of teenagers treasures the Rotary slogan of "Service Above Self." They enjoy spending their Friday afternoons giving back to the community. Redmond Rotary is grateful to this group of students and to their advisor, Sharon Curry, for their service and representing Rotary in such a positive way. And thank you Superintendent Holmen for featuring our Interact Club on the website.

To watch the entire video go HERE.

University of Washington President Ana Mari Cauce shared updates about the university on topics that included how UW ranks nationally among colleges and universities, how UW is working with Redmond companies, and, in light of the NCAA men's basketball tournament underway, what changes might be ahead for the PAC12.

Thank you, President Cauce, for joining us and thank you Rotarians and guests for attending our weekly meeting. 

Zoom Recording Can Be Found Here

Passcode: 0b2b^HUc



Rotary Past President and long-time UW professor introduced President Cauce.



The room was full of Rotarians and guests eager to hear President Cauce's inspiring presentation.
 

Featured on page 13 in its "City Scene" section, the one-page feature shared several different photos from the ride. Shoutouts were given to Redmond High School's Interact Club, Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center, Willows Run Golf Course, and Postdoc Brewing. GO HERE TO VIEW ARTICLE. 

Stinky Spoke 2023, Redmond Rotary's premier fundraising event of the year held on Saturday, January 28, was a resounding success. Over 300 riders pedaled 20 miles of trails around Redmond on their mountain bikes to help raise funds for local and international charities, and to support students at Redmond High School.

Poker hand winners will be announced here soon.

Results of the fundraising efforts will be announced once all the bills are paid. 

Links to where photos are uploaded will be posted soon, too.

Thanks to all of the Redmond Rotarians for pitching in to make this event a success.
 

Learn more about Redmond Rotary and JOIN US!
 

Essentials First hands out hygiene products to those in need, as cleanliness is a basic human dignity that no one should have to go without.  Redmond Rotary Secretary and Interact liaison Jacquie May, collected the items to take to a kit- assembly project on the morning of November 5th organized by Woodinville Rotary Club.  Several Interact students and several Redmond Rotarians have signed up for the event, which gives us a chance to work together.

The Interact Club also gave Jacquie May a box of completed and tested WAPIs to mail out, and the students worked on their schedule that will include talks from local and district Rotarians.

Jacquie surprised the students with cookies, which everyone enjoyed.

Redmond Rotary members and Redmond High School Interact Club members joined with Woodinville Rotary to assemble hygiene kits for Essential First on Saturday, November 5. Essentials First empowers dignity daily and strengthens community-wide wellness by providing equitable access to vital personal and household hygiene products as well as food assistance. 

Rotarians and Interacters prepared kits of helpful items like rain ponchos, shampoo, toothpaste and toothbrushes, wipes, etc., into small bags that can be distributed to those in need. Other members assembled blankets and cleaning products for needy residents. 

It was a great project to bring Rotarians together with members of our Interact Club while meeting and working shoulder to shoulder with fellow Rotarians from Woodinville. We are grateful for Woodinville Rotary's invitation to join them.

Thanks Andy Pletz, Richard and Jacquie May, Hans Gundersen, Winston Lee, and Paula Del Giudice for sharing a portion of your Saturday to help!