Dr. Suzanne spoke on environmental sustainability.  She got her PH.D. in Conservation Biology.  In 2000, she started the Sustainability Campus at the University of MN.  She defined sustainability for us including evidence for climate change. For example:  Sea Level Rise;  Global Temperature Rise;  Warming Oceans;  Shrinking Ice Sheets;  Extreme Events;  etc.  She asked why should we care in MN?  MN climate change effects:  Northern Forests moving north;  Moose decline;  Storm intensity;  Wildfire smoke;  etc.  She showed us 1980-2024 chart of MN Billion Dollar Disaster Events. Most have increased in recent years.  She closed with good news of what she has accomplished while working at Allina Health:  Reducing energy;  Supporting pollinators;  Reducing waste;  and Designing environmentally friendly buildings.  This was a very interesting presentation.  Thanks Suzanne!

Pictured below is Suzanne with Ben Kusch (left).

 

Ethic's Day is Tuesday, Nov 26th.  If you're planning on attending, please take the online training at  https://5960training.com/courses/youth-protection-policy-training/ 

Thank you!

We did yard work:

  We cleaned up the highway:

Special thanks to Susan's sister, Beth Hommes, for helping:

A couple of weeks ago, Rotarians Jennifer Giovinazzo, David Miller, and Dave Hanson went to Town Square TV and made a couple of commercials which Town Square will air.  Check them out at https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/xnyfdjyjqoyl1sv7ezto2/AAHcVjMr25SupQ3TtuCbQtg?rlkey=9zn8p1ve6sehpbqsrwgodbi16&st=68cl9u5x&dl=0

We now have the ability to update our Facebook page.  Please take pictures or videos and text them to Jennifer Giovinazzo at 651-249-4789.

Rose sale is finished.  Please turn your monies in to Tom Atmore.  Thanks to all who contributed and delivered!

Our annual beer and wine fundraiser is currently in process.  Get your $10.00 tickets to sell from Bob Gullick.  Raffle drawing will be November 13 at the Copperfield Restaurant in Mendota Heights.  Grand prize for wine is 25 bottles and second is 5 bottles.  Grand prize for beer is a wall of beer (approx 25 six packs) and second is 5 six packs.  Please bring some beer and wine the next meeting.  Thanks for coordinating this Bob!

1 - Donations to the Foundation for the rose sale going well.

4 - Jennifer Giovinazzo, David Miller and Dave Hanson were thanked for the video commercial at Town Square TV on September 17.

4 - Next Loaves & Fishes is December 5th.  We are not doing on October 29 because the roses are being delivered that day to St. Anne's.

5-  Road clean up will be Saturday Oct .  After the clean up, we'll be raking a DARTS recommended  senior's yard.

6 - Club Service above self award will be presented in the future.

7 - Don McCall will host Oct meetings as Prez Val is in Florida for the winter.

8 - Fundraising:  Beer & Wine drawing will be Nov 13 at the Copperfield.  Rose order day was Oct 14.  Delivery on Oct 29^th.

9 - We are getting good exposure on Facebook.  Thanks Jennifer.!

10- Trying for three families for Neighbor's Inc. Holiday Gift Program.

11 - Christmas and New Years fall on a Wednesday.  Cancelling those meetings.

12 - Cancelling Oct 30^th meeting because of rose delivery on Oct 29^th

13 - Next board meeting is via zoom on Nov 19 at 7:30a.m. Notify Dave Hanson if you'd like to attend.

The board would like to have local businesses present a 3 minute introduction to their company at each meeting.

Please let Dave Hanson know if you have someone and he'll add them to the meeting schedule.

One 3 minute presentation at each meeting would be the goal.

Thanks in advance.

 

Co Prez David Miller and Prez Elect Val Namen are heading up our club's Fundraising Committee.  Please let them know if you have any fundraising ideas and/or would like to join their committee!

Do you enjoy our weekly meetings?  Share them with others.  Be on the lookout for prospective members!