In exactly 23 days, the Faribault Rotary Club will celebrate its 100-year anniversary on May 1, 2020. This week’s historical highlight is from 2013.
Outbound Exchange student, Sydney Beumaster, kept the club informed with her weekly blog covering her adventures in Indonesia.
Exchange student from Norway, Line Berg Almestrand, kept the club informed with her weekly blog covering her experiences in Faribault and her US travels.
Dr. Dick Huston became a Paul Harris Society member.
Robert Jirik, a member for 51 years (1961-2013) passed away.
STRIVE students were awarded $22,000 in scholarships.
The club participates in “Bowl for Kid’s Sake” to support Big Brothers Big Sisters.
President- Elect Rev. Steve Delzer is named Bishop of the Southeast Minnesota Synod of the ELCA in June which elevated Brent Peroutka to President-Elect a year ahead of schedule and 3 weeks before becoming president.
Annual dues were set at $352.
The Club sets goal is to raise $15,000 and our team's goal is to collect $5,000 from other local Rotary Club's (totaling $20,000 from local sources). Our District 5960 will match $12,000 and Rotary International will match $22,000 for a total of $54,000 for the International project for the Uddao Cassava Processing plant in Sierra Leone-Africa
Rotarian of the year was Pastor Rick Ormsby.
Rotarian Robert Bjorgum passed away at the age of 94. He was the longest standing member of our club at the time with 59 years and 8 months of membership since joining in 1954.
Our club’s 93rd president in 2012-13 was Kymn Anderson. She has been a member since 1999 and currently chairs our 100-year celebration.