Paula Chapulis announced that two standing meeting dates will change effective October 2023. The club board meetings will be the 2nd Tuesday and the club foundation meetings will occur on the 3rd Tuesday of the month.

Heather Kelm explained that Rotary peaches will be delivered on Monday August 28.  She asked the club members sign up for a 2 hour slot to facilitate order pickups.  She will send a sign up via email on Wednesday. Click here to view available slots and book yourself directly online.

 

Dutch shared a happy dollar that his resort is hosting a Canadian PGA tourevent the weekend after labor day.

 

Speaker: Heidi Gould, Habitat for Humanity, is the new volunteer coordinator.  They are starting their 130th home.  She shared relevant facts about the home building program like it takes 1300 volunteer hours on average per homer.  In the Brainerd lakes area they are now building for 7 different families and this year they will be starting another 4 in Cass Lake. In 2020/21 they sold 1530 tons in Restore and just completed a major expansion.  She offered the club tours of the new 43k foot space. The store covers all operating costs plus some so that 100% of any donation goes to new homes.  They have not set an opening day yet.  They are trying to raise $500k to pay for the large new space and are at $158K today. The new location has 2 loading dock doors to separate pick up and drop off activity.

 

Q and A followed: Selection criteria includes a requirement to pay the mortgage, and 200 hours volunteerism per home.  If a family leaves the home, Habitat has a right to repurpose the home. All new homes are slab on grade, no stairs, with in floor heat.  They cover 4 counties even though most homes are in the Brainerd Baxter area.