NOTIS 2019 Annual Meeting and Holiday Party

It's time to get excited about another epic NOTIS Holiday Party!

Join us on Saturday, December 7, 2019

 at the Highland Community Center

14224 Bel-Red Road in Bellevue

 (BUS ROUTES LISTED. Please read the ENTIRE invitation!)

The party will begin at 3:00PM, directly after the NOTIS Annual Meeting to be held from 2:00PM - 3:00PM. Please watch your mail for your official Annual Meeting invitation.

The Highland Community Center will be this year's venue for our festive merriment! Giant log posts in the main hall give it an inviting lodge feel, and we have double the capacity we had last year. So let's do our usual great job of sharing our sumptuous cooking with each other, celebrating another fantastic year of working with great people, and meeting new friends! Please bring a main dish, salad, appetizer, dip, or dessert to share. Also, please wear your most festive holiday sweater and/or your reindeer antlers!

 Back by popular demand! KARAOKE!  We hope our 'songbirds' from last year come back to grace us with their incredible renditions of their favorite songs!  We invite all other aspiring songbirds to grab the microphone!

Cookie Contest - Are you ready to showcase your baking prowess? Last year's entries were DELICIOUS, with the mighty, four-inch wide Chocolate Rad winning the prize. Will your cookie win this year? Put on those oven mitts and bake your masterpiece to enter the contest!

SKITS? PERFORMANCES? Are there any Thespians, dancers, jugglers, quick-change artists, spoken word poets in TWO languages, or other talented NOTIS members? Entertain us!  There is a giant stage at our venue!  We would welcome your creativity!

GRAND PRIZE! At the event, we'll have a raffle for several really fun gift cards and prizes, including a grand prize of a year-long NOTIS membership!

VERY IMPORTANT PARKING/BUS DETAILS:  There are 24 parking spots in the main parking lot, 14 parking spots below and behind the community center (going past the center down an incline), and 24 spots next to the lower lot by a skate park.  Please carpool if at all possible. There is NO parking available at the YMCA, which is across the street from the community center.  

Bus line #226 drops off a 30-second walk away from the front door of the community center.

The most convenient way to reach the Highland Community Center is to take Bus #226 at the Bellevue Transit Center and exit at NE Bellevue Redmond Rd & 143^rdAve NE (10 stops). Below are the bus routes to the Bellevue Transit Center.

If you are coming from Downtown Seattle:Take Bus #550 Express (Bellevue) at 2^ndAve and Seneca St >Exit at Bellevue Transit Center.

If you are coming from Burien:Take #560 (Bellevue Via Sea-Tac Airport) at Burien TC >Exit at Bellevue Transit Center. [Bus #560 runs once per hour on Saturdays].

If you are coming from Redmond Transit Center:Take B Line LOCAL (Bellevue Transit Center Crossroads) at Redmond Transit Center Bay 4 >Exit at Bellevue Transit Center.

If you are coming from Kirkland Transit Center:Take #235 Local (Bellevue Transit Center – Bus #235 runs once per hour on Saturdays) at Kirkland Transit Center Bay 3 (SB) >Exit at Bellevue Transit Center. 

If you are coming from Bothell:Take #522 Express (Downtown Seattle) at Woodinville Dr & Kaysner Way >Exit at Union St & 4^thAve >Transfer to #550 Express (Bellevue) >Exit at Bellevue Transit Center. 

If you are coming from Woodinville:Take #552 Express (Downtown Seattle – Bus #552 and Bus #552 Express are the same thing.) at 132^ndAve NE Flyer Stop >Exit at Union St and 4^thAve >Transfer to #550 Express (Bellevue) >Exit at Bellevue Transit Center. 

If you are coming from Kent:Take #180 Local (Burien Transit Center Seattle Tacoma International Airport – bus will have a sign that reads “Burien”) from Kent Station Bay 9 >Exit at International Blvd and S 176^thSt >Transfer to #560 (Bellevue Via Sea-Tac Airport) >Exit at Bellevue Transit Center 

If you are coming from Tacoma:Take #574 (SeaTac Airport – baggage claim level - Via Tacoma Via Fedway) from Tacoma Dome Station >Exit at International Blvd and S 176^thSt >Transfer to #560 (Bellevue Via Sea-Tac Airport) >Exit at Bellevue Transit Center. 

Questions?: Please email Maria Farmer at marsmiley@me.com.