Human trafficking is modern slavery and involves the use of force, fraud or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act. If the victim is under 18, then any commercial sex act is considered human trafficking, even if the minor believes they are doing it of their own free will. Sex trafficking…
Rosario Castro from Rotary Mexico visited our club while she was in town for a conference. Her club likes to work on many little projects, including families and children, and community gardens.
Rotary District 5960 District Governor, Paul Perez, joined us for our meeting with his entourage, including Scott Mercer, Assistance Governor Team Lead, Bev Driscoll, Area 11 Assistant Governor, and Ed Marek, DIstrict Governor Elect. He spoke about the Rotary District and Rotary International goals. Rotary International President, Mark Maloney, has a message for our Rotary…
Midwest Special Services (MSS) empowers the people they support to live the life they choose by providing opportunities and developing partnerships built on collaboration and community engagement. They ensure that everyone who receives their services has the chance to work. They ask people what is important to them and then match employment opportunities to their…
Gary Wade discussed how he is involved with the Youth Day event at Hudson Rod, Gun, and Archery Club. 69th Annual Youth Day is a free event for kids ages 7-15 on Saturday, June 1st, 8 am – 5 pm. Youth will have a chance to learn firearm safety with one-on-one coaching, have a hands-on…
Victoria Hanson, Chain of Lakes Rotary member, presented their Bikes4Kids event to our club. The event benefits kids and those in need of a bike. The event will take place on Saturday, May 18, 2019, from 10 am to 2 pm at the SMW Credit Union in Maplewood. Join them for the event with special…
Don Martin, Feed My Starving Children, presented about the 12th Annual MobilePack event. Incarnation has hosted over 25,000 volunteers over 11 annual All Hand on Hope Feed My Starving Children MobilePack events resulting in 6.7 million meals being packed. Our Rotary club in partnership with the local High School Clubs looks forward to this event…
Thank you, Jim Hunt, for the update on Fast for Hope. Fast for Hope has been around since the ’70s. It is unique to our district. It is called Fast for Hope because initially, clubs would forgo one meal each year and the monies for that meal would go to Fast for Hope. Now clubs…
The Twin Cities witnessed a recent explosion of craft beer breweries and brewpubs, but the region’s beer history reaches back generations. The Minneapolis Brewing Company introduced the iconic Grain Belt beer in 1893, and it remains a local favorite. A fur trapper and bootlegger Pierre “Pig’s Eye” Parrant established a St. Paul tavern along the…
Thank you Minahil for giving a great presentation about Pakistan and yourself. Minahil means Paradise Breeze in Arabic. Pakistan is an Islamic Country, established in 1947, founded by Muhammed Ali Jinnah. The national language is Urdu and the official language is Urdu and English. More that 20 languages in almost 70 different dialects are spoken.…