Notes - Opening: President Laura Bock: Pledge of Allegiance, Four-Way Test, Patriotic Song
- Virtue Reading: Optimism, read by Kay
- Blessing: Ellie Holmquist
- New Member Induction: Deb Theis with Big Brothers/Big Sisters
- Club Announcements:
- Sep 21: Rotarian of the Year nominations due
- Sep 23, 9:00 am: District 5960 Summit in Faribault at Buckham West. Registration is open online, ask Laura or reply to the newsletter for help if you need assistance registering.
- Speakers from around the district will be presenting to help strengthen clubs. DEI, Community Engagement, Foundation, and Membership. This is an interactive summit that is 2.5 hours long.
- Oct 10: Free Screening of the documentary Right to Read at Buckham Memorial Great Hall, 5:30-7:30. Northfield and Faribault clubs sponsoring this event
- Oct 14: Conference of Clubs @ St Olaf 9:00 am; sign up on the district website
- Oct 16: Annual Rotary Concert 7 pm, Faribault HS. Asking Rotarians to each sell 5 tickets - please get your tickets from Kathy if you have not received them yet. The proceeds go toward choice-based scholarships for the recipients (music camps, voice lessons, etc).
- Pre-registration will be available on the fliers, ticket options include “at the door”, and “have my ticket delivered”. Contact David if you are having trouble selling tickets and want to deliver any.
- September 20th is the kickoff for the Rotary Rose Sale. Requesting everyone to sell 12-dozen roses. A cash donation is being asked if you do not wish to sell roses.
- Every Rotarian received fliers, forms etc. via email on the 20th. The sales go through Oct 4, and delivery is the 23rd of October.
- Rotary Readers is starting back up in October; please contact Sommer and Nathaniel Cunningham to connect and volunteer
- Oct 18: Rotarian of the Year during noon meeting.
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- FRYS Monthly Update
- August was the fiscal year end for FRYS. It was a rush for tax time, all the information presented was emailed to all members for review.
- 144k in e-tabs sales, second highest in history. 18.5% margin
- 64k in paper tabs versus average 61k.
- 21k in profit for the month.
- Annual numbers: 2022/2023: 2.3M in sales (approx 30% increase). Net income down to 81k due to the audit, which will be happening annually due to the high sales.
- $29,850 for expenses. Motion: Rod. Second: Kathy. Unanimously passed.
- 5 minutes for Foundation Education: George
- Jan 1911, Paul Harris put out the “National Rotarian” which was a forerunner of the Rotary Magazine we are familiar with today.
- 40% of the GDP goes to “wants” in the United States.
- Prioritizing where we send our money is important.
- $25 is all it takes to become part of the Rotary Foundation.
- Rotarian Reclassification
- Chad Koepke (Sep 18)
- Chad got married Oct 1, 2022. They are now expecting a baby around Dec 28th. They also got a dog. Chad works at State bank of Faribault, in balance sheet management, strategy. He is passionate about interest rates.
- Chris Kaufman (Sep 18)
- Jamie Bente (Sep 22)
- Fellowship: Zak Branham is on fellowship. Zak had trivia questions regarding “wheels”.
- Event coming up: Scary at Harry’s - trick-or-treat event, with approximately 1500 attendees. Looking for businesses to join in this event.
- Guests: Gail and Loni (guests of Chad), heads of marketing and IT at State Bank of Faribault. They are board members of the Light of Hope Celebration (replacing Relay for LIfe). Big celebration on Sep 30th from 4-10pm at Central Park. Food trucks, games for families, live music and basket raffle.The funds raised are able to stay local.
- Deb (new member) expressed appreciation for supporting the Big Brothers/Big Sisters golf tournament. They are continuously looking for more “Bigs” to be matched with youth.
- Jake Kohl: was able to visit London to visit family and the baby did well during the flight
- David Connelly: Welcoming Deb. David just started a new job as director of production at Faribault Mill.
- Brenda: 40th wedding anniversary and were able to go on an Alaskan cruise. Brenda’s grandson is now 10 weeks old and just was recently baptized. Rotarians from Northfield expressed thankfulness for the Faribault Rotarians who assisted at the Bike marathon.
- Dr Huston: Margaret Vorhees, friends for decades. She is 93 and lives in a farmhouse alone. Dr Huston and George were able to go to the Books for Africa fundraiser last week. Plant a Pocket of Prairie - program that was done with school kids last year, has been asked to be presented at the Conference of Clubs. The program will be done again this year.
- Ibrahim: Last Friday, 500 ice cream treats were given out to Mexican and Guatemalan Independence Days by the Diversity Committee
- Carri Ann: Judge ruled they can begin the process of adoption of their foster child, who has been with them for 18 months. She turned two years old the day after the judge ruled. She wants to express appreciation for first responders.
- Ellie: Thanked everyone for coming to Stone Orchard for last week’s meeting
- Kay is thankful for the new cart that was built for Rotary supplies. Her oldest daughter is getting married in Red Wing this weekend
- Dr Hanson ensured everyone noticed Dr Huston’s tie.
- Kathy appreciates Nate’s sense of humor!
- Laura announced that starting October 2nd, she will be starting as director of the Faribault Foundation.
- Kymn is looking forward to Laura’s leadership in the new position.
- George had a family reunion recently. George is very thankful to get to this stage of life and do all he can do. It is a big blessing.
- Program: No program, extended fellowship was had.
Kindly, Kristen Gleason |
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