Thursday, April 23, 2009

Stu Vander Hoek's First Blog

First, Thanks to Blaine Millet http://www.customerexperiencesinc.com and Clay Loges http://www.yodio.com for introducing Social Media and Blogging to me. I hope I have things to say that you will feel are interesting to read about.

Right now what's occupying a fair amount of my time are volunteer projects. I'm heavily involved in the Eastside Heritage Center http://www.eastsideheritagecenter.org/ Bellevue Strawberry Festival http://www.bellevuestrawberryfestival.org/. We're working real hard to keep our annual festival alive at the Crossroads International Park in Bellevue the weekend of June 27 & 28. Fundraising is in high gear. This is a great family oriented community event focused on our Eastside Heritage.

The other thing I'm working on is through Rotary International. I Co-Chair the Rotary District 5030 http://www.rotary5030.org/ Summer Youth Exchange Program. This One to One exchange will place 24 students in other countries for 3-4 weeks in each country. I've done this for 12 years and have been in Bellevue Rotary http://www.bellevuerotary.net/ for 32 years.

That's a start for now. I'll be back to share more about these interests, our bar in Old Bellevue called The Spot Off Main Neighborhood Bar & Billiards http://www.thespotoffmain.com/, our apartment properties in Old Bellevue http://www.mainplaceapartments.com/ and http://www.courtyardoffmainapartments.com/, Downtown Bellevue, Old Bellevue merchants, the Bellevue Downtown Association activities http://www.bellevuedowntown.org/, Bellevue Rotary, and various other things I get involved in.

Talk to you later.
Stu