This week we have the pleasure of hearing from Annette Brechon Kuyper and Dr. Gary Goldetsky. They will be talking about the Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Program. More specifically, the Plymouth Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Program. For more information on the program, please visit the website.
Fire and Ice is on! Glen Norton and Jason Cardwell are heavy into the planning and are looking for volunteers to help with the event. The fishing contest will run from 3pm to 5pm. Glen and Jason have started the sign up (at the January 21 meeting and via e-mail). If you can help please sign up or simply show up. Help is need starting at 2pm to start setting up and making holes. Then at 3pm members will help kids bait hooks and catch the big one!. The event will stop at 5pm and then help will be needed to close everything down and bring all equipment, etc. back to the cars.
This year we are also looking for hats and mittens/gloves to donate to kids and families. If you want to donate, please bring to the event.
This is a great way for the Club to let the general public know what Rotary is and what we do in the community. Hope to see everyone on the ice on Saturday.
Grant Management Seminar:
For a Rotary Club to apply for matching district grants, someone in the club needs to have attended a Grant Management Seminar. Peter Bartling has continued to keep his credentials up to date, but it would be appreciated if another member would attend an upcoming seminar. Below are the upcoming dates:
- Thursday, March 31, Golden Valley, 3:30 - 8:00 (complete class - Limit 20 participants).
- Thursday, April 14, Golden Valley, 5:30 - 8:00 (Refresher - Limit 20 participants - this can only be taken by Peter).
- Saturday, April 23, Golden Valley, 8:00 - 12:30 (complete class, Limit 20 participants).
New Member Application - We have received a new member application from James (Jim) Prom. Jim is a Plymouth resident, Councilmember from Ward 4 and owns a small business that specializes in manufacturing clear vascular models. His business manufactures and sells glass and plastic vascular anatomy models to medical companies and hospitals for training. He is educated in CPR/First aid instruction, EMT, NRCVT-Invasive B.S.B.A. business CSU. This is the first of the three bulletins his membership application will be placed for comments. Please introduce yourselves to Jim and welcome him when you see him.
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 has 5, Steve Juetten has 2 points and Glen Norton and Jeff Wosje have 1 point.
Youth Exchange:
Jason has been busy. The possible third host family appears to be found! They are going through the last stages. Please take the time to thank Jason, Ricardo and Jill for the tremendous work they have done on this program.
Heart Safe Plymouth: We have trained 3,253 People and counting!
Members - please think about how you can be part of this great program.
Did you know? According to the Mayo Clinic, a healthy adult heart should beat anywhere from 60 to 100 times a minute while at rest. That totals around 100,,000 beats a day and 2.5 billion beats in the average life time.
The body's system of blood vessels is more than 60,000 miles long. Together, all of the arteries, veins, and capillaries in the body are long enough to go around the world more than twice.
The aorta, the largest artery in the body, is almost the diameter of a garden hose. Capillaries, on he other hand, are so small that it takes ten to equal the thickness of a human hair.
The body contains about six quarts of blood, which circulates through the body three times every minute. In one day, the blood travels four times the distance of the US from coast to coast.
The Grant Committee is accepting grant applications which will be considered soon. 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 - $6,091)
Polio Plus (Goal - $1,500 To Date Actual - $230)
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 - 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"
Club Visioning and moving forward to improve our club:
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
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:
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.
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) A pregnant lady named her children: Dominique, Regis, Michelle, Fawn, Sophie and Lara. What will she name her next child? Jessica, Katie, Abby or Tilly?
2) A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?
3) This object can be driven,but has no wheels, and can also be sliced and remain whole. What is it?
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 -- Don Weber
Greeter -- Handsome Bob
Fine Master -- Chris Garcia
Invocation -- Margaret Li
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
MEMBER BIRTHDAYS
Sharon Sund February 4
SPOUSES BIRTHDAYS
Gretchen Blank February 23
WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
None this month - apparently no Valentine's Day Weddings in the Plymouth Rotary.
