In this Issue: *Meet Odyssey's 2020 Quartermaster - New!
*Curtis Alum Milestone - Update
*Local Magazine Highlights YMF Women - Read!
Meet 2020 Quartermaster from SSS #190 Odyssey:
Abby Wainwright
Visit the blog post HERE to see her in action and meet her Board of Review.

J oin us in congratulating Abby for earning this distinguished and highest Sea Scout rank achievable, the Quartermaster Award.


Curtis Alum Milestone: Chief Kristie Spadoni
Our programs launch today's teens into tomorrow's leaders - and they dream big!
Just ask SSS #110 Curtis Alum Kristie Spadoni.

The fun and activities got Kristie here, but her love of the engine room started aboard Curtis as a Sea Scout. She achieved her Quartermaster as a teenager, then went on to study at Cal Maritime. Her dreams didn't stop there even after entering the male-dominated world of engine rooms aboard large ships.

This emerging leader used the same drive and focus that helped her achieve her Quartermaster award as a teenager and realized a lifetime goal. She got her Chief's License before her 30th birthday! This May she kept the promise she made herself years ago - all while working full time and participating as an adult volunteer in the program she participated in years ago.

CONGRATS, Kristie! You are trailblazing a path on the water for the young women in our programs.
Showcase Magazine feature highlights
'Women on our Foss Waterway'

Strong icons like Thea Foss led the way for women to find their place on the Foss Waterway while brave leaders like YMF Boardmember Clare Petrich  continue to give women a voice in today's maritime world.

Our rich waterfront and maritime heritage in the Puget Sound is filled with self-driven and successful women. Unique pathways brought these (s)heroes to the water, and now they share advice they have for young women looking to find their own path.

Read about Thea, Clare and YMF's own Executive Director Monique Valenzuela on page 14 of the newest Showcase Magazine in their "Women on the Waterway" feature below.