Put July 11th or 12th on your calendars.  We have a chance to make quick club monies by working 4 hour shifts on the 11th or 12th.  Plus, whoever works can get into the other night free!  See headliners below.  For more performing artists check out: https://www.lakefrontmusicfest.com/lineup.html.  Please bring friends and family!  Our club could earn up to $30.00 per hour worked.  Let David Miller know if you can make it.  (xcskier54@comcast.net)  

In February, our board approved a donation to the Voluntary Optometry Services to Humanity for an international 

eye project in Senegal!

For a heartwarming story about this project, please paste the following link into your browser and enjoy!

 

https://portal.clubrunner.ca/8700/Stories/heartwarming-story

Our board gave $500 to this fine organization.  In a letter from them to Susan:  "On behalf of Engineers Without Borders-UMN, we want to express our deepest gratitude to you and the West St. Paul/Mendota Heights Rotary for your generous support of our Simajuleu project in Guatemala. Your contribution is helping us make meaningful strides toward improving access to clean drinking water for the 3,500 residents of this community"  The group will keep us posted on progress at they go forward. 

Volunteers are needed for Camp RYLA April 25-29 2024.  If you have a high school student who would like to go contact Dave Hanson.

Check it out at:

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

1 - $6500 available for donations.

2 - Working with Jim Probst of SRSBA to donate $1200 of unused Ethic's Day money to ALMAS.

3 - Next Loaves & Fishes are April 3rd & 29th at St. Matt's.  (3:30 to 6:30)

4 - Approved $500 purchase of food packing MatterBoxes to use when a speaker doesn't make it.

5 - Approved $250 Voluntary Optometry Services to Humanity for international Eye Project in Senegal.  Bring used eye glasses to Susan Hommes.

5 - Recommending everyone try and attend the Prior Lake Music Festival on July 11 or 12th.  It's good easy fundraiser!

6 - April 25-29 is Camp RYLA.

7 - Next board meeting is via zoom on Mar 18 at 7:30a.m. Notify Dave Hanson if you'd like to attend.

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.

Prez Val Namen and David Miller 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!

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.

 

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