Meetings are Thursdays starting at Noon with room opening at 11:45 am
NOW LOCATED AT the Plymouth Community Center.
14800 34th Ave N, Plymouth,MN 55447
Here is our Speaker Calendar for the immediate future.
1/19/23
Irene Kelly/Suzanne Kochevar
Rotary Community Core
1/26/23
New Member Celebration
Welcome new members from the past year
Board
2/2/23
Twila Brase, Prez & Co-Founder
Citizens Council for Health Freedom
2/9/23
Wes Hallenberg/Shawn Ruby
Tax tops for 2022 tax preparation
2/16/23
HEARTSAFE TRAINING
RCOP Heart Safe Team
2/23/23
Sheila Prior
Balanced literacy & perpetuation of a flawed reading theory
Board
3/2/23
Christina Hallquist
Prevent Hunger Campaign
3/9/23
Paul Buck
Update on Rotary Tree Walk & City Parks
3/16/23
Peter Bartling
Fairview-Sanford Health Acquisition
3/23/23
Tim Mulcrone
Update on Rotary Polio Eradication
3/30/23
5th Thursday No Meeting
4/6/23
Dave Perrill
Crypto Currency
4/13/23
Dave Olson
Foundation Awards & Presentation
4/20/23
Jenni Ebert
Update on Wayzata Comm Ed programs
4/27/23
Jennifer Gilmore
How to downsize & declutter
5/4/23
Kim Ratz
Ridgedale Y Programming
5/11/23
5/18/23
5/25/23
6/1/23
6/8/23
6/15/23
6/22/23
6/29/23
5th Thursday No Meeting
This is the end of term of office for current leadership.
Contact Carol with your speaker please.
MAAAARK Yooourrr Calendarrrrr!
it is time for the
HOOK LINE & SINKER PARTY
It will be held in Glen's garage on Saturday January 28, 2023 starting at 10:00 AM. Beer will be served along with diet coke but they do not come in the same can. We will talk, and tie hooks and sinkers on the fishing poles for the annual Ice Fishing Contest at Fire and Ice. Sign up to attend at the club meeting.
FIRE & ICE
Ice Fishing Contest
Our annual ice fishing contest will be held on Saturday February 4, 2023. We will need club members to help set up and drill holes starting at 12:30. Fishing will start at 2:30 and end at 5:00. We will be done and cleaned up by 6:00. We will need members during the contest to supervise children fisherpeople, bait hooks, scoop slush out of holes, photograph fish caught, officiate, photograph contestants and observe and keep records for the prize. Winners must be present at 5:00 to win. Free shuttles from the Plymouth Business Center parking area start at 3:30, where parking is free.
Plan to wear your Choppers, Sorrels and YakTracks!
Here is a letter from Mayor Wosje that he says we should revise and send to our corporate sponsors: Note that the Rotary International plan is to ship by the end of the month. This means we must act fast to gather the sponsors who can raise $200,000.00 to buy the truck. We attended the City Council Meeting on Tuesday and the council was receptive but they have a fiduciary duty to the Citizens of Plymouth not to just give away a $200,000.00 asset for nothing in money to use in the replacement fund. Note the $40,000.00 reduction in estimated value. It seems to be an effort to help us get the necessary funds.
Jeff Says:
HERE IS EMAIL I AM SENDING TO BUSINESSES I KNOW, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO USE WITH ANY BUSINESS YOU KNOW. Also, I know i didn't get this to full membership so please forward to anyone you think can help!
______, the Plymouth Rotary Foundation is trying to raise money to purchase this truck from the City and donate to Ukraine. Rotary International has provided a $100,000 grant to pay for the transportation of 10 fire trucks to Ukraine. This truck is scheduled to be retired at the end of the month and put out for bids. It's estimated value is $220,000 to $240,000. I am approaching a number of companies asking for $10,000 donations towards this effort. Let me know if your company is able to help provide this much needed fire truck to Ukraine, thanks!
Jeff Wosje
Mayor
City of Plymouth
Heart safe has now trained at least 7000 people. The new year's training schedule filled within 48 hours! This is success.
By being a member of Rotary you are a part of an organization that is constantly doing something good.
TALKING POINTS:
What is Rotary and WHY WOULD ANYONE CARE?
Rotary is a philanthropic organization that has a core group of committed volunteers in nearly every developed city in the world, who work to make their community a better place.
Here are 3 reasons for your friends to care:
If you have moved here from somewhere else, and you join a local club, you can plan and do projects involving friends locally with those from anywhere you came from.
Or for another example, when your local food shelf needs something, or someone, who can they ask and where do volunteers come from? Rotary Clubs supply money and volunteers for all sorts of our community charities.
Rotary tries to measure everything with its four-way test. 1) Is it the truth? 2) Is it fair to all concerned? 3) Will it build good will and better friendships? 4) Will it be beneficial to all concerned? If something fails in any of those dimensions, it does not meet Rotary’s high-quality standards. We have been honored and welcomed to join.
THE OBJECT OF ROTARY
The Object of Rotary is to encourage
and foster the ideal of service as a
basis of worthy enterprise and, in
particular, to encourage and foster:
First The development of
acquaintance as an opportunity for
service;
Second High ethical standards
in business and professions, the
recognition of the worthiness
of all useful occupations, and
the dignifying of each Rotarian's
occupation as an opportunity to
serve society;
Third The application of the ideal of
service in each Rotarian's personal,
business, and community life;
Fourth The advancement of
international understanding,
goodwill, and peace through a
world fellowship of business and
professional persons united in the
ideal of service.
If you are receiving this Bulletin and you are no longer a member, or never were a member, the reason it is coming to you is that we want you to consider becoming a member now. We want you in our club. If no one has personally said it recently, consider this your invitation to come as soon as you can. You are important to us.
Carol would like to build a schedule to deliver donated flowers to assisted living and nursing homes. Flowers are available Thursdays at 8:30 am at Trader Joe's, 11220 Wayzata Blvd. (Hopkins Crossroads and 394). Email Carol Parrish cjparrish1029@msn.com
LUNCH:
If you are a regular lunch buyer you can change your order by Tuesday each week. If you do not change it you will get what you had the previous week. If you are a pay as you go member, you will need to order before the Tuesday deadline. Contact James Williams by e-mail for lunch orders. jwilli99@comcast.net
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Meetings are held in-person at the Plymouth Community Center.
Thank you for being a part of Plymouth Rotary Club!
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