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River Falls Rotary Burger Battle
We are excited to share that after a multiple-year hiatus, the River Falls Rotary Club is resurrecting the River Falls Rotary Burger Battle.
Patty Hall from White Bear Lake Rotary will speak to our club about their club's District Grant-supported project for 2023-24 in Uganda. The project is planned to provide water improvements and hygiene/sanitation training to students in 3 schools in Uganda. Our club has already contributed $500 toward the $11,710 needed to match the district funds allotted.
Patty Hall is the international chair for White Bear Lake Rotary.
This month the Lunch Mob went on the road down to The Sycamore for a lunch and tour. Abundant thanks to Megan Harstad and to The Sycamore for hosting our group of 26 Rotarians. The lunch was enjoyable, the fellowship was our usual, and the tour showed us what an amazing asset to our community this new facility is now and will be in the future of River Falls.
Rufus Elging is our most recent exchange student. He comes from Stockholm, Sweden and from a family of four: his mother is a book editor; father is the librarian for the Swedish military, and a brother. His host family has a mother, father, 2 sons and 2 daughters and one away at college. He is starting to get used to having so many people in the household. He says the 8-year-old “sister” follows him around like a puppy.
In Sweden, the equivalent to our high school is called gymnasium, which covers grades 10 to 12. Rufus is in the 11th grade over there and is considered a junior here. Sweden does not have sports as part of the school system. Sports are a separate endeavor and according to Rufus, you must start in a sport when you are young. That is why he was so glad that his host family signed him up for some sports activities at his school here, including cross country this fall. He likes basketball, running and soccer (called football outside of the United States). He tasted turkey for the first time when he had a turkey leg at the Minnesota State Fair (kudos to the Miller family for getting him there on the final day). The turkey leg was so big he cradled it like a baby.
Thanks to the 5th Tuesday assembly line, we put together 50 bags of personal care items for Wiley's Closet at RFHS and for the Cat's Closet at MMS. Thanks are due to all who participated and to Karla and Linda for project management!
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