Past auctions have sold out, and we are expecting this year will be no exception! Tickets are available to purchase for $110 dollars at www.bellevuebotanical.org.

Bellevue Botanical Garden is also looking for people who have items that could be donated to the auction! If you have a special talent, time at a vacation home, or something else that would catch the eye of auction guests, please contact Melinda Lilley at auction@bellevuebotanical.org

Your donations are always greatly appreciated!

As with all of our events, we could not succeed without the help of our volunteers! If you would like to volunteer for the 2010 Annual Auction, please contact Elana Russell at auction@bellevuebotanical.org.  There will be many positions open to fit our volunteers various skills and talents.

Whether you are attending, volunteering, or donating, this auction is going to be a memorable event that is sure to keep people talking all year! Do not miss out on your opportunity to be a part of it.

Kelsey Ray - Missing Teen

This morning I was sent a tweet on Twitter asking to help distribute information about a missing 16 year old girl who was last seen in the Redmond/Seattle area with a felony fugitive.  Please check out the information and pass the word around to everyone you know in the area.  With your help she will be found and brought home safely.  We can all make a difference!

Bellevue Police are attempting to locate Jennifer Lynn Schultz, age 47.  Schultz has a medical condition that requires daily medication and hasn’t been seen since yesterday morning.  She lives in a group home at 15652 Lake Hills Blvd in Bellevue.

Bellevue you police were contacted at 4:45 P.M. and began searching for Schultz in all known place she likes to frequent.  Friends say she has never done this before and is very responsible about taking her medicine.

Schultz is described at a dark skinned Caucasian female, standing 4’ll” and weighing about 155 lbs.  She has dark brown hair that she likes to wear in “pig-tails”.  There was no clothing description available.  Please note: the attached photograph.

Friends say she has a Metro bus pass and has been known to use taxis for transportation.  Friends fear the longer she is gone, the more frightened and confused she may get.

Anyone seeing Schultz is asked to call the Bellevue Police Department via 911 and report her whereabouts.

If anyone sees or locates Schultz, please call 911.

Over $20,000 in prizes including:

- Cruise for 2 on Holland America Line!
- Round trip Alaska Airlines tickets!
- Xbox with an Xbox Live Gold Membership!
- $1,000 Neiman Marcus Shopping Spree!
- And so much more!
This adult-only fundraiser sells out every year so don’t be left out. Click here to purchase your tickets today!

100% of your contributions to Carnival fund our educational programs and interactive exhibits.

C4W will provide up to 100 computers preloaded with the latest version of Microsoft Office, as well as with a specialized database and information management software application.  The database was developed for the Washington State Emergency Food Assistance Program by volunteers who wanted to help the Washington-based hunger relief programs.

David Bobanick, RFH’s executive director, has drawn up a simple application process for any food banks who are interested in securing computers for their efforts.  Bobanick further added “we designed this program to make sure we helped hunger relief organizations in Washington regardless of their size or location.  We strongly encouraged smaller rural programs to apply for this opportunity to secure computing resources that can help them in their efforts to reduce hunger in our state.”

John Martinka from Bellevue Breakfast Rotary Club and the C4W feels this is a natural expansion of the C4W program.  “We have worked with many organizations, since our founding in 1998, and to be able to leverage our access to computing resources within our own community in this time of increasing need is significantly rewarding for all associated with C4W.”

About Rotary First Harvest

Rotary First Harvest is a program of Rotary District 5030 and was originally formed in 1982 by Mike Shanahan, Norm Hills and a group of concerned members of the Rotary Club of the University District in Seattle, WA.  Rotary First Harvest’s mission is to: Feed the hungry with surplus nutritious food; Access and improve food distribution and transportation systems; Develop innovative hunger relief solutions; and replicate the concept of Rotary First Harvest.

About Computers for the World

Computers for the World was launched in 1988 by Emerald City Rotary Club (Seattle), Garfield High School Interact Students, Rotarians, and technology teachers at Garfield High School in Seattle.  Student participants are Rotaract and Interact members with technical, linguistic or leadership skills, and the determination to help those in need.  The program has worked with many organizations to expand its programs.  Organizations such as Group Health Cooperative, Microsoft, The Gate Foundation, Alaska Airlines, Boeing, United Airlines, Seattle Public Schools, Newport High School and many others have contributed to the program.

CROSSROADS BAR & GRILL
APRIL 17, 2010
$10 ALL YOU CAN EAT!

ALL proceeds will be donated to EHC!!!

6-9pm, Crossroads Bellevue

Crossroads Bellevue:  NE 8th & 156th Ave. NE in Bellevue • 425-644-1111

www.crossroadsbellevue.com; www.neighborhoodgrills.com

The new Crossroads Bar & Grill opens its doors for business on Monday, April 19.

WE get a sneak preview APRIL 17!

Please come to this special benefit dinner and bring your friends.

Good Food!  Good Friends!  Good Music!

$10 – Pay at the door – Benefit Dinner for EHC at Crossroads Bar & Grill!

Thank you Crossroads Bar & Grill for this fundraising opportunity!

