Polio Update - RI President Ravindran reported this week: "We're delighted to report (today) Nigeria has passed one year with no new cases of the wild poliovirus." Thank you to everyone for your part in this battle.
This Week's Program:
Jeff Wosje will be introducing our speakers this week. The speakers are Pat Caldie and Scott Otto from Organizational Change Advisors, LLC. They will be talking about what leadership is with a focus on change and will weave in the importance of communications to create a positive work environment to successfully lead others through changes.
Last Week's Program:
The meeting began with an invocation by Peter Bartling followed by introductions (see guest list below) and the card game by Ben Rischall (no one won the card game so it moves onto next week), and trivia by Bob Wittman (thank you for filling in). Then President Juetten made announcements starting with answers to the riddles and questions: 1) Corn on the Cob; 2) The letter "M"; and 3) A Teapot.
We had five guests, other than our speakers: Felipe (past exchange student back for a visit); Felipe's sister; a close friend of Felipe; Dick Parrish; and Bala Guntipalli. Bala was visiting as a guest of Steve Beachler and is a prospective member. Bala recently moved to Minnesota with is wife who is a doctor at the Maple Grove Hospital and two young children. Bala works for Singular Technology Group LLC. Please make time to talk to him when he visits again.
Remember the membership contest - 1 points for bringing a perspective member to 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 started the competition with 1 point!
President Juetten then announced that our exchange student will be arriving on the August 17th at 1:45pm and that Jason Cardwell is looking for Rotarians interested in going to the airport to welcome him (contact Jason). Jason is also looking for a host family for the second and third periods of our students stay. Lastly, the first host family needs a family to host Albert September 10th - 13th (again, please contact Jason).
President Juetten announced that everyone should have received the quarterly invoice earlier last week and it would be appreciated if everyone pay as quickly as possible. He then mentioned that we still need speakers for the August 13th and August 20th meetings.
After announcements, Carol Parrish provided a wonderful introduction to our speakers, Meghan Ihlenfeld and Dick Mosmon. Meghan is the Program Coordinator in the Sports and Recreation Department at Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute. Dick is a City of Lake's Rotarian but he also has been a ski instructor for the Ski program and Courage Kenny for many years. Meghan discussed how Courage Kenny has taught thousands of people with physical disabilities and visual impairments to ski and snow board for the past 40 years. They teach about 200 lessons per week during the season. They train more than 400 volunteers each year and host several events. Below is a short video about the program:
Our Club as sponsor, along with collaboration form the Rotary Clubs of Golden Valley, Lake Minnetonka, Excelsior, Edina and Minneapolis City of Lakes has submitted a District grant application for consideration at their July 27th meeting. If approved, the club contributions along with the District grant will provide in excess of $13,000 in needed safety equipment for the adaptive program. Our service project is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, October 10, at which time we will move existing equipment from a temporary location at Hyland Hills to a permanent storage facility there. The equipment will need to be cleaned, organized and placed in a new facility being constructed by McGough Construction. Steve Beachler, Woody Jewett and Brock Peterson are the three club members in charge of this service project. A MAJOR THANK YOU TO CAROL FOR HER WORK ON THIS!
Vice President/President Elect Request: Over the next several weeks I, along with the Board and Past Presidents, will be re out to a number of you to gauge your interest in becoming the Vice President/President Elect. Please spend some time thinking about the possibility and contact me if you have questions and interest. With the quality and experience of the current board and the number of engaged past presidents, there is no time like this year to start your Rotary leadership.
Meeting Survey:
There is still time to submit your survey. The Board will discussing the survey results at the July 28th Board meeting.
Crowne Plaza has come to the Club asking for an increase in the cost for a Thursday lunch that would increase the cost to a member to $21. Because of this the information presented during the mini visioning session in July, a survey was distributed to the members in attendance (the survey will be e-mailed to all members soon). The survey asked three questions: 1) Number of Thursday meetings per month (all or some lesser number); 2) Time of Meeting (lunch or breakfast; and 3) Location (stay at Crowne Plaza or look for a new location).
