Events and Reminders

Fall Training is Friday, September 25 at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. Represent your club, learn from speakers and sessions, meet Rotarians from all 64 clubs, then take new ideas back to your own club. Register online by the September 15 deadline. Training fees allow every club to register up to ten attendees for free.

District Governor nominations for the 2018-19 Rotary year are due Friday, September 18. To nominate a district leader, or for more information, contact Past District Governor Jim Nelson at jnelson@briggs.com or at 612-889-7309.

Polio Survivors’ conference is October 2 Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute's conference. “Life After Polio -- Realities & Practicalities” is an opportunity to join other 5950 Rotarians in this day-long conference that provides information and hope to those who survived polio but now deal with chronic health conditions. Register online.

Global Scholarships applications are due September 30, 2015 to District Scholarship Committee Chair Ellen Kennedy at kennedy@worldwithoutgenocide.org. District 5950 will provide funding for up to two Global Grant Scholarships for graduate study outside of the U.S., where the area of study and applicant’s planned vocation is in one of The Rotary Foundation’s six Areas of Focus.