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Business of the Year Presentation
Oct 27, 2020
VIRTUAL MEETING Join Zoom Meeting October is Rotary International Economic and Community Development Month. The Golden Valley Rotary Club celebrates by naming a local Business of the Year to honor. The 2020 selection is Best Wishes Floral. They will receive their award at our October 27th meeting. PAST ANNUAL BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS OF THE YEAR |
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Sojourner Project
Nov 03, 2020
VIRTUAL MEETING Join Zoom Meeting Becca Welna is a Community Educator with Sojourner Project. For the past 40 years, Sojourner has been providing free and confidential support to those victimized by domestic and sexual violence in Western Hennepin County. As part of the Outreach and Education department, Becca enjoys sharing stories of survivor's resilience and raising awareness of the need for Sojourner's essential services. She finds particular joy in teaching SafeU, Sojourner's youth violence prevention education in local middle and high schools. She recently went back to school for a graduate certificate in content strategy and storytelling and loves working creatively to share the “on the ground” impact stories with the larger community. Prior to her current work, Becca was a youth counselor at a teen crisis shelter in San Francisco, focused on family reunification and stabilization. When not at Sojourner, Becca enjoys practicing and teaching yoga, hanging out with her nephews, and serving on the board of MN Peacebuilding Leadership Institute. |
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Radon and Mold in Homes
Nov 10, 2020
VIRTUAL MEETING Join Zoom Meeting Dan Tranter is the supervisor of the Indoor Air Unit at the Minnesota Department of Health. He has been with the Indoor Air Unit since 2001 and has a Master of Public Health Degree from the University of Minnesota. The Indoor Air Unit conducts research, education, and outreach concerning indoor air quality, especially radon, mold, and carbon monoxide. Unit staff also regulate smoking in public places, air quality in enclosed sports arenas, and radon professional licensure. |
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Where Do We Stand on Tobacco Prevention?
Nov 17, 2020
Jeanne Weigum has served as the President of ANSR since 1980, though her path to leading the organization for nearly four decades has somewhat humble roots. The Association for Nonsmokers’ Rights, as it was called at the time, was in the midst of fighting for the nation’s first statewide clean indoor air law in 1975. Jeanne saw an ad in a local paper about the association’s work and decided to become a member, which only cost $1. After becoming a member, Jeanne soon joined the ANSR board and eventually moved her way up to the full-time President, a role for which she has never taken a salary. From ground-breaking smoke-free housing work to innovative approaches to preventing youth tobacco use, she has provided strategic direction for numerous public policy wins in Minnesota. She remains deeply committed to enhancing public health and her community. When not fighting the good fight at ANSR, you’ll find Jeanne baking in the winter, gardening in the spring and summer, and up to her ankles in rescue dogs year round. David J. Willoughby is the chief executive officer of ClearWay Minnesota, which works to enhance life for all Minnesotans by reducing tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke through research, action, and collaboration. Willoughby also leads the Funder’s Alliance, a group of state foundation executive directors from across the country who work on tobacco control. In 1975, ANSR helped pass the nation’s first comprehensive state clean indoor air legislation. Since then, ANSR has continued to play a leading role in shaping tobacco policy and has been involved in every major state-wide policy, such as the Freedom to Breathe Act in 2007 and raising the tobacco tax in 2013. ANSR helped Minneapolis and Saint Paul restrict the sales of flavored tobacco, including menthol, and also helped Edina become the first Minneapolis city to raise the tobacco sales age to 21. The mission of ClearWay Minnesota is to enhance life in Minnesota by reducing tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke through research, action, and collaboration. They were created in 1998 and entrusted with overseeing 3 percent of the state’s tobacco settlement funds. ClearWay operates under the ongoing jurisdiction of the Ramsey County District Court. They use their portion of the settlement to help Minnesotans quit smoking and tobacco use, and to fund tobacco-related research, programs, and initiatives around the state. ClearWay Minnesota works to raise people’s awareness of the dangers of tobacco and to make Minnesota a healthier place. |
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Nov 24, 2020
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Educating During the Pandemic
Dec 01, 2020