Heart Safe Plymouth: We have trained over 2,902 People and counting!
ClubRunner Member Profiles:
Preview your member profile on the ClubRunner website for accuracy and update any missing data. Contact President Steve Juetten or the Secretary/Club Administrator Murray Death 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??
Incoming Youth Exchange News:
The first Host Family for our inbound student Guan-Yu Chen coming this August from Taiwan has been secured. Jason Cardwell and Jill Kohler are still seeking two more host families to accommodate his year with us. Youth Exchange Officer Jason reports our incoming student is fluent in English. Jason and Jill have been extremely effective and instrumental in managing our Youth Exchange program for the Club. Thanks to them for their service! And please circulate this hosting opportunity to your friends and families in the Wayzata School District. Anyone who has hosted in the past can relate what a wonderful experience it can be. It would be wonderful if a Plymouth Rotarian would step up to host!
IOCP is Collecting Back-to-School Supplies.
Donations may be dropped off at IOCP from August 1-21, Monday-Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. or Wednesday's until 8 p.m. Most needed items are: Backpacks (large, solid colors); Wide/College Rule Spirals; Pocket Folders; Composition Notebooks; 3-Ring Binders (1 1/2 inch); Dry Erase Markers; Notebook Dividers; Wide/College Loose-leaf Paper; Graph Paper; Colored Pencils; Glue Sticks (no glue bottles); Scientific Calculators (TI-15, TI-108, TI-30X); and Graphing Calculators (TI-84). They Also need: Watercolor Paints; Black Sharpie Markers; Scissors (pointed tip); Crayola Markers (Classic Colors); Red Pens/Black Felt Tip Pens; Erasers (large pink or white); Pencils & Mechanical Pencils; Pencil Pouches; Protractors; Highlighters; Book Covers; Pencil Sharpeners; Index Cards (3 x 5); and Post-it Notes.
PRISM is Collecting Back-To-School Supplies as Well.
Donations may be dropped off at PRISM from July 16-August 13 from 9am -7pm Mondays and 9am -4pm Tuesday-Friday. Most needed items are 2-Pocket Folders w/o Prongs; Composition Notebooks; College Ruled Loose Leaf Paper; 3-Ring Binders; Section Dividers for 3 Ring Binders; USB/Jump Drive; 5-Tab Binder Dividers (Avery); Basic Calculators - ie: TI 30X IIS; Graphing Calculators - TI 81; Dry Erase Markers - Thick; Crayola 8 Count WASHABLE Markers; Blue Ballpoint Pens; Pencil Boxes; Erasable Blue Ballpoint Pens; Erasable Red Ballpoint Pens; Small Pointed Scissors; Large Pointed Scissors; and Backpacks for Jr./Sr. High Students.
PRISM is also looking for volunteers to help sort school supplies on August 15th - more information to follow either in the newsletter or with a special invitation.
INFORMATION FOR BOTH IOCP AND PRISM BACK-TO-SCHOOL SUPPLY NEEDS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE JULY 30TH MEETING.
Important Information:
West Metro Rotaract Club: The Club has received its charter!!!! Steve B., Ricardo, Jason and Norm will be working with them to get the involved with our meetings and projects. They will be meeting on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at Coopers in the West End. Steve sent a congratulations e-mail to the vice president and asked if they would be interested in helping with our fundraiser. We received a positive response. Steve proposed that the Rotaract Club would be able to keep 1/2 of everything they collect. This should be a great opportunity for both of us.
IOCP will hold The Earl Cup Woodhill Classic on Monday, September 14th at Woodhill Country Club in Orono. 11 am lunch and 12 Noon shotgun start. To reserve your foursome, contact JaneBrattain@aol.com or phone 952-473-9305.
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/Questions
What do you throw out when you want to use it and take in when you don't want to use it?
What invention lets you look right threw a wall?
It's more powerful than God. It's more evil than the devil. The poor have it. The rich need it. If you eat it, you'll die. What am I?
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Rotary Core Values: Fellowship, Integrity, Diversity, Service, Leadership
Rotary Theme: "Be a Gift to the World"
