Jun 13

June 30th – Two Great Events: Walk for Rice & Pizza JET-Together!

“Hey Ari, let’s take a bite out of hunger by leading the PNWJETAA Team for this year’s Walk for Rice!  Did you know that PNWJETAA has been participating in this event for 20 years ?!?  Wow!That’s over a century in dog years!”

Please help  PNWJETAA reach our goal of raising $2000 and recruiting at least 15 team members to celebrate our 20th year at the Walk for Rice!

Join PNWJETAA in fighting  hunger in our community one step at a time at the 2018 Walk for Rice!   Visit our PNW JET Alumni Association Team Page ( http://acrs.walkforrice.org/goto/2018-team-pnwjetaa)  and register TODAY!

The Walk for Rice is one of the most visible public outreach activities that PNW JETAA supports during the year. This event is a lot of fun and it is a great way to make a positive and immediate impact within our community!  Funds raised help provide sticky rice (the good stuff for making musubi!) & other culturally familiar groceries for the Asian Counseling and Referral Service Food Bank.

We also hope that some of the new 2018 JETs will join us, so it would be great to have a lot of JETAA members to answer questions and share advice with the new JETs, as they prepare for their new adventure in Japan!

Please lend your support to the PNW JET Alumni Association Team as either a runner, walker or team contributor! All JET alumni,  2018 JET Program participants, family members and friends are welcome to join our team – the more the merrier!

NEW FOR 2018 – The PNWJETAA PUPPY BRIGADE !!!

Calling all puppies & puppies at heart! To celebrate the YEAR OF THE DOG, we are inviting all of our team members to bring their well-behaved, canine companions to join our furry Co-Captains Ari and Yuki!

Event Details: (First timers are encouraged to check out the Walk for Rice FAQs page)

WHEN: Saturday, June 30th

WHERE: Seward Park (5902 Lake Washington Blvd. South / Seattle, WA 98118)

SCHEDULE FOR THE DAY:

            8:00 AM – Check-In Booth Opens – just FYI, you can arrive later than 8 AM

            9:30 AM – Team Photo (details will be sent to all team members)

           10:00 AM – Walk Begins

 QUESTIONS about our Walk for Rice Team? Contact Co-Captain Yuki at:  walk4rice[at]pnwjetaa[dot]org Please note: Until Yuki’s paws become more proficient on the keyboard, her assistant Lynn will be responding to your messages on her behalf.

We’ll look forward to seeing you at Seward Park bright and early! Find us when you arrive!

Sincerely,

Ari The Dog (Senpai Co-Captian) & Yuki The Dog (Kohai Co-Captain)


Pizza JET-Together!

Inviting all PNWJETAA alumni and 2018 New JET Program Participants (JETs) to join our annual Pizza JET-Together mixer!

 

Alumni – we need you to share your JET stories and advice with the newest members of the “JET Crew”, who have a lot of questions about the amazing year in Japan that awaits them! This traditional gathering will be a follow-up to the alumni led JET Training Session held on June 16th & 17th and allows the new JETs an opportunity to chat one-on-one with alumni and ask any questions they may have prior to their departure to Japan.

WHEN: June 30th from NOON – 2 PM

WHERE: Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Washington (JCCCW) – Dojo

1414 South Weller Street, Seattle, WA 98144

COST: $5 per person (cash preferred, but cards accepted at the door) –  New 2018 JETs are FREE!

WHO: All PNW JET Alumni & 2018 JETs*  

*PLEASE NOTE: The Pizza JET-Together although informal (T-shirts & jeans or shorts are A-OK!), this gathering is still considered a JET Program training focused event, thus we are limiting participation to PNWJETAA Members & 2018 JETs; however, JETAA and JET spouses are welcome to join at the $5 event price.  

Please RSVP for the Pizza JET-Together by messaging our Organizer Extraordinaire Cheryl via Facebook here or by email to: Cheryl[at]pnwjetaa[dot]org.

Looking forward to seeing you at one or hopefully both events!!! 

 

May 07

Minor Website Updates

We’re looking at updating a few things on the website, but in the meantime there’s a page for jobs, and a page where we’ll be keeping the agendas and minutes for our general meetings.

Currently we only have one job posted, but it’s still nice to have a single place to look. Hopefully we’ll have some more updates soon. In the meantime, this has been one of our most active years, yet! Check the calendar for a whole raft of cool stuff you could be doing!

 

Apr 03

PNWJETAA Volunteers: C-ID Cleanup 2018

Join PNWJETAA and other local community groups at the 2018 Seattle Chinatown-International District Cleanup! Last year’s event was awesome, and we had a group of over twelve volunteers!

REGISTRATION DEADLINE for this event as a volunteer is April 18th (Wednesday).

REGISTRATION IS MANDATORY via the C-ID Google Docs link:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScF–EEM0cFgyadW8honSSmhxqjwCnLb7J4S10DWJ3ZatzbOw/viewform

– Under “Team/Individual”, please select ‘Pacific Northwest JET Alumni Association’
– Under “Team Captain”, please write ‘Cheryl Hou’
– Remember to select T-shirt size
– Remember to indicate allergies/physical limitations if applicable.
– If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to text or email to cheryl (at) pnwjetaa (dot) org.

