Next Meeting June 14, 2023 - President Mike G. called the next weekly meeting in person and Zoom for June 14, 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
Our outgoing exchange student Gaia Navarini (who will soon be returning to Italy), Shauna Kieffer, and Valbona Bushi, who will soon be a new member of our club. Gaia bid us a fond farewell at the end of the meeting.
Invocation
Invocation done by Mark Marlin, encouraging us to realize the power of spirituality around us.
Pledge
Everyone.
4-Way Test
Everyone.
International Theme
Everyone.
Rotary Minute - Cathy C.
None this week.
Announcements
Sam S. - taking photos of other members for our updated website.
All - We watched a brief and very nice KARE 11 video that showed Hopkins Men’s Shed chapter, of which our clubmember Glen Juntti is a member. The Men’s Shed is an international organization originally founded in Australia. It helps retired males have a sense of comradeship, through socializing and working together on volunteer projects for the community. Far too many men become lonely and alienated after retiring from their jobs, and don’t socialize well. The Men’s Shed helps retirees live better and help the local community.
We also signed a card for Mark Forsberg’s wife. Our thoughts are with Mark and his family after he went through very involved surgery, and now will begin his lengthy recovery. We wish him well.
Mike G. for Tony N. - Remember that our outgoing club President Mike Glover will be “passing the gavel” to new President Tony Newman at Maynards the afternoon of June 21st, as we get ready to begin the new Rotary year on July 1st. A fun social event.
Raffle
Raffle winner was Chris Carr.
Happy Bucks
Happy bucks were offered by Mac Hardin, Bob Hersman, Beth Young, Jerald Stiele, Jim Martin, Chris Carr, Lenny Newman, Sam Stern, Pete Giancola, and Mike Glover. Lots of gratitude for graduations, family visits, foreign travel, baseball, and the Highway 7 cleanup.
Program
OUR SPEAKERS: This week, our speakers were various club members, who updated us on our club’s 2 upcoming major fundraisers: Minnetonka Summerfest on the afternoon and evening of June 24th, and our big event each year, our annual charity golf tournament (known as Links and Libations), which will be held as usual at the Glen Lake golf course, on the afternoon of Thursday, September 14th. Our club is one of numerous participants in Summerfest, which is held on Minnetonka city property (right adjacent to the civic center, the police and fire departments, and the ice arena). Mark Marlin is our main person coordinating our club’s involvement. It’s a great chance for the general public to learn more about Rotary by seeing our booth. Meanwhile, we are the sole host of our charity golf tournament on Sept. 14, and this year we have a goal of netting $45K for charity and service projects, an increase from our very impressive $40K net last year. Ann Wengronowitz and a number of other clubmembers are on the golf tournament committee, but we look to every club member to be involved with the event. The tournament has relatively low expenses, and we bring in a large amount of revenue from sponsors for the 9 holes, golfer fees, raffle tickets, auctioning of donated items, etc. If anyone is interested in learning more about the beneficiaries of our tournament or signing up (as either a hole sponsor, golfer or non-golfing visitor), please look at our website, www.MinnetonkaRotary.org
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