CLUB NEWS:
Last Week's Program - Tom Palm, the Tonka Paparazzi, spoke about his hobby of photographing life on Lake Minnetonka. He started shooting pictures of boats on the lake and makes them available on a website for people to download, organized by date. Tom told some interesting stories about the hobby. He grew up on the lake, and currently lives on the lake very near his childhood home. Tom has outfitted a special fishing boat to give him a bird's eye view of boats and people he photographs.
Norm Okerstrom introduced Hope Schroeppel, a visiting Rotarian from Wayzata. Hope is Branch Manager of Anchor Bank in Wayzata and presented the Club with a $1,000 check in support of our Mass Training Event scheduled for April 14th. The funds will be used to purchase an AED to be given away at one of the training sessions. Norm, Russ Carlson, and Don Weber have been soliciting corporate donations to help defray the costs of purchasing four (4) AED's one of which will be given away at each of the training sessions. It is anticipated the winner will donate the AED to a worthy community organization. WE will provide a list of possible candidates they might consider. Greg Rye of Wayzata Rotary has been assisting with the corporate contacts.
Grandma Pam Oesterreich, Fine Master for March, brought her one-year old grand daughter to see what Rotary is all about. The one-year old brought smiles to everyone.
Carol Parrish, Chair, District Grants Committee, announced she is seeking anyone from our Club who might be interested in serving on her committee in the next Rotary Year 2015-16. The committee meets about six times each year to review local DDF Grants. Contact Carol if you are interested.
Rotarian Nick Clementi and his wife Kathy have invited Club Members and Guests to attend a wine tasting at their home (4602 104th Ave., Brooklyn Park) at 7:00 PM on April 24th. The wine tasting will features wines from France. Attendees are asked to bring a bottle with French origin, along with a simple appetizer to pair with their wine. Nick expects over 50 different wines to sample. No speakers, just people to get together for good conversation, food and wine. If interested, contact Nick at nclementi@hotmail.com
On Tuesday, March 10th, Plymouth Mayor Kelli Slavik (an Honorary Member of Plymouth Rotary) presented a Proclamation to the City Council and the Public designating Tuesday, April 14th Heart Safe Plymouth - Community CPR and AED Training Day in support of our anticipated mass training event to be held in the Field House Dome at Plymouth Creek Center. A copy of the Proclamation can be found on our website www.rotaryplymouth.org. We hope to train up to 1,000 at this special event.
Heart Safe Plymouth: As of 3/14/2015 2,038 people trained (and counting!).
REMINDER: Preview your member profile on the Club website for accuracy and update any missing data. Contact VP Steve Juetten or Secretary/Club Administrator Joe Thompson 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.
Important Dates/Events:
West Metro Rotaract Club: The kickoff event is scheduled for Tuesday, April 7, 2015, 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm. Location will be Wayzata Country Club. Keynote speaker will be Jacquie Berglund, Entrepreneur and President of Finnegans, Inc. Rotaract is for younger men and women ages 18-30 who have interest in Rotary. We need names of your children, neighbors, co-workers, or other young people we can send information about this new opportunity. Help us build a contact list. There is no cost our obligation for attendees - just come and learn more, then decide if they want to pursue getting involved.
Please contact Steve Beachler, Jason Cardwell, Norm Okerstrom or Ricardo Ortizcazarin for more information.
Ben Rischall can order the very comfortable and good looking, blue Plymouth Rotary shirts you've seen from time to time. They are wonderful to wear during a Rotary event. Ben has several pending orders and will keep the order open until he receives enough orders to send it in. Men's and women's styles available. Contact Ben for more information.
The 2015 Rotary District 5950 Conference is set for Saturday, May 16, 2015 at the Raddison Blu Hotel in Mall of America, Bloomington. Early Bird discounts still available; register at Rotary5950.org. This is a one-day full conference of Rotary information, fellowship, dining and entertainment. Registrations are open online now! You can register for all or just part of the program.
Plymouth Rotary will offer CPR/AED training as a scheduled event during the conference. A good turnout from Plymouth Rotarians will be helpful to provide assistance during the training, and the conference generally will be a good use of your time.
Twins vs Cubs game, June 20th, will be a District 5950 event. Tickets available on-line. See Steve.
Rotary Peace Centers has announced the application for 2016 Rotary Peace Fellowships is now open online. (rotarypeasecenters@rotary.org). Applications are available on the web site along with brochures and program guides. Applicants for these distinguished scholarships must be endorsed at the District level by 31 May 2015, with their results forwarded to RI by 1 July 2015. A Rotary webinar is available to learn how to coach and recruit applicants. Rotary Pace Scholarships formerly were known as Ambassadorial Scholarships. See Steve Beachler for registration details.
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!
A KNOWLEDGE LESSON:
A group of students were asked to list what they thought were the present " Seven Wonders of the World." Following is the list organized by most votes cast:
(1) Egypt's Great Pyramids; (2) The Taj Mahal; (3) Grand Canyon; (4) Panama Canal; (5) Empire State Building; (6) Saint Peter's Basilica; (7) China's Great Wall.
One young student had not finished her list, and the teacher asked if the class could help. Here was her list:
(1) To See; (2) To Hear; (3) To Touch; (4) ToTaste; (5) To Feel; (6) To Laugh; (7) To Love.
When read, the room went silent; you could hear a pin drop! Things we overlook as simple, and that we take for granted, are truly wonders! The most precious things in life cannot be built by hand or bought by men!
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Rotary International Theme: Light Up Rotary
Plymouth Rotary Club Theme: Participation Leads to Passion for Rotary
Rotary International Convention June 6-9 , 2015 Sao Paulo, Brazil
