About Our Club
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Golden Valley

Service Above Self

We meet In Person
Tuesdays at 12:15 PM
Brookview Golden Valley
316 Brookview Parkway South
Golden Valley, MN 55426
United States of America
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Join us at our next meeting
Our meetings occur every week and feature a new speaker on topics of interest to Rotarians, our community, and general subjects. We strive to provide an excellent program to keep our members informed and enlightened on the world. Feel free to join us as our guest this week!
Upcoming Speakers
Regan Birr, Founder & Executive Director
Nov 19, 2024 12:15 PM
Lupus Research Foundation - Moving Beyond our Challenges and Meeting our Goals
Lupus Research Foundation - Moving Beyond our Challenges and Meeting our Goals

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”.

No Meeting for the Thanksgiving Holiday
Nov 26, 2024
Happy Thanksgiving!
Miriam Williams
Dec 03, 2024 12:15 PM
Work-Life Balance
Dr. Teri Staloch, Superintendent
Dec 10, 2024
Robbinsdale Area Schools
No Meeting - Winter Break
Dec 24, 2024
Happy Holidays!
No Meeting - Winter Break
Dec 31, 2024
Happy Holidays!
Clyde Doepner, MN Twins Memorabilia Curator
Jan 07, 2025 12:15 PM
MN Twins History
Tim Reardon & Tim Munkeby
Jan 14, 2025 12:15 PM
Minnesota Rally to Read
Joe Cavanaugh, Founder and CEO
Jan 21, 2025 12:15 PM
Youth Frontiers
Club Service Project/Club Social
Jan 28, 2025
Club Service Project/Club Social
Noah Schuchman, Golden Valley City Manager
Feb 04, 2025 12:15 PM
City of Golden Valley
Eric Johnsrud, Chair
Feb 11, 2025 12:15 PM
North Star Rotary Youth Exchange
Becky Amble
Feb 18, 2025 12:15 PM
Transforming Your Work: AI-Driven Growth for Professionals & Businesses
Club Service Project/Club Social
Feb 25, 2025
Club Service Project/Club Social