This week we will hear from Doug Nathan from Headwaters Relief. Doug has visited the club in the past as a guest.
Headwaters Relief Organization is a disaster relief collaboration of volunteers that supports the emotional and housing needs of families and communities ravaged by disaster. Since the organization’s inception, Headwaters Relief volunteers have provided disaster relief throughout the United States and around the world including the Philippines, Haiti, Atlantic City, Boulder County, Colorado, and many other areas affected by disaster. Headwaters Relief’s mission is to react with agility and compassion when disasters strike. Our volunteers include a wide range of people from social workers to plumbers.
Gregg Elliott will be attending to sell Roses for the Wayzata Rotary Club. This year's recipient will be the Open Hands Foundation supporting their new homeless youth center.
NOTE on Programs: I realize that we have had a number of non-profits speak recently and will again next week. I do apologize for this. At this point, April will not include any non-profits. Thank you for your understanding.
March 3, 2016 Meeting;
The meeting was started with an invocation by Sandi Arndt (tell Bob he owes you one). We had two guests this week, Clemencia Rasquinha (prospective corporate member who has visited previously) and our Speaker, Dr. Willie Dean. John Schoonover had three names pulled from the pail and no one won the card game this week so the game goes on. The fine master this week was Dave Olson.
Riddle answers were: 1) "J"; 2) Morgan; and 3) You don't want to press your luck. Clarification on 1) - The letter "J" is not found in the periodic table. Note that the letter "Q" does not appear in any official element names. Temporary element names, such as ununquadium, contain this letter. However, no element name starts with Q and no official element name contains this letter.
After the weekly updates we inducted Meena Chettliar and Jim Prom into the Club. Welcome to the Club!
This week we had the pleasure of hearing from Dr. Willie Dean. Dr. Dean is the Executive Director of YouthCARE. YouthCARE is a multicultural organization dedicated to helping Minneapolis and St. Paul youth develop the education, employment, and leadership skills needed to make a successful transition from adolescence to adulthood.
The Peace and Conflict Resolution Committee along with the entire Rotary Club of North Minneapolis invites you to attend our upcoming Peace Forum: Getting to the Heart Of The Matter. This event will be held on Saturday, March 19, 2016 from 1:00 to 3:30 p.m. at the Plymouth Christian Youth Center, in North Minneapolis. There will be light refreshments served. Please click here for the flyer.
This event is funded through the partnership with: Rotary Club of Anoka-5960, Rotary Club of St. Louis Park, Rotary Club of St. Louis Park Sunrise, and through a District 5950 Grant.
If you have any questions about the Peace Forum and to RSVP, please contact Rotarian VJ Smith at (612) 366-0271
2016 - 2017 Rotary Year:
President Elect Knight and Current President Juetten will be talking to members regarding board positions for the 2016-2017 Rotary Year. Please consider taking on a leadership position with the Club. The Club is only going to grow if everyone steps up.
Rotary International President Elect John Germ has presented his 2016-2017 theme - "ROTARY SERVING HUMANITY"
Heart Safe Plymouth:
We have trained 3,276 People and counting!
Dick Parrish, wrote the following to promote an upcoming training session for members of Score Minneapolis.
Know CPR and What to Do In an Emergency
Imagine for a moment that you're in a meeting, waiting in line at a grocery store, or visiting with friends at a dinner party, when someone collapses and stops breathing. Would you know what to do? Or, would you stand there, nervously wringing your hands like others nearby, not knowing how to react and watch the person die?
Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) happens to roughly 350,000 Americans annually, and the survival rate is only about 7 %, according to the American Heart Assoc. (AHA). It can happen to anyone, anywhere, any time, and it's almost always fatal.
The program at our chapter meeting on Thursday, March 16, at the Edina Country Club (ECC), will be presented by the Rotary Club of Plymouth, which adopted a mission in 2012 to people in their community to save more lives from SCA. To date, they have trained 3,260 people in CPR (Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation) and qualified Plymouth as a Heart Safe Community by AHA. Only 20 other cities in Minnesota have earned that distinction.
A CPR training team from the club will teach you how to recognize SCA and take charge of an emergency situation. Maybe you've never been instructed in CPR. Or, you need a refresher course. Everyone who is physically able will learn the new, simplified chest compression technique recommended by the AHA, and how to use an AED (Automated External Defibrillator).
Those members who are not able to do this will learn how to quickly instruct others in an emergency situation. Dress code for the meeting is very casual.
One of the instructors that morning will be Norm Okerstrom, who' son Teddy collapsed on June 16, 2009, while he was running sprints on the Wayzata High School football field. Fortunately, the coaching staff was trained in CPR and what's called "The Cardiac Chain of Survival." They saved Teddy's life that day.
Mark your calendar now to be at the ECC on March 16 to learn CPR and how to use an AED. You may actually use that knowledge to save a life someday.
Rotary Grant Committee:
First half grants have been awarded:
Bloom Early Learning and Child Care (Wayzata School District) - Child Care Training Materials - $2,000
Tiny Tim & Friends (Zambia) - Generator to support HIV kids - $2,000
Can Do Canines (Western Suburbs) - Assistance dogs for youth - $2,000
Wayzata H.S. Club Y.E.S (International) - Shelterbox - $1,000
Two checks will be presented at the March 10, 2016 meeting.
