Solar Light Project with Aanne Atomssa
We hear from Roseville Rotarian Aanne Atomssa about Roseville Rotary’s Solar Light Project
Best Christmas Ever with Julie James
The vision of BCE began with a single dad battling Ulcerative Colitis (UC) in 2010. It was Christmas Eve, and he was looking at an empty Christmas tree with that sinking feeling on how he was going to tell his young son in the morning that Santa Claus wasn’t coming this year. Later that night,…
Craig Freeman – Beacon Interfaith
We hear from Craig Freeman from Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative on affordable housing. Find out how to help at https://www.beaconinterfaith.org/
YMCA Neighborhood Centers
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…
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…
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…
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…
Rotary Club Receives Top Honors from LEAP
(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…