Three Rotarians are still needed to assist in serving lunch at Salvation Army, 11:15 am -12:15 pm, tomorrow, November 11. Upon arrival, Rotarians may join the group setting up to serve outside. If no one is there, volunteers should check in with the receptionist just inside the door of the building. Please sign up here to volunteer.

 

We will meet this Thursday, November 12 at Rochester Golf & Country Club for a Midday Meeting of The Rotary Club of Rochester. Our program, related to culture-building and racial and social justice, will be presented by Peter Demerath, Associate Professor, Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy and Development Affiliated Faculty, Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota. 

 

A friendly reminder The Rotary Club of Rochester continues to collect bottles of water to be provided to community members using the Day Center at Salvation Army. Cases of water may be dropped off in the lobby at Rochester Golf & Country Club, 11 am - 1:30 pm, when we meet there for a Thursday Midday Meeting. 

Salvation Army bell ringing is a tradition of The Rotary Club of Rochester, and we will be ringing again this season each Saturday, November 14 - December 19 at HyVee 37th Street, in shifts 8:30 am - 8:30 pm. There are several openings for individual bell ringers on November 21, beginning at 2:30 pm until 8:30 pm as well as all day on November 28. Please check your schedule and register here to serve. Rotarians are always encouraged to enjoy community service with family members, but this year we ask you to especially consider it with COVID-19 guidelines in place.

Welcome to our newest Rotarian Lauren Anderson, sponsored by Ashok Patel. Although Lauren is new to membership, she is not new to Rotary. She participated in a Rotary program as a high school student and has been actively involved with the Rotary grant process, assisting with a District Grant and working on preparing a Global Grant for upcoming submission to Rotary International. We look forward to serving with you, Lauren!

Scrip cards to Apollo Liquor, Kwik Trip, and Menards are still available for purchase to support The Rotary Club of Rochester. Remember, you purchase and spend the cards at face value, and the club receives 5% back from Apollo Liquor and Kwik Trip, and 4% back from Menards. The club gets an additional 5% on purchases at Kwik Trip, other than gas, inside the store. 

 

If you would like to make a scrip purchase, please email the Rotary office with your request. Apollo is sold in $10 increments, and no change is given in store. Kwik Trip may be purchased in increments of $5 up to $25, increments of $25 up to $100, and then $200, $250, and $500. Credit remains on the card until the full value is spent. Menards cards may be purchased in any denomination between $10 and $2000 with the credit remaining on the card, as well. Apollo and Kwik Trip cards will be delivered within a few days, and Menards cards may take up to two weeks. Scrip cards make especially great gifts for celebrations, including birthdays and graduations!

 

Separate from the Scrip program but another way to support Rotary is Amazon Smile. If you are already shopping on Amazon, please consider shopping Amazon Smile instead. Same items are available, but if you designate The Rotary Club of Rochester Foundation as your organization of choice, Amazon donates a portion of your purchase to RCRF. Thank you for your support!

When shopping on Amazon, please be sure to use smile.amazon.com and designate “Rotary Club of Rochester Foundation” to benefit. Same great shopping for you, and 0.5% contributions to RCRF for us all!