19-Apr-23 Rochester Risers Rotary Club 35th Anniversary Celebration
20 April-23 Service option: RPL, 2nd Fl; Room B 11:30 am – 1 pm Prepare PB photo archives for digitization. Social option: Twigs Restaurant - Noon
25-Apr-23 TRCR Board Meeting – Via Zoom
27-Apr-23 Rotary Midday Meeting: TRCR Foundation and RI Foundation: Your Charities for Making a Difference Locally & Globally - Joanne Rosener and Audrey Betcher
4-May-23 1st Thursday Rotary Committee Meetings 11:30 – 1 pm Even Hotel
4-May-23 Mentor-Mentee Wrap-Up - 5:30 – 7 pm Centerstone Plaza Soldiers Field
11-May-23 Inbound YE Presentation: Ruben Del Baño Rivera from Murcia, Spain
16-May-23 TRCR Cooks 4 Kids at Jeremiah Program 4:15 - 6:00 pm Sign up here
20-May-23 Rochester Rotary Clubs Tree Planting 9:00 – 11:30 am Celebrate Quarry Hill Nature Center 50th Anniversary
21-Jun-23 Greater Rochester Rotary is pleased to invite you to the 2023-2024 District Governor Installation of Patricia McCleese in the Floral Hall at Graham Park. 5:30-8:00 PM. Details to follow.
22-Jun-23 Ashokakomar Patel, MD, Installation, President 2023-2024 The Rotary Club of Rochester
Drawing on the strength of their many similarities and complementary differences, Toastmaster International and Rotary International formed a unique strategic alliance in May 2019. The primary goal of the Rotary Toastmaster Alliance is for Toastmaster and Rotary club members to establish fellowship and make new connections.
As a Rotarian, one of the most straightforward ways to learn about this alliance with Toastmasters is to visit a club. You are warmly invited to attend a free and virtual Open House sponsored by the Rochester Technology Campus Toastmasters Club. The guest speaker is Jim Emery "The Vocal Jim", a Toastmaster and professional voice coach. The event will be held Friday, April 28th from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. If you are interested, please register here: https://tinyurl.com/yc6bz949
On May 20th, 2023 exactly 50 years from the 1973 dedication of the Nature Center, we will welcome the community to celebrate and recognize this important milestone.
This event, free and open to all, will feature celebratory speakers including Friends of Quarry Hill Board Chair Peggy Edwards, Rochester’s Mayor and former Quarry Hill Board Member Kim Norton, Rochester Public School Board Chair Cathy Nathan, Former director Greg Munson and present director Pamela Meyer.
On this day we will also invite the community to join us for a day of conservation. Working with community partners we will plant 350 trees and shrubs, more than 360 native plants and pull pounds of invasive garlic mustard - activities that will protect the natural landscape and our outdoor classroom for generations to come.
Refreshments and custom seed packets that participants can take home to plant their own backyard prairies will also be a part of the celebration.
9:00 am Program & Celebratory Remarks
9:30 - 11:00 Planting
10:00 - 11:30 Refreshments & Social
Questions? Contact Colin Aldis and Chris Colby. Sign up Here
Thank you to all TRCR members who contributed to The Rotary Foundation's Annual Fund during District 5960's SHARE THE LOVE campaign. Over $62,175 was raised from the February campaign.
Your gifts to The Rotary’s Annual Fund will have a great impact on people in our communities and around the world. Because of your contribution, you helped prevent mothers and babies from dying, promote peace and end conflict, reduce disease, provide clean water and sanitation, protect the environment, create community economic development opportunities, and teach kids to read. That’s definitely what SHARING THE LOVE is all about!
These donations to SHARE THE LOVE qualify for a 2:1 match of Foundation Recognition Points, and help get members much closer to a Paul Harris Fellow! Major Donors in our District make that match possible to help create the next generation of Foundation Champions…and hopefully, you too will want to become a Foundation Champion as well!
