Joe Takes the Plunge to End Polio
Rotary District 5960 District Governor Paul Perez and PolioPlus Team member Joe Stahlmann take the plunge into the frozen St. Croix River to raise money to End Polio.
Bolder Options – Lucy Bossert
Lucy Bossert, Volunteer Network Manager, gave a great presentation telling us about Bolder Options, what they do, and how they help youth. Bolder Options provides wellness-based mentoring for middle school youth. Once they identify youth who need support they match them with volunteer mentors who meet with them every week for a year. Throughout their…
Camp Enterprise – Jack
Jack, Mounds Park Academy started an entrepreneur club in his school with his friend. Randy Comfort, Student Advisor, though Jack would be the perfect candidate to send to Camp Enterprise. Jack says it was an experience you cannot get anywhere else. He wants to start his own business after college. Camp Enterprise was started by…
Alex Haley – Center for Well Being
Alex Haley, Assistant Professor, Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing. THE UNIVERSITY of Minnesota’s Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing enriches health and wellbeing by providing exemplary interprofessional education, conducting rigorous research, delivering innovative engagement programs, and advancing innovative models of care. It is our vision to advance the health and wellbeing…
Monique Hammond – Hearing Loss
Monique Hammond, Registered Pharmacist, Public Speaker, Hearing Loss Consultant and Author. A loud noise exposure contributed to my hearing loss, which eventually cost me my job. I speak from personal experience. People are introduced to how we hear and where, how and why loud sound damages hearing – both on and off the job. In…
The Road to Ai-Maulin
The remote village of Ai-Maulin (pop. 100+},in the high country, on the island of Timor-Leste, only had a walking path to the market. For decades, this 2 mile walking path became unusable during the rainy season and always limited economic pursuits, medical help and educational opportunities. The leaders in the village of Ai-Maulin had lamented…
Jean Strait – FACE
Jean Strait, Foundation for the Advancement of Culture and Education (FACE), presented to our club. FACE is a Non-profit dedicated to providing educational learning experiences for schools, community and family systems so they are more inclusive and students can be more successful. FACE opens pathways for partnerships, combining resources and ideas that address educational issues…
New Member – Isaac Mensah
Please help us welcome one of our newest members, Isaac Mensah. Isaac founded Dependable Home Healthcare, Inc. with his wife Sarah. Dependable Home Healthcare serves the needs of individuals with developmental disabilities. Their decision and motivation for the disability services business was driven in large part by the needs of their own autisic son, Kevin,…
Boy Scout Troop Helps with Rotary Flag Program
Boy Scout Troop 89 of Mahtomedi, Minnesota helped our club this year with our American Spirit flag program. They delivered 19 flags on six holidays in 2019. We would like to thank the Mellgren family and the MacChesney family for delivering. For their partnership, the Rotary Club pays them $24 per flag per year. We…
Northern Lights Show Choir
On Friday, December 13th, we had our club meeting at North High School joined by the Norther Lights Show Choir, led by Kim Alswager. They put on their 2019 show with many costume changes, songs, and solo’s. It was a wonderful show. This school year, the choir will be in a competition. Find their schedule…