The Grant Committee is now accepting second half grant applications. Plymouth Rotarians must sponsor each application. First half grants will be awarded in January. Second half grants will be awarded in early Spring, 2016. Please review the Grant Policy and find the Grant Application Form at http://rotaryplymouth.org/Page/grants . Contact Past President Steve Beachler if you have questions.
Annual Giving:
We continue to get closer to the annual giving goals that have been established. You can give to the RI Annual Fund, RI Polio Plus, Safe Water and the Plymouth Rotary Foundation.
Current 2015-2016 Rotary International Activity:
Annual Fund (Goal - $12,000 To Date Actual - $7,041)
Polio Plus (Goal - $1,500 To Date Actual - $330)
If you haven't already gone to the RI website to sign into My Rotary, please do so. Once you have done this, you can enter your giving amount.
Thank you
2016 Rotary District Conference:
The 2016 Rotary Conference will be on May 12 - 13 this year. The Conference will be held at Mystic Lake Conference Center. Conference Information can be found at:
The third host family had the in-home interview and it when great. Thank you Jason for the incredible work on this.
Club Visioning and moving forward:
Once the 2016-2017 Board has been set I will work with members to begin implementing the three projects. Below is again the three teams that have been established:
Community Service
Club Service
New Generations
Working with City of Plymouth as a strategic partner to increase our community visibility and interest.
Community Outreach programs designed to create interest in Rotary
Identifying, Understanding and removing barriers for younger members of Plymouth Rotary
Peter Bartling
Jason Cardwell
Steve Beachler
Lymari Santana
Bala Guntipalli
John Packard
Handsome Bob
Steve Juetten
Carol Parrish
Jill Kohler
Dwain Erickson
John Schoonover
Norm Okerstrom
Pat Knight
Diane Moyer
Bruce Behm
Glen Norton
Jim Crenna
Jim Bird
Sharon Sund
Jeff Wosje
Russ Carlson
Woody Jewett
Brock Peterson
Margaret Li
Bob Wittman
Scott Walter
Ron Lenz
Don Weber
Chris Garcia
Pam Oesterreich
Eric Blank
Steve Coley
Don Untiedt
Ben Rischall
Virginia Antony
Nick Clementi
Rich Manthe
James Williams
Jim Prom
New Members:
Remember the membership contest - 1 point for bringing a perspective member to a meeting, 5 points if that person joins and 3 points if you get a person to join without coming to a meeting. Steve Beachler has 12 points, Dwain Erickson and Jeff Wosje have 5, Steve Juetten has 2 points and Glen Norton, Don Weber and Pat Knight have 1 point.
General Information:
Club Website: Please take the time to visit the club website. We have now been using the Club Runner website format for a number of months. It is important for everyone to spend some time on the site and let Rich Manthe and me know what information is missing and what information should be updated. www.RotaryPlymouth.org
Quarterly Invoices:Please pay quarterly invoices promptly. The Board continues to work with members that have outstanding balances.
West Metro Rotaract Club: They have officially been chartered! The first president is Tim Janssen. The Club meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month, 7:00 pm, Coopers Pub, West End, St. Louis Park. The also have reserved the 4th Monday of each month for service opportunities. Tim can be reached at timothygjanssen@gmail.com. Please pass this information on to your colleagues, friends and others who may have interest.
ClubRunner Member Profiles:Preview your member profile on the ClubRunner website for accuracy and update any missing data. Contact President Steve Juetten with any questions you may have. To assist, Dwain Erickson and Diane Moyer can shoot smart phone photographs of members whose photos are missing in the Club Membership roster. Is your photo missing??
Amazon Purchases: Please remember to select RCOP Foundation when you make on-line purchases at Amazon.Smile. The Rotary Club of Plymouth Foundation is registered with Amazon and may be chosen when you make purchases through Amazon.Smile. Amazon will donate .05% of your total purchase to RCOP Foundation. The AmazonSmile web site provides all the same products as the regular site, but in addition allows you to designate a charity which Amazon will support. Please tell your friends and associates who shop through Amazon Smile! The contribution comes out of Amazon's pocket - not yours! Click here to get started:http://smile.amazon.com/ch/26-3054927 You Shop/ Amazon Gives!
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Riddles
1) My head bobs lazily in the sun. You think I'm cute, For my face is yellow, My hair is white, and my body is green. What am I?
2) A man wanted to enter an exclusive club but did not know the password that was required. He waited by the door and listened. A club member knocked on the door and the doorman said, "twelve." The member replied, "six " and was let in. A second member came to the door and the doorman said, "six." The member replied, "three" and was let in. The man thought he had heard enough and walked up to the door. The doorman said ,"ten" and the man replied, "five." But he was not let in. What should have he said?
3) I turn around once. What is out will not get in. I turn around again. What is in will not get out. What am I?
The 4-Way Test: Of the things we think, say or do:
Is it the TRUTH?
Is it FAIR to all concerned?
Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
Rotary Theme: "Be a Gift to the World"
Meeting Roles
Sgt-At-Arms: John Schoonover
Greeter: Virginia Anthony
Fine Master: Dave Olson
Invocation: Bob Wittman
Thank you to everyone that participates in the meetings. If you are unable to take on the roles as assigned, please attempt to find someone to fill in for you. Once you find someone or if you cannot find someone, please notify me at sjuetten@plymouthmn.gov so that I can plan appropriately