Apr 18th, 25th and May 2nd – Black Artistry Explains American History – White Bear Lake Rotary - This is a Tuesday Scholar series. Pre-registration requested. https://rclreads.bibliocommons.com/events
Art can deepen our understanding of our shared narrative and anchor our knowledge of ourselves. Join distinguished historian James Stewart and four African-American artists as they interpret American history through images of the Black experience. Black history is American history. – 12:30-2 at Roseville Library Community Program Room
Apr 19th – Courageous Conversations – The Crisis is Ours – Kids, Schools, and Mental Health – The 17th Annual Sunrise Forum is coming up at the Women’s Club of Minneapolis from 7:15-9:15. Come and join Rotarians from 5960 and 5960 along with a panel of experts to discuss the results of the recent Minnesota Student Survey.
Apr 21st-25th – CAMP RYLA – Thank you for supporting the opportunity for four students from local high schools to attend this year’s Camp RULA. It is life changing for students as they realize their potential to lead and then return to their high schools ready to do just that. Check it out: CampRYLA.org
Apr 27th – Shout It Out Stillwater – A dueling piano fundraiser. What could be more fun. 6:00-9:00pm. Register now.
Apr 29th –Tri-District Conference – – Get Registered. Click and get yourself registered for this tremendous, exciting event with a focus on membership and leadership. Madden’s Resort at Gull Lake – that’s the place for rooms. Click the link on the district conference website to book your two night stay. One night stays will ONLY be accepted by contacting the resort directly at 800-642-5363. There are 12 rooms in the block currently located in the Mission Point area of the resort. These 2 buildings are being opened up early just for our group to accommodate the 1 night stay requests. Anyone that will need a one night stay should contact the resort sooner than later. Rooms not guaranteed with a deposit will be released back to general resort inventory April 2nd, 2023. Learn more about what's happening.
May 6th – Wacipi (Powwow) – White Beal Lake Rotary - The Wacipi will honor American Indian students in the school districts of Mahtomedi, White Bear Lake, North St. Paul/Maplewood/Oakdale and surrounding communities, particularly those who will be graduating in 2023, and will provide the larger community the opportunity to participate in this traditional cultural event that is a significant part of the rich heritage of our Native American neighbors. – Grounds open at 11 and the Grand Entry is at 1pm. Mahtomedi District Center.
June 21st – Save the date for DGE Patricia McCleese’s installation extravaganza – more information to come.
Aug 13th – Bridge the Valley Bike Rally – Stillwater – I did this bike tour last year and had a great time. Remember this is one of several Rotary Bike Rallies involved in a “series”. Register for all three and get extra goodies. Sounds good to me. https://www.bikereg.com/bridge-the-valley
UPCOMING PODCASTS – SEARCHING for SERVICE - check it out – Radio AM 950 – Sundays at 3pm, your favorite supplier of podcasts the following day.
District Governor Dayle Quigley reminded us of the need for shelter worldwide especially in areas with recent crises: Pakistan flooding, Ukraine war, and earthquake devastation in Turkey and Syria.
How to contribute
You can give online, by check, or by transferring District Designated Funds:
To give by check, make it payable to The Rotary Foundation or to an associate foundation and include a completed contribution form. In the DESIGNATION/PURPOSE section, choose Other and write the fund name (Pakistan Flood Response Fund or Ukraine Response Fund).
Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria ShelterBox is responding after a series of powerful earthquakes hit Turkey and northern Syria. Please donate today to help people affected by the earthquakes and other disasters around the world. https://www.shelterboxusa.o
Check this Clubrunner link for Meeting Activities Please sign up to help with Rotary Meetings as a Greeter, Lead the Four-Way Test, Visitor’s Desk and Introductions, Provide a Reflection.
Did you know that if you buy the majority of your gas at Kwik Trip, you could pre-pay for your gas AND help the club at the same time? A $100 Kwik Trip card immediately creates $5 for the club and any in-store purchases creates another 5% donation.If you would like to purchase Scrip cards, send an email to romnrotary@gmail.com with how many and what denomination you'd like. In additional to Kwik Trip, Scrip cards are also available to Apollo Liquor and Menards. The cards are purchased at face value, but the club receives 5% back from Apollo Liquor and Kwik Trip and 4% back from Menards. The club receives an additional 5% on purchases at Kwik Trip, other than gas, inside the store.