On a frigid January 19, the Faribault Rotary Club met in person and virtually at the Inn at Shattuck. During the meeting, the club inducted two new members, learned of the likely arrival of two foreign exchange students in the fall and heard the classification speech of Ms. Suzy Rook. Salient details of the meeting follow. Induction: Rotarian David Connelly inducted new Rotarians Ken Waverly and Sue Garwood. Dr. Richard Huston sponsored both new Rotarians and he participated in the induction ceremony. Announcements: Two foreign exchange students are anticipated to arrive in Faribault in fall 2022. Eight host families will be needed to take care of the students while they are here. Please consider volunteering for this needed service. The club also will need to have counselors available for the students in order to assist with the transition of the students to school in the United States. -Rod Mahler introduced Pastor Greg Ciesluk. Greg announced that he and fellow Rotarian Rebekah Freed are engaged and planning a June 11 wedding at the 4th Ave United Methodist Church. All club members are invited. Congratulations Greg and Rebekah! - Dr. Huston has Rotary shirts for sale and he plans to have them available the next few weeks. - Natalie Ginter confirmed the Rotary Global Grant for the Cambodia clean water project had been approved. As the Faribault Club had considerable success in raising funds, some of the money will be used by the club locally. Local Rotarians who donated will receive Paul Harris fellowship credit. Project kick off will be done on Tuesday evening via a Zoom meeting with our Cambodian partners. - Kurt Halverson announced that the club had received a thank you note from the Blue Collar festival. He also noted the recent STRIVE meeting in which Kymn Anderson presented the “Virtues Project” and reminded everyone that the STRIVE banquet is scheduled for February 20. - Club President Todd Sesker reminded the attendees of the upcoming cash raffle. Fellowship: The Happy Birthday song was sang twice to recognize January Birthdays. - David Connelly recognized the ladies of the club for their contributions and highlighted the ratio of women to men in the Faribault club is the highest in the District. - Gail Kaderlik highlighted South Central College’s online fund raising auction, which will run February 3-15. - Sue Garwood thanked club members for the warm welcome and announced the Alexander Faribault House had been awarded an $85k grant. Congratulations to the Rice County Historical Society. - Suzy Rook announced her daughter is engaged and planning for an August wedding. | 
