Week of August 25 (NO MEETING THIS WEEK) (Aug 24, 2019)

This Week's Program:

NO MEETING THIS WEEK (5TH THURSDAY OF THE MONTH)

You can find future speakers later in the bulletin (and on the Club website). Please use this list to invite prospective members.

Letter to Public Safety Director Goldstein (Reprinted from last week):

I think we all agree with the following letter drafted by Co-President Bartling! Thank you Peter!

August 17, 2019

TO: Mike Goldstein, Public Services Director-City of Plymouth

FROM: Peter R. Bartling, Co-President-Plymouth Rotary Club

SUBJECT: Letter of Appreciation-Jim Long

Dear Chief Goldstein,

Greetings!

The purpose of our letter is to thank a member of your staff, Jim Long, for his exemplary service for and on behalf of the Plymouth Rotary Club.

Jim organized, facilitated, and insured superb execution of the Plymouth Rotary Citizens Academy Program. He not only formulated the program on our behalf, but also oversaw every detail so as to optimize the value of the program to each of our members.

The purpose of this creative initiative was to bring the community and the club closer together thru awareness of and involvement in City programs and services. Mission accomplished!

Jim came early, stayed late, and assumed total responsibility for program activities and results. An awesome performance that absolutely insured the success of this endeavor.

John Wooden once said that “The only place that success is before work is in the dictionary.” Jim Long embodies that quote.

Thank you for sharing his time and talent with us. We are indeed fortunate to have individuals of his ability, capacity, and character on our Public Service Team.

All the best!

Peter R. Bartling

Fall Party - October 25, 2019:

A Fall Party is being planned at the Bartling Home for Friday evening, October 25, 2019. Party Committee Members currently are Carol, James and Peter. More are needed - contact Peter if you are interested.

Membership Mentoring:

Steve Beachler working with Peter and James is going to lead the charge on a renewed mentoring program. The program is begin quickly developed and more information a meetings, in the newsletter and direct email will be forthcoming. Stay tuned and be open to participating.

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.

Announcements:

Board Minutes can be found on the Club Website in the members area (upper right corner of the website). If you can't remember your member login and password please reach out to Dwain or Steve J. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU TO ALL ROTARIANS FOR ANOTHER AMAZING YEAR!
The 2019 Plymouth on Parade Fall fundraiser is coming fast. It is September 21, 2019. Please watch for additional information as it becomes available and plan on selling "basketball tickets" and attending the parade and event. Please reach out to Jim Crenna with questions.

Heart Safe Plymouth:

We have trained 6,000 people and counting!

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

Linked to this is a story about Hands Only CPR performed by a daughter to her mom recently in MPLS. Also note, dispatch assisted w telephone cpr...very cool!

Upcoming Speakers:

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

Sept 12 - Dino Bilankov, Director of Strategic Planning for United Healthcare

Sept 19 - Terry Wu

Sept 26 -

Oct 3 - Dr. Jean Abraham, University of Minnesota

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

Foundation Giving:

Please give to Rotary International (Annual Fund) and/or Polio Plus (Polio Fund)!

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.

Rotarians have the ability to contribute to Rotary International in a four ways - Annual Fund, Polio Fund, World Fund and Disaster Response Fund. The fund contributed to most is the Annual Fund and the second Fund members have given to is the Polio Fund. Below is a message from Michael K. McGovern, International PolioPlus Chair:

My fellow Rotarians:

I’m pleased to share the important news that as of today, 21 August 2019, it has been three years since a child in Nigeria was paralyzed by the wild poliovirus. This means that the entire World Health Organization (WHO) African region could be certified as wild poliovirus-free as soon as mid-2020.

Along with our Global Polio Eradication Initiative partners and the Nigerian government, we’ve strengthened immunization and disease detection systems, and we are now reaching more children than ever in some of the hardest-to-reach places in Nigeria.

We can take pride in this progress, but it is not time to celebrate quite yet. We still have work to do and we must continue making it a priority to reach every child in Nigeria—and other polio-threatened countries—with the polio vaccine, and build strong levels of immunity to fully protect the entire population against polio.

In part because of the hard work and dedication of Rotarians in Nigeria and around the world, we will soon be able to check another country off of the polio-endemic list. Rotary members in Nigeria have been hard at work raising awareness for polio eradication, advocating with the government and addressing other basic health needs to complement polio eradication efforts, like providing clean water to vulnerable communities.

After the African region is certified wild poliovirus-free later next year, 5 out of the 6 WHO regions in the world will be considered polio-free. As the first organization to dream of – and promise to deliver – a polio-free world, Rotary is committed to fulfilling our promise. Our progress in Nigeria is a big step toward that goal, but we need to maintain momentum so that Pakistan and Afghanistan see the same level of progress.

It’s crucial that Rotarians continue to support polio eradication as we overcome the final hurdles in the fight to end the disease forever. You can support PolioPlus by making a donation, or raise awareness by holding an event or fundraiser on World Polio Day on 24 October.

I look forward to joining with Rotarians as soon as mid-2020 to celebrate a wild poliovirus-free Africa.

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.