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2024-09-17 12:15:00Z | Sep 17, 2024 | Martin Graefe, Senior Program Director & Director | 65 Years of Concordia Language Villages: Summer Camp and So Much More | Sep 17, 2024 12:15 PM |
Martin Graefe is the senior group director and director of the Concordia Language Training Center. He has been on staff at Concordia Language Villages since 1995, serving eight years as director for year-round programs and ten years as the associate director for operations. Martin holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Dakota and a master’s degree in business administration from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. Martin has been a Rotarian for over 25 years, serving as the club president for Bemidji Rotary in 2012-13. He lives in Bemidji with his wife Lisa. The youngest of their three children spent a year in Stockholm Sweden as a Rotary Youth Exchange Student. |
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2024-09-24 12:15:00Z | Sep 24, 2024 | Club Service Project | Golden Valley Notecards of Kindness | Sep 24, 2024 12:15 PM |
We will use our noon meeting as a service activity and use our Golden Valley Notecards to write letters to:
We’ll be sure to have writing utensils and a method for mailing the cards out. Need not be present to “win”; follow the linked guidelines in the newsletter to do this at home. This could be done for a whole family to do or a rainy-day activity for little ones with age-appropriate messages and drawings. |
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2024-10-01 12:15:00Z | Oct 01, 2024 | Karl Erickson, Youth Programs Manager | Social Enterprise Projects Fostering Youth Employment | Oct 01, 2024 12:15 PM |
Karl Erickson, Youth Programs Manager, Elpis Enterprises Before joining Elpis as our Woodworking Program Manager in September of 2022, Karl worked as a teacher at Higher Ground Academy in St. Paul, MN. There, he authored and coordinated a “No Child Left Inside” MN DNR grant which helped with nature-based exploration (primarily ice fishing) and maintained partnerships with Tickets 4 Kids, Free Bikes 4 Kids, Ardent Outdoor Group, and Adam Thielen Foundation Charities. These experiential activities empowered students inside and outside of their traditional school days with non/traditional experiences. Other relevant work experiences include being a floral box builder and social media marketer for Wholesale Wicker Baskets, LLC. He is also a two-time Iraq War Veteran who served seven years in the Minnesota Army National Guard. |
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2024-10-08 12:15:00Z | Oct 08, 2024 | Morgan Schafer and Sasha Lewis-Norelle | All About Plastics | Oct 08, 2024 12:15 PM |
Morgan Schafer, ReThink Disposable Zero Waste Organizer and Sasha Lewis-Norelle, Environmental Health and Justice Organizer Morgan received her bachelor's degree in environmental science in 2024 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a focus on social, political, and economic perspectives. She grew up moving across the Midwest, finally landing in London, England before attending college back home. She now works as the Zero Waste Organizer with the ReThink Disposable project to work with local businesses and institutions across Minnesota with the goal of stopping trash before it starts. Morgan first became interested in advocacy through a program for teens at her local Planned Parenthood, led by the belief that every person is deserving of respect and compassion. Later, during her time at UW Madison, she learned about the strong correlation between social justice and environmental issues and their pervasiveness across the globe. She developed a strong sense of responsibility for protecting the planet and has found a passion for bettering the world, particularly in fields of social justice, climate change, and sustainability. Morgan is excited to put this passion and experience to work to create a safe, healthy, and beautiful future for our planet and its people, starting here in Minnesota. Sasha is the Environmental Health and Justice Organizer in Minnesota. He works with local communities and allies to advance environmental justice through education, advocacy, and community organizing. Sasha graduated from Macalester College in 2021 with a degree in Environmental Studies and a biology emphasis. He grew up in Madison, Wisconsin, and has loved nature and the environment since he was young. he has a strong passion for changing our society for the better, particularly around environmental justice, climate change, and sustainability. Sasha first got involved with environmental advocacy through student activism while attending Macalester. He worked on a campaign to divest the school's endowment from fossil fuels, joined the Sunrise Movement to fight for a Green New Deal, and volunteered with MN350 in the fight to stop the Line 3 Pipeline. Environmental activism and organizing are now his passion, and he's always excited for new opportunities to create a better world. |
