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"Lung Cancer" A Breath of Hope Lung Foundation
Mar 07, 2023 12:15 PM
After completing her degree in French and Business Administration, Nancy started her career in Corporate America as a sales and marketing professional, yet quickly transitioned to management where she and her staff created 700% territory growth in just a few years. She was elected to her local school board where she gained important experience in advocacy, policy, budgeting, and governance. Prior to being recruited by A Breath of Hope Lung Foundation, Nancy worked for a national fundraising company, as well as two nonprofits where she served in various leadership positions such as public relations, community and media relations, new business development, marketing, communications, and advancement (fundraising). Nancy lost her aunt to lung cancer and understands the stigma and pain that come with this journey. Bringing her experience and her passion for fairness, Nancy works tirelessly to improve the five-year U.S. lung cancer survival rate through research and education. When she was hired as executive director in 2012, the survival rate of lung cancer in our country was 14% – now it is nearly 23% and A Breath of Hope has become a key player in the national lung cancer field. |
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Golden Valley Rotary Club's 50th Anniversary
Mar 14, 2023 5:30 PM
Share a special milestone with us; the Golden Valley Rotary Club is celebrating our 50th Anniversary! Join us for a Happy Hour Open House to celebrate 50 years of service to Golden Valley and beyond! Complimentary hors d'oeuvres, cash bar. RSVP by March 7: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/549245326557 Tue, March 14, 2023, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM CDT Brookview Golden Valley |
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Jewish Housing and Programming (J-HAP)
Mar 21, 2023 12:15 PM
Scott Kaplan was born and raised in Omaha, NE, and bleeds Crimson and Crème. After graduating from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, in 1995 with a B.A. in Psychology, Scott moved to Chicago, IL, to work for the private sector in computers. After a few years, he realized his passion was in the Non-Profit Sector and worked for a Disability Agency on the North Side of Chicago for ten years. During those years, Scott obtained a Masters in business administration and a Masters in Nonprofit Administration. Scott, his wife, and his newborn son moved to Minneapolis in 2010 for a career opportunity for his wife and to be closer to her family. Scott has worked all over the Twin Cities in the nonprofit sector ranging from Fundraising, Finance, Running Senior Living Facilities, and most recently, the Operations Manager for J-HAP (Jewish Housing and Programming) in Golden Valley. Scott, his wife, Pam, their 13-year-old son, Jonah, and two dogs reside in Minnetonka, MN. |
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Hope for Liver Cancer Patients in Egypt
Mar 28, 2023 12:15 PM
Nancy is a native of Rochester, Minnesota. After high school, she graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN with a degree in nursing in 1972. She worked at Hennepin County Medical Center (the OLD structure) for 4 years and then moved back to Rochester where her 2 children were born. A few years later, she moved to Maryland and subsequently to Florida where she spent most of her professional career. She obtained her Masters in Nursing at the University of Florida and worked in cardiology until she moved back to Minnesota in 2011. Her last job was at the University of Minnesota Physicians Heart at Southdale and she retired in 2015. Along the way she was a professional volunteer – as many Rotarians are – in church and school. At the urging of an old college friend, she joined Minnetonka Rotary in 2014. She was very active in that wonderful group and became club president in 2018. She has served on many Rotary committees including the Global Grant Committee where she continues to participate in grant reviews. Travels with Rotary include two trips to Honduras for water projects and one trip to India with a group of Rotarians from around the US. While in India she helped build a check dam and vaccinated children against polio. She recently traveled to Viet Nam with 20 Rotarians and will travel to Egypt in early 2024 with some of her new friends in the Global Travelers Rotary Club. She joined the Global Travelers Rotary Club in July 2022 and is now Foundation Chair. She became chair of the Egypt project last fall and is busy writing the grant and working with her committee to obtain funding from collaborating Rotary Clubs in District 5950 and beyond. Non-Rotary projects include hiking every state park in Minnesota (finally completed) and volunteering weekly with Minnesota Literacy Council to help immigrants learn English. |
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Joke Day
Apr 04, 2023 12:15 PM
An annual tradition! Bring your (Rotary appropriate) jokes for some good laughs in celebration of April Fool's Day. Can't find a joke? Never fear; Peggy Leppik has pre-approved jokes for sale! Can't join in person? Hop onto the Zoom! |
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"WEIRD" People in the Wide World: How Culture Shapes Us
Apr 11, 2023
Frank Bures is author of The Geography of Madness, which Newsweek called one of the best travel books of the decade. His work has been included in the Best American Travel Writing, selected as “Notable” in the Best American Essays, Best American Sports Writing, and Best American Travel Writing. He is the editor of Under Purple Skies: The Minneapolis Anthology, and The Shape of the World: Essays on Travel, Culture and Belief from Rotary Magazine. He has lived in Tanzania, New Zealand, Italy, Thailand, and Wisconsin. He currently resides in Minneapolis with his wife and two daughters. More at frankbures.com. |
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Invisible Children
Apr 18, 2023 12:15 PM
