The Story of the Babylift (219 babies in 2 1/4 days)
The Art of Goal-Setting
Creative ideas on making the most of your time, for yourself, your family and your professional colleagues.
Seven Children in Seven Months
Adapting to an "instant" family was just one challenge faced by Betty Tisdale when she married a widower with five sons, then, with him, adopted five Vietnamese daughters. An amusing and warm account of how family members of various heritages adapted to one another.
Building Networks
How to create bridges between professional goals, family life and volunteer work from a woman who has built a successful career while enriching the lives of people around her.
October 16, 2010 - The screening of Operation Babylift - Wing Luck Museum, Seattle, WA
September 16, 2010 - Yale University, New Haven, CT
August 28, 2010 - The residence of Kathleen and Jerry Dootson, LaConnor, WA
August 19, 2010 - Federal Way Rotary - Twin Lakes Country Club-Federal Way, WA
August 14, 2010 - Mulligan Project Gala (benefit the Hoi An Orphanage, Vietnam) 7-10 p.m., LA, CA
June 4, 2010 - Shorewood High School, Shorewood, WA
April 30, 2010 - 35th Anniversary of the Fall of Vietnam, Orange County, CA
August 18, 2009 - Queen Anne Rotary, Queen Anne, WA
June 10, 2009 - Evangelical Lutheran Church, Bothell, WA
March 20, 2009 - The Donna Seebo Show
www.BBSradio at 3:30 p.m., Paradise, CA
March 12, 2009 - The International Ladies of Vietnam at Rex Hotel, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
November 18, 2008 - The Giving Circle @ 7 p.m., Kirkland, WA
September 11, 2008 - Rotary International District 1180, Llanfairfechan, Penmaenmawr, Northern Wales
July 14, 2008 - The Army Service Board, Irvine, CA
April 29, 2008 - University of Washington Arts Department, Seattle, WA
April 24, 2008 - Soroptimist Club, Medford, OR
April 22, 2008 - Rogue Valley Manor, Medford, OR
April 22, 2008 - The Medford Rotary, Medford, OR
April 1, 2008 - Christ The Middle School, Jacksonville, FL
April, 2008 - Speaking and book signing (Chicken Soup for Adopted Soul), Jacksonville, FL
March 24, 2008 - Oceanway Elementary School, Jacksonville, FL
March 24, 2008 - TV Interview with First Coast News, Jacksonville, FL
March 14, 2008 - NBC TV Evening Magazine, Seattle, WA
March 12, 2008 - Ida Culver House at 2:30 p.m., Seattle, WA
January 7, 2008 - University House of Stone Way at 10:30 a.m., Seattle, WA
December 20, 2007 - Advancing Leadership Group (8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m.), Federal Way, WA
November 10, 2007 - Fund raiser for PARSA - Afghanistan
October 29, 2007 - Juniors class of Evergreen School, Seattle
September 29, 2007 - The Sun Flower Mission Gala at The Ocean Plaza, Houston, TX (
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September 9, 2007 - Bridge to a Better Future, Medford, OR
July 18, 2007 - The Seattle Rotary, Seattle, WA
June 12, 2007 - SCORE in Seattle, WA
May 24, 2008 - Thomas Jefferson H.S., Federal Way, WA
May 4, 2008 - Interview on KIRO radio
February 11, 2007 - Get together of Babylift babies in Lancaster/York PA area - Dan Burkholder
February 9, 2007 - The George School, Newtown, PA; Lancaster/York, PA
February 5, 2007 - Dwight School, New York, NY
January 10-16, 2007 - Luz y Vida Orphanage, Bogota, Colombia
December 7, 2006 - Seminar for Homestone Co., Seattle, WA
November 27, 2006 - 7th grade students - St. Anne's School, Columbus, GA
November 8, 2006 - Evangelical Lutheran Church - Bothell, WA - 11:00 am
October 13, 2006 - School Lectures
Greenwich, CT School District, Greenwich, CT
Eagle Hill School, K-8, Gerry Monahan
North Street School, K-5, Burfeind
Greenwich High School, 9-12, Debra Chauvin
October 12, 2006 - Dartmoth High School, 9-12, Kathy Gasper and Linda Johnson - Dartmoth, MA
October 11, 2006 - School Lectures