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2024-10-10 17:00:00Z | Oct 10, 2024 | Highway 55 Clean-Up |
Oct 10, 2024 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
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2024-10-15 12:15:00Z | Oct 15, 2024 | Joe Nathan and Khalique Rogers | Center for School Change | Oct 15, 2024 12:15 PM |
Khalique Rogers is a graduate of Gordon Parks High School, St. Paul College, and has been asked to provide featured presentations at conferences not only in Minnesota, but also in other states. Rogers has co-authored columns in the Star Tribune and MinnPost. He’s been asked to testify a number of time at Minnesota legislative committees focused on helping reduce the number of youth and family experiencing homelessness. He personally experienced homelessness as a youngster. He served as the leader of a successful effort to convert a trash-filled vacant lot in St. Paul into a beautiful playground. Rogers has a deep belief in the importance of having young people be present and have opportunities to help shape policy. Joe Nathan has been an inner city public school aide, teacher, and administrator. He was selected to coordinate a National Governors Association project, Time for Results: the Governors 1991 Report on Education. More than 30 state legislatures and several Congressional Committees have asked him to testify on various education issues. Student, parent, and professional groups have given him awards for his work. Nathan has helped write several major laws, including Post Secondary Enrollment Options and the nation’s first charter public school law. He served as a local PTA president in St. Paul, and a member of the Minnesota State PTA board. He has written two books named “must read” by the American School Board journal, along with a third, and edited a fourth. More than 30 newspapers including Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Atlanta Constitution, and Detroit News have published guest columns he wrote. Nathan has written proposals that generated more than $33 million from a variety of national, regional, and local foundations, government agencies, and companies. Between 1989 and 2004 he wrote a weekly column carried by three of Minnesota’s four largest daily papers. He now writes a twice-a-month column carried regularly by about 20 suburban and rural Minnesota newspapers. The column also has appeared on local and national websites. Nathan has appeared on more than 400 television and radio programs including “The Today Show”, “Good Morning America”, "McNeil/Lehrer News Hour”, and “All Things Considered”. He earned a B.A. from Carleton, MA and PhD from the University of Minnesota. Nathan has been married for 46 years to a retired St. Paul Public School teacher. The Nathan’s three children all attended and graduated from St. Paul Public Schools. Their five granddaughters also attend St. Paul Public Schools. |
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2024-10-22 12:15:00Z | Oct 22, 2024 | Mayor Kathi Hemken, City of New Hope | Beyond The Yellow Ribbon Quad Communities | Oct 22, 2024 12:15 PM |
Mayor Kathi Hemken has been a resident of New Hope since 1976. She was elected to her first term as mayor in 2008 and was reelected in 2012, 2016, and 2020. Hemken is a retired production control supervisor at Honeywell. She has a B.S. degree from the University of Minnesota. Hemken’s community involvement includes: New Hope Planning Commission, member and chair; Metropolitan Council Land Use Committee; North Metro Mayors Association (president two years); Hennepin County Active Living; Regional Council of Mayors; Northwest YMCA board member; New Hope Women of Today; League of Women Voters of Crystal, New Hope, and East Plymouth; Ambassador Care Facility Advisory Board; and she’s a volunteer for School District 281. As a member of the board, Mayor Hemken will tell us all about the Quad Communities’ Beyond the Yellow Ribbon. Beyond The Yellow Ribbon Quad Communities is a grassroots citizen group that engages the communities of Golden Valley, Crystal, New Hope, and Robbinsdale in support of military members, veterans, and their families. It joins nearly 200 Minnesota cities, counties, and businesses already proclaimed Beyond the Yellow Ribbon. Beyond the Yellow Ribbon is a comprehensive program that creates awareness for the purpose of connecting military service members and their families with community support, training, services, and resources. |
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2024-10-29 12:15:00Z | Oct 29, 2024 | Business of the Year Presentation | Business of the Year Presentation | Oct 29, 2024 12:15 PM |
