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ROTARY ROCKS!

We meet In Person
Fridays at 7:00 AM
Frankies
3556 Winnetka Avenue North
New Hope, MN 55429
United States of America
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No meeting on Friday, January 22 - Service Project at the Food Group

Reminder - there is NO meeting on Friday, January 22 as we are doing a service project at the Food Group (separate sign up).

Our next meeting is Friday, January 29 at 7 a.m. in person at Frankie's and via Zoom (details sent separately).

Duties are:

Greeter:  Sharon Green
Invocation:  John Spilane
What's New:  Heena Singh
Program:  Steve Sondrall - the program will be Youth Exchange
 
See you on the 29th!
January and Beyond Calendar
Here's a list of upcoming Club activities and meetings:
 
           Thursday, January 21 - 5:00 p.m. - Club Board meeting via Zoom
           Friday, January 22 - no meeting - service project at The Food Group
           Friday, January 29 - 7:00 a.m. - weekly Club meeting
 
           Friday, February 5 - 7:00 a.m. - weekly Club meeting
           Friday, February 12 - 7:00 a.m. - weekly Club meeting
           Thursday, February 18 - 5:00 p.m. - Club Board meeting via Zoom
           Friday, February 19 - no meeting - service project TBA
           Friday, February 26 - 7:00 a.m. - weekly Club meeting
 
           And looking way ahead, mark your calendars for Tuesday, August 3 for this year's Elmer's Golf Event and fundraiser.
 
     
 
 
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2020 Holiday Baskets
Despite the pandemic and practicing safety restrictions, the Club safely managed the holiday baskets again.
 
Recent Club Activities
Club Member David Dumas has a longstanding tradition of buying toys to distribute to youth in domestic violence shelters.  This year Club President Sharon Green and Club member Sharon Anderson helped David with toy selection.
 
 
And our Club awarded a grant to the "Start Anew" program.  Here is Club President Green with one of the 300+ children benefitting from this program.  
 
1 K Turkey Giveaway at PRISM
On November 20 and 21 Club members helped PRISM with its 1,000 turkey dinner giveaway.  On Friday, Club members sorted potatoes and on Saturday, we helped with the distribution of the turkey dinners.
 
 

   
 
 
 
Friends, Family and Community Day - A Success!
The September 11 meeting was Friends, Family and Community Day.  We had many visitors and thank them for attending our meeting.  We're always happy to welcome new members to the Club.  smiley
 
Among the guests were:
Rudy Spike and Bob Triple of Bibles for Missions                                                              
Exchange student Kyah's host father
John Lapointe's guest, Robbinsdale Council Member Bill Blonigan
ISD 281 School Board member Helen Basset
Former Club Member Melodie Hanson with HUGS
Club Member Lynn Anderson's husband Larry Anderson
Club Member Tom Kosel's cousin Bob Casserly Jr.
 
   

Ever wonder what Rotary is?  We invite you to visit our Club!
Are you an established professional who wants to make positive changes in your community and the world?  Our Club members are awesome!
 
Our 1.2 million-member organization started with the vision of one man - Paul P. Harris.  The Chicago attorney formed one of the world's first service organizations, the Rotary Club of Chicago, on February 23, 1905 as a place where professionals with diverse backgrounds could exchange ideas and form meaningful, lifelong friendships.  Rotary's name came from the group's early practice of rotating meetings among the offices of each member.
 
You are invited to visit us at an upcoming meeting - we meet Friday mornings at 7 a.m. at Frankie's Pizza in New Hope. 
Top 10 Reasons to Join Our Rotary Club!
Top 10 Reasons to Join Our Rotary Club!
You know you've been wondering...what are the Top 10 Reasons to Join Rotary?
 
    10.  Awesome people in the Club!
     9.   Great breakfast at Frankie's every Friday!
     8.   Interesting speakers each week!
     7.   Working on clean water for everyone!
     6.   Working to eradicate polio from the world!
     5.   Working on international projects such as Future Roots Project, Days for Girls, Clean Water, etc!
     4.   Supporting community organizations such as the YMCA, Tree House , KidPack, Boy Scouts, Robbinsdale schools!
     3.   Holiday food baskets in conjunction with local food shelves!
     2.   Back to school school supplies with PRISM!
     1.   Doing good in the world, starting with our communities!
 
Please come visit us; we meet Friday mornings at 7 a.m. at Frankie's Pizza in New Hope!
 
 

Thanks to our 2020 Elmers Sponsors!

We thank our generous sponsors of the 2020 Elmer's Rotary Golf Classic:

 
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