Providing COMMUNITY, INTERNATIONAL, & VOCATIONAL Services
for Rainier Valley of Seattle.
1st & 3rd Tues. morning 8 - 9 am. --
Location: Rainier Valley PCC -- 3610 South Edmunds Street
Join us for your morning JAVA & networking with neighbors!
March 11: Bernie Lucking - "Is There A Gravity Car In Your Future?"
Gravity car races are a feature of Sammamish Rotary Club - a sponsored fun way for developmentally-challenged kids to have some fun in their community. How did Sammamish Rotary get into this project? Can Rainier Valley Rotary participate?
March 8 - Clean Streets Project
Let's pick up trash!
Where:Along MLK in Columbia City.
Meet at Ann's house at 9:45.
Supplies provided but bring your own gloves if you prefer.
March 4 - More Chemistry Lab Equipment For RB High School!
Chris Eide will tell us about a fundraising project for Louise Wong - science teacher at Rainier Beach High School. She seeks state-of-the-art lab sets that will elevate the learning experience for her students.
For more information: https://teachersunited.nationbuilder.com/buildyourvision
Co-Sponsored Event on Entrepreneurship - Business Coach Jeff Levy
Jeff is a coach to individuals interested in exploring self employment with an emphasis in franchising. This is a co-produced event with the Rainier Valley Chamber of Commerce.
Jeff's experience includes participation in new technology startups, leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, raising investment capital, and coach to hundreds of startup
Jeff Levy - Making the JUMP into Small Business Ownership - Jan 29th @ Light for Life
Join RVRC, Rainier Valley Chamber of Commerce & Light for Life [3820 S Ferdinand St. Ste #102 Seattle, WA] -- an evening with Jeff Levy, coach to individuals interested in exploring self-employment with an emphasis in franchising. His experience includes participation in new technology companies, leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, raising investment capital and coach to hundreds of startup ventures. Jeff has coached over 175+ individuals who have become franchisees.
Jan. 7 Program: Melinda Giovengo: "1000 Young People Need A Safe Place To Sleep"
King County has a lot of homeless youth, youth who escape their home when one of their parents or family members is feeling abusive, or who have just arrived and don't have any place safe to stay. Who provides these kids with a safe, warm, dry bed?
Jan 14 Program: Harvey Bowen - Reducing "Death By Train"
According to this Seattle Times article, pedestrians are being killed regularly by the Link Light Rail line that runs through our neighborhood. More people are killed on other railroad tracks around the state, either as they walk, as they bicycle, or drive on or across tracks.
How can we effectively alert people to the hazards, and save lives?
Dec. 17 Program: Stacy Noland: Three Stages of Disaster Recovery
Drawing on his recent investigation of disaster relief efforts in New Orleans and Haiti, Stacy Noland will show us how the ongoing relief efforts typically succeed or fail. Haiti, for instance, has been inflicted by a deadly outbreak of cholera as a result of U.N. Peacekeepers who were brought in to help with disaster relief. See info here.