VIRTUAL MEETING Join Zoom Meeting Dr. Rhoda Mhiripiri-Reed has served in public education for over 15 years. Improving the lives of others has been a driving force throughout her life. During her time as a student at Bloomington Kennedy High School, she became intrigued with community service while in the role of a candy striper for the Minnesota Masonic Home for the elderly. While attending Yale University, she became even more involved in the community through tutoring adolescents, volunteering weekly at the local Head Start, and serving meals at the homeless shelter. These experiences helped her realize the impact that quality education can have in young people’s lives, and she decided to make education her lifelong ambition. After graduating from Yale with her teaching license, she returned to Minnesota to begin her career as an educator. She taught social studies at Highland Park Junior High in Saint Paul, and later served as an assistant principal at her alma mater, Bloomington Kennedy High School, and then as a high school principal for five years at Champlin Park in the Anoka-Hennepin District. She was soon after admitted into Harvard University’s new doctoral program in Education Leadership, which resulted in a doctoral residency with District of Columbia Public Schools, building a principal training program. Finally, right before moving back to her home state, Rhoda served as Associate Superintendent in the Monterey Peninsula Unified District for three years. Rhoda is thrilled to lead Hopkins Public Schools from great to world class. She and her team are strengthening E-12 excellence by developing a strategic innovation vision for the future, emboldening an already strong district identity, and transforming learning experiences to cultivate students who will be leaders around the world. Rhoda lives with her husband, Frank, and their two children, Sterling and Sawyer. Although she loves to work, she spends weekend hours exercising, bargain shopping, watching reality TV, and playing with her kids. |
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Constitutional Amendment on Education
Dec 08, 2020
VIRTUAL MEETING Meeting location: Rep. Rena Moran's sense of community came from her large family and a neighborhood where people truly looked out for each other. The home she grew up in was a welcoming place for all the neighborhood kids. A strong family and sense of community are at the very core of who Rena is today. Rena is the mother of seven children. The oldest, LaSheeka, is married with a son and daughter. The youngest, Silver, is a graduate of The University of Mankato in Mankato, MN. As the mother of seven, Rena knows what it is to sacrifice for the greater good of her children. "I moved to the Twin Cities in search of a better life for my kids. Homeless, my children and I stayed in a Minneapolis shelter for several months. It wasn't long before my family and I went from homelessness to homeowners. I found my first job in Minnesota earning minimum wage at Camp Snoopy, then at the YMCA on University Avenue, before moving on to work at a commodities trading firm in downtown Minneapolis for seven years. During this time, I began to get involved in social change work. A defining moment came when the city only paved half of my street, even though the entire street would be assessed for the cost. I started knocking on doors, organized my neighbors, and began meeting with elected and city officials. Soon after, the city paved the rest of my street. An activist was born. After seven years, I left the comforts of my corporate job to become a Wellstone Organizing Fellow and embark on a new vocation of community organizing. I was quickly hired on by Urban Embassy, where I would go on to lead efforts to engage the African-American community during the 2008 election. My political life began as a community organizer in my Saint Paul neighborhood and expanded as I geared up to run for office in 2010; as a person who overcame to become the first African-American to represent Saint Paul in the MN House of Representatives." At the Capitol, Rena represents the St. Paul communities of Rondo, Frogtown, Summit-University, Thomas-Dale, Midway, a portion of the North End, and Cathedral Hill. She currently chairs the House Health and Human Services Policy Committee, working to expand health care coverage, reduce prescription drug prices, eliminate health disparities, and remove barriers to critical safety net programs. She is a founding member and chair of the People of Color and Indigenous (POCI) Caucus and United Black Legislative Caucus. On a national level, Rena serves as Executive Secretary of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators (NBCSL), Midwest Region Coordinator for the National Organization of Black Elected Legislative Women (NOBEL), and as the Minnesota State Director for both the Women Legislators’ Lobby (WILL) and the National Foundation for Women Legislators (NFWL). She is a proud mother of seven and grandmother of eight. |
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Holiday Virtual Gathering
Dec 15, 2020
VIRTUAL MEETING Join Zoom Meeting Golden Valley Rotary This meeting will be an informal, fun, virtual party! Club President Michelle Ness likes to see holiday bling, so fancy yourself up for the Zoom! Noon start time. |
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Partners In Health
Jan 05, 2021
