The West St. Paul/Mendota Heights Rotary Club 
Having fun while making a difference!
 
Chartered 1990
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We now have full access to our club's Facebook page!
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.
Last Wednesday's Speaker, Dr. Lee E. Frelich
Rotarian Jennifer Giovinazzo put this article on our club's Facebook page.  Search Facebook for "West St. Paul-Mendota Heights" and share with your friends!
Boreal Forest-what does that mean? Oldest and coldest forest on the planet and we have plenty of Boreal Forest right here in MN! Dr. Lee E Frelich was an amazing speaker sharing his vast knowledge of forest ecology. Now, that doesn’t sound very exciting, but it actually is very exciting!
Our eco system is so very important to human sustainability!
The Legacy Lock Concept in forestry simply means; after a fire, even an extreme one, forests(trees) regenerate to the same as it was- it remembers what it was. However, too many fires and the forest cannot regenerate quickly enough so Legacy Lock Concept no longer works and the forest is replaced with a different species. So very fascinating and so very important
Check out some good reads:
Big Fires and the Boreal Forest
Future Forests
Gunflint Burning
Join us anytime at #rotaryclub
Pictured below with Dr. Lee (left) is Rotarian Alan Ruvelson.
 
Rose sale fundraiser dates change
In order to give us more time to sell, we are changing the rose delivery date to Tuesday, October 29th.  Orders must be returned to Tom Atmore by October 14th. Lollipop or red rose price is $25.00 with a vase.  Send completed order forms to Tom Atmore at tatmore@comcast.net. Please consider selling 20 dozen roses or please consider donating the profit for 20 dozen roses ($227.00) to the WSP/MH Rotary Foundation.  Sell Sell Sell!
Wine and Beer Raffle Fundraiser Underway
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 to the meetings before November 13th.  Thanks for coordinating this Bob!
September 2024 Board Meeting Highlights
Here are some highlights from our September Board meeting:
1 - $1400+ collected via Happy Dollars
2 - Don McCall picked up our $930 check from the Prior Lake Rotary.  He made it to Prior Lake Rotary by 7:00a.m.  Thanks Don!
3 - Rotarians Jennifer Giovinazzo, David Miller and Dave Hanson made a video commercial at Town Square TV on September 17.  It will be available on our Facebook page.
4 - Next Loaves & Fishes are Oct 3 and Oct 10.
5-  Road clean up will be the last Saturday of October.  After the clean up, we'll be raking a senior's yard. DARTS will provide the name.
6 - We now have full update access to our Facebook page.  Please take pictures or video at our events and text them to Jennifer Giovinazzo (651-249-4789) and she'll get them to Facebook.
7 - Our D5960 Governor, Ed Boeve, will be at our club on September 25. 
8 - Next board meeting is via zoom on October  15 at 7:30a.m. Notify Dave Hanson if you'd like to attend.
Something new to meetings
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.
 
Fundraising Committee being formed!
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!
New Members Wanted
Do you enjoy our weekly meetings?  Share them with others.  Be on the lookout for prospective members!
Club meetings
We meet at 7:30 Wednesday mornings at Saint Anne’s Episcopal Church located at 2035 Charlton Road, Sunfish Lake, MN 55118. Join us for a continental breakfast with good coffee followed by an engaging program.  On even number months, we meet at 7:30a at the Copperfield restaurant in Mendota Heights.  (e.g. first Wed in Aug)
Speakers
Sep 25, 2024
District 5960 Governor's Visit
Oct 02, 2024
NE corner of Highway 62 and Dodd Road
Oct 09, 2024
LIVIN Foundation
Oct 23, 2024
Nov 06, 2024
Guatemala team for the University of Minnesota chapter of Engineers without Borders!
Nov 13, 2024
NE corner of Highway 62 and Dodd Road
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Upcoming Events
Loaves & Fishes at St. Matt's
St. Matthews Catholic Church
Oct. 03, 2024
3:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
 
Loaves & Fishes at St. Matt's
St. Matthews Catholic Church
Oct. 10, 2024
3:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
 
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