Speakers: Geoff Holliman and Ed Kiefer, ECHO - Educational Concerns for Hunger Organizations
Meeting Recap: Ed and Geoff represent ECHO: Educational Concerns for Hunger Organizations. They showed a brief video and left another for our viewing pleasure. What ECHO does it is develops the seeds at its Florida farm and distributes them worldwide. Additionally, they send out volunteers to help with the seeds. Because the seeds produce more seeds they are able to operate on a small budget.
For more information : www.echonet.org
Attendees: Mona McGarthwaite, Tami Eshult, Grete Krohn, Chris Worthington, Tammy Johnson, Nathaniel Damron, Jackie Cadalbert, Dave Gilberstadt, and Dan Geer.
Guests: Our speakers ~ Ed Kiefer and Geoff Holliman of New Brighton-Moundsview
Next Meeting: Club Assembly-Committee Meetings
CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hat’s off to Tami and Chris for building and delivering the puppet theater for the Como Zoo Boo,
Nathaniel discussed Rotaract’s building project at the Y camp and there was at least one volunteer.
New Member
Tonight we welcome Dan Geer as our newest member. In addition, Chris interviewed him for member spotlight.
Dan is a Minnesota native and his classification is insurance. He works for a family owned American Family agency. He attended Principia College in St Louis and was a Biology major. Part of his studies included a stint in New Zealand. After college, he lived , taught and coached in California.
Welcome to Twin Cities Nights Dan!
St Paul Sunrise
St Paul Sunrise is celebrating their 20th anniversary on Tuesday October 25 at the Town & Country Club. $35 per person. All Rotarians and guests welcome! Contact Steve Whitaker at stevewhitaker@Whitakerauto.com for details.
6-7 pm cash bar and silent auction (proceeds will go to final our Habitat for Humanity house commitment)
7-8 pm dinner
8 pm Program and Silent Auction Wrap up
St Paul Sunrise was our partner in the Habitat House.
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!
Sponsor A Family
Once again, we are sponsoring a family for the Holiday Season. We have registered with the Sponsor A Family Program which is sponsored by Lutheran Social Services and Catholic Charities and they will match us with a family in need. We ask individual club members to contribute what they can and then we set up a shopping night. Tammy Johnson has agreed to chair this project again and will be sending out the family info when we receive it. The shopping date has been set for Thursday 12/1.
Community Service Project: Meal Service at Family Service Center-Maplewood
We will be assisting in the preparation, service and clean up of a meal for residents of Family Service Center in Maplewood on Tuesday 11/29. The time frame is 4-7. Whoever can show up between 4-4:30 to help with prep, they will have a cook there to supervise us. Meal service is from 5:30-6:30 and it takes about ½ to clean up. Afterwards, I am sure Bill is planning an interesting 5th Tuesday!
More info to follow.
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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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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:
11/16- Dave Gilberstadt is chair. Stay Tuned for details!
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! : Which member is still driving their first car?
Last week’s answer:
Grete Krohn lives in the same building as her grandmother.
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
Tammy - 1
Grete - 1
Jackie - 1
Upcoming Events:
Need more info about the event? Click on the event for the contact information!
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
11/22- New Generations Presentation
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