VIRTUAL MEETING Join Zoom Meeting Wendy Bennett worked as a consultant to philanthropic foundations, developing international grantmaking strategies to support health systems for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). She currently serves as a Trustee at Partners in Health, and as Senior Advisor to PIH’s NCD Synergies program, working to eliminate preventable deaths and suffering due to NCDs among the extremely poor and hard to reach. She is Co-Founder of the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation Global Outreach program, which trains cardiac care teams in developing countries and supports efforts to prevent rheumatic heart disease. The program is active now in Ethiopia and Tanzania. Wendy’s focus is in partnership development and advocacy. Wendy has worked in philanthropy and development for thirty years for both US based and international organizations, including consulting for the global health program of Medtronic Foundation. In her early career, she was a program officer at the Archibald Bush Foundation, a development manager at Stanford University, and development director at the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Wendy lived in Europe for 11 years and has enjoyed extensive travel internationally. She has a BA from Harvard College, and a Masters in Music from the University of Minnesota. Wendy has served on numerous nonprofit boards. Aubrey Davis has worked at Partners In Health since 2011, beginning in Rwanda from 2011-2013, where she served as the Rwanda External Relations Coordinator. In 2013, she relocated to Boston to join the Major Gifts Team, returning to Chicago in 2016. In 2016, she spearheaded the launch of the PIH Women’s Alliance. The initiative is designed for women philanthropists who want to collectively support and advance maternal and child health in the places PIH works and around the world. Recently, Aubrey took the role of Regional Director of Development for the Central Region of the US, leading a team of five, raising funds from individuals and family foundations across 29 states. She is interested in making philanthropy more diverse and inclusive in order to better serve historically marginalized communities. Aubrey received a bachelor’s degree in communication with a minor in East Asian studies from Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio and subsequently spent a year living and working in Japan with the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme. Following her time in Japan, she earned a master’s degree in international communication with a focus on international development from American University’s School of International Service. Prior to her work at PIH, Aubrey worked at the World Bank. Dr. Evan Lyon has collaborated with Partners In Health for more than 20 years, first connecting with PIH after living in Haiti in 1996-1997. He worked between Boston and Haiti for the next 13 years – through graduation from Harvard Medical School in 2003 and completing internal medicine residency in 2007. Dr. Lyon moved to Chicago in late 2010 – after working with PIH in Haiti through the first year of earthquake response. From 2011-2016, Dr. Lyon was on the faculty of the University of Chicago as a hospitalist and house call doctor – serving the greater South Side through home visits for 2 ½ years. He also served as the Chief Integrated Health Officer for Heartland Alliance Health (HAH), Chicago’s healthcare for the homeless organization. Through the first 9 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Evan helped found and lead the Chicago Homelessness and Health Response Group for Equity (CHHRGE) with a focus on congregate living programs – homeless shelters, residential substance use treatment programs, halfway houses – and in support of people returning home after incarceration. Dr. Lyon re-joined Partners In Health as Sr. Technical Advisor on the U.S. Public Health Accompaniment Unit in November 2020. Dr. Lyon’s academic interests encompass global health, human rights scholarship and advocacy, social medicine, mental health and substance use treatment, prisoner health, and medical education. While not on the full-time faculty at the University of Chicago, Dr. Lyon continues to teach at the College and the Pozen Family Center for Human Rights. |
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People for PSEO
Jan 12, 2021
VIRTUAL MEETING Join Zoom Meeting A 2019 graduate of Little Falls Community High School, Zeke participated in two years of full-time PSEO at the University of Minnesota and is now a student at the UMN Carlson School of Management. When he isn’t reading, googling random questions, or eating pasta, Zeke is either gaining business experience or advocating for the PSEO program! As the Executive Director of People for PSEO, Zeke is passionate about working to ensure that the value of the PSEO program is recognized by communities across Minnesota. His priorities include clearing up public misconceptions about the PSEO program, pushing for fair PSEO policies, and working with other students to ensure that high schools are following PSEO laws. With a zeal for business and public service, Zeke is excited to be working with everyone to maximize the potential of Minnesota students! You can contact Zeke at executive.director@peopleforpseo.org. |
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Future Roots Project
Jan 19, 2021
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Jaime Belden is a dedicated teacher from Robbinsdale, MN and co-founder of Future Roots Project. Starting in 2013 with the belief that all children deserve a high-quality education regardless of the situation in which they are born, she has dedicated herself to improving the quality of education in Central America by providing teacher trainings that promote literacy, critical thinking, creativity, and social and emotional development. While supporting the most impoverished schools, teachers, and students, she has actively promoted peace in high conflict communities by investing in basic literacy education.
