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…
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, 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…
Bill Coleman & Tina Stennes, PCs for People, gave a great presentation about what the organization does and how we can help. PCs for People’s model contributes to environmental sustainability by intercepting usable computers before they reach landfills and refurbishing them for reuse. Businesses typically retire computers long before their usable life is over and…
Luisa Rubianes from Tartan High School earned our Rotary Scholarship. She will be going to Bethel University for Nursing.
Congratulations, Sydney Peterson, for earning the North High School Rotary Student of the Year Award.
Congratulations, Alex Bloemendal, for earning the Hill Murray Rotary Student of the Year Award. Alex has over 100 hours of community service, showing that he follows the Rotary Moto of “Service Above Self”.
Christine Osorio, ISD622 Superintendent, gave a presentation to our club on Friday morning. She spoke about the referendum to upgrade our schools. If voters approve the referendum, the tax increase for the average homeowner would be $5 per month. While the total project costs are $275 million, the district is able to do this with…
Congratulations, Reagan Kierzek, for earning the Tartan High School Rotary Student of the Year Award.
Every year our club give every third grader in School District 622 a dictionary. This year we gave out over 800 to public and private schools in North St Paul, Maplewood, and Oakdale. Public Schools: Carver, Castle, Cowern, Eagle Point, Oakdale, Richardson, Skyview, Weaver, and Webster. Private Schools: Transfiguration Catholic, St. Peters Catholic, Christ Lutheran,…
