Brenda DeMars has been a Faribault Rotarian for 12 years, joining the club September 15, 2010. She served as the club’s president in 2020-2021. (During the pandemic - sometimes holding meetings on zoom from the Inn to an empty room) She is Co-chair for the Rose Sale and she is our clubs Gambling Manager. I had the pleasure of reading all 10 yes-10! nominations for Brenda and statements like "dedicated leader, full of class, grace and kindness, quiet and steadfast, selfless, and - tireless in the pursuit of “Service Above Self" are just a snapshot of what she does.
Brenda serves as the Club's gambling manager and has been a champion of this endeavor since day one. Brenda gives her time DAILY to be at Boxers counting cash and analyzing operations of charitable gambling before and sometimes after her full-time job at Reliance bank as the VP of Mortgage and Consumer lending. She is the key to the successful relationship between Faribault Rotary Youth Services and Boxers. Besides the daily accountings she oversees Bingo on Thursdays and Saturdays.
She is always a top seller of roses and raffle tickets, and can be found at blood drives, salvation army bell ringing, rotary readers, meals on wheels, Adopt a Highway and representing Rotary in parades with her grandchildren in tow. She and her husband Drew work at cleaning up at Rotary Camp and assisted at every single one of the dates the club worked at Crockers Creek. She also supports organizing and distributing coats at Warm our Community. There is rarely a Rotary event that Brenda is not a part of in one way or another.
Brenda - our club cannot thank you enough for the work you do to exemplify the 4-way test - you do all day, every single day. It has not gone unnoticed and we are incredibly blessed to have you in all of our lives. We congratulate our 2022 Rotarian of the year!!
