Announcements:
President Todd Sesker announced the day’s happy dollars would be split between Ruth’s House and HOPE Center.
Natalie Ginter has reached out to other local clubs to gauge their interest in financially supporting Faribault Youth Services.
Lisa Humfeld-Wilson shared a poster announcing that the club is looking for six families to hose a foreign exchange student during the upcoming school year.
Brenda DeMars said that the club had taken over the pull tab machines River Bend Nature Center had been operating at Boxers. In exchange, RBNC asked that Rotary support some of its future youth programs.
Greg Ciesluk introduced two guests: West African native Nicholas, who has been his guest previously and is employed at Daikin Applied, and Rob, a Buffalo native who works at South Central College.
Club members wished Mark Kenney and George Wickstrom a happy birthday. Wickstrom shared that he is now 92 years young.
Dick Huston announced that Pakistan recorded no polio cases in 2021. According to the World Health Organization, the disease annually paralyzed approximately 20,000 children in the early 1990s.
Rod Mahler’s grandson, Michael, was named a Benilde-St. Margaret’s distinguished alumni.
Murray Hanson introduced a new game he called “Fleece-opoly.” According the “rules,” Hanson was able to use his knowledge of certain club members to encourage donations.
