REMINDER

TOMORROW! Prepare Meal at St. Vincent de Pauls!

Remember to park in the back of Vinnies and enter through the blue door (near the dumpster). Main St. doors are usually locked.

First Shift - 8:15-10:45 Monika, Clare, and Tyler

Second Shift - 10:45-1:00 Ken, Jason and Trudy

Please feel free to join in at any time! More hands make light work!

Tuesday Morning - Board Meeting 7:00 AM BJ will let us know where!

Meeting, Thursday, April 3rd, Stevie's Cafe - 7:00 AM

This week we will be going over the information from the Board meeting.

Last week, Tyler gave a real interesting talk on funeral services. He gave a brief history of mortuary services and answered questions about financing a funeral, trends, and environmental impacts. Thanks Tyler for a great program.

The Ace of Spades lives on!

Total is $732.50

Kathy Ricci brought posters for our Cinco de Mayo event. This is to target potential new members. If you want to partner up for raffle items, now is the time to get started.

Joe reported that the Vidalia Onion sales opportunity would not be a good fit for our group. Everyone needs to be on the look-out for other projects or volunteer opportunities.

Ana and BJ attended the grant seminars. Ana to attend a special meeting with a specialist to see if our NEGU project would be eligible for a grant. Mike VG to attend as well.

Bourbon Spirits Tasting event to tentatively be catered by Adventures.

Club still needs to decide if we are going to purchase packaged at the Make Peace Visible Conference. Also a request for $ to cover the cost of bike helmets.

(Special thanks to Monika for taking notes from last weeks meeting for this bulletin!)

EXECUTIVE BUSINESS:

We are still looking for a new Treasurer starting in July 2025. Kathy will be retiring and won't have the same technology availability. If you are interested, please let her or any board member know now - you can get a LOT of training in ahead of time.

Would you consider the presidency for 2026-2027? Contact BJ or Jason for details.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:

St. Vincent de Paul - Paul's Pantry: Cooking meal on Monday, March 31. Please put it on your calendar. Thank you, Monika, for coordinating.
Ruby's Pantry - Next date is Sat. June 21, 2025 - please put it on your calendar.

UPCOMING PROGRAMS:

Reminder: please work hard to get a speaker. If you cannot, please let us know at the meeting and we can help you!

April Social Activity Planners - Kathy R. and Jason S. (Business after 5 in Cumberland - Tuesday Apr. 22)

Apr. 1 - Board Meeting

Apr. 3 - Meeting - Business Meeting

Apr. 10 - Meeting - Dean hosts

Apr. 17 - Meeting - Jim hosts The Knights of Coumbus and Father Dennis Mullen on their Adoption Initiative Program.

Apr. 22 - BUSINESS AFTER 5 in Cumberland. 5:00 PM at Nezzys. Clare has arranged for us to host with the Chamber with a discussion on service organization opportunities in Cumberland. This will serve as our social event.

Apr. 24 - Meeting - Don hosts - Marshfield representative on the merger with Sanford Health. Don says it will be very interesting, bring guests or spouses.

May Social Activity Planners - Mike VG and BJ (Cinco De Mayo Celebration)

May 1 - Meeting - Monika hosts, Cinco de Mayo final planning, membership

May 6 - Board Meeting and Cinco de Mayo Celebration

May 8 - Business Meeting reviewing Board Discussion and Cinco event

May 15 - Meeting - Mark B. hosts

May 22 - Meeting - Cathy B hosts

May 29 - 5th Week meeting, Club Assembly

June Social Activity Planners - Joe E and Bruce G

June 3 - Board Meeting

June 5 - Meeting - Clare hosts

June 12 - Meeting - Tyler hosts

June 19 - Meeting - Trudy hosts

June 21 - RUBY's Pantry Volunteer Activity

June 26 - Meeting - Jeremy hosts

Aug. 7th - District Governor elect Glenn Bowers visit.

Please be sure to let me know as soon as you have a program set up so it can be added to our schedule. If you do NOT have a program, please let us know that as well so we can either get a program or some other focus for those attending. If you need a Zoom link, please let Trudy/Joe E. know that as well. Thanks!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Put Thursday, September 25th on your calendar for the Bourbon Tasting event! Dean will continue to update the club with planning details.

Mark Berger shared menu possibilities with the Cinco de Mayo committee. He thinks three servers from Casa Mexicana will attend in sombreros. Start thinking of people, especially potential members, you'd like to invite to attend!

Ana and BJ planned to attend Rotary grant eligibility meetings. There were 3 opportunities to attend electronically. If anyone else attended, please inform BJ and Jason.

There are 5 members so far planning to attend the District Make Peace Visible conference May 1-3. ( https://makepeacevisible.org ) If our members help package meals with The Outreach Program, it can be counted as an international project. These meals will be sent to Tanzania. Our club could choose to purchase meals to donate to our local food banks. Meals packed for domestic use include meals like mac & cheese, apple cinnamon oatmeal, and tomato-basil pasta sauce. One case of 218 packaged meals is $80.

DISTRICT/INTERNATIONAL ROTARY NEWS:

Join Us for the District 5960 Conference!
May 1 - 3, 2025
Mystic Lake Center, Prior Lake, MN

Full Conference Rate: $299 (Three Days) – Register Here

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Thursday Night: $39
Friday: $179
Saturday: $99

Book Your Hotel Room Today! The special block rate expires April 2, 2025.
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Conference Schedule
Conference Breakouts

Save the date! The installation of 2025-2026 District Governor Glenn Bowers will be June 12th, 4:30 to 7:30 PM, at Shoreview Community Center, 4580 Victoria Street N., Shoreview MN. www.ardenhillshoreviewrotary.com

Respectfully Submitted by:

Trudy Kroeger

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