Next Meeting June 7, 2023 - President Mike G. called the next weekly meeting in person and Zoom for June 7, 2023 at 7:30 a.m., The Marsh, 15000 Minnetonka Blvd, Minnetonka, MN.
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From the Members and Archives
IMPORTANT UPDATE to Upcoming Events Below
Important - Check with meeting leaders to confirm date, time and location information for all events below.
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
Rotary International Foundation
Please send your end of year donations to Chris Rosenlund as follows:
Chris Rosenlund
8672 Meadowvale Drive
Eden Prairie, MN 55347
Meeting Minutes - Frank Babka
Meeting called to order at 7:30 AM
Guests
We had a lot of great guests today, including people from all 3 families (Trujillo, Martin, and Hanneman) that hosted our exchange student this year, Gaia Navarini from Italy.
Also with us today were our 2 scholarship recipients, Laurel Cox from Hopkins HS and Pablo Gonzalez from Minnetonka HS. Laurel will be attending Olin College of Engineering, and Pablo will be going to Georgia Tech next fall.
We also had Dave and Floyd from the Rogers Rotary Club, who are promoting their upcoming June 13 charity golf event. Several members also had a guest present.
Invocation
Invocation done by Mac Hardin.
Pledge
Everyone.
4-Way Test
Everyone.
International Theme
Everyone.
Rotary Minute - Cathy C.
None this week.
Announcements
Mike G. for Jennifer S. - Highway 7 cleanup is this Saturday, June 3, at Famous Dave’s, 830AM.
Tony N. - Passing of the gavel social event will be June 21.
Chris Rosenlund - Minnetonka Summerfest will be this June 24, and we will have a booth there.
Ann W. - Our annual charity golf tournament will be this Sept. 14, and we continue to have planning meetings.
Mac H. - We had an update on member Mark Forsberg’s health. We’re all thinking of him as he undergoes treatment and surgery.
Raffle
Raffle winner was Mike Glover.
Happy Bucks
Happy bucks were offered by Chris Carr, Bob Hersman, Chris Rosenlund, Jim Martin, Lenny Newman, and Glen Juntti. Lots of gratitude expressed for eye care, our host families, wedding anniversaries, and baseball.
Program
Our club’s wonderful exchange student for this school year, Gaia Navarini, spoke to all of us and did a fine power point presentation of her native country, Italy. She also reflected on her personal experiences here in Minnesota while attending Hopkins High School over the last 9 months or so.
Gaia is from a small village in northern Italy near Milan, and describes herself as being part of a family of 6, including their 2 beloved dogs. Gaia speaks at least 3 other languages besides Italian: English, Spanish, and Chinese. She has some general interest in criminology and law, and might be interested in eventually pursuing something of that nature in either the U.S. or Europe.
She is also a skilled dancer, something she began at age 5. She enjoyed being on the dance team at Hopkins HS this year. Gaia has one more year of high school in Italy to complete before she makes decisions about university-level study.
Meanwhile, Gaia’s family back in Italy was hosting an exchange student from France this year while she was in the U.S.
Italy is a very beautiful country of almost 59 million people, and has some of the world’s most popular tourist destinations throughout its length. Italy’s history is fascinating, and its economy is one of the larger ones in the world. Auto racing and soccer are quite popular.
Around June 12, Gaia will return home, and our hope is that her school year here in Minnesota was quite enjoyable. Her host families and our club certainly liked her a lot!
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