October is Rotary International Community Economic Development Month. The Golden Valley Rotary Club celebrates by naming a local Business of the Year to honor. The 2024 selection is Lunds & Byerlys Golden Valley. They will receive their award at the October 29th meeting. PAST ANNUAL BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS OF THE YEAR Armstrong, Torseth, Skold and Rydeen (ATS&R) 2006 |
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2024-11-05 12:15:00Z | Nov 05, 2024 | William Heathershaw | My Life Living in China | Nov 05, 2024 12:15 PM |
William Heathershaw's life was very much focused on community service when he was in college by overextending himself in student organizations. Volunteering for the 2008 Beijing Olympics was his last real volunteer engagement for quite a few years while he lived in Beijing. Then later in the Bay Area as life became much more focused on career. Despite growing up in a lower middle-class situation, William is blessed that he's been provided the opportunities to experience so much in life including traveling to nearly 40 countries on four continents. He's spent most of the past eight years focusing on his own small businesses, though he decided to recently join a decades-old family-owned business in Plymouth within the business technologies industry – their primary offerings are business telecommunications and an emergency management platform for school districts, college campuses, governments, healthcare systems, and large venues. William is also dedicated to promoting the life-changing college and CTE scholarships offered by the Horatio Alger Association, one of the largest private funders of needs-based scholarship – they changed his life in 2004 when he was one of two recipients that year in Iowa for a National Scholarship. For the past five years, William has been alongside his now life partner (wife), Ann, and they have a beautiful and spunky toddler Josie who somehow simultaneously drains and recharges them. |
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2024-11-12 12:15:00Z | Nov 12, 2024 | Karen Wojahn | Rotary E-Club Global Travelers trip to Egypt | Nov 12, 2024 12:15 PM |
Karen Wojahn was raised in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin School of Business with a degree in Accounting. She worked in government and public accounting and has actively volunteered with many non-profits, including the Embroiderers’ Guild of America. In her spare time, she enjoys embroidery, traveling, reading, golf, and cross-country skiing. Her love of embroidery has developed over many years. In April, 2024, Karen and 40 Rotary E-Club Global Travelers and their families/friends went on an amazing trip to Egypt. They combined service and learned about grant opportunities with incredible sight-seeing. |
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2024-11-19 12:15:00Z | Nov 19, 2024 | Regan Birr, Founder & Executive Director | Lupus Research Foundation - Moving Beyond our Challenges and Meeting our Goals | Nov 19, 2024 12:15 PM |
Regan Birr is the founder of the Lupus Research Foundation, along with her husband, Todd Birr. Regan is the executive director of the LRF team, comprised of people passionately working towards a cure. Regan is a lupus survivor. With a diagnosis several years ago of severe kidney involvement due to lupus, she was facing a grim future. Her health needed immediate attention. The treatment was 2.5 years of a breast cancer chemotherapy called Cytoxan (even though Regan did not have breast cancer). The goal was to suppress her over-active immune system and prevent it from attacking her kidneys. Early diagnosis, and the right diagnosis, saved her life: the Cytoxan, along with high-dose prednisone, put her into remission and her lab results eventually returned to fairly normal levels. However, she still felt very ill. Daily, she experienced severe joint pain, the kind that kept her up at night and caused her to walk with a cane, and she dealt with extreme fatigue. Her fatigue was such that trips to the grocery store would exhaust her, and all she could do was buy groceries – not unload the car. Some days a load of laundry was too much; other days making a meal was all she could do. This period of time was mentally grueling. She is a mechanical engineer, and is always analyzing and problem-solving, so having a weak body only amplified the frustration and at times she was feeling depression and desperation. Her journey towards health took almost a decade. But because of the early diagnosis, along with diet change and exercise, she did recover, and now enjoys a high quality of life and remission. But she realizes that most others aren’t so lucky. That is why she is passionate about finding a cure, because that’s the best way she can help people living with lupus. Together, with Todd, who is a competitive curler, they are focusing on the NEXT 5 years towards a cure. For more information about Regan and Todd’s teamwork towards a cure, visit “Lupus Spiel USA” and “Curling & Lupus”. |