In 2018, Hamline University awarded her the First Decade Award for her outstanding accomplishments in the field of global studies. Her specialization in global education and in-depth cultural knowledge allows her to effectively analyze the transnational issues of education inequality and illiteracy. Putting into practice key concepts of cultural competency, awareness, and sensitivity, she is able to successfully collaborate with local leaders through powerful cross-cultural relationship building. |
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Jan 21, 2021 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
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Club Social
Jan 26, 2021
VIRTUAL MEETING Join Zoom Meeting The first part of the meeting will be a social! Your 2021 resolutions, good jokes/bad jokes, life updates, and more are welcome. At 12:45 p.m., the Past Presidents will stay on the call to convene about the next President-Elect and future leadership roster. |
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Jan 28, 2021 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Golden Valley Business Council For 35 years, Marshall H. Tanick has represented clients in a wide variety of legal matters, with emphasis on employment law; constitutional law, including defamation, privacy, and other communications; education law; animal law; pet law; land law; and business disputes. He was named to Minnesota Lawyer’s class of Attorneys of the Year for 2019. |
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Carbon Monoxide
Feb 02, 2021
VIRTUAL MEETING Join Zoom Meeting Dan Tranter is the supervisor of the Indoor Air Unit at the Minnesota Department of Health. He has been with the Indoor Air Unit since 2001 and has a Master of Public Health Degree from the University of Minnesota. The Indoor Air Unit conducts research, education, and outreach concerning indoor air quality, especially radon, mold, and carbon monoxide. Unit staff also regulate smoking in public places, air quality in enclosed sports arenas, and radon professional licensure. |
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Feb 04, 2021 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
PRISM Service Opportunity ***Open Again!*** |
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All Are Welcome Here
Feb 09, 2021
VIRTUAL MEETING Join Zoom Meeting Jaime Chismar is a graphic designer and photographer living in St. Louis Park. In 2016, she founded All Are Welcome Here, a woman-owned Minnesota-based business based on a simple idea: respect and compassion for all. All Are Welcome Here makes beautiful products that promote a more welcoming world and gives 10-20% of sales back to organizations that do the same: $70,000 and counting. All Are Welcome Here loves working with schools, businesses, non-profits, religious organizations, and communities on customized campaigns and events. Jaime Chismar is a freelance designer and photographer working in Minneapolis, MN. Her company, Super Deluxe Design Studio, specializes in branding, content and social strategy, and interactive and web design. As an undergrad, Chismar studied to be a photojournalist, then fell in love with the web. As a proud Minnesotan, Jaime feels a strong connection to the people and places in the state. From her small back yard to the vibrant Twin Cities community with its abundant natural wonders, she enjoys sharing her discoveries and adventures near and far in her photo blog. |
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Our Regional Parks and You
Feb 16, 2021
VIRTUAL MEETING Meeting location: Emmett Mullin serves as the Regional Parks and Natural Resources Unit Manager at the Metropolitan Council. He and his team work closely with the ten regional park implementing agencies to provide high-quality, natural resource-based recreational opportunities throughout the region. He has been in this position since 2015. Prior to his work at the Metropolitan Council, he served in a variety of planning capacities at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources for over 20 years. Of particular note, he served as the project manager for the 25-year Parks and Trails Legacy Plan that guides the implementation of the Parks and Trails Legacy Fund throughout Minnesota’s parks and trails of state and regional significance. Prior to the Minnesota DNR, he worked with the Wisconsin DNR and served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mauritania, West Africa. He has a Master’s Degree in Public Policy and Planning from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an undergraduate degree from Marquette University. |
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Behind the Headlines: Newspapers In the 24/7 News Era
Feb 23, 2021
VIRTUAL MEETING Meeting location: Kelly Smith covers nonprofits/philanthropy for the Star Tribune and is based in Minneapolis. Since 2010, she’s covered Greater Minnesota on the state/region team, Hennepin County government, west metro suburban government, and west metro K-12 education. Smith was born in Duluth and grew up in the Twin Cities. She graduated from the College of St. Benedict in St. Joseph, Minn., and worked for the Forum newspaper in Fargo, N.D., before coming to the Star Tribune in 2010. How is the front page of the Star Tribune decided each day? How do reporters, editors, and photographers do their jobs and find stories in our communities? Go behind-the-scenes of the Star Tribune and learn how journalists work, the ethical guidelines they follow, and how to be a wise news consumer in an era of increasing online misinformation. |
