Week of July 14, 2019 (meeting date July 18) (Jul 14, 2019)

Remember Meetings are now Thursdays starting at 11:45

This Week's Program:

THURSDAY - July 18, 2019

Speakers - Co-Presidents Williams and Bartling will introduce each other and provide an example for future member introductions.

You can find future speakers later in the bulletin. Please use this list to invite prospective members.

Message From the President's:

Health Benefits of Volunteering.

In addition to helping organizations you care about and the people they serve, volunteering can also have key health benefits for you. Here are six ways volunteering can improve your health:

1. Decreased risk of depression especial for people 65 and older

2. Increased sense of life purpose and meaning

3. Reduced isolation through meeting others and developing new relationships

4. Better overall health, especially for people 60 and older

5. Decreased pain intensity

6. Increased life expectancy

Source: Mayo Clinic

Announcements:

Again - Meetings are at lunch on Thursdays!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU TO ALL ROTARIANS FOR ANOTHER AMAZING YEAR!
Time to call on sponsors for our Annual Fundraiser. Contact Jim Crenna if you did not see your email with the details at 612-723-9393
Love is all there is.....Go out and shine your Light, Joy, and Happiness!

Heart Safe Plymouth:

We have trained 5,916 people and counting!

Russ, Norm, Don and team continue to train and impact the local community.

Upcoming Speakers:

July 18 - Co-Presidents Williams and Bartling introductions.

July 25 - Mayor Jeff Wosje, The City and The Club

Aug 8 - Citizen's Academy *

Aug 15 - Citizen's Academy (City Overview) *

Aug 22 - Citizen's Academy (Tour 911 Dispatch) *

Aug 28 - Citizen's Academy (Fire Station Tour and Operations Overview) *

* Box lunches will be provided (August Meetings - locations will be announced in upcoming bulletins)

Sept 5 - Elliot Mills (RI Exchanged Student Sponsored by the Club) for trip to Namsos, Norway.

Sept 12 - Pending

Sept 19 - Terry Will

The Board continues to seek speakers. Please contact James and/or Peter if you have a recommendation.

Membership Drive - 40 Years as a Club:

Please consider inviting guests to visit our weekly lunch meeting. We tried a breakfast meeting for a number of years and have decided to go back to a lunch meeting on Thursdays in hopes of attracting additional business members. Please spread the word.

Message from the 40th Anniversary Chair Beachler:

A big Thank You to the Plymouth Rotary 40^th Anniversary Committee and Volunteers

Committee:

Peter Bartling - Engaged media, kept Committee Minutes

Mary Christensen – Sorted Photos; Ordered Luggage Tag; hosted off site committee planning meeting; prepared invitation mailing

Dwain Erickson – Budget; assembled invitation mailing lists; checked in guests

Jill Kohler – Arranged Caterer, Hwy 55 Rental for tent, and provided tables & chairs borrowed from IOCP

Rich Manthe – Sorted Historical Records

Carol Parrish – Sorted Records; prepared grant reports and scholarships given, arranged for “40^th” cupcakes

Also Assistance from:

Jim Bird - Club Treasurer, prepared payments made

John Schnoover – sorted historical records

Kevin Remde – set up EventBrite account; provided generator, took photos

Don Weber – Photos

Norm Okerstrom & Marty Proops – Pick-up Chairs & Tables, Podium from WCC, and return

Eric Kitchen – picked up & returned rental tent

Steve Juetten – Team Captain for tent erection

Carol Parrish – Team Captain for landscaping instruments

John Packard – provided bottled water

Kayle Antony – Developed graphic design/logo

James Williams – assisted in placing directional signs. He also provided the invocation

Jenni Ebert - coordinator for caterer

All the other Club Members attending assisted with tent erection and landscaping along with those indicated above.

Foundation Giving:

Please give to Rotary International and/or Polio Plus!

Our goal this year is $200 per member to Rotary International and $100 per member to the Club. The hope is to continue to give to international projects and to also help with our Club general fund.

Please contact Bruce Behm with any questions on how to give and where to give at 763-550-9000.

General Information:

Quarterly Invoices: Please pay quarterly invoices promptly. The Board continues to work with members that have outstanding balances.

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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Rotary Core Values: Fellowship, Integrity, Diversity, Service, Leadership

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.

Thank you to everyone that participates in the meetings.