Greenwich, CT School District, Greenwich, CT
Hamilton Avenue School, K-5, Dr. Rau
Greenwich High School, 9-12, Debra Chauvin
Community Learning Program, 9-12, Kathy O'Leary
ISD, K-1, Terry Ricci
September 13, 2006 - Friday Harbor Soroptimist, Friday Harbor, WA
September 13, 2006 - Friday Harbor Senior Center, Friday Harbor, WA
August 22, 2006 - South Kitsap Rotary Club, Bremerton, WA
August 20,2006 - Port Orchard Rotary Club, Port Orchard, WA
August 12, 2006 - Interview on Babylift, ATG Productions, Seattle, WA
August 5, 2006 - Second Annual Chicks Golf Tournament, Willow Run Golf Tournament, Bellevue, WA
June 8, 2006 - Meridian Park School, Seattle, WA
May 19, 2006 - The Bush School, Seattle, WA
May 2, 2006 - Oceanway School, Jacksonville, FL
April 17, 2006 - North Seattle Community College, Seattle, WA
April 13, 2006 - Work for the World Fair, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA
April 5, 2006 - Evergreen School, Seattle, WA
March 16, 2006 - International Ladies of Vietnam, Saigon, Vietnam
January 2006 - Luz y Vida Orphanage, Bogata Colombia
November 10, 2005 - Fortnightly Club, Seattle WA
November 4, 2005 - Adoption Lives Lecture Series, Sunrise Family Service Society Vancouver, BC
November 3, 2005 - Radio and TV Interviews, Vancouver, BC
October 25, 2005 - Radio Interviews on Adoption
September 29, 2005 - John Knox Village, Pompano Beach, FL
September 15, 2005 - Capri Theater, Montgomery, AL
September 15, 2005 - Booker T. Washington School, Montgomery, AL
September 13, 2005 - Radio Interviews, Montgomery, AL
September 13, 2005 - Catholic Prep, Montgomery, AL
September 12, 2005 - Rotary, Dotham AL
April 2, 2005 - 30th Vietnam Babylift Anniversary Event, The New Jersey Vietnam Era Educational Center, Holmdel, New Jersey
March 13 - April 6, 2005 - Vietnam
Betty left on March 12 for her 25th trip to Vietnam. She will followed up on the vocational school at Bao Lam - Ethnic Minority (Montagnard) The clinic at Phuoc Long Village - Delivered $1500 for the milk for Sister Hai's House of Love.
She spoke at the meeting of the International Ladies of Vietnam She was a speaker at the dedication of the Sharon Lane Clinic in Tam Hiep. Sharon Lane was the nurse who was killed in Vietnam during the war.
Betty visited the orphanage at KonTum (flying into Pleiku) This is a new orphanage that is in dire need. 158 of which 70 are disabled. She is promising to feed these children for a year ($3,792) Help with the vocational assistance ($1345) and provide some transportation a vehicle to transport children, etc. ($11,555). While there, Betty met with Lorna Hinze who works with the AIDS babies. She took 100 bottles of Vitamins from MannaRelief
Dooley Kits from Friday Harbor Schools
Dooley Kits from Bonnie Berry
Clothes from 3rd Street clothis
February 25, 2005 - Rotary, Glendale Golf and Country Club, Bellevue, WA
February 14, 2005 - Retired Ministers Meeting, Marysville, WA
February 7, 2005 - 5th grade boys of Medina School, Medina, WA
January 20-25, 2005 - Luz y Vida Orphanage, Bogota, Colombia
November 16-18, 2004 - Friday Harbor, WA
December 13, 2004 - Teenagers Meeting, Methodist Church, Marysville, WA
September 8, 2004 - Coupeville Lions Club, Coupeville, WA
August 24, 2004 - Guemes Island Soup Supper 69
August 4-8, 2004 -Colorado Heritage Camp, Winterpark, CO
May 18, 2004 - Longfellow School, Falls Church, VA
Vietnam
April 1, 2004 - Speak, International Ladies of Vietnam, Sofitel Plaza Hotel, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
March 31, 2004 - See Te Phan Orphanage, Arrange for new building
March 27, 2004Face the Challenge doctors and nurses - Operation on babies from GoVap
March 22, 2004 - To Hanoi and Dien Bien Phu
March 20, 2004 - To Phuoc Long, Vietnam
March 16 - Completion of Orphanage building at Thien Binh
