As we transition to virtual meetings because of COVID-19 we start to figure out the ways we can still provide for our communities. The YMCA has six neighborhood centers that help families right in their apartment or closeby. Kate Whitby and Kristin Poffenberg talk about YMCA Neighborhood Centers and how our club can support by…
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…
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…
(SAINT PAUL, MN) – LEAP is the Landscape Ecology Awards Program of the Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District. The awards presentation was mid-November at Keller Golf Course in Maplewood and recognized this Rotary’s efforts for their efforts to use good management practices to improve water quality and natural resources in the Watershed. This was particularly evident…
