Meeting Minutes
Opening bell rung and meeting called to order at 7:28am by President Ron Usem “or lose-em”.
Guests
Josh Reimnitz, today’s featured presentation and Executive Director of Breakthrough Twin Cities.
The Rundquist kids, eager to share their Scouting experiences and maybe sell some popcorn and a wreath or several.
Invocation
A lovely invocation was shared by Lenny Newman inspiring peace in the world, a concept of particular interest to Rotarians.
Pledge
Everyone.
4-Way Test
Everyone.
International Theme
Unite for Good. [The banner arrived from Alexa R.! Ed.]
Paul Harris Awards
None this week.
Announcements
Glen J.- Free Bikes 4 Kidz bike repair/cleaning service event this coming Saturday 10/18, see emails/signup for more details.
The Rundquist kids- Scouting is great and means a lot to them and they’d like for anyone interested in popcorn or wreaths to help support the pack and troop.
Tony N. - our club is hosting the beverage service at the upcoming Marsh holiday party for the City of Minnetonka employees; one more volunteer is needed to help Mac with IDs.
Annika Marotz- signup for the upcoming Women in Rotary happy hour on Thursday 11/6 at Ike’s.
Pete G. - Empty Bowls upcoming on Nov. 2nd, see Pete for more details or navigate to their website.
New Member Induction
None this week.
Rotary Minute
None this week.
Raffle
Ticket ending -046 pulled by Annika which happened to belong to her local jeweler Ryan Rydell; Ryan drew the joker so winner winner poultry dinner!
Foundation Award Checks or Thank You's
Mike G. & Jerald S. - golf fundraising closing/big check handoff ceremony celebrating $55,026.00 raised!
Happy Bucks
Happy Bucks, corralled by Scott Brink
Frank B. - advocacy trip to the big capitol hill of Washington DC.
Jerald S. - fall closet cleaning day at Hopkins Auto Body turned up some vintage Minnetonka Rotary shirts, most of them polos, the most valuable of which are beige; in the midst of a recent home internet outage, he and his family were forced to interact face to face which was a delightful experience, albeit old fashioned.
Char M. - beloved husband now gone 13 years but recently our resident jeweler Ryan was able to refashion pendants worn 40 years into one piece for Char to enjoy.
Alyssa S. - Josh from Breakthrough Twin Cities joining us!
Ryan R. - for the opportunity to serve Char’s ongoing jewelry needs and deer hunting with daughter.
Cathy C. - for her golden grandchild/NASA employee being home for a visit but too busy with wedding attendance obligations; for son-in-law and past club president Jon Melander serving as honorary Gopher football captain for the recent homecoming game and helping PJ Fleck row the boat!
Nolan Rundquist- for all the Minnetonka Rotarians supporting their Scout fundraising.
Jennifer S. - for the Rundquist Scouts in attendance; for her recent trip to Amsterdam/London where she was riding high on the Vikings win in London and/or possibly the second-hand pot in Amsterdam, but glad to be back home.
Program
Introduced by Mike Silva, we welcomed Josh, Executive Director of Breakthrough Twin Cities, which serves its mission to get disadvantaged kids into college and into breakthrough opportunities.
When considering the normal vs. “weird” versions of the presentation, Josh selected the “weird” for us, which included an introductory game of telephone Pictionary.
Rotating drawing and interpretations in one sentence around the table, we witnessed some of the best drawings known to humanity and a great time was had by all. Working within 5 eligibility criteria to break barriers to college for disadvantaged students.
They create skillsets for college success and strive to remove the abruptness of transitioning to college for a base of students which are first generation college enrollees 80% of the time. Joining the organization at age 12, students develop these skills for the next 6 years, culminating in advanced preparedness for their college experience.
They also run a 6-week summer program, programs during the school year, college counseling, and mentor-teacher opportunities. Please visit their website for more information: https://www.breakthroughtwincities.org/.
Adjournment
Today’s Meeting Impact
Fun, engaging activity and conversation provided by our featured presentation.
$21.00 raised for Polio Plus.
$62.00 raised for the club coffers by Happy Bucks and half of the Raffle.
Accurate figures to the cent provided by Club Treasurer Mac Hardin.
Closing bell raptly rung by President Ron at 8:27am.
Respectfully Submitted by Nate R.
Member Submissions
None this week.
