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Rotary and Maple Grove Days

What a wonderful week we had with hot weather and what felt like the first blast of summer. This week is the first introduction of our incoming Rotary President, Matt Beuchler. For Rotary members it is more like Maple Grove Daze! We start the week on Wednesday, with Rotary members and familiy volunteers who make over 600 sandwiches to get ready for the Maple Grove parade on Thursday. These sandwiches are handed out to participants in the parade with chips and a beverage. It is a welcome relief after walking the 3 miles in the heat and being the entertainment for the community who love to see the parade.

Our incoming Rotary President,Matt Beuchler,

Combat Slave Labor Trafficking

Our Rotary District has an initiative to end human trafficking in Minnesota.

A new non-profit, Community Exchange for Change is hosting an event to help victims of labor trafficking while shopping for gently-used clothing and accessories. The event is Sat. Feb. 9 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Osseo Community Center, 415 Central Avenue. To participate, bring a donation of clothing, shoes or accessories or food donation of 3 non-perishable food items. Then participants can shop for free for items for their personal use. (This is basically a community-wide swap meet.) The food donations will be delivered to CROSS Services.

This non-profit initiative is an effort to combat slave labor trafficking and textile waste by re-purposing and recycling new or gently used items of men, women and children’s clothing, accessories, shoes, and jewelry that were donated by the community prior to the event. See the full article for detailed information about labor trafficking.

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Dictionaries for 3rd Graders

The Rotary Club of Maple Grove has been distributing dictionaries to area elementary schools. There were over 800 dictionaries being given to third grade students within the Maple Grove area. Students from Mrs. Burns’ third class at Rush Creek Elementary School were excited to look up words and sign their names in a book they will be able to keep forever.

The dictionary distribution has been going on for several years. Maple Grove Junior Rotarians who are Juniors and Seniors in high school remember receiving dictionaries from the club. We are making a difference in the community one word at a time!

Students learn real-world ethical solutions from Maple Grove Rotary

Th Rotary Club of Maple Grove hosted an all-day Ethics Workshop on Nov. 7, for 54 top students from Osseo and Maple Grove Senior High Schools as well as from Heritage Christian Academy.

The college-level seminar had students simulating specific roles as board members for an international company seeking ethical solutions to real world problems of marketing, finance and political concerns.

The day also included presentations by community business and academic leaders including Charles Weinstein, president of Ethical Leaders in Action, LLC; Wendy Loberg, former principal of Maple Grove Senior High School and currently system leader from Osseo Area Schools; and Steven Plant, Certified Financial Planner and Investment Management Consultant with Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. Each speaker offered systematic methods to identify and analyze ethical issues in business.

Boston Scientific contributed the meeting space for the event. The major financial sponsor for the workshop was C.S. McCrossan.

The Rotary Club of Maple Grove is one of 35,000 Rotary clubs in more than 200 countries across the globe with 1.2 million Rotarians worldwide. Rotary is a service organization that focuses on peace, health, and humanitarian causes in our local community and throughout the world. For more information go to portal.clubrunner.ca/2186

The Rotary Club of Maple Grove Plants 61 Trees

The Rotary Club of Maple Grove, working with the Maple Grove Park Service, donated and planted 61 trees on Friday, October 6 th . The tree planting was in support of a Rotary International Challenge to have a tree planted for every member of the club. The trees were planted around the practice fields at the Maple Grove Middle School Community Playfield. Members were taught how to plant the potted trees correctly to avoid tree girdling, then filled
pre-dug holes with trees and soil.

The Rotary Club of Maple Grove meets at 6:45 a.m. every Tuesday morning at 3 Squares Restaurant in Maple Grove. The meetings end promptly at 8 a.m. Guests are welcome. For more information call Tim Deets, 763-710- 0351. The Rotary Club of Maple grove is one of 35,000 Rotary clubs in more than 200 countries across
the globe with 1.2 million Rotarians worldwide. For more information go to