Maria Brevinger, City of Lakes Rotary, to receive foundation grant.
Linda and Ann, Assistance League, to receive foundation grant.
Craig Clark and Ann Clark, Thai Thaim Corporation.
Patricia Angulo, guest of Guy Marzano.
Sam Thompson, Edina Rotary, Camp Enterprise, program presenter.
Sam Anderson, guest and son of Carolyn Anderson.
Camp Enterprise, November 1-3, 2018. Minnetonka Rotary sponsoring two students.
Free Bikes for Kids, November 10, 9:00 a.m. Earle Brown Drive, Brooklyn Center. See Glen Juntti
Elementary school student mentoring, November 15, 2018, 8:30-9:30 a.m. Eisenhower Elementary. See Pete Giancola or Mark Martin.
ICA Food Shelf, November 3, 2018, 11:30 a.m. – 1:45 p.m. See Glen. Juntti.
Club Service and Programming Committee, November 2, 2018, 7:45 a.m. Dunn Brothers. See Theresa Kuvaas.
Nominations for Secretary Elect due next meeting. Election in December 2018. See Nancy Davis or Dan Narr.
Membership Committee Meeting, November 7, 2018.
Days for Girls service project, November 8, 2018 9:00 p.m. to noon. Need volunteers to sew and assemble. See Katie Williams.
Ms. Davis conducted a “garage sale” of two items from the club’s storage area.
Mr. Milner presented a $1,000 foundation grant to the Assistance League and its representatives. The representatives thanked the club and described the assistance their organization provides for low income students and their families.
Mr. Milner presented a foundation grant to the City of Lakes Rotary club’s representative, Ms. Brevinger, for its water supply service project in South Africa benefiting ageing and disabled citizens. Ms. Brevinger thanked the club and announced a site trip in March 2019.
Ms. Davis presented the Paul Harris Award +1 to Ben Monnens. Thank you Ben!
Stacey Quinn and Katy Fisk reminded the club that Polio month is concluding, thanked the club for its generosity, reminded the club to continue giving, retired the old collection “jug”, unveiled the new weekly collection vessel, a tin pitcher and presented a few slides on polio’s devastating effects on the body.
Ms. Davis thanked everyone for their participation in Charter Night. She announced she lost a bet to Ann Wengronowitz regarding the name of the club’s first president (Dick Rentz). As a result, Ms. Davis happily donated $100.00 to the Polio fund.
Mr. Monnens “won” the raffle, but “lost” by selecting the wrong playing cards. The $37.00 raised carries over to the next meeting.
Sam Stern is happy over his father’s 90th birthday, his new office, and his grandmother’s needlepoint work on display in his new office.
Dane Espegard is happy about his four year wedding anniversary, his visit to the Florida Keys and his affiliation with Front Row Dads.
Mr. Marzano is happy to host his guest, Ms. Angulo
Ms. Williams asked to remember our Jewish and African American neighbors.
Bob Hersman reminded us that two women served our club as ‘back to back’ presidents in the mid 1990s. He said that was very unusual for the time.
Jerald Stiele announced a local, and positive, newspaper article regarding Dale Feste’s son.
Darlyne Erickson enjoyed Charter Night, her father’s 128th birthday, and her participation in organizations involving education for homeless children and emotional support for law enforcement officers.
Char Murphy announced her granddaughter’s participation in Camp Enterprise.
Regina Reed enjoyed her participation in the Highway 7 cleanup project.
The Clarks reminded us of their projects involving English language teaching in Thailand and Myanmar.
Mark Magney will be embarking on trips with, and to visit, his family. And ski.
Ms. Quinn is close to her twelfth wedding anniversary.
Ms. Fisk, Chris Carr and Ron Levitus hope everyone enjoys Halloween.
Frank Babka described his participation in the Northside Improvement organization event.
Ms. Nibakure will be traveling to Michigan for her pre-school service organization.
Happy Bucks raised $92.00 for building responsible youth.
Mr. Thompson presented a detailed description of the history and content of the Camp Enterprise program. The camp started in 1980 by the Alexandria Rotary. The Edina Rotary clubs began oversight several years later. It is a three day intensive residential camp for high school juniors and seniors involving 15 student teams developing a business plan, assigning management duties and presenting a business case to business judges. The camp’s goal is to introduce students to real world business skills and to develop leadership and public speaking experience. He highlighted the camp’s “shark tank” type program. He presented several pictures of the camp in action from 2014. The camp enrolls approximately 100 students each year, is sponsored by 60 local Rotary clubs, and involves approximately 100 or more volunteers to plan and execute each year. The camp awards five $1,000 college scholarships each year based on a student’s camp performance and a related essay contest.
Club members asked question, and Mr. Thompson provided answers, regarding camp follow up, the camp’s association with DECCA, closing “ceremonies”, students’ college applications enhancement, soft skills, stress and downtime activities.
Guests and members are greeted by our zealous Halloween greeter, in other times known as Chris Carr.
