Next Meeting March 25, 2026- President Usem called the next weekly meeting in person and Zoom at The Marsh, 15000 Minnetonka Blvd, Minnetonka, MN.
New Pictures - Send to michaelcglover@comcast.net. [Ed.]
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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.
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
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
Meeting called to order by President Ron.
Guests
Paul, Mikey and Alissa’s neighbor.
Invocation
Terry Johnson gave a nice blessing
Pledge
Everyone.
4-Way Test
Everyone.
International Theme
Unite for Good.
Paul Harris Awards
None this week.
Announcements
Bob H. - Announcements Hwy 7 clean up is coming up,
Terry J. - looking for gardening helpers for a food donation project.
Bill S. - Cinco De Maio at Bear Cave.
[Casey Jones Birthday Club. Ed.] - Bill S'. birthday is today! Cathy Perinovic had a birthday last Monday as well.
Alissa R. [?] - March 24 bingo at Fat Pants Brewing.
New Member Induction
None this week.
Rotary Minute
None this week.
Raffle
Ryan R. had the ticket and won the pot.
Foundation Award Checks or Thank Yous
None this week.
Happy Bucks
Alissa O. - 10.00 happy Paul showed up, she is going to Hawaii, polar plunge.
Bill S. 20.00 donation from the legion.
Cathy [C. or P. ?] booked a trip to see her kids.
Mark Marlin - zoom guest and VFW.
Ryan R. - did PETS training and got a new flag.
Scott B. - good Honduras trip.
Chris R. - polar plunge.
Annika M. - good St Patties Day, dads birthday.
Tracy S. - is going to Scottsdale.
Frank B. - proud of work done in the government.
Glen J. - getting to play pickle ball again!
Lenny N - 5.00 for polar plunge this is the 9th year we have participated, almost $100k raised.
Bob H. - 3.00 Hopkins history museum made it on the news.
Mikey S. - 10.00 mustaches for kids is coming up El Buapo will be the name of his mustache.
Cathy C. - happy for $145k raised for “My Very Own Bed”.
Mark F. - Happy to join via Zoom this morning.
James W. - is happy to attend a North Charleston Rotary meeting.
Program
Merna Gill, Rotary in Cuba. She has been going to Cuba for 12 years. Tourism is down and so is tourism money. Rotary help with a solar project. They/she is working on getting Rotary back in Cuba. Rotary is helping with medical supplies, providing ground bee habitats for producing honey, Helping a Montessori preschool.
Adjournment
Submitted by Tony N.
Member Submissions
From Alexa R. -
From Beth Y. -
From Frank B. -
Frank, I wanted to follow up and say THANK YOU for the opportunity to present this morning. Shannon and I had a great time and we really appreciated the engaging questions afterwards. We can tell you have a thoughtful and passionate group which is what is needed to drive community impact! You inspired us to check out our own communities' local Rotary chapters.
I wanted to follow up with a few resources from our presentation today since members were requesting more information and we didn't have our business cards on hand. If you are open to it, do you mind sharing the following resources with your members so that they can reach out with their follow ups? A few members that we spoke to afterwards are so well connected in relevant statewide organizations, we would love to connect and get further information!
