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Calendar: - March 24- VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Sunday Noon, Stuff eggs with jelly beans and prize slips at Mounds View Community Center for the Club’s 35th (and last?) Easter Egg Hunt
- March 19 – Club Meeting at The Exchange at noon – Charlie, Dave, John J and Jacobsens responsible for setup, take down and program.
- March 26: (TUESDAY) 3:30-5 - volunteers needed to assist Jeff Benson at CPY where he will be teaching woodworking to middle schoolers. No experience necessary, but bring philips screwdrivers if you have any. Contact Jeff with questions.
- March 30: (SATURDAY) Our 35th Easter Egg Hunt at Driftwood Park. – all hands PLUS on deck! Recruit friends and relatives to help.
- April 19 - Gold Plate Dinner at Mounds View Community Center – get sponsors; sell tickets; get restaurant gift cards and silent & live auction items.
- April 23 – Taste of Shoreview
- FMSC "All Hands On Hope" mobile food pack event at Incarnation Lutheran Church in Shoreview April 24 - 28. Let's try to put together a group for Thursday in either the 12:30 - 2:30 shift or the 3:30 - 5:30 shift. If that doesn't work for you, please feel free to sign up for whatever slot suits you best. Our club will likely make a partial or full donation for the supplies packed by each of our club volunteers. See the link below for all the details and to sign up. https://give.fmsc.org/campaign/2404-016ea-shoreview-mn-all-hands-on-hope/c519973
Notes: - NEED SPONSORS Please contact businesses or charitably minded individuals to sponsor the Gold Plate Dinner. Or give suggestions to Cindy, Susie or John J. Cindy has provided invitation forms online.
- Charlie, Dave, the Jacobsens and John J are responsible for March and April programs and meeting place set up and take down. John O, Cindy, Mary, Nils and Susie have May and June. Please let John Johnson and Jason Miller know what the programs will be as soon as you can.
- Reminder - Indicate on the lunch order form if you prefer coleslaw or salad to fries, and any necessary dietary requirements. Guest meals are $15.
Speakers: Cindy Carlson shared information from the Board Meeting: - The Board voted to allocate $600 as seed money to encourage other Clubs to help provide 30 medical kits to Senitizo for OBGYN emergency surgeries in Central African Republic. When pregnant women incur problems that prevent them from delivering at home, they are taken to the clinic and from there to a hospital that can do surgeries. The hospital does not have adequate supplies to perform the operations, however, so Senitizo assembles kits at $100 apiece containing the sutures, pads, etc. They need about 30 each year. Cindy will approach other Clubs, many of which have joined with us in previous Sinitizo projects, to purchase 30 kits.
- We received an invitation to participate in a Mobile Pack (fka Feed My Starving Children), Wednesday, April 24 through Sunday, April 28 at Incarnation Lutheran Church in Shoreview. Participants are asked donate $60 per person to cover the cost of food they will pack. The Board will consider paying some or all of this for our volunteers from funds budgeted for community service. Advance registration is required. If possible, choose the Thursday slot from 12:30-2:30 or 3:30- 5:30. If not, sign up when you can participate. Sign up for a convenient time. See the link above.
- Taste of Shoreview, Arden Hills/Shoreview Rotary Club fundraiser, is Tuesday, April 23 from 5-8 p.m. at the Shoreview Community Center. Admission is $35 per person.
- The $2,000 we budgeted for CPY will be dedicated to help pay for a larger, newer, low mileage bus they are purchasing.
Mary Jo McGuire, Ramsey County Commissioner and President of the National Association of County Commissioners, gave a very brief overview of areas of focus for Ramsey County, including public health, mental health, infrastructure, climate action, homelessness, development, sustainability and work force issues. These issues are the same in every county nationwide. Honorary member Maryann Bawden brought her signature cookies, and Karen Collins, former Richfield Rotarian, was a special guest. Edeth forwarded a photo of the group. |
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