With our members contributing their time and unique skills and talents in Rotary activities, our club can create a positive impact in our community and in the world. Come to the Club Assembly to determine how you can “Be a Gift to the World.”
Reminders:
John Melander has joined our club effective this week! John is a former Rotarian and Assistant District Governor from the Minnetonka club, and lives in Victoria. Welcome, John!
The Vino Classico Committee will meet the next two Tuesday mornings, 7/28 and 8/4.
Meals on Wheels is coming up August 10-14.
Put Swallowship on your calendar, it's Wednesday, August 5th this month.
NEW Beacon Bank ... Choice, Inc. ... Jamison Optical ... Rotary Club of the Southwest RETURNING:Endurant, Lifetouch and an Anonymous Donor re-upped this week to join....Northern Capital Life & Health ... M & A Executive Search ... Alliance Benefits ... DSO Architecture, Inc Individuals:
NEW Pat Jensen RETURNING: Becky Deelstra and Justin Stueve
Diann Kirby, our 2013-14 Dist. 5950 Governor and a Bloomington Noon Rotarian, hosted a Rotary Trivia Game Show which proved very informative:
Rotary was formed 2-23-1905 by Paul Harris. The name came from the fact that they rotated meeting location among the members.
Rotary International now has 1,200,000 members and membership is growing fastest in Asia.
Women were admitted to Rotary in 1989 and currently comprise 15% of membership.
EPAM Rotary was chartered in 1976. Edina sponsored the EPAM chapter.
Our first president was John Wright and the first meetings were at Powers Department Store.
District 5950 is comprised of 13 areas with 13 Assistant Governors. Our current Assistant District Governor is Jeff Ohe from Edina.
Two-thirds of our district membership is in the Twin Cities chapters.
District 5950 is in Zone 28 which includes parts of MN, ND, WI, IA, Nebraska and Illinois.
Jennifer Jones is the RI International Director representing Zones 28 and 29 from 2015-17.
The current President of RI is K.R. Ravindran from Sri Lanka. His motto for the 2015-2016 Rotary Year is “Be a Gift to the World”.
At the 1917 convention, outgoing President Arch C. Klumph proposed setting up an endowment “for the purpose of doing good in the world”.
The first donation was $26.50 and the Foundation has assets over $1.2 million.
Announcements
Get your Vino sponsorships or prospects to Becky as they want to get sponsors' names on tickets which go to printers in middle of August. They are also looking for silent auction donations (“sports tickets are very popular”)
We are in desperate need of host parents for Rotary Youth Exchange Student.
We will be driving for Meals on Wheels August 10th through 14th.
Swallowship August 12th at Biaggis, 5:00 p.m.
Spotlight on Gene Storms
Gene grew up on a farm in Clearwater, MN where his mother (97 years old) lives to this day. Gene attended a one-room schoolhouse which was very close to their farm. The schoolhouse did not have running water until Gene was in third grade. He met his wife at St Cloud State University. He became the managing partner at Northwest Mutual in 1992 and retired in 2007 after a cancer scare (all clear now). Gene and Bev have three sons and four grandchildren. They spend winters in Arizona and they have a condo and hunting land near Mille Lacs.
Happy Fines
Pei Ling Jamison was happy that they have 101 people registered for Power of 100 meeting.
Kevin Kraemer happy about his family trip to London and Iceland.
Josh Swanson happy about EPIC 2200, Trip to Italy and camping trip
Jeanne Zetah happy about Nepal contact travelling to MN - invited others to Monday event to meet her
Jim Loutzenhiser (native Ohioan) happily announce his NOT running for President.
Roger Jorgensen sympathized with Prafulla who resurfaced his driveway the same week as the City was working on their street.
Visitors
Prospective Member (sponsor): 4th visit - Jon Melander (Matt Crane)
Students:Jake Leibold, Natalie Page and Alex Modeas (interns)
Eden Prairie AM Rotary Club meets on Tues. mornings from 7:30-8:30 a.m.
at Biaggi's Restaurant, 8251 Flying Cloud Drive, Eden Prairie, MN 55344
(unless location change is noted)
Sat. Oct. 10, from 6:30-9 pm at Eden Prairie Community Center
Diann Kirby, our 2013-14 Dist. 5950 Governor and a Bloomington Noon Rotarian, hosted a Rotary Trivia Game Show which proved very informative:
Gene grew up on a farm in Clearwater, MN where his mother (97 years old) lives to this day. Gene attended a one-room schoolhouse which was very close to their farm. The schoolhouse did not have running water until Gene was in third grade. He met his wife at St Cloud State University. He became the managing partner at Northwest Mutual in 1992 and retired in 2007 after a cancer scare (all clear now). Gene and Bev have three sons and four grandchildren. They spend winters in Arizona and they have a condo and hunting land near Mille Lacs.