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Eagan Rotary Live to Give Walk Showcases

Peacemaker, Treehouse, July 4th Funfest Ambassadors
 
 
Benefactors from this year's Eagan Rotary Live to Give Walk fundraiser attended our March 15
Club meeting and provided updates on how they'll be utilizing the donations they'll be receiving.
Pictured from left to right: Live to Give Walk Committee members Ross Metcalf, Jodi Hassing,
Dan McNeil (Peacemakers), Dick Fuller, Joel Brand (TreeHouse), Elle Gilbert & Marie Olson
(Funfest Ambassadors), Bob Holton and Live to Give Walk Committee Chair Andy Schmitz.
Photo courtesy of Rotarian Leif Hagen.
 
 
 

The Eagan Rotary Club is designing this year’s Live to Give Walk on May 6 in Central Park to fund programs that guide and inspire Eagan youths. Eagan Rotary is raising funds for partners PeaceMaker Minnesota, Treehouse, and the Eagan July 4th Funfest Ambassadors Scholarship Program.

“Youth and teens in Eagan are benefiting from these programs that give extra support, training and guidance to build resilient citizens,” said Andy Schmitz, the walk organizer, an insurance agent and an Eagan Rotarian.

PeaceMaker Minnesota provides Ambassadors for Respect training to fourth-grade classes with curriculum that aims to prevent bullying. Adults with disabilities teach the class, introduce person-first language and share strategies on how to stop bullying. Peace guides are trained to teach conflict resolution to prevent violence.

Since it began in 1979 in Minnesota, Treehouse has addressed teen hopelessness by providing safe spaces for teens to gather for group and one-to-one affirming activities that emphasize how each person is loveable, capable and worthwhile. Close to 50 teens in Treehouse meet at Easter Lutheran Church in Eagan where the setting helps youth gain self-confidence through a spiritual awareness. The youth are often from homes where there is abuse and neglect, and the program values positive relationships and goal setting. The program offers activities and trips for seventh-graders through high school that allows for new experiences and mentors to offer tips for college readiness.

The July 4th Funfest Ambassadors Scholarship program began in 2005 and has trained and given out scholarships for 95 youths in ambassador roles. Each year judges select ambassadors and junior ambassadors who receive educational scholarships of $2,000 and $500, respectively. Students gain skills in leadership, communication, mentoring and public speaking and they represent the city of Eagan at 50 volunteer and coronation events.

The public can register teams for the Rotary’s Live to Give walk. The 1.1 mile easy-walk path in Central Park is suitable for strollers, wagons, pets and wheelchairs. The event will be held rain or shine. The start time is 9 am with check-in from 8 to 9 am. Activities on site will be face painting and food from California Dip & Eat and Wildcats Bar and Grill food trucks. The music group Gus Sent Me will give a live performance. Costume judging will be led by Eagan Fire Chief Hugo Searle and prizes will be awarded. Register team name for free at 4giving.com/donation/1FA3 or visit facebook.com/eaganrotaryclub. The group encourages peer-to-peer fundraising with the creation of a team theme and costumes that add to the fun factor.

Story courtesy of Sun Thisweek Newspapers

 
 

 
 
Eagan Rotary Honors Eagan High School
Students of the Month
 
 
 
 
Eagan High School Students of the Month Claudia Beckwith (left) and Lawrence Salonga (left-center) take time
to celebrate their accomplishments with the Eagan Rotary Club's Student of the Month Program Coordinator
Mimi Palen-Clare during the Mar. 22 weekly meeting. (Photo courtesy of Leif Hagen).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Eagan Rotary Honors Three Veterans and their Military Service

The Rotary Clubs of Eagan, Eagan Rotary and Kick-Start Rotary, recognized three local veterans who shared stories of the challenge and honor of their military experience.  Selected from community interviews, Ben Coons (Navy- USS Essex and USS Randolph), Russel Adams (Marine- Vietnam), and Neil Constine (Marine- Africa, Middle East, and Japan) reflected on their experience.  Presentation of the colors, invocation from a military chaplain and rotary member, and patriotic songs from the Eagan Men’s Chorus set the stage for the event.

“It has been an honor to hear these military stories,” said Bryan Frandrup of BankCherokee, Eagan Rotary member, and emcee for the 19th Veterans Recognition Luncheon. “Today our young men and women are also trained to work as a team, master sophisticated equipment and act in challenging situations. Then and now, they are a credit to our country.”

Each selected veteran gave a 15-minute reflection, received a plaque, and announced the charity to receive their $250 Rotary honorarium.

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