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Feb 25, 2021 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Golden Valley Business Council Zoom Meeting Details: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81900988875?pwd=dk5BVlBSOUhqQjNrSGNHdTE5YjFoUT09 Jeff Dehler, APR, is the “Chief Relationship Builder” with DehlerPR. Jeff has led communications efforts for a 12,000-student school district, a metropolitan county, and Minnesota’s first commuter rail line. Jeff is Accredited in Public Relations (APR) through the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) and is active as a presenter and leader in the National School Public Relations Association, and its state chapters in Indiana and Minnesota. DehlerPR celebrates its 10th anniversary in March. Focus on Business – How can we help navigate the crisis? What do businesses need? What is the current state of your business? This meeting features updates from our city, school districts, convention and visitors bureau, Rotary Club, and the Chamber. There is no cost to attend. Hope to see you there! |
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Deconstructing Bambi
Mar 02, 2021
VIRTUAL MEETING Meeting location: Meredith Cornett is the Science Director for The Nature Conservancy in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. In addition to her position with The Nature Conservancy, Cornett is an adjunct member of the graduate faculty at the University of Minnesota’s Conservation Sciences Program. Cornett’s expertise lies in climate change, forest ecology, restoration, and science communications. Her current work at the Conservancy is focused on Natural Climate Solutions and Resilient and Connected Lands & Waters. She and her family live in the Northwoods of Minnesota, where they tend bee hives, harvest sunlight, and coexist with neighbor both tame and wild. |
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Mar 04, 2021 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
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Reflections of a Recovering County Commissioner
Mar 09, 2021
VIRTUAL MEETING Join Zoom Meeting Jan Callison served 12 years (2009-2020) as a member of the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners representing the Sixth District, including all or part of 16 western suburban communities. During her tenure, she was elected by her colleagues at various times as chair of the County Board, chair of the Regional Rail Authority, and chair of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority. Prior to her election as county commissioner, she served 12 years as an at-large councilmember in Minnetonka and three years as Mayor of Minnetonka. Jan received her undergraduate degree from Morningside College, graduate degree from Johns Hopkins University, and law degree from Harvard University. She has worked as in-house legal counsel, as an adjunct professor at William Mitchell College of Law, and as the executive director of an affordable housing non-profit agency. Jan and her husband live in Minnetonka where they raised three children. |
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Making Civics Relevant Again
Mar 16, 2021
VIRTUAL MEETING Join Zoom Meeting Dean Urdahl is in his 10th term in the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represents District 18A, which includes parts of McLeod, Meeker, and Wright counties in the central part of the state just west of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Urdahl taught American History for 35 years at New London-Spicer Public Schools and is the author of nine published books. His writings deal primarily with the Dakota War of 1862 and the American Civil War. He is a graduate of Litchfield High School and St. Cloud State University. Urdahl's major legislative accomplishments include initiating the investment tax credit for livestock, lockdown drills for school security, and the restoration/renovation of the Capitol. He and his wife Karen have three sons and 11 grandchildren. |
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The Chauvin Trial and What to Expect
Mar 23, 2021 12:15 PM
VIRTUAL MEETING Join Zoom Meeting For over 35 years, Marshall H. Tanick has represented clients in a wide variety of legal matters, with emphasis on employment law; constitutional law, including defamation, privacy, and other communications; education law; animal law; pet law; land law; and business disputes. He was named to Minnesota Lawyer’s class of Attorneys of the Year for 2019. Marshall will present on the topic of “The Chauvin Trial and What to Expect” |
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Mar 25, 2021 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Golden Valley Business Council Zoom Meeting Details: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81900988875?pwd=dk5BVlBSOUhqQjNrSGNHdTE5YjFoUT09 Becky Bakken, President and CEO, oversees the marketing and sales efforts to promote the communities of St. Louis Park and Golden Valley, two suburban cities just west of Minneapolis. The organization was formed in 2011 and Becky has been at the helm since April 2015. Bakken serves as the voice of these dynamic communities to strengthen their economic vitality through tourism. She enjoys the collaborative spirit of Minneapolis metro-area DMOs. Bakken has a Bachelor degree in Hospitality Management and a Masters degree in Tourism. She serves on the board of the MN Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus. Focus on Business – How can we help navigate the crisis? What do businesses need? What is the current state of your business? This meeting features updates from our city, school districts, convention and visitors bureau, Rotary Club, and the Chamber. There is no cost to attend. Hope to see you there! |
