Come as you are, and bring your appetite - tickets for Advancing Leadership's 2013 Evening with The Stars dinner and auction are on sale now!

Join us Saturday, October 5th, 6 - 8:30 pm, at the Federal Way Community Center for a night of fun, food, friends and yes, fundraising.  We'll be whipping up a hearty spaghetti dinner with all of the fixings, served to your table by our celebrity waiters!  Will the mayor serve your salad? Will the chief of police refill your drink?  Who will bring your bread basket - the judge, the fire commissioner, the school board director, or the senator?  Buy your tickets and we guarantee superstar service.  New this year: a no-host bar!

Priority seating will go to event and table sponsors, so consider this high profile event as an opportunity to have fun and promote your business.  AL alumni can split the cost of a table and enjoy a class reunion while paying it forward for future participants.  Sponsorships are $250 per table, $500 for Supporting Level and $1500 for Premiere Level.  Individual tickets are $25 each.

If you can't sponsor this year, consider donating an auction item or simply making a donation that fits your budget.  Evening with The Stars is our only fundraising event of the year, and all proceeds go toward our AL and ALY leadership development programs.  Your donations allow us to offer award-winning training that has immediate and long-term impact on every sector of our community.  This includes making AL and ALY accessible to all, including a scholarship program for adult applicants in need and no-cost programs for high school students.

Visit www.advancingleadership.org for event and sponsorship info, registration and auction donations, or contact us at [email protected].  We'll see you there!

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2013 Bob Wroblewski Servant Leadership Alumni Award (BWSLAA).  Named for Advancing Leadership founder and longest serving board member Bob Wroblewski, this annual award recognizes an AL alumnus who has demonstrated "transformational" servant leadership in his or her community.

Guidelines

Only Advancing Leadership alumni and board directors (past or present) may submit a nomination; only graduates of the AL adult program are eligible to receive the BWSLAA.  The deadline to submit your nomination for this year's award is Friday, September 20th.

Chrissy Hart, ALY '10, Eugene Lee and Tyler Rivera, both ALY '11, are spending their college break helping kids and teens in their hometown as part of a free summer lunch program.  Organized by the Multi-Service Center (MSC), Federal Way Communities in Schools (FWCIS), Federal Way Public Schools and the City of Federal Way, as part of United Way King County's Million Meals Campaign  and with support from the Des Moines Food Bank, the program provides free lunch and snacks to over 200 children and teens at six locations in Federal Way.

Each day, Chrissy, Eugene and Tyler, along with fellow student volunteer Louisa Johnson, track attendance, distribute meals and lead enrichment activities, including games, arts and crafts, and reading with kids.  "They have also been doing lots of outreach to make sure as many people as possible know about the program," explains MSC's Food and Clothing Bank Director Terri Turner, who coordinates the Federal Way program.

"It is fantastic to see our experiences in ALY come full swing as we work at the MSC, see our (ALY class) pictures up on the walls as we put into action the very skills that we developed in ALY," Tyler told us.  "During training we actually played a version of the Tinker Toys game from government day at the recommendation and guidance of Chrissy and I!"

This is MSC's first experience with a summer meals program, and with the size and scope of coordination involved, Ms. Turner admits that she wasn't sure what to expect.  The ALY alums have been a big part of making this first time effort a big success.  "They are the backbone of our program. They were enthusiastic about the program and every day had great things to say about the kids and the work."  Between their help and United Way's support, she says the summer has been "a blast!"

Tyler encourages the Advancing Leadership community to consider supporting this program by donating to or volunteering with MSC, CIS or United Way. He and his fellow ALY alums will be headed back to college soon, and they carry their leadership training with them.  "I am still so grateful for the experiences that we shared in ALY and I miss it a lot."

Emmett Butler, Emily Huynh, Alyssa Leon-Guerrero, Tyler Lum, Mary Lou Paule, Nadia Shibly from Decatur HS; James Black, Jack Bull, Aminata Dolo, Jenesis Garcia, Mohit Sharma, Carolynn Tiweyang from Federal Way HS;Lizette Carpenter, Nahom Yonas from Federal Way Public Academy; Emily Storvick from Fife HS; Cassie Neu from Internet Academy; Justin Kim, Allen Lunde, Lorres Kwan, Autumn Miller, Blake Null, Joseph Park from Thomas Jefferson HS; Carlos Castro, Lily Do, Daisja Flavors, Christina Marshall, Maddie Rogers, Laura  Taitano from Todd Beamer HS, Dinh Chung, Kevin Villalobos-Gomez from Career Academy at Truman.

Julia Kim, Douglas Smith and Maddie Weinman, all ALY '13, have spent this summer as Advancing Leadership student interns!  Between the three of them, they have contributed dozens of hours preparing materials for the incoming classes, managing the online database, cleaning and organizing 15 years worth of records in the AL 'vault' and supporting the orientation days for ALY '14.  Big thanks for your volunteer work behind the scenes - we couldn't have done it without you!

Angela Griffin, AL '09, is the new president of the Washington State Child Care Aware Board of Trustees, directing public policy efforts to ensure high quality childcare in our state. She will complete the Leadership WSSDA this November, just in time to run for the Puget Sound Educational Service District (PSESD) board of directors.  Angela is also joining our volunteer leadership as co-facilitator of the ALY '14 team project, along with Morgan Griffith, AL '11.

William Barcelona and Peter Sakowicz, both ALY '12, put their creative skills to use for us by producing the "project pitch" videos for AL and ALY 2014 this summer.  Each video presents areas of need (eight total - four for AL, four for ALY) in our city and "pitches" the benefits of addressing them with the class project.  The classes must choose - unanimously- one area for their project focus.  The videos involve extensive research, interviews, and video production.

Kelly Maloney, AL '08, is running for Federal Way City Council on the November 2013 ballot.  Kelly was appointed to her current council position in January of this year, and is seeking election to continue as a councilmember.  You can learn more about her campaign at kellymaloney.com.

Lisa Skari, EdD, AL '04, has been appointed to the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Commission on Alumni Relations.  CASE is an international professional association of educational institutions.

Amy Johnson, AL '08, is co-authoring a book for the United Church of Christ about social justice, aimed at parents and faith formation leaders.  The book will be published this fall.  Stay tuned for title and availability!

Teniel Sabin, AL '09, has joined the Children's Therapy Center in Burien as their family resources coordinator.

Brook Lindquist, AL '11, has passed her State Boards for Nursing Assistant Certified (NAC). One step closer to nursing school - a true servant leadership job.