Seattle reBarCamp raises over $2,000 for Solid Ground

April 19, 2011 by Rhonda Porter  
Filed under 2011, Charity

We’ve balanced out our books and are pleased to announce that Seattle reBarCamp is donating $2,265.22 to our chosen charity, Solid Ground.   This is as a result of the efforts of all of our volunteers, sponsors and our 600 or so participants who showed up at the Seattle Center on March 3, 2011.

Thanks again to everyone for making this event possible.

All New: Sponsor Spotlight Sessions!

February 18, 2011 by debratrappen  
Filed under 2011, Charity, Sponsors 2011

Hello BarCamp’ers!

Can you believe it is only 13 days until RE BarCamp Seattle??  WOW!

The #rebcsea planning committee is putting the final touches on plans for the upcoming event… and wanted to let you know about a couple of updates and a brand new addition to our day!!

After much deliberation and conversation, the committee has decided to forgo a ‘bling/giveaway’ this year… Our non-profit partner, Solid Ground, is in tremendous need of assistance this year – and our community at large needs food more than you, our dearest participant, need another mug, t-shirt, or keychain.   The committee trusts that you will agree.

In lieu of honoring our sponsors with their names on ‘bling’ the plan is to enhance their vendor table display area, as well as host a special “Sponsor Spotlight Session Track” to spread the word about their products, tools, resources!

Many of our sponsors will be hosting drawings, giving out their very own bling, and sharing how they may be able to fulfill your business plans and visions!   

We encourage you to stop by these Spotlight Sessions and the vendor area to say “hello and thank you” to the peeps in the room.   They keep the event FREE… and allow us to donate to our community in need!

The committee looks forward to seeing you all in less than TWO WEEK! 

 

psssttttt…. 
Have you put on your thinking cap yet?
Any idea about WHAT you want to SHARE? 
How about what you want to LEARN? 
It is never too early to start getting your thoughts together… 
#justsayin

 

 

Things We Love

February 14, 2011 by Rhonda Porter  
Filed under 2011, Charity, Sponsors 2011, Volunteers 2011

It’s Valentine’s Day and we can’t think of a better time to share some of the things we adore and love.

We love our volunteers. Our volunteers all have full time “day jobs” and have dedicated countless hours of their time brainstorming, researching and planning to make the 2011 Seattle reBarCamp worth attending and participating.   As one of the volunteers, I can tell you it’s been a lot of fun working with this amazing group…and there is a lot of work that take place “behind the scenes”.   Please take a moment and check out our volunteers on the right sidebar and show them some love.

We love our sponsors.   Let’s face it, without their financial support, this event would not be free to attend.  Not only is this year’s event back at the NW Rooms of the Seattle Center, because of all of our sponsors, we will be able to make a nice donation to a great local charity, Solid Ground.    We love that too!

We love you.  Seattle reBarCamp returns to Seattle for the fourth time on March 3 because of you!  Thanks so much for tweeting about the event and using #rebcsea and for promoting us with  your blog post and on Facebook.   We have almost 600 people signed up to participate at this one of a kind event from all over the west coast.   For some it will be their first reBarCamp experience and others are returning.   Not only will there be a lot of peer to peer learning and sharing taking place, many will be networking and developing new relationships that will last beyond reBarCamp.

We look forward to seeing you all participating in the sessions and to making it a great day.

A little about our chosen non-profit — Solid Ground

January 25, 2011 by babbsweissman  
Filed under 2011, Charity

I am biased about Solid Ground.  I am not going to attempt to lie.  They do so much for the community that it is hard not to be biased once you are familiar with what they do.

Here are a few things they did in 2010 and are continuing to do:

  • Developing 53 affordable apartments for formerly homelss families at Magnuson Park
  • Creating an organic farm in Seattle that will feed hungry families
  • Advocating on behalf of the people who are on Disablity Lifeline (a program for the very poor who are unable to work)
  • Assisting those who are in danger of having their homes foreclosed on
  • Helping homeless families find permanent housing

The list goes on.  This is just a snapshot. 

RE Bar Camp Seattle is a free event and we hope that you will find it in your hearts to donate whatever you feel the event is worth to help Solid Ground continue to provide incredible community resources.   We will have donation buckets available at RE BarCamp for any contribution you are able to make.

Thank you!