Reminder - Due to the present public health concerns and Governor Walz's many Executive Orders regarding physical distancing, our in-person Wednesday morning weekly meetings are moved to Zoom until further notice. Ed.
Member Submissions - See the end of The Spoke.
Next Meeting October 21, 2020 - President Chris Carr called the next weekly meeting by Zoom video for October 21, 2020 at 7:30 a.m. Ed.
Please see Chris Carr's upcoming email with the dial in / login instructions and links. Ed.
New Pictures - Please send to michaelcglover@comcast.net. Ed.
From the Members and Archives
The Velvet Hammer...
Regina R.
Rwanda crops.
IMPORTANT UPDATE to Upcoming Events Below
Important - Check with meeting leaders to confirm date, time and location information for all events below.
Important - Check with meeting leaders to confirm date, time and location information for all events below.
Happy Bucks and Polio Pitcher Donations
Please send your Happy Buck and Polio Pitcher donations to Mac H. as follows:
Mac Hardin
Minnetonka Rotary Club
12926 Rutledge Circle
Minnetonka, MN 55305
Meeting Minutes - Terry S.
Chris Carr call the meeting to order at 7:30.
Guests
Ron Kolb and Bob Kuhlman (featured speakers).
Invocation
Invocation by Patti S.; words from Pope Francis on a Rule of Nature.
Rivers, trees, flowers, even the Sun do not just help themselves, but live for others.
It is better when others are happy, when we also live for others as we do in Rotary.
Pledge
Pledge of Allegiance by Mike G.
4-Way Test
Karen H. and the Rotary theme of: Rotary Opens Opportunities.
Rotary Minute
Cathy C. - The object of Rotary provides a comprehensive definition of service.
From Cathy C.- Rotary’s Guiding Principles
Throughout Rotary’s history, several basic principles have been developed to guide Rotarians in achieving the ideal of service and high ethical standards.
Object of Rotary First formulated in 1910 and adapted through the years as Rotary’s mission expanded, the Object of Rotary provides a succinct definition of the organization’s purpose as well as the club member’s responsibilities. The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster
First The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
Second High ethical standards in business and professions: the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society;
Third The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business, and community life;
Fourth The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service
Also:
From Cathy C.- Oct. 24th is World Polio day, and she wanted to call our attention to an article in the last Rotary magazine called “Disease Detective” that stresses the importance of contract tracing in reducing the impact of the spread of a disease. This has been a key strategy in managing the spread of diseases over the last 70 years, and is especially critical in today’s Coronavirus Pandemic.
Announcements
Mark Magney gave a summary of the Highway 7 clean-up. Everything went well and they had a good turn-out.
Chris Carr indicated they received a letter from Regenia indicating that she would be resigning from the club.
Plymouth Rotary has a fundraising event on Oct. 28th.
The Board meeting date has changed to Oct. 23rd.
Nancy D. announced that the Rotary Foundation Board will be meeting on Oct. 20th.
Chris Carr announced several Paul Harris awards (Chris’s audio was breaking up, so I could not hear all of the names clearly, I did get Glen J., Jim M.and Shane H.).
Happy Bucks
Betsy W. had five happy bucks – was able to visit her daughter in Boise.
Darlyne E. – Have missed several meeting and happy to be back and visiting North Shore.
Terry S. had two happy bucks, he and Beth went to St. James Hotel in Redwing for a few days so one happy buck for Bob H. filling in for him as Recorder the last meeting and one for yesterday when a transformer blew up a couple doors to the west and most of the neighborhood is still without power this morning, but my house still had power.
Rom U. – had a happy buck for a very innovative pole that Mac brought to the Highway 7 clean-up used to pick up trash without bending over.
Mike G. – happy buck for Hwy 7 clean-up and nice weather.
Bob Kuhlman (speaker) had a happy buck for his daughter that just became engaged.
Bob H. had a happy buck when he was golfing with some of his friends one of the gave him a check for donation $100 for Rotary.
Floriane N. – received a grant to build a women’s educational center and had a photo of it almost done.
Shane H. – wife is expecting.
