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Eagan Education Professionals Honored during
34th Annual Teacher Recognition Program

The Rotary Club of Eagan joined by the Eagan Kick-Start Rotary Club jointly celebrated 15 outstanding education professionals nominated by their school principals representing every public and private school in Eagan. The two Rotary clubs awarded $3,000 at the annual recognition of educators established in 1988 by the Rotary Club of Eagan.

Mouli Vaidyanathan, chair of the Teacher Recognition Committee with Rotary Club of Eagan and president of SolarPod, recalled a special teacher in his life. “Because I had this teacher, I had a mentor, a role model, a guide and most importantly someone who cared for me,” said Vaidyanathan. Dianne Miller president of the Kick-Start Rotary and Eagan City Administrator said, “The Eagan Kick-Start Rotary was thrilled to partner with the Rotary Club of Eagan to honor these talented and committed teachers in our community. The Eagan community is so fortunate to have strong schools and teachers, who care deeply about our students.”

Sherri's Books Provides Lasting Legacy
while Promoting Literacy

For Sherri’s Books project spearheaded by the Rotary Club of Eagan, Steve Haschig was a natural at Deerwood Elementary School when reading The Dog: Three stories about a Cat to Stacy Bauman’s first grade class earlier this spring. He was one of 26 club members and community volunteers who took part in the 14th year of reading to first grade classes. After reading the story, the teacher distributed a book to each student to keep as their own. This year 615 books were distributed to 26 first grade classes in seven schools, both public and private, in Eagan.

Rotarian John Rhody organized this year's Sherri’s Books initiative which started back in 2008 and “finds it an extraordinary event which includes our broad community - Eagan Rotary, Dakota County Library, Eagan schools, and our Fire and Police Depts - all focused on our children.”

Human Trafficking Becomes Rotary's Priority Project

Human slavery has been identified as such a global issue that Rotary International has identified this as one of the next global initiatives to solve as we get close to celebrating the end of polio. Many of us have the image of human slavery taking place in other parts of the world. However, it is happening in our own country AND is a significant industry right here in Minnesota. As leaders in our communities, District 5950 has joined with District 5960 to end human trafficking in Minnesota. We are designing a three-year strategy and want your involvement. To learn more about this important initiative, please click here.