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Speakers
May 08, 2018
A conversation about nuclear weapons
May 15, 2018
Fast for Hope
May 15, 2018
Classification Talk
May 22, 2018
Experiences of a State Dept. Intern in the United Arab Emirates & Rotary Exchange Student in Turkey
May 29, 2018
One-stop shopping for mental health clinic, a certified community behavioral health clinic.
Jun 05, 2018
Jun 12, 2018
Meet at White Bear Lake - new home of the Lakeshore Players Theatre and Children’s Performing Arts.
Jul 03, 2018
Change of leadership
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Upcoming Events
Offsite – Tour of the new Lakeshore Players Theater
Jun 05, 2018
 
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Welcome to our Club!
Arden Hills/Shoreview
Service Above Self
We meet Tuesdays at 7:15 AM
SHORE 96 - Shoreview
1056 Highway 96
((NE corner of Lexington and Hwy 96)
Shoreview, MN  55126
United States
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President's Corner
April (at least in our part of the Northern Hemisphere) is the time for renewal, opportunity and a fresh start. Gradually we’ll have warmer weather (we really will), more sunlight and a start of spring flowers. In our Rotary Club, our snow-bird members are returning, our service activities are picking up and we’ll expect to see better attendance at our meetings featuring continuing excellent speakers.
 
The Rotarian magazine, April Edition, has a tree friendly theme to celebrate Earth Day (Arbor Day) on April 22 and also to recognize RI President Ian Riseley’s challenge for Rotarians to plant 1.2 million trees around the world. Articles describe what Rotary Clubs around the world are doing for the ecology through planting trees and articles mix in history of how Rotary has being doing this for many decades. I particularly enjoyed learning about specific species of trees planted by Rotary Clubs throughout the world for selected reasons to preserve biodiversity. There are fun stories from the Apple trees planted in Germany, to Brazilwood trees in obviously Brazil, to African Cherry in Tanzania and Uganda and even cover Jack Pine in upper Great Lakes. There are tree planting efforts going on locally that we can individually participate in.
 
While April is renewal and a fresh start for many things, our Rotary Club will be transitioning to new officers and board members in the coming months. Our Club Assembly and board meetings review a status report of what we’ve done and receiving suggestions for what more can be done in 2018-19 year. Please let us know what more we can do.
Club Service
 
We are gearing up for our fundraiser, "The Taste of the Hops", which will held be on Friday, August 17 at Snail Lake Park. The first step is getting sponsors. If you have a potential sponsor, give the name to Ken Hola or me and we will take it from there. It's easy, but if we don't have anyone to ask, we won't have any sponsors. In addition, if you know of any potential brewers, let me know. 
Weekly Greeters

This lists shows people responsible to be the "Greeter" for the day, and also to begin the morning.  If you are unable to be the Greeter on the assigned day please trade with someone and let me know about the change.
 
 
April 3 - Brenda Holden
 
April 10 - Blake Huffman
 
April 17 - Kevin Keenan
 
April 24 - Bill Kiehnbaum
 
May 1 - Bill Klumpp
 
May 8 - Colleen L
 
 

 

 

Monthly Celebrations of Club Members

Member Birthdays

Dick Rademacher (Honorary) - Apr 9
 
Irene Meinen (Honorary) - Apr 26
 
Peggy Strom - Apr 30
 
 
Spouse Birthdays
 
Elaine (Michael) Anuta - Apr 12
 
Tom (Stephanie) Bruggers - Apr 20
 
 
Anniversaries
 
Ginny and Andy Sall - Apr 9 (58 years)
 
Bill and Jean Kiehnbaum - Apr 10 (42 years)
 
 
Club Anniversaries
 
Dennis Erno - 25 years
 
Terry Schwerm - 23 years
 
Michael Anuta - 21 years
 
 
Community Service
We have a lot going on in the coming days and weeks - - 
 
April 5 - Serving dinner at the Ronald McDonald House
April 12 - Sorting medical supplies headed to Bolivia at Mano-a-Mano 6-8pm
                                (925 W Pierce Butler Route)
May 7 - Participating in the new US Citizens’ ceremony at the Library 12:30pm
 
Note that we are welcome to help the St. Paul Rotary pack shipping containers at Mano-a-Mano through the day April 5-7.
     
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North Star youth exchange
Youth Exchange Update   - North Star Youth Exchange wins national award
 
The North Star Youth Exchange is the organization that administers student exchange programs in our Rotary District.  It is comprised of hundreds of volunteers.  In March 2018, the North Star Youth Exchange program was awarded this year’s outstanding district in all of North America at the North American Youth Exchange Network Conference.  An event which includes 400 youth exchange officers from all over the world.
 
One of features  the North Star program was sited for is the explosive growth of the short term summer exchange program.   Our club is sponsoring a participant in the short term exchange program this summer.
Club meeting - March 6
The Club welcomed guest John Cordinger and frequent visitor Irene Meinen.  The guest speaker was Adam Lee, who is the store manager at the Kowalski's in Shoreview.  Adam indicated that he had worked for Kowalski's for 14 years. He indicated that during his career he had worked in several positions at stores in  Woodbury, St. Paul, White Bear Lake, Excelsior and now Shoreview. He noted that Kowalski's has been around for about 35 years and that the first store was on Grand Avenue. He indicated that the new Shoreview store was doing well and it has been open about a year and a half. Kowalski's views itself as a civic business and as an active participant in the community. The Shoreview site is unique in that it not only has the retail store, but they also use the other half of the former Rainbow Foods site as their bakery and catering site.  Adam then responded to numerous questions from club members. 
Club meeting - March 20
The Club welcomed guest Don Martin who spoke about the upcoming mobile pack for Feed My Starving Children non-profit that would be held at Incarnation Lutheran Church. Colleen Lavin also discussed the Ronald McDonald house dinner that Rotary would be preparing on April 5th. 
 
The guest speaker was Ellen Schroeder, a Brooklyn Center Rotary Club member, who works on an innovative international project in Haiti. The project involves helping the women of Haiti learn sewing skills to make reusable menstrual products for young women. In the past, many young women would drop out of school due to the lack of menstrual product. The sewing program has expanded to include baby blankets and carry bags. She travels to Haiti two or three times per year and has now built a home, that includes a sewing center,  in Haiti that is used to support this effort. The women who make these products are able to sell the products to make money. Ellen showed a number of pictures of  her new home and sewing center in Haiti. 
Club meeting - March 27
The Club welcomed guest Don Martin who spoke about the upcoming mobile pack for Feed My Starving Children non-profit that would be held at Incarnation Lutheran Church. Colleen Lavin also discussed the Ronald McDonald house dinner that Rotary would be preparing on April 5th. 
 
The guest speaker was Ellen Schroeder, a Brooklyn Center Rotary Club member, who works on an innovative international project in Haiti. The project involves helping the women of Haiti learn sewing skills to make reusable menstrual products for young women. In the past, many young women would drop out of school due to the lack of menstrual product. The sewing program has expanded to include baby blankets and carry bags. She travels to Haiti two or three times per year and has now built a home, that includes a sewing center,  in Haiti that is used to support this effort. The women who make these products are able to sell the products to make money. Ellen showed a number of pictures of  her new home and sewing center in Haiti.