PNWJETAA will be assigned a to-be-specified project in the area – think of our assignment as a lovely, lovely… SURPRISE. =)

Afterward, we’ll convene at a local restaurant and have a delicious meal of dim sum!

Mar 01

2018 Election Results

Please welcome your new steering council!!

 

The wonderful and lovely Adam Ledyard will be president! Thank you for your hard work as treasurer, and congratulations on your new position!

The wonderful and lovely Michelle Kato will be vice president! You came to the rescue when we needed a new place to meet, and you’ve helped out immeasurably already! We’re excited to have you on board!

The wonderful and lovely Samantha Corpuz will be secretary! It’s the psychic backbone of our chapter, and it’s great to have new people on (the) board! I think I just sent a friend request to a random child with your name!

The wonderful and lovely Zack WIlliams will be treasurer! It’s the fiscal backbone of our chapter, and we’re lucky to have somebody take the position that can combine responsibility with his laid-back, like-able charm!

The wonderful and lovely Jessica Record will be managing Transitions, our career and networking event! It’s logistically our biggest event of the year for, but Jessica’s got what it takes — in spades!

The wonderful and lovely Miranda Barril will be working on a newsletter! It’s a whole new project that takes a lot of discipline and vision to see through! Another newcomer for our chapter, too! Yesss!

 

Maybe if we’re lucky they’ll take a nice big group picture soon!

Feb 14

2018 Council Elections!

PNWJETAA is excited for a new year, and new council members!

If you haven’t already done so, please take just a minute see who’s on the ballot this year and vote!

Volunteering with our chapter is a great way to have fun, meet cool people, and help out the community. It’s not a big commitment, and it’s not too late to get involved. If there’s something you’d like to try, ask us! Don’t spend those warm summer days indoors.

Jan 26

PNW JETAA 2018 Annual Meeting + 新年会

Celebrating the Year of the Dog!

2018 Annual Meeting and Shinnenkai

 

Welcome to 2018 and how excited we are for it!

We’ve got a lot planned for the new year, and our Annual Meeting/Shinnenkai will be the place and time to find out all the upcoming events.

Join us to start off the new year with your fellow JET Alum. Our Annual Meeting will be full of news of our events of the past year, upcoming planned events of 2018, entertainment, a kid’s corner, and of course, raffle prizes! It’s also when we’ll announce our new officers (did you vote yet?!) and talk about our plans for the coming year.

Our Annual Meeting is open to all ages, and family-friendly! This is the time of year to come out of the woodwork and bring out everyone from babies to great-grandmothers, and reconnect with old friends and new.  It’s time to see new faces and new returnees, but it’s also a great time to catch up with your friends in JET that you haven’t seen in a while. Family members and children are welcome!

Saturday, February 17 at 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Japanese Cultural & Community Center of WA ワ州日本文化会館

1414 S Weller St, Seattle, Washington 98144

Tickets: https://shinnenkai2018.brownpapertickets.com/

Special Pre-event prices:
– $15 for adult admission
– $20 for admission and two drink tickets.
– Children 12 and under are free with supervising adult!

NOTE: Tickets are Will-Call only so all you need to do is show up and give the name you bought the tickets under!

ALSO! Tickets will be $20 for general admission and $25 for the drink ticket admission IF you buy the tickets the day of, so get your tickets before the event!
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After the Annual Meeting/Shinnenkai, all attendees over twenty-one are invited to attend our nijikai!

The nijikai costs and information will be a separate brownpaperticket, and is not included in Shinnenkai. Keep your eyes out on the mailing list, Facebook, and website for more information later in the month!

Jan 12

Nomikai + Networking at TanakaSan

Who: PNW JET alumni and friends 

When: Thursday, 2/1 at 7:30pm – 9:00pm

Where: TanakaSan – 2121 6th Ave, Seattle (Via 6)

Questions? Please email Sophie (sophie.mecham@nullgmail.com)

Join us for a fresh edition of Nomikai + Networking at TanakaSan. At this month’s event, we will be joined by a representative of Japan-America Society of Washington (JASSW), so come and take advantage of this opportunity to grow your network while sipping a sake slushy!

This event will follow our monthly council meeting at Westlake Tower, so please feel free to join the meeting for insight on our chapter’s upcoming happenings. We will head down the street to TanakaSan at 7pm!

TanakaSan’s booze menu is broadly Asian, with several varieties of the Japanese spirit shochu and its Korean variant soju, Asian lagers and Japanese whiskies, cocktails mixed with Eastern flavors like five-spice and ginger and green-tea ice cubes, and chuhai: the fruity, fizzy Japanese cocktails that TanakaSan brings to the table in the form of playful mix-it-yourself kits with cold-pressed juices. 

Non-alcoholic options include fresh fruit and vegetable juice combos, smoothies, coffees (including long-steeped cold brew and slow-dripped Kyoto coffees), mocktails, and a full slate of Remedy teas.