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Wednesdays at 7:00 AM
Frankies
3556 Winnetka Avenue North
New Hope, MN 55429
United States of America
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Our next morning meeting is 7:00 a.m., Wednesday, November 12 at Frankie's (Zoom details sent separately).
 
Duties are:
Greeter: Mac Gordon
Invocation: Nina Wolf
What's New:   Ann Rest
Program:  Anne Norris - Mindy of VIP (thank you Nichol) will be talking with the Club
 
See you Wednesday morning!
 
 
OUR MEETINGS ARE ON WEDNESDAY MORNINGS 
 
            Wednesday, November 12 - 7:00 a.m., Club meeting, Frankie's (Zoom details sent separately)
            Wednesday, November 19 - 7:00 a.m., Club meeting, Frankie's (Zoom details sent separately)
            Wednesday, November 26 - NO MEETING - Happy Thanksgiving!
 
            Wednesday, December 3 - 7:00 a.m., Club meeting,  Frankie's (Zoom details sent separately)
            Wednesday, December 3 - 9:00 a.m., Brooklyn Park Fleet Farm, toy buying with David Dumas
            Wednesday, December 10 - 7:00 a.m., Club meeting,  Frankie's (Zoom details sent separately)
            Wednesday, December 17 - 7:00 a.m., Club meeting,  Frankie's (Zoom details sent separately)
            Wednesday, December 24 - NO MEETING - Happy Holidays!
            Wednesday,  December 31 - NO MEETING - Happy New Year!  
            
And mark your calendars now for our 2026 Rotary Golf Classic Fundraiser - Tuesday, June 23, 2026 at Edinburgh USA.
        
Congrats to our Club for being recognized for being a 100% Foundation Giving Club in 2024-2025:
 
- achieved top three highest in per capita annual giving
- attained status as an Every Rotarian, Every Year Club
- became a 100% Foundation Giving Club

Club Member Nathan Hesse updated the Club on what's going on at PRISM with the SNAP program.
 
 
Triana with Annex Teen Clinic was our recent program.
 
     
 
 
Lisa Zwart and Ashley Nordlie of the Buffalo Rotary Club and Functional Industries shared information about Functional Industries at a recent meeting.
 
 
 
Charter member (46 years ago) Ron Nida updated the Club on what's going on in his life.   The program that day was Kerry Casserly Carter talking about her life on Broadway and now at Lundstrum.
 
     
 
At a recent meeting, Club President Kathi Hemken presented a grant award check to PRISM staffer and Club member Nathan Hesse.
 
 
District Governor Mark Shockey visited our Club recently along with Assistant Governor Mary Timmons.    At that same meeting, Club member Senator Rest acknowledged recognition for some of her legislative work and Andrew Agosto received Paul Harris recognition.
 
          
 
 
We recently heard from Dr. Rinehart of Principled Living Total Chiropractic.  Earlier that meeting, we gave grants to Brie Max with Reach for Resources, Tom Goodrich and Mike of Fishing for Life, and Dan Haugen and Ken from Mobility Worldwide.  Grants are made possible from the proceeds from our annual Rotary Golf Classic.
 
               
 
 
A recent Club program was learning about Dress for Success with Megan Meuli, VP for Development.
 
 
 
 
At a recent meeting Club member and Crystal Mayor Julie Deshler talked about her "Crystal Clean" initiative.
 
 
 
 
At our last meeting, Club member Jim Benshoof received recognition for his contributions to the Rotary Foundation.  At that same meeting, Jim Benshoof updated us on his recent travels and the program was Mary Bakken with the assistance of Club member Daniel Bakken.
 
 
            
 
 
At a recent meeting, we heard from Club member Daniel Bakken on the latest with him and our program was KJ Rolenc of Youthlink and KJ612 Outreach.
 
     
 
 
We had a busy meeting recently.  We heard from Holly and Becky with Robins Adapted Sports, Club member Jim Benshoof, and Seven Dreams Board President Richard Gentner.
 
           
 
 
At a recent meeting, we heard from former Club member and President John Slama and received an update about PRISM from Jason Wittak.
 
     
 
 
 
Robbinsdale Chamber President Kevin Lytle (a former member of our Club) and Secretary Dave Kiser updated the Club on what's happening with the Robbinsdale Chamber of Commerce.
 
           
 
Tom Goodrich of Fishing for Life shared with the Club exciting plans for a permanent facility for their operations.
 
 
Girl Scout Emi Filing updated the Club on her troop's activities, including Girl Scout Cookie sales.
 
 
 
At a recent meeting, our speaker was Jerry Kosel.  Jerry Kosel is on the Fort Snelling Memorial Rifle Squad on the Tuesday squad. He is a veteran of the US military, active duty from 1971-1975. He was assigned to the USS Decatur (hull # DDG31) .
 
 
 
 
 
 
On the Wednesday before Valentine's Day, Assistant Governor Mary Timmons visited our Club with pink roses and a Valentine's poem.  Our program that day was an update from Ceallaigh Smart on the work currently being done by Haiti Outreach.
 
           
 
 
Our Club hosted an Area 4 meeting and heard about the good work going on at TreeHouse.  We also heard about how our Club's partnership with TreeHouse to sell coffee helps the youth at TreeHouse. District Governor Mary Timmons attended as did presidents and representatives of the Brooklyn Center, Golden Valley and St. Louis Park Sunrise Clubs.   
 
 
          
 
 
 
 
 
 
At a recent meeting, Club President Kathi Hemken presented grant checks to several local organizations, including TreeHouse, Dress for Success and the New Hope YMCA.
 
           
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 Wednesday mornings at 7 a.m. at Frankie's Pizza in New Hope. 

Thanks to our sponsors of the 2025 Rotary Golf Classic

  • We thank our generous sponsors of the 2025 Rotary Golf Classic at Edinburgh USA:
 GOLD SPONSOR:
 
Citizens Independent Bank Homepage
 
with special thanks to:
Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines
FHLB - Des Moines
 
 
SILVER SPONSORS:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Logo of ServiceMaster Restore®
 
 
 
 
Thanks so much for supporting our Club and this event!
 
 
 
 
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