Events

Take a shift at the media booth - sign up at bit.ly/2RHYbbs or join the Random Act of Service Team - pick your shift at bit.ly/2XeLVW2    Families welcome...wear your Rotary gear!!

Loaves & Fishes is a nonprofit organization serving free, healthy meals to those in need in ten Minnesota counties. We are the largest open to the public free meal program in the state. We are guided by our vision that all people, regardless of socioeconomic, cultural, religious or ethnic background, deserve to meet their basic needs for food, dignity and respect.The mission of Loaves & Fishes has been enhanced to emphasize nutrition in every meal, including local farm-to-table dining. Innovative expansion efforts and growth of programming have resulted in record-breaking meal counts and today Loaves and Fishes is well-positioned to serve one million nutritious meals annually to Minnesotans in need.

Make plans now to join us at Community Emergency Services (CES) on Saturday, July 6, 2019.  This will be another of our family friendly, bi-monthly food shelf volunteer events where we will pack food and sundry items in accordance with the “shopping” lists of approximately 140 of CES’s home delivery clients.

The event will start at 9:00 AM and conclude sometime between 10:30 and 11:00.  No need to register.

Parking is available in the small lot behind the building or on 19th Street.  Please enter the building from the entrance off of the parking lot (the door is sometimes locked, so you may need to ring the bell).  CES’s address is 1900 11th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55404 (corner of 11^th Avenue South and 19^th Street). 

If you plan on attending and wish to bring food or sundry items to donate, please feel free to do so.  They are usually low on coffee and tea, both of which are available in $1 packages at Dollar Tree. Canned tuna and chicken are always welcome, as well.  They also accept pet food and litter for their pet food shelf.  CES will provide a receipt to you for your donation.

Hope you can make it on July 6!  Also, here are our food shelf/home delivery program dates for the rest of 2019 and January of 2020:

2019 CES Food Shelf Dates

• October 26
• January 4, 2020

Thank You!
Gary Mosiman

Experiential Education - How we're developing the next generation of entrepreneurs. The Holmes Center is the hub of entrepreneurship and innovation at the University of Minnesota that inspires, educates and connects the next generation of Minnesota's entrepreneurs. We mobilize the community and provide support for emerging entrepreneurs, both within and outside the University, through experiential courses and engaging outreach programs.

Interested in helping City of Lakes become a magnet for great people to join us?  Come to the next Membership Committee meeting, share your ideas & help create a club that attracts & retains great members.   

Get a brief glimpse into the North Korean story many rarely hear. Hyon Kim began her life in “one Korea” and was separated from her family at the age of four years when the Korean War began. Weaving together her personal story and a brief history of the Korean Peninsula, she shares why working with North Korean refugees claims her action and her compassion. She says, “This is a truly important issue –important for global stability, important for the Korean people, and important for the cause of global human rights.

We are looking to start having periodic lunches to bring members, especially newer members, together in a less formal setting to get to know one another a little better.  The first of these will be from noon to 1:00 pm on Friday, September 20, at Bill Klein's office -- Gray Plant Mooty, Suite 500, IDS Center, 80 South 8th Street, in downtown Minneapolis.  We are asking that attendees bear the cost of a box lunch ($15 or so).  Additional details will be forthcoming.

Join us for the next installment of happy hour, as we move to Royal Foundry Craft Spirits.

Royal Foundry Craft Spirits is a new distillery infusing the Minneapolis craft cocktail scene with British flavour. RFCS produces fine spirits made in the classic British tradition using grains, botanicals and classic recipes.

Podcasting is growing at unbelievable rates.  It is estimated that over 30% of the US population will listen to a podcast in 2019 up from less than 10% five years ago.  Tim and Kurt will overview some of the stats of podcasting and relate the lessons they’ve learned, the plusses and minuses, and highlight the keys to success from producing and publishing over 80 episodes of their own.

Our own Russ Michaletz will share his vision for better defining the value of Rotary Membership.

Plan to attend the next Community Service Committee meeting on Wednesday, October 2nd at 8:30, immediately following the regular Wednesday morning meeting.  We will be discussing up coming events.  We will meet in the Sunroom on the 2nd floor.  Let Marlene Dieterich or Ellen Archibald know if you plan to attend or have any specific items to add to the agenda.  See you there!  

The deluge of books and articles about mass incarceration shows that we are aware of the problem, worried about the causes, and struggling to find solutions. Coskran will explore ways to reimagine prison in the United States through the story of one man's 40-year saga in American justice systems.

Please join us on the evening of Wednesday, October 16, for our annual Foundation Pledge Drive Kickoff.  We encourage you to bring your spouse or a guest.  This will be held at Jax Cafe as in 2018, starting at 5:30 or so.  There will be no meeting that morning.  We would like you to register so that we can accurately plan for this event.  Thank you.

