Moccasin Flower - August 3, 2021 (Aug 03, 2021)

Mid-Day Meeting
Rochester Golf & Country Club
Aug 12, 2021 11:30 AM

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Member Birthdays

Chris Colby

August 1

Lance Thorkelson

August 3

Mikayla Schmidt

August 6

Jill Cordes

August 13

Nick Kolas

August 17

Mark Kotschevar

August 22

Sue Dripps

August 23

Melanie Tschida

August 27

Merlin Ricklefs

August 27

Join Date

Kerwin Engelhart

August 3, 1998

23 years

Steve Nyhus

August 10, 2017

4 years

Joe Hammes

August 15, 2016

5 years

Amy Holtz

August 28, 2014

7 years

Joel Haak

August 28, 2014

7 years

Mark Murch

August 28, 1997

24 years

Stacey Vanden Heuvel

August 30, 2001

20 years

August 5 Rotary After Hours meeting:

Join your fellow Rotarians at the August 5th Rotary After Hours meeting of our club as we attend Thursdays Downtown.

Meet at the southwest corner of the Rochester Public Library(2nd Street and 1st Avenue SW) at 5:30 pm and we'll venture over together to Rochester's Thursday night hot spot for food and entertainment. Free parking is available at the Civic Center ramp. Be sure to bring along your friends and family!

Become a 2021 Rotary Holiday Classic sponsor / advertiser

We're less than five months away from tip-off of the 2021 edition of the Rotary Holiday Classic. That means our campaign to recruit sponsors and advertisers to help underwrite the event is underway. If you or your business have supported the Holiday Classic in past years, you likely received an email from co-chair Tamsen Leimer this week. We hope you'll consider supporting the Classic again this year.

If your business or your employer is new to the Holiday Classic, information for sponsorships and program advertisements is available on the Holiday Classic website. The Rotary Clubs of Rochester have given more than $1 million over 30 years to youth-related non-profit organizations in the area. Help keep the momentum going by joining the 2021 Holiday Classic sponsors and advertisers club!

The success of the Holiday Classic is based on many components - high school basketball players and their coaches, fans in the stands who pay to watch the games, favorable winter weather, Rotary volunteers, and last but not least, the Classic's advertisers and sponsors. Without all of these components, the Classic wouldn't exist, but it's our advertisers and sponsors who commit thousands of dollars in funding that underwrite the expenses an event such as the Classic generates.

We are fortunate to once again have Mayo Clinic Orthopedics and Sports Medicine as our "presented by" sponsor for December's Classic. This team of specialists focuses not only on sports-related injuries but offers a wealth of health and well-being information which is applicable to most everyone. A link to a variety of articles is posted on the Holiday Classic website from our "presented by" sponsor. Take a few minutes and take a look!

August 18 - White Oaks Park Clean-up

August 12 Hybrid Midday Meeting

The August 12th meeting of The Rotary Club of Rochester will be held at the Rochester Golf and Country Club. Lunch will be available for $20 beginning at 11:30 a.m. The meeting and program will begin at noon. The meeting will also be available to members via Zoom. If you plan to join us for lunch, you are asked to register / sign-up, in advance, for lunch (preferably no later than Monday, August 9) so we know how many lunches to order.

The program, Global COVID-19 and Vaccination Update, will be presented by Dr. Abinash Virk, a Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science. She is also currently the co-chair of Mayo Clinic the Covid-19 vaccine allocation and distribution work group at Mayo Clinic. Click the blue "read more" button to learn more about Dr. Virk.

Rotary Annual Golf Outing - September 16

TRCR at the Rochester Honkers game

Jeremiah Program - thank you for your generosity

TRCR YouTube Channel - watch replays of past meetings

Watch replays of past Rotary meetings on TRCR's YouTube channel.

Recent meetings replays:

June 24 - Leadership Changeover

July 8 - COVID and Mental Illness/Substance Abuse, Teresa A Rummans, M.D.

July 22 - Fast for Hope Initiative, Jim Hunt

July 29 - Channel One, Jessica Sund

Meeting sign-up for inspirations, four-way test, vocational talks

As a member of the Rotary Club of Rochester, there are three "To Do List" items to sign-up for the second and fourth Thursday meeting from now until the end of the year.

1. Sign-up to lead the four-way test

2. Sign-up to give a reflection

3. Sign-up to share your story by giving a vocation talk

It's simple, sign-up by adding your name here.

Buy SCRIP Cards for everyday use

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.

Shop smile.amazon.com and benefit our Club's Foundation

Community Service Opportunities with Salvation Army

The Salvation Army is looking for volunteers to assist with a variety of community service opportunities. Days and shifts vary. Click on the "Read More" button for more information. You are encouraged to volunteer individually for any of the following:

Food Pantry
Resource Room
Reception Desk
Lunch Program

Please note that activities are subject to change based on COVID conditions.