Announcements from 02.11.25 meeting:
President Adam Rees chaired the meeting.
 
Rotary Announcements
 
* Please check your spam/junk folders for Rotary correspondence. Your dues invoice will be sent via email from QuickBooks. 
 
* The Club Board approved a policy for designating individuals as Honorary Members of our Club. We will go over this policy at a future Club Meeting.
 
* Reverse Raffle - 300 tickets to be sold for $100/each. Drawing is Monday, May 5 at Prairie Bay (Cinco de Mayo). More information to come!
 
* District Conference has been cancelled for April. The next District Conference is tentatively scheduled for October 24-25 in Duluth. District Conference will be held in the Fall going forward.
 
Sergeant at Arms
 
Ed Menk fined the following individuals: 1. Anyone that hasn't eaten a White Castle hamburger in the last year; 2. Anyone that watched the Super Bowl for the half-time show and/or the commercials; and 3. Anyone that didn't have car trouble today.
 
Speaker
 
 
Mark & Paula Persons - Brainerd Radio
 
Mark and Paula talked about their careers and their 2024 induction into the Minnesota Broadcasters Hall of Fame. An article published in RadioWorld can be read here: RadioWorld.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Greeters:
 
02/18/2025: Rod Carlson; Lee Seipp; John Forrest
02/25/2025: Loren Beilke; Richard Adams; Bradford Fulta
03/04/2025: Michelle Francis; Ray Gildow; Peter Nelson
03/11/2025: Shane Riffle; Jesse Hopkins; Sam Anderson
 
Speakers:
 
02/18/2025: Rick Adams - Haiti Project Updates
02/25/2025: Jager Kleckletsy - Essay Winner
03/04/2025: Club Meeting
03/11/2025: Kevin Thesing - BLA Community Foundation & Lakes Printing
03/25/2025: Seth Neidstadt - Ukraine Refugees

 
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
 
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Speakers
To see our schedule of upcoming speakers, click HERE.  If you have an idea or question, contact Bob Nystrom at robertnystrom5@gmail.com.
 
 
Rotary International Convention:
June 21-25, 2025, Calgary, Canada.
 
Brainerd Club Board
Meeting occurs at 11am on the Second Tuesday of the month at The Northland Arboretum.  Anyone can attend. 
 
Brainerd Foundation Board
Anyone is welcome to join the meeting at 11am on the third Tuesday of the month at The Northland Arboretum.  More information on Foundation Grants, grant process, grant applications at https://www.brainerdrotary.org/page/brainerd-rotary-foundation.
 
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Birthdays & Anniversaries
Spouse Birthdays
Mandy Miller
February 17
 
Join Date
Kevin Thesing
February 2, 1993
32 years
 
Marc Halverson
February 20, 1973
52 years
 
Bradford Folta
February 21, 2023
2 years
 
Sarah Smith
February 23, 2022
3 years
 
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