Mike Tikkanen became a volunteer Hennepin County CASA guardian ad-litem, advocating for foster children, in 1996. He is a founding board member of KARA, Kids At Risk Action, a nonprofit supporting the people, policies, and programs that improve the lives of at-risk children. Mike is a keynote speaker (including the United Nations in NY) and is the author of many newspaper, online articles, and the book, Invisible Children. He shines a light on the lifelong impact the traumas of child neglect, abuse, and violence are having on children, schools, public health, public safety, taxes, and our communities. The COVID pandemic has kept many children locked in violent and toxic homes with no escape or access to teachers and other mandated reporters to help them escape violent homes to find safety and healing. At least 7 million American children (and 60,000 Minnesota children) are reported to child protective services annually. Without help, many of them will grow up with mental health and behavior problems and dysfunctional lifestyles. KARA’s Grant and Financial Literacy Peer Group program gives at-risk youth the skills and resources they need to earn, save, and spend money wisely and find a path to lead a productive life. |
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Highway 55 Clean-Up
Apr 27, 2023 5:00 PM
Highway 55 Clean-Up The Golden Valley Rotary Club is in its 27th year of caring for our stretch of Highway 55; our work continues on Thursday, April 27! Community members are welcome to join us in this fun and easy project. Meet at the NE Corner of Hwy 55 and Winnetka Ave. Please bring and wear your own gloves. |
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Apr 27, 2023 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Highway 55 Clean-Up The Golden Valley Rotary Club is in its 27th year of caring for our stretch of Highway 55; our work continues on Thursday, April 27! Community members are welcome to join us in this fun and easy project. Meet at the NE Corner of Hwy 55 and Winnetka Ave.
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CommonBond Communities
May 02, 2023 12:15 PM
Angie Johnson, Associate VP for Development Operations Phil Edwards, Senior Gift Officer |
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How to Self-Publish
May 09, 2023 12:15 PM
Bob Junghans, aka Rob Jung, was born in the wine country of California, grew up in a beautiful little Mississippi River town in Wisconsin, and was educated in the Minnesota State University system and Harvard Law School. He now lives in suburban St. Paul, Minnesota, with his wife, Kathy. Prior to becoming a lawyer 50+ years ago, Junghans was a newspaper writer. He is a life-long student of history, geography, religion, politics, and the human condition, and has traveled in every continent except Antarctica. His books often find their origin in historical events discovered in his travels. He has four published novels. The first, Cloud Warriors, is a stand-alone action/adventure story, published by John Hunt Publishing (UK) in 2019. The Reaper and The Sower are the first two books of the Chimera Chronicles trilogy; a story that evolves from the disappearance of a famous painting and how, 75 years later, that still-lost painting sets in motion a psychological struggle between an artist and his estranged mother; a struggle that shakes the foundation of our legal and political systems. Judgment Day, the third and final book of the series, chronicles the story of the first elected U.S. Senator to be charged with murder. It will be released in June, 2023. Junghans is a member of The Loft Literary Society, Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, a founding member of South of the River Writers, and is the producer and host of Minnesota Mystery Night, a monthly live event featuring the best mystery and thriller writers in the Midwest. He is the father of three adult children, four grandchildren, one great-grandchild, and countless other “adopted” children of all ages, shapes, sizes, colors, and genders. In addition to writing, Junghans likes to cook, garden, read, fish, travel, watch baseball, attend classic car auctions, tell stories, and strive to make the world’s best manhattan. *Rob Jung is the pen name of Robert W. Junghans who also writes limericks and tells stories under pseudonym “C.J. Rakham”. https://robjungwriter.com/ |
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Making it Work as a Free-lance Musician
May 16, 2023 12:15 PM
Jerry Rubino is a conductor/teacher/pianist/coach/singer regarded for his diverse musical interests, engaging artistry, and passionate enthusiasm for performing arts. Jerry founded and directs VOICES 360, is on the staff of the Wesley Balk Institute for the singer/actor, and teaches voice and piano at MacPhail Center for Music. He is a busy choral arranger and conductor working with the Minnesota Orchestra, Minnesota Chorale, Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus, Voices of Experience, Nautilus Music Theater, the Hal Leonard Corporation, and Spirit of Hope United Methodist Church. |
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Artessa Cooperative Living
Jun 06, 2023 12:15 PM
Chuck Wagner has worked in property management for most of his career in many various roles. He started in rental and went to managing senior independent living. Following that, Chuck worked in a Continuing Care Retirement Community followed by several years in association management, and lastly as a cooperative living manager and consultant. Wagner is currently employed part-time as a consultant with Lifestyle communities. He has acquired many different designations including Certified Rental Manager, Certified Senior Advisor, Minnesota Real-Estate Agent, and Certified Manager of Community Associations. Chuck's very first home was in Golden Valley and he now resides in Plymouth. |
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Introduction to Organizational Storytelling: How our oldest art solves our newest problems
Jun 13, 2023 12:15 PM
Laura Packer has over 30 years of experience sharing and teaching storytelling. Her sole proprietorship, thinkstory, helps organizations identify, craft, and use their stories to create better places to work, more useful products, and more authentic and effective recruiting, sales, and visibility. She is the author of the award-winning From Audience to Zeal: The ABCs of Finding, Crafting and Telling a Great Story. |
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What's going on with invasive carp in MN?