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2024-11-26 00:00:00Z | Nov 25, 2024 | No Meeting for the Thanksgiving Holiday | Happy Thanksgiving! | Nov 26, 2024 | View | ||||||
2024-12-03 12:15:00Z | Dec 03, 2024 | Miriam Williams | Work-Life Balance | Dec 03, 2024 12:15 PM |
Miriam Williams is an entrepreneur, speaker, coach, and author with 20+ years of experience developing emerging and experienced leaders. She works with groups, individuals, and organizations to amplify their authenticity and empower them to become better versions of themselves. Miriam is also the author of “Remind Your Mind Who’s Boss” and the upcoming book, “Faithfully Fierce: How Biblical Women Rocked Leadership”. She holds an M.Ed. from Kent State University and a BA in Psychology from Bay Path University. She lives with her husband and son in Cottage Grove, MN. |
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2024-12-10 00:00:00Z | Dec 09, 2024 | Dr. Teri Staloch, Superintendent | Robbinsdale Area Schools | Dec 10, 2024 |
Dr. Teri Staloch has a long and distinguished career in K-12 education, which includes previous experience as an English teacher, assistant superintendent at Osseo Area Schools from 2012 to 2015, all the way up to a district superintendent, serving at Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools between 2015 and 2022. Most recently she was the Director of Engagement and Strategic Partnerships for PartnerED Consultants and a Senior Educational Consultant for SitelogIQ. She began as superintendent of the Robbinsdale Area Schools on July 1, 2024. |
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2024-12-24 00:00:00Z | Dec 23, 2024 | No Meeting - Winter Break | Happy Holidays! | Dec 24, 2024 | View | ||||||
2024-12-31 00:00:00Z | Dec 30, 2024 | No Meeting - Winter Break | Happy Holidays! | Dec 31, 2024 | View | ||||||
2025-01-07 12:15:00Z | Jan 07, 2025 | Clyde Doepner, MN Twins Memorabilia Curator | MN Twins History | Jan 07, 2025 12:15 PM |
Joint meeting with the Rotary Clubs of St. Louis Park, hosted at Brookview. Clyde Doepner, the official Minnesota Twins curator, will bring alive the history of the Twins through stories and baseball memorabilia. Before he became the only full-time curator in Major League Baseball, a position he has held with the Twins since 2009, Clyde Doepner was both an avid collector of Twins memorabilia and a longtime history teacher at Tartan High School. His association with the Twins grew out of a chance encounter with former owner Calvin Griffith, and his collection of team memorabilia became particularly notable when the organization had its first TwinsFest at the Metrodome in 1989. Being hired in 2009 as a full-time employee, he said, was a dream job. Doepner has logged memorabilia from all generations of Twins baseball — Harmon Killebrew to Kirby Puckett to Joe Mauer and now. Among his favorite pieces are those from Killebrew, a player he considers his hero. But the collection still is growing as are the stories. |
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2025-01-14 12:15:00Z | Jan 14, 2025 | Tim Reardon & Tim Munkeby | Minnesota Rally to Read | Jan 14, 2025 12:15 PM |
Tim Reardon is a strategic and entrepreneurial leader who specializes identifying the core purpose and potential of individuals, organizations, and communities to inspire them to optimize their potential. He brings a wealth of experience in government, nonprofit, corporate, health care, and educational organizations as well as grass-roots community groups. Tim earned a Masters Degree in Public Administration from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, as an Archibald Bush Leadership Fellow. He also completed a Masters Degree in Public Affairs at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. He is a licensed social worker. He holds a Masters Certificate in Leadership Development from Harvard University. His academic achievements include an undergraduate degree in psychology and economic/business administration from St. John’s University in Collegeville, MN and international studies in Spanish and Liberation Theology from the Universidad Catolica in Lima, Peru. https://cheassisi.com/ Tim Munkeby spent 13 years teaching junior and senior high school English and creative writing, directing theater productions, and coaching sports. He switched gears in the 1980s, founding Munkeby Financial, Inc., a financial services firm in Hopkins, Minnesota. He’s combined his two career paths by writing "If I Had a Million Dollars: How to Achieve Financial Independence Before Your Parents Do", and lecturing at colleges and universities on financial and career literacy. Munkeby has also written three novels: "Back to the Island", "Will", and most recently, "The Advocate". After years living in the Boundary Waters area (a region of wilderness straddling the Canada-United States border), Tim and his wife of nearly six decades, Mary, now reside on Minnehaha Creek in the Minneapolis suburb of Minnetonka. They’re the proud parents to six children and a dozen grands. https://www.timmunkeby.com |
