Meeting Recap: We discussed our plan for the rest of the Rotary year as well as RI President Carl-Wilhelm Stenhammar’s visit to the Twin Cities.
Attendees:
Mona McGarthwaite, Tami Eshult, Grete Krohn, Nora Stuchal, Chris Worthington, Virgil Carroll, and Jim Eisenreich
Guests: Dan Geer (last time as a guest) and Our Assistant District Governor Heather Worthington of Roseville
Next Meeting:Geoff Holliman and Ed Kiefer - ECHO Educational Concerns for Hunger Organizations
CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Poinsettia Sale
Selling Period: 10/4-11/4
Sales Tally Due by: Friday , 11/4 to Tami - tami.Eshult@mac.com
Delivert: Friday, 12/2 at Roseville Radison from 1-5pm
(We are using the same nursery that we used for the Spring Hanging Baskets) All members should be receiving their color flyer soon!
Interesting site on Poinsettias - includes care instructions!
Mechanical Cow News
Due to the change in manufacturing locations, delivery of the cows in Ecuador has not taken place yet. Nathaniel will keep us posted!
New Rotaract Club Forming
The Northfield Club is sponsoring a Rotaract Club and are looking for 18-30 year olds that may be interested in a young professional service organization. The Club is just starting to get organized and is looking for college students and young professionals that would be interested in getting in on the ground level to organize the club. Though it is up to the new club, we have suggested the name Cannon Valley Rotaract Club to help welcome young people in neighboring communities.
Please announce to your members or forward this e-mail to them and ask each of them to spread the word to young people they think might be interested....think about it as the Rotarians of tomorrow for your club!
Additional informational meetings will be held in October at Carleton, St. Olaf and in Northfield. In addition, Amy Coltart, from the Twin Cities Rotaract Club will be doing a program at noon on Oct. 13th in Northfield to explain exactly what Rotaract is - come join us!
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Give to the Rotary "Katrina Relief Fund" (DAF-TRF)
My Fellow Rotarians and My Amigos:
All of us have been shocked by the Hurricane Katrina disaster that affected the Gulf Coast area of the United States. The images are heartbreaking and the extent of the devastation is unbelievable . . . yet we must believe it because we see it every time we read a newspaper or turn on a television set. Each of us, in our own way, wants to do something to help those who have lost everything.
Rotary Zones 29 & 30 comprise 24 Rotary districts in 12 southern and Midwestern U.S. states. These zones include all of the areas which have been devastated by Hurricane Katrina. To assist in the relief effort, the Zones have established the "Katrina Relief Fund", a donor advised fund (DAF) with The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International. This fund will serve to help streamline the flow of contributions from Rotarians and others looking to assist victims of the hurricane disaster.
A committee identified by the leadership in the two zones will work with local Rotary clubs and districts, as well as emergency relief agencies to meet the most pressing needs of people in the affected areas.
Directors of the fund are RI Director Robert A Stuart Jr.; Immediate Past RI Vice President John Germ; Duane Sterling, a past general manager of the Foundation; Donald Collette, a past Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinator, and Kenneth Schuppert, a Major Gift Advisor for the Foundation. Together, the directors bring outstanding experience and qualifications related to their responsibilities as custodians of the relief fund, including law, engineering, electrical power systems, management of disaster programs, and fund supervision.
The fastest way to contribute to the "Katrina Relief Fund (DAF-TRF)" is to donate online using your credit card. The company which is processing these transactions will accept all international credit cards which will automatically convert your contribution into US$ which is the only currency form the fund can receive. I encourage you to help those who have been affected by this disaster by contributing today to The Rotary Foundation Katrina Relief Fund (DAF- TRF).
Rotarians throughout Zones 29 and 30 and all of North America have organized and come forward to provide disaster relief including food, clothing, water and shelter. They are helping to relocate refugees and to get children registered in school. They are working around the clock. They need your help in providing supplies and services but most of all they need your financial contribution today. The Katrina Relief Fund will send your contributions directly to organizations that Rotary is working with to provide support to the biggest relief effort in the history of the United States. I encourage you to forward this message to other Rotarians so we can reach as many of our members as possible. We need everyone's support in this endeavor.
For more information on relief efforts and other ways to help, please visit RI's World Community Service Disaster Relief page and check the RI home page frequently for updates. For complete information on Donor Advised Funds please visit the Rotary web site.