~ EHC & Crossroads Bellevue present the 20th Annual Cultural Crossroads – November 5-7, 2010 ~

The new council is made up of a long list of recognizable names including Joseph Brazen, Brazen Sotheby’s International Realty; Greg Collins, President & CEO, Parker, Smith & Feek, Inc; Kemper Freeman, President & CEO, Kemper Development Co., Marlice Gulacsik, Co-founder & VP, GA Creative; Anu Jain, VP Community Relations, Intelius; Dave Katri, President & CEO, Clark Nuber, PS; James Mitchel, President & CEO, Puget Sound Bank; and David Porter, Corporate VP Retail Stores, Microsoft.

Congratulations to Overlake Service League and all the people who live, work and/or play in Bellevue!

You can follow OSL on Twitter or become an OSL  fan on Facebook.

The Community Shield concept comes from football clubs in Europe which annual hold matches with all proceeds benefitting local community organizations.  Proceeds from this match will benefit the team’s four community partners:  Boys and Girls Club of Washington State, Save the Children, Seattle SCORES and Washington Youth Soccer.

Are you a Sounders FC fan?  Will you be at the match?

Carey is an owner of Seattle Sounders FC and serves as chairman of Sounders FC Alliance presented by FSN, the club’s member association. He is also the host of the popular television game show, “The Price is Right”.

Carey was born May 23, 1958 to Beulah and Lewis Carey in Cleveland, Ohio. The youngest of three brothers, Carey became especially withdrawn when his father, a draftsman for General Motors, succumbed to a brain tumor in 1966. As a result, Carey asked for psychiatric care; his mother, who was working multiple jobs to support the family, didn’t have time to help him seek out therapy.

Since there was a large age gap between Carey and his older brothers, the solitary, depressed boy was often left to his own devices. When the school day was done, he entertained himself with humor books, recordings of comedians and cartoons, and spent time with friends.

While in the Marine Reserves, his military buzz cut and black wide-rim glasses became part of his trademark look. He began his successful career as a comedian in April of 1986 at the Cleveland Comedy Club. One of his first big breaks was competing on “Star Search ’88.”

In 1991, Carey landed a spot on HBO’s “14th Annual Young Comedians Special” and appeared on “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.”  Carey landed his own television development deal at Disney, which led to an opportunity for Carey to co-star in the series “The Good Life.”  Carey also had the opportunity to work with Bruce Helford, who was a consulting writer on the series and hired Carey as a staff writer for “The Gaby Hoffman Show.” Their experience led the two of them to decide to co-create a series for Carey. Carey went on to star in his own comedy special for Showtime, “Drew Carey: Human Cartoon” and performed in Showtime’s “Tenth Anniversary of the Montreal Comedy Festival.”

In 2007, Drew Carey was honored to be hired to take over the reins from the legendary Bob Barker on CBS’ “The Price is Right” series.  He has recently begun production of his third season on the long-running daytime game show, which first aired on CBS in 1972.  Drew Carey is an actor and producer who had the distinction of having two hit shows simultaneously: the long-running comedy “The Drew Carey Show,” which ran from 1995-2004, and the improv/sketch show “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” on which he was host and a producer.  The success of that show led to the creation of “Drew Carey’s Improv All-Stars,” an improv troupe that performs in showrooms across the country.

Next year Friends of Youth – a non-profit agency dedicated to supporting youth and their families in King and Snohomish counties – will celebrate 60 years serving teens and young adults.  Friends of Youth provides a broad range of services to improve its clients’ emotional stability and self-sufficiency, including homeless shelters, transitional housing, outreach, mental health counseling and substance abuse prevention and treatment.  For more information, visit www.friendsofyouth.org.

This is a perfect opportunity to donate those purses and handbags for a great cause, Gilda’s Club of Seattle, and maybe find a new one to replace it.  Hundreds of recycled handbags will be up for silent auction and the latest designs from Seattle’s hottest bag stores will be on display for shopping.

Over 25 NW wineries will be showcasing their newest releases to taste and Seattle firefighters will also be on hand to sell and sign their 2010 calendars.

Joan Kelly, from Seattle’s Fashion First Annual Fashion Show, will be the Emcee/Auctioneer for a very lively auction of incredible celebrity handbags.  Yes, celebrities are into recycling too and have donated their slightly used, but still gorgeous, handbags for auction.  Attendees can walk away with a handbag once carried by Carol Burnett, Olivia Newton John, Shawn Johnson, Tina Fey, Sharon Osbourne, Regina King, Lili Taylor, Sweet P, Scarlett Johansson, Rachel Ray, Elisabeth Moss, Aya Sumika, Marcia Cross, author Rebecca Wells or the Indigo Girls’ Amy Ray! And the most unique handbag to be auctioned will be one specially decorated by famed glass artist, Dale Chihuly.

“Bags & Bottles” is a fundraiser for Gilda’s Club of Seattle, a meeting place where men, women and children living with cancer, along with their families, partners and friends, join with others to build social and emotional support. Tickets are $40, and can be purchased at www.gildasclubseattle.org.

Bags & Bottles: 4^th Annual Handbag Auction & Wine Tasting

Sunday, March 14^th 2010

4pm – 7pm, Registration opens at 3:30pm

Westin Hotel

1900 5^th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101

Tickets: $40