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2025-01-21 12:15:00Z | Jan 21, 2025 | Joe Cavanaugh, Founder and CEO | Youth Frontiers | Jan 21, 2025 12:15 PM |
Joe Cavanaugh is a nationally-renowned speaker promoting timeless values and personal character to audiences of all ages. Whether it is at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum, a commencement speech at his alma mater, a conference with business leaders, or in a room filled with 200 teenagers, Joe loves to be in front of a crowd sharing the message that character matters. His message is guided by the belief that character is the thread that will reweave the frayed fabric of our society. In 1987, Joe founded Youth Frontiers (YF), a Minnesota-based nonprofit organization that provides experiences that inspire character, civility, and community. YF has impacted more than 2 million youth, educators, and community members and has received national acclaim because of its powerful programs. Joe also leads YF’s newest division, Leadership Frontiers, which focuses on inspiring character-driven leaders in all sectors. Joe has been featured on local, regional, and national media programs including a 90-minute PBS television special titled, “Respectfully, Joe Cavanaugh”. Additionally, he has been recognized by the late General Colin Powell of America’s Promise as being “a leader in our nation’s effort to rescue America’s young people.” Joe received his B.A. degree in Humanities from Saint John’s University in Collegeville, MN, where he also was given an Honorary Doctorate in 2016. He was also named Social Entrepreneur of the Year by Saint John’s in 2012. Joe and his wife, Jane, live in Edina, MN. Their daughter, Tess, is attending the College of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, MN. |
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2025-01-28 00:00:00Z | Jan 27, 2025 | Club Service Project/Club Social | Club Service Project/Club Social | Jan 28, 2025 | View | ||||||
2025-02-04 12:15:00Z | Feb 04, 2025 | Noah Schuchman, Golden Valley City Manager | City of Golden Valley | Feb 04, 2025 12:15 PM |
In a City Council Special Meeting on July 1, 2024, the City Council concluded the City Manager interview process and selected Noah Schuchman as the next City Manager. Schuchman has more than 20 years of local government experience. He recently served as City administrator for the City of Duluth from 2018-2024 and director of regulatory services for the City of Minneapolis from 2015-2018. Schuchman holds a master’s degree in public administration from Hamline University and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Marquette University. He is a Credentialed Manager and member of the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) and serves on the board of directors for the Minnesota City/County Management Association. |
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2025-02-11 12:15:00Z | Feb 11, 2025 | Eric Johnsrud, Chair | North Star Rotary Youth Exchange | Feb 11, 2025 12:15 PM |
Eric is the Chair of North Star Rotary Youth Exchange. He joined Rotary in 1985 and has been a member of the Winona and Northfield Rotary Clubs. He has served as a Club Youth Exchange Officer and, more recently, North Star Country Officer for Spain since 2014. https://northstarrotary.com/
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2025-02-18 12:15:00Z | Feb 18, 2025 | Becky Amble | Transforming Your Work: AI-Driven Growth for Professionals & Businesses | Feb 18, 2025 12:15 PM |
Becky Amble is a seasoned marketing executive and AI expert with over 30 years of experience. She has:
Becky's work in AI optimization and strategic marketing has been recognized with numerous awards, including the Who's Who Lifetime Achievement Award. She continues to drive innovation at the intersection of AI and business strategy. Becky is an active volunteer. She is a mentor for the Minnesota Cup and is current president and past VP of the Bloomington Rotary Foundation. As a member of the Bloomington Rotary she also helps with programming and photography of meetings and events. As a Board member of the Eagle Group of MN Veterans she provides Board leadership and organizes monthly programs. Becky and her husband live in Woodbury with their three cats. Their two sons are young adults. In her free time Becky enjoys reading, art, music, travel and walking the beach. |
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2025-02-25 00:00:00Z | Feb 24, 2025 | Club Service Project/Club Social | Club Service Project/Club Social | Feb 25, 2025 | View |