On behalf of The Rotary Foundation and the Board of Trustees, I thank you for your generosity and for the help that your contribution will provide for the nearly 1 million people who have been left destitute and homeless by this disaster.
Through your contribution, you will be "Lending a Hand" and demonstrating Rotary's motto of "Service Above Self" as you extend the spirit of the "Family of Rotary" to all who's lives have been disrupted by this horrific disaster. For this I thank you.
Yours in Service Above Self,
Frank J. Devlyn - Chairman
The Rotary Foundation Trustees
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RI President Stenhammar Visits the Twin Cities!
Rotary Districts 5950/5960 2005-2006 are pleased to announce the arrival of Rotary International President Carl-Wilhelm Stenhammarand his wife, Monica
DATE: Tuesday, October 11, 2005
WHERE: Ramada Inn (formerly Thunderbird Hotel)
2300 East American Blvd, Bloomington
WHEN: 11:30 am Luncheon(sponsored by Rotary Clubs of Saint Paul, Minneapolis and hosted by Bloomington Noon)
All Rotarians and guests welcome!
COST: $30.00 per person. Reserve early with registration form and payment to: Jingle Mahan, District 5960651
Phone:
636-9054 | Fax: 651/636-8799
jingle@rotary5960.org
Member Challenge #47:
Refer someone to be part of the Group Study Exchange team. More information is listed below and is available on the district website.
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GROUP STUDY EXCHANGE - GSE: GSE NEWS
GSE TEAM TO GERMANY
We had an applicant for the GSE team for Germany and she was accepted!
Jill Javor is an outgoing Training Specialist at Allina Health Systems working with the team on implementing the new Electronic Medical Record. Jill was recruited by Michelle Blommel.
We look forward to having Jill as a guest prior to her departure in May.
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Dinner Club:
10/19 at 7pm - Puerta Azul
1811 Selby (cornier of Fairview & Selby) in St Paul
Please RSVP to Jingle at jingle@rotary5960.org
ANYONE/EVERYONE WELCOME!
This time, Jingle is going to continue our tour through the Caribbean and take you to a “hole in the wall” named Puerta Azul.
This is a Puerto Rican Restaurant which won’t break your budget but will serve you great food! Name means “blue door.” One of the best things there is the Negro Modelo (beer) and a great wine list.
ROHMSID
It is with great sadness, many second thoughts and concern To inform you that ROHMSID has ceased operations. ROHMSID was a program founded and run by St. Paul Sunrise Rotary.
Over the past 13 years ROHMSID has provided well over 40,000 cases of medical supplies to mission programs traveling to developing countries throughout the world. They have collected uncounted amounts of unused and reusable medical supplies from hospitals, clinics, manufacturers and individuals throughout the upper Midwest area. This has not only assisted these donors in disposing of their supply but have provided a major recycling effort for materials that, by health guidelines, would have either to be resterilized and repackaged or thrown away.
The greatest effect will not being able to provide nearly 150 mission programs per year with the supplies that they need for mission programs serving over 65 countries.
In retrospect, ROHMSID has done many great things, for many people that we will never know. They have assisted in responding to disasters in Honduras, Southeast Asia and Africa. ROHMSID has helped equip and supply many clinics, orphanages and hospitals throughout the world. They will be ever thankful for the opportunity to serve.
Moving onwards, we trust that others will take up the challenge of making the best use of the unbelievable supply of medical materials that are available for reuse and distribution, and hope that our pioneering efforts will be appreciated. Supplies can be sent to and requested from:
Global Health Ministeries
c/o Tom Duke | 651/263-7031
Thank you all for your support over the years, your kindness and generosity with funds, time and materials is very much appreciated.
Guess the TC Nights Member! : What member lives with a quarter of a mile to their grandmother?
Last week’s answer:
Bill Branum grew up in Stillwater, the birthplace of Minnesota!
Don’t forget to send your answers in. The person with the high score will get a prize at the end of each quarter. If the question is about you, you get credit.
Bill - 1
Nora - 1
Jim - 1
Upcoming Events:
Need more info about the event? Click on the event for the contact information!
10/18- Speaker-Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization - Ed Kiefer and Geoff Hollimon
10/19- Dinner Club - TBA
10/25- Club Assembly and Committee Meetings
10/30-11/5- World Interact Week
11/1- Speaker-TBA
11/8- Board Meeting
11/15- Speaker- Craig Waldron-City of Oakdale Administrator
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