LOCATION CHANGE: Powerful Schools 3401 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA 98144

FHS team, xbot will demonstrate the technology behind 3D printing. "FHS team xbot" MakerBot 3D printer will be brought to the meeting. Invite all your "geeky" interested friends in learning about 3D technology. The 3D printer has become one of the tools of choice for prototyping -- be it a new product or robots!

Guest speakers: Donna Lew and Andrew Wu

Meeting location: Powerful Schools 3401 Rainier Ave. S, 98144
Guest Program: Powerful Voices
Powerful Voices fosters adolescent girls' development by providing programs and promoting social justice so girls can realize their dreams, engage their communities and shape a better world.

Rosa Vissers, Executive Director of Yoga Behind Bars  offering yoga and meditation classes to men, women and youth behind bars every day, giving our students the opportunity for rehabilitation, growth and healing. Our students experience calm, inner peace and a sense of self-worth.

Where is Beacon Food Forest going as an organization? 

Ben Conway will tell us what motivated him to join the Peace Corps, what it was like to live in Togo, what he's been doing since.  He can answer your questions about how the Peace Corps works and why so many people volunteer.
 
Bring your questions about joining the Peace Corps.  Bring guests! 

No need to have advanced carpentry skills - we are going to mark-up sheets of plywood for cutting into floors, walls, roofs of up to 4 little free libraries.  
You can develop new skills:  assembling pieces and glueing, nailing, screwing, using hand tools, electric drills.  
SAFETY FIRST! 

Report back from club president-elect Ann Sammon from the annual District 5030 Conference in Vancouver, BC
 
District conferences are an opportunity for all 50 clubs in the Seattle area to share - what is working?  What new initiatives look exciting and interesting? 

Planning meeting for the Little Free Library project.

Ideas we discussed:

1. contacting the woodworking departments of the area high schools to involve students in the production LFL
2. Presentations to other Rotary clubs for financial assistance

Bring your ideas!

Jayne Hinton will explain how Powerful Voices got it's start and how it works to build self-confidence and a support network for inner city girls.
For More Info:  http://www.powerfulvoices.org/programs/index.shtml
 
Location:  Light for Life, 3820 South Ferdinand,  #102