Please contact Bill Klein at william.klein@gpmlaw.com if you have questions.

Mark Labovitz will discuss the exciting and complex process of developing one of the North Loop’s newest hotel properties. The Element by Westin Hotel, the sixth hotel for his company Lion Hotel Group, is set to open in January next to the Twin Stadium and Live Nation’s Fillmore, already being promoted as “one of America’s most beautiful music halls” and scheduled to open in February. Learn how this all came together and what it’s really taking to get it done. 

Make plans now to join us at Community Emergency Services (CES) on Saturday, July 6, 2019.  This will be another of our family friendly, bi-monthly food shelf volunteer events where we will pack food and sundry items in accordance with the “shopping” lists of approximately 140 of CES’s home delivery clients.

The event will start at 9:00 AM and conclude sometime between 10:30 and 11:00.  No need to register.

Parking is available in the small lot behind the building or on 19th Street.  Please enter the building from the entrance off of the parking lot (the door is sometimes locked, so you may need to ring the bell).  CES’s address is 1900 11th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55404 (corner of 11^th Avenue South and 19^th Street). 

If you plan on attending and wish to bring food or sundry items to donate, please feel free to do so.  They are usually low on coffee and tea, both of which are available in $1 packages at Dollar Tree. Canned tuna and chicken are always welcome, as well.  They also accept pet food and litter for their pet food shelf.  CES will provide a receipt to you for your donation.

Hope you can make it on July 6!  Also, here are our food shelf/home delivery program dates for the rest of 2019 and January of 2020:

2019 CES Food Shelf Dates

• January 4, 2020

Thank You!
Gary Mosiman

Former RI President Ian S. Riseley challenged Rotary clubs across the globe to plant a tree for every member of our clubs in our local communities. Minneaplis Club #9 and Minneapolis City of Lakes Rotary joined forces to support the efforts of non-profit Mississippi Park Connection and the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, the National Park in the heart of the Twin Cities.

Please join us on Oct. 26 as we move the trees that our members planted in the tree nursery last May into their permanent homes in the national park. The nursery (also known as a gravel bed) housed 250 bare root trees over the summer to receive the critical care needed to ensure their success once transferred to the ground in the park.

Please contact Jodi Massey with City of Lakes or Jim Hancock with #9 to RSVP or to get more info.

About Plant for the Future
Emerald Ash Borer is making its way across Minnesota and the highly-visible loss of ash trees is impacting our communities beyond our city streets. Major changes to the Mississippi River's landscape are on the horizon. The 72-mile Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, the national park in the heart of the Twin Cities, will lose more than 20% of its canopy within the next ten years, forever changing the landscape, river quality, natural areas and wildlife we love. Plant for the Future, a program of Mississippi Park Connection, is a proactive plan to improve this outlook through a $1M campaign including educational programming, plantings, special events, volunteer and fundraising opportunities, and more.

We are excited to bring a new member twist to our vocational roundtables on October 30. Hear from newer members about what the intersection of Rotary and Business means to them!

At Cream and Amber, a book store and beer bar in Hopkins, we will hear from Reading Partners about how easy it is to volunteer as a reading tutor in Minneapolis elementary schools. Join Rotarians from 4 other Minneapolis clubs to celebrate literacy. 

No registration, no obligation to become a tutor - just come and learn and socialize. 

1605 Main Street, Hopkins 55343

Our annual Rake Rattle & Roll event is happening on Saturday, November 2!  We'll meet at 8:30am in the US Bank parking lot and finish raking by 11-11:15 a.m., followed by an optional (but, oh so delicious) lunch of Juicy Lucys at Matt's Bar. 

Here are the details:

• 8:30 AM – We gather in the northeast corner of the US Bank parking lot at 2800 E Lake St., Minneapolis, MN 55406. There we will go over the logistics for the day, take group photos, and break into 3 raking teams, each of which will be assigned 5-6 yards. Maps will be distributed to help volunteers find each yard to which their team is assigned.
• 9:00 to 11:00 (11:15?) – Each team rakes the assigned yards.
• 11:00/11:15 to 1:00 – Those volunteers who are interested will adjourn to Matt’s Bar for Jucy Lucys, fries, and beverages of their choice (the total cost of the lunch, including tip, will be divided pro-rata by those participating in the lunch).