Patti S. had 10 happy bucks for days off of work, great fundraising event, birthday and was able to see both of her boys play football.
Frank B. – working with an organization called Tractors for Africa and were able to obtain enough funds to buy and ship a used tractor to Africa.
Chris Carr – had 17 happy bucks for daughter’s birthday, North Shore trip and Hwy 7 clean-up with a bunch of extra donuts that he had left over.
Program
Ron U. introduced Ron Kolb and Bob Kuhlman from the Waconia Rotary Club to talk about the dental clinic they are equipping in Tenwek Kenya.
Ron and Bob gave a presentation of the dental clinic in Tenwek Kenya that was originally started by a Rotary club in California. They raised over $100,000 to build a dental clinic building, but they did not have enough funds to equip the building. Bob’s church in Edina initially funded the start up equipment, but that did not come close to meet the needs in that part of Kenya. The Waconia Rotary club then took over the task of raising additional funds to supplement the equipment. This was Waconia’s first international grant project. They were able to raise $10,500 and with District and International grant funds were able to raise around $51,000 for the equipment. They are partnering with the Nairobi Rotary Club on the project. The equipment is being installed, and will allow the clinic to serve four times as many patients as they have been able to serve.
Next Meeting
October 21, 2020 at 7:30 a.m. by Zoom.
Adjournment
Meeting adjourned by Chris C. at 8:30 a.m.
Member Submissions
From Chris Carr. Regarding Plymouth Rotary Fundraiser:
Dear Christopher,
I am writing to you today to share with you our 20th Annual Plymouth Rotary Fundraiser. We hope you will consider helping us in our fundraising raffle for the drawing we will hold on Wed. Oct. 28, 2020 at 4:00PM. Unlike the previous 19 years of this fundraiser, there will be no parade along Plymouth Blvd. during the now cancelled Plymouth on Parade. You can contribute to our fundraiser and have a chance to win some great prizes. Check out the enclosed entry form for all the details. If you have been financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic we understand and wouldn’t expect you to feel you have to contribute this year.
Most of the money in previous year’s was used in our local community to support our kids – over the last 19 years we have raised over $700,000 and given 100% of our profits to organizations, mostly supporting youth and educationand Community Health (with our Heart Safe Program offering free training to citizens in “hands only” CPR and use of AED’s [Automated External Defibrillators]). We have trained over 6300 area citizens in these lifesaving skills so far and have confirmation that our efforts have saved at least two lives. We have also donated AED’s to several community organizations.
Our charitable efforts changed since the pandemic was declared. We focused giving to area food shelves at Interfaith Outreach, PRISM and Second Harvest Heartland as residents struggled more than ever to feed their families with rampant unemployment. We also focused on our local long-term care facilities by supplying technology to several of these long term care facilities so they could do Facetime or ZOOM meetings with family members who weren’t allowed to visit in person. For four months we have provided a weekly “touch” consisting of individually wrapped snacks, candy, arts and crafts supplies, etc., items designed to boost the spirits of both residents and staff in this Age of Covid when we are all so isolated.
With this year’s profits we will continue to give scholarships to areas students, fund grant requests to organizations focused on kids and education and on September 26 will resume free Heart Safe Program CPR training. However, food shelves still need help, nursing homes may need continued support and many kids don’t have proper technology for at-home virtual learning. Funds raised help us to fufill requests from other area Rotary clubs so that we may apply to the Rotary District to qualify for matching funds that leverages club dollars many times over.
We have many fabulous prizes including a $1,000 Cash,$1,000 Holiday Gift Card, $500 & $250 gift cards from Foursome Clothing & Shoes, a $500 Gift Card from Samaritan Tires and many smaller denominated gift cards to Von Hanson’s Meats and other local businesses. Check out the enclosed entry form for all the details. More than 1 of every 50 entry chances will win a prize. For just $10 you can have 1 chance, 3 for $25, and 7 for $50, but if you feel extra generous, 15 chances for $100 is the best value. All prizes will be listed on our website in the Fundraiser section and are all donated by sponsors at no cost to the fundraising effort.