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Club Social at Brookview Three One Six Bar + Grill
Mar 30, 2021 5:00 PM
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Apr 01, 2021 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
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Joke Day
Apr 06, 2021
VIRTUAL MEETING No joking matter! The annual tradition of Joke Day is serious business...seriously funny! Bring your (Rotary appropriate) jokes for some good laughs in celebration of April Fool's Day. Knock-knock jokes, puns-a-plenty, and groaners welcome. Can't find a joke? Never fear; Peggy Leppik has pre-approved jokes for sale! |
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The Bell Museum: YOUR state natural history museum
Apr 13, 2021
VIRTUAL MEETING Join Zoom Meeting Dr. Denise Young has been the executive director of the Bell Museum, Minnesota’s state museum of natural history and a unit of the University of Minnesota, since 2016. She began her career in science education as a classroom teacher, and she moved to museum education and leadership upon reflecting on how important museums were to her students, colleagues, and community. Before coming to Minnesota to lead the Bell, Denise served as director of education and planning at Morehead Planetarium and Science Center at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, where she led planetarium production, exhibit and program development, community outreach, and long-range institutional planning. The Bell Museum’s $79 million award-winning new facility opened under her watch in 2018, and she proudly leads a talented team of scientists, educators, and designers committed to inspiring awe, curiosity, and understanding of the natural world. |
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CAPI - Caring for Communities in Crisis
Apr 20, 2021
VIRTUAL MEETING Join Zoom Meeting CAPI - Connecting immigrants, refugees, and US-born persons of color with the resources they need to thrive. https://www.capiusa.org/ Monique Hernandez is the Development and Communications Manager at CAPI USA. She has spent over 15 years working in the nonprofit industry and has spent countless hours debating the superiority of the 1995 BBC version of Pride and Prejudice versus the 2005 theatrical release. Monique moved to the Twin Cities from Springfield, MO in 2013 and joined CAPI as their Operations Coordinator. In 2015, she began working in the President’s Office at Bethel University where she earned her master’s in Strategic Leadership in 2018. Monique happily rejoined CAPI in January of 2020. Outside of work, she is a member of Kith and Kin Chorus, a rock and roll choir in the Twin Cities, and she volunteers as a Big Sister for Big Brothers Big Sisters Twin Cities. |
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Apr 22, 2021 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Golden Valley Business Council Zoom Meeting Details: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81900988875?pwd=dk5BVlBSOUhqQjNrSGNHdTE5YjFoUT09 Before joining Tonka Financial in 2015, Matthew Aiken had a proven record of successfully managing and understanding business challenges with 10 years in the Hospitality Industry, being a Food and Beverage Manager at one of the largest hotels on the Eastern Coast of the United States. Upon returning to Minnesota, Matthew was looking for a change that would still give him the satisfaction of serving and helping others. In the few short years of being with Tonka Financial Services, he has built a large book of healthcare & Medicare business, while being fully registered as an Investment Advisor Representative and is well versed in the Wealth Management Asset Allocation Strategies that have made Tonka Financial Services a successful financial firm. Matthew is the branch specialist for execution of ATS (Advanced Time Segmentation), Tonka Financial's individual financial strategy and will be focusing on assisting new, affluent clients interested in Tonka Financials Services’ practices and management. Matthew also works with their group clients and offering employee-retaining benefits like group retirement planning, healthcare, and other ancillary products that assist with providing additional benefits for employers to offer their employees. Matthew currently lives in Minneapolis with his wife, Nicole, their two Daniff dogs (Great Dane/English Mastiff Mix), Ezra and Freyja, and their third pup, Meera. He enjoys doing large and small projects around the house, going on walks with the family, being outdoors, and being active whenever possible. Focus on Business – How can we help navigate the crisis? What do businesses need? What is the current state of your business? This meeting features updates from our city, school districts, convention and visitors bureau, Rotary Club, and the Chamber. There is no cost to attend. Hope to see you there! |
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Club Service - Highway 55 Clean-Up
Apr 27, 2021
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