April 23, 2015 (Apr 20, 2015)

April 23, 2015

Wendy Muhlhauser

Empathy and Shared Humanity

(Introduction by Steve Juetten)

CLUB NEWS:

Last Week's Program - Sandy Sullivan, an enthusiastic speaker and author, related her experiences with the Green Bay Packers when she started working as a model and spokesperson for the Packers. She meet all the iconic team members and Coach Lombardi. Sandy presented an entertaining talk about her experiences.

Heart Safe Plymouth: Our mass training event at the Fieldhouse Dome at Plymouth Creek Center allowed Russ, Norm and a large group of volunteers to train 516 persons in CPR and AED use. The event was a wonderful success, although a number of people registered were no-shows. We've received numerous accolades for our Club's project.

We also want to thank the many volunteers from Plymouth Rotary, Wayzata Rotary and other area Clubs, plus area SCA survivors who were part of the day's events.

We are now at 2,554 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: After the successful kick-off event held April 7th, watch for more information about the next Organizational Meeting

Please contact Steve Beachler, Jason Cardwell, Norm Okerstrom or Ricardo Ortizcazarin for more information. It's not too late to add names of young professionals who want to learn more.

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 getting together for good conversation, food and wine. If interested, contact Nick at nclementi@hotmail.com

Rogers Rotary Club is holding their Inaugural "BIG CUP" Scramble golf event on June 9, 2015 at Fox Hollow Golf Club. This event is also known as the Michael Sween Memorial Golf Tournament. Contact Kyle Sabot kyle@rogersprintingmn.com or call 763-234-8747 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. The meeting is being prepared as an Olympic Style event and we would like to have a large group from Plymouth Rotary to participate in this one-day conference of Rotary information, fellowship, dining and entertainment. Registrations remain open online now! Register for all or just part of the program at www.register5950.com.

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. A brochure with details is available on tables and at our Sergeant-at-Arms table.

Twins vs Cubs game, June 20th, will be a District 5950 event. Tickets available on-line. See Steve for details.

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!

AND MORE DEFINITIONS:

Skelton - a bunch of bones with the person scraped off.

Toothache - The pain that drives you to extraction.

Tomorrow - One of the greatest labor saving devices of today.

Yawn - An honest opinion openly expressed.

Wrinkles - Something other people have, similar to my character lines.

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Rotary International Theme: Light Up Rotary

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Rotary International Convention June 6-9 , 2015 Sao Paulo, Brazil