Paula reminded us that for RYLA Eric Charpentier is recruiting High School student applications until April 30th. Our club has a budget for 2 students this year and we only have one application. Camp Confidence needs help on May 13 with some projects and clean up.
At the 2024 ROTARY DISTRICT 5580 CONFERENCE our club was awarded the district's largest per club contribution to polio plus for more than 60 members at $13,800. Buford thanked our members for their giving last year. Peter Nelson, Adam Rees and Samanta Candia attended this years meetings on Fargo ND.
The District Conference was filled with impactful speakers to educate us on mental health issues, with inspiring messages on how we can help the environment, with our always energetic and talented exchange youth, and engaging entertainment that brought our Rotary family together with joy. One more amazing thing. $100,000 was raised for Polio Plus. Please consider attending next years District Conference and become better educated and engaged Rotarians.
Aaron Antony reminded us the next ditch cleanup will be April 30th with a 5:00pm start. Food and drinks will follow the event. An online sign up on ClubRunner was sent by an email or use this link.
Michelle reminded us to check out tickets for this years Reverse Raffle. It will take place on May 16th with a goal to sell 300 tickets. To date 140 tickets were checked out. Please pick them up from Carol. As we sell them we need to bring the ticket purchaser info and funds back to Allie and Carol.
Speaker: Adam Rees presented part 1 of his medical mission trip to Pursat Cambodia. As a reminder our club gave $5k that was matched by our district with another $5k to support Sustainable Cambodia's global 2 year grant. The goal is to "Improve the health of Cambodian rural villagers in the Pursat province." The principals guiding this effort include: Greatest Good, Evidence based, Doable with available resources, Leverage Sustainable Cambodia Successes.
In November 2023 Rotarian's Adam Rees (Brainerd) and Floyd Hatch (Salt Lake City) assessed the Cambodian medical system focusing on the needs of villagers in the Pursat Province. The genesis of this trip came from Rotary’s Sustainable Cambodia February 2023 trips. Since then we completed a demographic and population health analysis and summarized our trip notes with photographs from our site visits to the nation, regional and local healthcare providers.
During the Pol Pot genocide the entire medical system was destroyed with only a few medical providers remaining. When Cambodia was liberated by the Vietnamese many foreign countries (France, Vietnam, Thailand, South Korea, and Japan to name a few) came to help the country rebuild the entire medical system. Today the progress is impressive but still lags western medicine in many ways. The system lacks capital, equipment, human resources, and insurance for the working poor rural villagers to manage the health of the population.
Adam's presentation exploring the site visits will continue on May 7, 2024. Please consider visiting Cambodia in 2024/25 (2024: Nov 16th to Nov 25th 2025: Jan 11th to Jan 20th ), $995/pp.
Greeters:
4/30/2024: John Landsburg, Mike McConkey, Ed Menk
5/7/2024: Pete Nelson, Curtis Nielsen, Bob Nystrom
5/14/2024: Andrew Ostlund, Joseph Paine, Jennifer Person
5/21/2024: Paula Persons, Aaron Peterson, Donn Peterson
5/28/2024: Eric Peterson, Bill Potvin, Trevor Pumnea
Upcoming Speakers:
Apr 23, 2024: Daniel Meyer - Update on Lakes Area Music Festival and what the 2024 season will bring
Apr 30, 2024: Matt Kilian , Paul Augustinak and Leah Boedigheime - Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce- The start of WAVE OR Young Professionals Network
May 7, 2024: Rotary Medical Missions trip to Cambodia Part 2
May 14, 2024: Samanta Candia - Club Rotary Exchange Student Report
May 21, 2024: Paula - Club meeting date
You are invited to visit us at an upcoming meeting.
Brainerd Rotary Club meets on Tuesdays at 12pm at the Northland Arboretum (lower level) - 14250 Conservation Dr, Baxter, MN 56425
Our club members are dedicated people who share a passion for community service and friendship. Becoming a Rotarian connects you with a diverse group who share your drive to give back. Join us here for updates, announcements, and stories.
To see our schedule of upcoming speakers, click HERE. If you have an idea or question, contact Bob Nystrom at robertnystrom5@gmail.com.
Rotary Youth Exchange
Samanta Candia Aguirre - from Peru arrived this summer. If you’d like to be more involved in our youth exchange program and willing to join our Youth Exchange committee, please contact Jesse Hopkins at 218-515-0821 or jesse.hopkins@hhrarchitecture.com or jesse.david.hopkins@gmail.com.
Rotary International Convention:
May 25-29, 2024, Singapore.
Brainerd Club Board
Meeting occurs at 11am on the Second Tuesday of the month at The Northland Arboretum. Anyone can attend.
Please take and share photos of current rotary club events. Share with Allie Verchota allie.verchota@deerwoodbank.com or Brian Andrews executivedirector@larjp.org so we can keep our website and social media platforms current. Thank you!
.png)
