President Adam Rees chaired the meeting. Please note, the District Governor will be visiting our club next week.
Rotary Announcements:
Eric Charpentier: RYLA is happening this week. Eric and Michelle Francis drove two students to camp on Sunday. Peter Nelson is picking them up and driving them home.
David Winkelman: Updated the club on the solar project at Rotary Park. It was recommended that the solar panels be put east of the pavillion on the ground with a fence around them for security. Discussion has taken place on increasing the size of the project.
Peter Nelson: Updated the club on Rotary Park. The trails are mowed and the goats are still there working hard.
Brighter Days Grief Center sent an email asking for volunteers. They are looking for crew to help set up and volunteers to facilitate groups. Shifts are 8:00 a.m - 1:00 p.m. or 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Volunteer applications are required for background checks. If you're interested please see the following links:
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here for the Volunteer application.
Speaker: Isaiah Moengen - Lakes Area Heroes
Isaiah is a local realtor with Woods to Water Real Estate and the founder of Lakes Area Heroes, a non-profit organization focused on supporting Law Enforcement, Firefighters, EMS personnel, and their families during times of need.
The goal of Lakes Area Heroes is to strengthen our community by helping our local heroes and their families by providing resources when they are in need. Local law enforcement, Fire and EMS personnel serve our communities when tragedy occurs in our neighborhoods. Lakes Area Heroes recognizes when illness, accidents or other events happen to our selfless heroes, they don't expect or ask for help. Lakes Area Heroes would like to return the favor, with your assistance by providing resources such as financial aid and volunteer services in these times of need. We care and appreciate all our heroes do for our community and together we can make our community even stronger.
If you know someone that is struggling and falls into this category, please reach out to Lakes Area Heroes. They want to help!
To learn more, please visit the Lakes Area Heroes page by clicking here. They also have a Facebook page here. Isaiah's real estate page can be found here.
If you would like to donate to Lakes Area Heroes, please use your phone to scan this QR Code:
Greeters:
07/23/2024: Nick Barth, Loren Beilke, Jennifer Bergman
07/30/2024: Jeff Birks, Mike Bjerkness, Dan Brown
08/06/2024: Debra Bultnick, Mike Burton, Todd Bymark
08/13/2024: Rod Carlson, Jill Casper, Eric Charpentier
08/20/2024: Ray Charpentier, Paul Cibuzar, Dutch Cragun
08/27/2024: Mary Devine Johnson, Mark Dockendorf, Mike Doran
Upcoming Speakers:
Jul 23, 2024: Kay Parries - District Governor visit
Jul 30, 2024: Adam Rees & Julie Anderholm - Club Meeting & Foundation Report
Aug 6, 2024: Adam Reese - Cambodia Medical Mission Part 3
Aug 13, 2024: Nick Broyles - Brainerd City Administrator