What You Need to Know:

• This is a family friendly event. You are encouraged to bring spouses, significant others, friends, and children (who are old enough to be of some assistance and to understand the concept of giving back to others less fortunate).
• You should bring your own rakes (label your rakes and other equipment with your name and phone number on a piece of tape; things can go missing), a good pair of gloves, and other items you think would be helpful for yard cleanup, such as a leaf blower. We will supply compostable bags which, when filled, the teams will place in the alley behind the houses (or such other space as is designated by the homeowner).
• You will be given a make-up credit for your participation.
• This is a rain or shine event (unless the weather is really bad, such as 2” or more of snow or bad lightning, in which case you should contact Gary Mosiman for instructions. So please make sure to dress for the weather.
• We ask that you please register yourself and all guests on the COLRC website to get a good idea how many people will be on hand to help. Please register using the Members or Guests button on the left side of this page.
• You will share a great, “feel good” experience with your family and friends!

Hope to see you there!

John Aiken, Director of Labor Standards and Apprenticeship with the Minnesota Department of Labor & Industry, will update us on how Apprenticeship Minnesota is helping recruit, train and retain a highly skilled and diverse workforce. The earn-as-you-learn model develops highly trained, skilled and motivated employees that are prepared to succeed in high growth industries across the state. 

The Membership Committee will meet to discuss membership recruitment & care.

Come at 5:00 for conversation, meeting will start at 5:30.

Stop by & see how much fun it is to be part of this committee.

At Minnesota Women's Press, who are some of the women visionaries that we are working with in 2020 to tell stories of the ways to enhance the structure of Minnesota living?

Our next installment of happy hour takes us to P.S. Steak (located in the former La Belle Vie space). They offer great deals on food and drinks until 6:00 p.m. so be sure to come on the early side.

Public art is visible evidence of our shared humanity. It’s more than murals, monuments and memorials (and the occasional mime). Artists of all disciplines are engaging in cross-sector collaborations and social practices that address all kinds of issues and opportunities facing cities today, including the health of our communities. Jack Becker, founder and lead principal consultant at Forecast Public Art a 40-year-old nonprofit based in St. Paul—is recognized internationally for his pioneering efforts to make public art more public. He will share an overview of trends and issues in the field, and discuss recent efforts he’s led to help cities address health issues through public art.

William (Bill) Webb was the band director at Edina High School for 24 years. He taught band for 37 years in Minnesota at all levels, from elementary through college. In October this year, Bill was inducted into the Minnesota High School League Hall of Fame. Falling into the category of “you never know where life will take you,” in 2015 Bill was prescribed a strong antibiotic, Levaquin, for a simple sinus infection. After taking just 3 pills, Bill’s central nervous system had a horrible reaction to it, and he has been in a wheelchair since. Bill’s presentation will focus on various life challenges and more importantly, “The Joys of Life”. 

Worried about your business, investment portfolio or deciding if you should buy that big purchase now?  Come and listen to Rotary's own Sharon Bloodworth cut through the media noise and deliver a clear picture of the economy and its outlook for 2020. 

As a follow up to our Holiday Gift Drive donations received during our COLRC club meetings on 12/4 and 12/11, join us for a fun evening helping kids at the Boys & Girls Club Northeast location (address below) to help kids wrap gifts and shop for their families. It is important to register yourself and any guests for this event!

When:  December 18^th from 4pm – 7pm (for those who are able, you can get there as early as 2:00 p.m.)

Where: Jerry Gamble – 2410 Irving Avenue North, Minneapolis

What: Shop with kids; Wrap gifts; Assist with holiday crafts and cookies!

Kids Can Give ensures all Boys & Girls Club members have a joyous holiday season as they partake in the act of giving. Each December, Club members are asked to give a small $3-5 donation that will support a youth-driven holiday celebration at each Club. In return, each young person is able to shop for gifts for their families in the Kids Can Give holiday stores set up at each Boys & Girls Club. The holiday stores are filled with gifts that have been donated from community members and organizations.

It will be an incredible experience for all involved to see the excitement in the kids as they think of their loved ones and shop for special holiday gifts! Gifts are wrapped on-site with the help of staff and volunteers and are sent home with the kids just in time for the holidays.
 

After our volunteering, we will then meet for happy hour to enjoy each other's company and pretend that we've been whisked away to an island location at Psycho Suzi's Tiki Bar.  If you're not able to make the volunteer event, please feel free to join us afterward.

Psycho Suzi's

Hope to see you there!

With two weeks off from meetings due to the holidays, this is your chance to get your Rotary fix during this festive COL holiday get together. We'll return to the party room of member Shaun Irwin's building located downtown Minneapolis for general merriment and libations. 

Heavy appetizers will be provided. Bring your own beverage of choice. 

Happy Holidays!

Join the fun & dynamic Membership Committee as we have another engaging & productive session at Sisyphus Taproom. Come at 5:00 for conversation, meeting will start at 5:30. All are welcome!