March 15, 2004 - Dedication of Vocational School, Quang Ngai
November 6, 2003 - East Side Prep, Bellevue, WA
November 19-20, 2003 - Speak at 5 Greenwich, CT Schools
October 5, 2003 - Arrive in Kabul, Afghanistan
September 29,2003 - John Knox Village, Pompano Beach, FL
August 28, 2003 - Queen Anne Senior Center, Seattle, WA
June 5, 2003 - Syree School, Shoreline, WA
May 27, 2003 - Evergreen Private School, Seattle, WA
May 13-15, 2003 - Greenwich, CT schools
April 30, 2003 - Mothers of Awareness, Seattle, WA
February 28, 2003 - Dateline accompanies Betty Tisdale to Vietnam for the Quang Ngai New Nursery Dedication
August 24, 2002 - Quang Ngai Orphanage Annex Dedication, Vietnam
May 14, 2002 - YPO, England and Scotland
February 13, 2002 - GSBA - Seattle, WA
25th Biennial Conference of the Associated Alumnae of the Sacred Heart - Seattle WA
American Association of University Women - Seattle WA
Ballard Rotary - Seattle WA
Cabrini College - Wayne PA
Camp Fire Leaders - Seattle WA
Career Exploration Class, Bellevue Community College - Bellevue WA
Catalyst Foundation - Seattle WA
Civilians InCountry During the Vietnam War - Holmdel NJ
Corporate Leaders, Four Seasons Hotel - Seattle WA
Department of Health and Human Services - Seattle WA
Dwight School International - New York NY
Executive Women International - Seattle WA
Families with Children from Vietnam - Seattle WA
Ft. Lewis Officers’ Wives Club - Fort Lewis WA
The George School - Newton PA
Highline College - Women's Breakfast Forum - Federal WAy WA
Highline High School - Burien WA
IBS – Industrial Bolt and Supply - Auburn WA
Issaquah Women’s Club - Issaquah WA
Jacksonville Economic Development - Jacksonville FL
Jacksonville-Applegate Rotary - Jacksonville OR
Kings School - Cheshire UK
Kiwanis - Palm Beach FL
Kiwanis - Renton WA
Lakeside School - Seattle WA
Lifetime Learning Session - Seattle WA
Manna Relief - Dallas TX
MannaRelief - Chicago IL
MannaRelief - Seattle WA
Mothers of Awareness - Seattle WA
Northwest Women in Educational Administration - Tacoma WA
Officer’s Wives Club, U.S. Air Force Academy - CO
Pacific Northwest Regional Volunteer Leadership Conference, United Way - Seattle WA
President’s Club of the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce - Seattle WA
Professional Secretaries International - Seattle WA
Puget Sound Chapter International Personnel Management Association - Seattle WA
Really Effective Development at Kids Unlimited - Manchester UK
Rotary Club - Seattle WA
Rotary Club of Ashland, OR - Ashland OR
Rotary Club of Yakima - Bremerton WA
Rotary of Federal Way - Federal Way WA
Science, Literature and Art Club - Port Townsend WA
Seattle Club of Zonta International - Seattle WA
Seattle Downtowners Sunrise, Kiwanis - Seattle WA
Somewhere in the World Foundation - Denver CO
Soroptimist International of Metropolitan - Seattle WA
St. Joseph University - Merion Pa
St. Mary’s School - Medford OR
St.Monica's School - Berwyn PA
Sunset Club - Seattle WA
Temple Beth Or - Mill Creek WA
The Providence Foundation, Providence Hospital - Everett WA
U.S. Navy League - Seattle WA
United Methodist Women - Renton WA
United Way of Cowlitz County - Longview WA
United Way of Washington - Seattle WA
University Rotary of Seattle - Seattle WA
Vice Presidents’ Wives of B.O.C.X. Comptrollers Division, AT&T - Scottsdale AZ
Vietnam Adoptees - Baltimore WA
Vietnam Moving Wall - Bellevue WA
Villa Academy Student Body - Seattle WA
Ways and Means Workshop, Children’s Orthopedic Hospital - Seattle WA
Women in Business, Chamber of Commerce - Salt Lake City UT
Women’s Breakfast Forum - Seattle WA
Women’s Business Center - Seattle WA
Women’s Business Center - Seattle WA
Women’s Equality Day, U.S. Dept of Housing & Urban Development - Seattle WA
Women’s Fellowship, Plymouth Congregational Church - Seattle WA