Scouting
The Norwester Youth Fund proudly supports the following local Cub Scouts Packs and Troop. If you are interested in joining in scouting, please reach out to us at Dale Galvin, DGALVIN@GRLG.NETor:
who we are
Dale Galving - President
Dale Galving - President
Dale Galving - President
Founder and President of Galvin Realty Law Group, a boutique law firm concentrating in complex residential, commercial and escrow transactions. Holder of a Martindale-Hubbell AV© Preeminent Rating for 35 years—Highest possible peer review rating in legal ability and ethical standards.
Member – Rotary Club of Seattle Northeast to 6/30/2024– 49 years. Recipient of Rotary District 5030 Service Above Self Award as Founder and Chairman of Rotary First Harvest (now Harvest Against Hunger) which has provided over 300 million pounds of produce to those in need in the Puget Sound Basin.
Eagle Scout, Member and Chairman – Rotary Scouting Committee – 40 years and Scouting Charter Organization Representative – 35 years. Recipient of International Fellowship of Scouting Rotarians, Cliff Dochterman Award granted for distinguished and outstanding service to Scouting
Robert Howe - Treasurer
Dale Galving - President
Dale Galving - President
Founder and President of Stonemark Capital Properties. Bob leads the Stonemark Landings team and overall execution of its business plan. Bob has nearly 50 years of real estate experience which includes over $1 billion in sales, finance, development, and joint ventures. His experience includes acquisitions, sales, finance, apartment property management, hotel management, land development, single family development, joint ventures and involvement in nearly 10,000 apartment units. Most of Bob’s career has been spent working with development companies, so he is very familiar with the management of construction and renovation of apartment communities. He has held many senior level positions over the years, including being Controller, Vice President-Finance, Vice President-Sales and Marketing and the Managing Member of two successful real estate investment companies. Bob graduated magna cum laude from UCLA with a degree in economics with a focus on business administration, accounting, and mathematics.
Bob was a Member and Treasurer of the Rotary Club of Seattle Northeast to 6/30/2024 – 19 years and now is a member of the Rotary Club of Lake Stevens.
Treasurer – Norwester Scholarship Endowment Fund
Steve Freese - Director
Dale Galving - President
Steve Freese - Director
Retired Economist/Supervisory Manager National Marine Fisheries Service
Steve worked on many major fisheries issues facing the country, including phasing out foreign fishing, reducing foreign trade barriers to U.S. fishery products, designing and implementing federal fishery disaster declarations and fishing vessel buyback programs, rebuilding overfished fish stocks, and implementing individual fishing quotas and electronic reporting and monitoring in the West Coast groundfish trawl fisheries. For his work on fisheries disaster relief programs, he received the U.S. Dept of Commerce’s highest award—The Gold Medal.
In retirement he has worked on many projects including Path From Poverty Kenyan Water Wells, Lake City Murals and Lighting, Refugee Artisans Initiative and financial support to local elementary teachers and to college bound high school students.
Member – Rotary Club of Seattle Northeast to 6/30/2024 – 15 years
Bd Member – Norwester Scholarship Endowment FundWe believe in giving back to our community. Our community service programs give youth a chance to make a difference in the lives of others by volunteering and supporting local organizations.
John Claus - Secretary
Paul McVicar - Director
Steve Freese - Director
Retired Pension Actuary, Benefits Consultant and Director of Howard Johnson & Company for 30 years. He served as Treasurer of Calvin Presbyterian Church for 10 years. He currently works part-time in real estate finance with Bob Howe.
John has been active in Scouting, achieved the Life rank, and a parent of two boys that achieved the Eagle rank.
Member – Rotary Club of Seattle Northeast to 6/30/2024 – 45 years
Member - Rotary Scouting Committee – 35 years
Board Member – Norwester Scholarship Endowment Fund
Paul McVicar - Director
Paul McVicar - Director
Paul McVicar - Director
Co-Founder/COO – Metropolitan Music Services – 21 years. Paul’s career in music retail spans 27 years, with particular emphasis in supporting school music programs with instrument, rentals, lessons, and repairs. Paul is an executive producer in the music industry. He also was the co-founder and artistic director of the Seattle Youth Jazz Ensemble – 13 years.
Paul has been involved in scouting as both a scout and as the Cubmaster of Pack 144 and is part of a family spanning 4 generations.
Member – Rotary Club of Seattle Northeast to 6/30/2024 – 15 years
Member - Rotary Scouting Committee
Bd Member – Norwester Scholarship Endowment Fund