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Last Week's Speaker

Vicki Bachmann was our speaker last week.  Her topic was the company she works for, MATTER.  MATTER is a global nonprofit helping people live better lives. Vicki highlighted a few of the company efforts around the world:  Distributing medical equipment & supplies and education on planting Chaya trees;  MATTERbox is a product which produces 50 meals for distribution locally.  MATTERbox can be used for local team building activites.  (editor's note:  don't be surprised if we have a MATTERbox packing event for a club meeting).  In the Twin Cities area, MATTER distributes healthy food to under served populations and partners to operate tech education centers for students age 5-18. Vicki works with community minded people and companies to find creative ways to leverage their businesses for good. For more information on MATTER, go to https://www.matter.ngo.  Below, Vicki speaking to our club and a better screen shot of her presentation!  Thank you for coming Vicki!

 

Exciting news you can use!
Don McCall has agreed to be the President Elect!   YEAH DON!!!    He will be the president of our club from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023.   Thank you Don!
February 15th Board Meeting notes
1.  Don McCall has joined the board
2.  Board previously approved Mark Landy
3.  Bob Gullick (Treasurer) reported there is $5,000 in the bank for ALMAS and another $5,000 to spend.
4.  Board approved $1,000 to Neighbor's Inc. for March Foodshare.  (Come see their 50 year celebration presentation on March 16th)
5.  Alan Ruvelson will represent our club to the District 5960 Rotary Foundation effort.
6.  Rotary Rose Sale will be coordinated by Susan Hommes.  Delivered by you on Administration Assistant Day, April 27th.  Pickup on April 26th.  Pick up location to be determined.
 
News from our district - 5960
 
 
 
 
This program has been extended through March:
 
 
Contributions to the Annual Fund-SHARE are the funds that come back to our District to use for grants that positively impact people in our communities and around the world. So…the more we all give, the more impact we can make! 
 
Please SHARE the LOVE this month and give to the Annual Fund-SHARE!
 
Any amount helps make an impact, but we want to encourage you to be generous…so we are bringing back some special recognition opportunities! We have many donors in our District that have made The Rotary Foundation one of their “charities of choice” and have become our “Foundation Champions”. They want to help create the next generation of Foundation Champions and have allowed us to use their Foundation Recognition Points. We all get recognition points when we give to TRF, and these points can be used to recognize others for their actions or incent people to give to The Rotary Foundation.
 
We will reward and recognize people who give at THREE levels:
 
 $100+: Give at least $100 to the Annual Fund-SHARE during February and your donation will be matched 2:1 with Recognition Points!
 
$365+: Give at least $365 (equivalent of $1/day) to the Annual Fund-SHARE during February and we will use Recognition Points to make you a Paul Harris Fellow!
 
$1,000+: Give at least $1,000* to the Annual Fund during March and you will receive:
- Special recognition on our District website,
- Your choice of several limited edition SHARE the LOVE clothing items,
- Invitation to a special “Significant Donor” event this spring,
- “SHARE a PHF” with someone of your choosing!
 
*for Rotarians that are already Paul Harris Society members through monthly Rotary Direct giving, this level requires an extra $500 contribution during March
 
It’s easy to give to the Annual Fund-SHARE: You can give a check (made payable to The Rotary Foundation with “AF-SHARE” in the memo line) to your Club President or Foundation Chair, or you can make a payment online at https://www.rotary.org/en/donate. 
March meeting location
Southview is closed from Jan - Mar so for this period, we will be meeting at St. Anne's Episcopal Church at 2035 Charlton Road, Sunfish Lake. We will have an assortment of pastries available, as well as coffee. We have speakers so please plan on attending!  Please note that St. Anne's requires everyone to wear a mask.
Speakers
Mar 09, 2022
Asking for what you want, taking what you need.
Mar 16, 2022
Neighbors, Inc. Past, Present and Future – 50 Year celebration
Mar 23, 2022
Join us at Copperfield at Northeast corner of Hiway 62 and Dodd Road
Mar 30, 2022
Dakota County Landscaping for Clean Water
Apr 06, 2022
Social Impact Division
Apr 13, 2022
Greenway Guy
Apr 20, 2022
What's up with all the tall buildings in WSP?
Apr 27, 2022
Pick up your roses April 26 at ????????
May 04, 2022 7:30 AM
Northern Dakota County Yellow Ribbon
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Upcoming Events
Loaves & Fishes
St. Matt's Church
Mar 29, 2022
3:00 PM – 6:30 PM
 
Loaves & Fishes
St. Matt's Church
Apr 07, 2022
3:00 PM – 6:30 PM
 
Adopt-A-Highway
Bethel Baptish Church
Apr 16, 2022
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
 
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