Jun 20, 2023 12:15 PM
Colleen O'Connor Toberman is the Land Use & Planning Director at Friends of the Mississippi River (FMR), where she works to ensure that the natural, scenic, cultural, historical, recreational, and public values of the Mississippi River corridor are understood, protected, enhanced, and celebrated. This includes working with community and public-sector partners to develop land-use policies, advocate for parks and public access, and guide riverfront development. Prior to FMR, Colleen was with the Blue Line Coalition and Center for Economic Inclusion where she focused on equitable development policy and collaboration with local government partners. Her past work has included policy, advocacy, and community engagement around urban development, housing, and transportation issues. Colleen recently sat on the City of Minneapolis Advisory Committee on Housing and is the former board president of the Northeast Investment Cooperative. She holds a bachelor's in sociology from the University of St. Thomas. |
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Annual Awards Luncheon
Jun 27, 2023 12:15 PM
The Golden Valley Rotary Club will gather with members of the community to celebrate all things Rotary during the 2022-2023 year. We will present the Citizen of the Year award and the Rotarian of the Year award. Mary Timmons, Club President, will pass the gavel to incoming Club President, Shep Harris. A great celebratory event in the fifty year history of the Golden Valley Rotary Club! |
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Tobacco-Free Works
Jul 11, 2023 12:15 PM
The Tobacco-Free Works coalition is a group of businesses who are working to educate the public and decision makers about how reducing youth tobacco use now will promote a healthier workforce for the future. After more than a decade with Target’s Department Store division, Eric co-founded 161 Design Ltd. in 2006, a successful Product Development, Design and Global Sourcing company. He enjoys serving the retail and corporate markets, building long-term relationships with creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurial passion. Recently Eric has engaged part time as an organizer with the Public Interest Research Group to build a business coalition supporting the campaign for Tobacco Free Kids in MN and nationally. With degrees in Economics and Fashion Merchandising from Colorado State University, he resides in Minneapolis, MN with his family of five; the greatest joy comes from spending time with his wife, kids, and family.
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Rotary on Top Down Under
Aug 01, 2023 12:15 PM
Golden Valley Rotary Club President, Shep Harris, is Senior Government Relations Specialist at Fredrikson & Byron P.A. He's a seasoned lobbyist who develops and executes government relations strategies with a deep understanding of government and relationships with key government officials in multiple areas including racial justice and equity, capital investment, education, workforce development, Legacy funding, local government, and health and human services. He's been Mayor of Golden Valley since 2012 and a member of the Golden Valley Rotary Club since 2012. In 2023, he became Club President and traveled to the Rotary International Convention in Melbourne, Australia. |
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The History and Art of Embroidery
Aug 15, 2023 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. |
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Club Visioning with Kim Ross
Aug 22, 2023 12:15 PM
Eden Prairie Noon Rotarian, Kim Ross, will lead the Golden Valley Rotary Club in a visioning exercise. Kim Ross has been a member of the Eden Prairie Noon Rotary club since 2012 and is a past-president. She has chaired a district conference, served as District 5950 Area 3 Assistant Governor, and currently leads the District visioning service. Kim was elected to the Eden Prairie School Board in 2020 and also served on that board from 2008-2012. Professionally she has held marketing leadership positions in technology and healthcare companies for 20+ years. Kim has one daughter, Braden, a 2023 UW-Madison graduate, of whom she is very proud. |
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Summer Picnic
Aug 29, 2023 5:00 PM
DATE CHANGE! PICNIC IS NOW SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 29! Hello Rotarians! Please let us know ASAP if you can attend our annual Rotary picnic. We'll gather at 5:00 p.m. at the Large Picnic Shelter at Brookview Park. Families/Partners are welcome! Hope to see you there! Please RSVP by Monday, August 21, 2023. RSVP HERE: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0e4aafae23a3fb6-rotary5 |
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Future Roots Project Update
Sep 05, 2023 12:15 PM
Jaime Belden is a dedicated teacher from Robbinsdale, Minnesota 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 into. She has been dedicating 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 been actively promoting 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. |