Program: Aldea Coffee, Brittany Goode (With Jeremy Miller)
Aldea was founded in 2009 as a non-profit in Honduras. Opening a local coffee shop inside the Armory in 2015, their growth allowed them to move to their new location on Washington and expand in to Muskegon in 2021.
Aldea is West Michigan's first solar powered roastery and is still currently the only West Michigan coffee roaster that is a Certified B Corp. They also offer a clay cup to reuse that has saved over 12,000 paper cups in 2025, with a goal of 15,000 in 2026. They are continuing to champion a push for more composting and recycling options for Grand Haven.
This Saturday, Aldea is leading a Earth Day "Beach" Cleanup on Harbor Island to do a cleanup. If you are interested, feel free to meet them at the Soccer Fields around 10am.
We welcomed our newest member to Grand Haven Rotary Club today, inducting Maria Taylor Huistra. She now joins Amanda Lemmen as our two newest members in the club! Be sure to say hello if you see them at future meetings!
NEW TO ROTARY - The first of the 5th Mondays Meetings was last week! These are meetings set to replace the traditional Monday noon meeting with a social after-hours event, replacing the regularly scheduled meeting. Additional 5th Mondays will be in August and November (where there are 5 Mondays for the month). More information to come!
We are opening the Rotary Store soon, any interest should see Dale or Nate Patterson to start your order. When enough product has been requested, we will process the order.
Change for Change jar is on the back table. Drop your change to assist our Interact Club in granting additional Micro-Loans with the Interact Club of Grand Haven High School.
We have a Rotary Spotlight every month on WAWL.
The Jeep Raffle is live. The Grand Haven aquatics center is the beneficiary and the drawing will be this summer. We are currently at 117 tickets sold. Let's sell 1,000 tickets!
We are in search for our next Peace Fellow to study overseas. If you know of someone looking for education or a career change please let Gernot know.
50/50 Raffle: Last week, Denny Dryer won the pot! Starting over this week, we had no winners today - the new pot rolls over!
Coffee at the Grand Haven Rotary Meetings provided by Kenzie's BE Cafe - please be sure to thank them by visiting the shop for a coffee or your next meeting!
