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What Color is Your Parachute? author Richard Nelson Bolles in Seattle!
Thanks to the efforts of the University of Washington Alumni Association, the Puget Sound Career Development Association, and Centerpoint, the best-selling author, Dick Bolles, was in Seattle for a week of four different events.

Did you know that the Library of Congress named Parachute one of “25 Books That Have Shaped Readers’ Lives”? What Color is Your Parachute? shares this list with books like War and Peace, The Catcher in the Rye, and The Bible!

The first event was on Wednesday, June 25th from 7:00 to 8:30pm at Town Hall in Seattle. Facilitated by Seattle media personality Tony Ventrella, they discussed careers, career building, and retirement planning in the 21st century and fielded questions from the audience. TVW filmed the event and you can watch the entire thing on their website. Thanks to Dennis Williams Photography for covering the event on film. Here's a photo of Dick and Tony on stage.

The other events included an intimate (24 people) fundraiser for Centerpoint on Friday, June 27th. Thank you Chef Amadeus for providing a wonderful culinary delight! And, PSCDA sponsored an all day workshop with Dick on Monday, June 30th called "The 7 Most Important Ideas for Deciding What to Do with Your Life" with a dinner following that honored the enormous impact that Dick has had on millions of people's lives.

What an honor to have been able to see Dick Bolles in person and listen to his inspiring words of wisdom. Be sure to listen to the Town Hall event as soon as you can! If you're interested in where else you can hear Dick speak, check out his website!

Podcasts and Articles!
You can listen to a new podcast interview with Centerpoint's Executive Director, Carol Vecchio. The podcast is called "Purpose, Passion, and Your Roadmap for Change," how to renew yourself and make the most of changes that come you way. You can access it here.

Click here to listen to podcasts for the KPLU Graduate Degree Fair, including one featuring Centerpoint Executive Director Carol Vecchio!

Spotlight in the Seattle Times: Article on Carol's work with Career Makeover winner, April Carson!

Check out information on Early Career Passion Search at University of Washington's Career Discovery Week.

Check out the article on Career Change from Seattle Women's Magazine, featuring our very own founder, Carol Vecchio.

Click here to listen to Carol Vecchio's "How Does an Advanced Degree Fit into Your Future" workshop podcast from KPLU's Advanced Degree Fair in January!

Centerpoint Open House

The celebratory reception from 6 to 7pm included champagne and tasty appetizers provided by the Talaris Conference Center with live instrumental guitar music wafting down from the rafters! Then thanks to our community partners and some inspirational testimonials from those who have participated in Centerpoint’s various services.

November 10, 2004

What a celebration of abundance for our new home! It was standing room only for the mini-interactive workshops on LifeWork Renewal, Passion Search and Finding Your Fit from 4 to 6pm. Core faculty Kari Knudson, Trudy McKnight and Susan Mason-Milks received rave reviews on their facilitation and the room was abuzz with passions being shared and connections being made.

Thanks to:

Debra Aungst from the Puyallup School District who described the successful team-building that her management team experienced through Centerpoint’s facilitation of their retreats over the past three years,
Alice Meleney who talked about her positive experiences with the services for individuals in which she participated, and
Urs Koenig, a core faculty member and partner coach at Centerpoint who highlighted how the Cycles of Change Professional Certification Program has benefited his work.

Then lots of recognition and appreciation of all those who are a part of Centerpoint (staff, faculty and board) and all those helped with the move. There are so many…

We highly recommend these businesses that so generously gave of their time and talent to make Centerpoint’s dream come true!

D.C. Trim Carpentry, Don Chaffin 425.508.0222
For help with all your home/business improvement needs

313 Group, Brandon Lundh and Matthew Lundh 206.686.6313
For computer consulting, phone installations and handling all your technology questions
www.313group.com

Interior Moods, Colleen Wiley, Designer 425.837.9331
Color expert, full design services for your office and home
www.interiormoods.com

Parson PR, Joanie Parsons, 206.789.5668
Fun, communication specialists for achieving and surpassing your public relations goals
www.teamparsons.com

Talaris Conference Center, Julie Chin, Sales & Planning Manager, 206.268.7091
Use the campus for your next business meeting or conference
www.talarisconferencecenter.com

CB Richard Ellis Brokerage Services, Roy Mann, Nonprofit Advisor, 206.292.6093
To find the perfect location for your nonprofit organization
www.cbre.com

Dennis Williams Photography, Dennis Williams, 206.784.2355
A passion for making photos of people and events
www.williamsphoto.com

More heartfelt thanks to those individuals who have given so much through their in-kind and financial contributions:

Melissa Bland, board member, who coordinated the beautiful postcard / invitation as well as the program for the open house and has been a huge support to Centerpoint in so many ways.

Manuel Brown, creative handy-person extraordinaire who spent mega-hours after work to construct walls, lay slate, coordinate electrical, and keep us on target.

Rhonda Brown, board chair, who coordinated the acknowledgments for the volunteers and goes way above and beyond to support Centerpoint’s work.

Christie Clark who volunteered her time to graphically design the beautiful postcard/invitation and the open house program.

Diane Davison who redesigned our beautiful, new web site in record time even though she had never done this before!

Susan Mann, board member who couldn’t be with us tonight but provided for some of the refreshments.

Timothy O’Brien who coordinated the space plan, put in a ton of muscle into demolition and construction, and held the vision of the possibilities.

Roseann and Tom Vecchio whose support over the years has been unwavering.

And a huge thank you to all the volunteers who helped with lots of elbow grease:

Harry Abernathy Kim Fischer Taryn Perdue

Barbara Bowen Elissa Kamins Cynthia Pruitt

Jill Boyd Jennifer Kogut Valerie Savidan

Manny Brown Brandon Lundh Kathe Sehmsdorf

Rhonda Brown Matt Lundh Shanna Smith

Mischi Carter
Amy Maltbie Marcella Van Oel

Don Chaffin Trudy McKnight Carol Vecchio

Vickie Chaffin Shirley McNeil Aleia Webb

Leann Clawson Alice Meleney Dennis Williams

Diane Davison Timothy O'Brien

Centerpoint is a community-based organization… let us know how you would like to get involved!