President Michelle Francis chaired the meeting.
Rotary Announcements
- Camp Journey is October 17-18. Please sign up to volunteer!
- Registration is open for District Conference October 24-25 in Duluth. Please see Michelle if you need help registering.
- We have a new Interact Advisor at BHS. We need a club member to step up and be our Interact Coordinator. Interact meets at BHS at 7:45 a.m. on Mondays. Please see Michelle Francis if you're interested in finding out more!
- The Foundation Board has an opening. If you're interested in getting involved, please see Aaron Peterson.
- If you have ideas for programs, please contact Lee Seipp.
- Bell ringing will be on Dec 6th this year
- Next week Buford will be collecting donations for Polio Plus. Please come ready to contribute (or the Sgt at Arms will "help" everyone out).
Save the Date
Camp Journey will be held October 17-18 this year. Volunteers will be needed for this over-night event.
2025 District Conference will be October 24-25 in Duluth.
Bell ringing for the Salvation Army will be on Saturday December 6th, 2025.
We will not have a meeting on December 30, 2025.
Our Club will host the District Conference in 2026! The conference will take place from October 1, 2026 - October 4, 2026 at Cragun's Resort.
Speaker
This week our speaker was our RYLA sponsored student, Oliver Kelm. He gave a nice overview of his experience at RYLA and some samples of what types of things they did. Learn more about
RYLA here.
Greeters:
10/14/2025: Mike Burton, Andrew Ostlund, Michelle Francis
10/21/2025: Carol Johnson, Ed Menk, Bill Potvin
10/28/2025: Annmarie Lacher, Paul Cibuzar, Rod Carlson
Speakers:
10/14/2025: Club Meeting - Oliver Kelm
10/21/2025: Jane Gunsbury - St. Vincent de Paul
10/28/2025: Jennifer Jacquot-DeFvries - The Crossing Arts Alliance
11/04/2025: Jim Roelofs - "Buddy" Book launch presentation