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2540 Cleveland Ave N
Roseville, MN 55113
United States of America

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Welcome to Roseville Rotary!!

Posted by Loren Swanson on Jun 29, 2020

Welcome to our Rotary Club!

This is an active, friendly, diverse group and we would love to have you visit us at any Monday club meeting. We look forward to an exciting year of Rotary fellowship and service. Come be a part of it! Call the Rotary Office for further information at 651/636-9054.

Deb Nygaard, President, 2020-2021
The Rotary Club of Roseville

Office located in the Rosedale Towers
1700 West Hwy 36, Ste 820
Roseville MN 55113 651/636-9054
kathy.hughitt@rotary5960.org

Roseville Record Aug 17

President Deb Nygaard called the meeting to order at 12:15 and led the flag pledge. Following Maggie Mau’s inspirational invocation about her brother-in-law Roger, Deb provided a historical snapshot of Rotation Day at Arthur’s Senior Care. Jan Vanderwall virtually presented an “Above and Beyond” pin to Jenny Hedal, then there was time for Happy Dollars. Lynne Megan donated $20 for the legislative success of a financial relief package for businesses like TSE.

Rotation Day @ Arthur's Senior Center

Next, there were several announcements:

The Lakeville Rotary Club’s online auction ends Wednesday, August 19. There are 142 items up for bid and they have already raised $24,000. You can view items and place your bids here: https://www.silentauctionpro.com/bidonlinegrid.php?groupId=764
Deb announced that it is Tony’s last day working at the hotel as he accepted a different job.
Jan Vanderwall announced it will be made public August 18 that Roseville schools will be starting with full time distance learning.
Ted Johnson indicated the former president of the Nakivale club has been nominated for the Rotary Peace Scholarship.
Mary Jo Maguire reminded everyone that Ramsey County is providing free COVID-19 testing on weekends in August at the Washington Magnet School and Aldrich Arena. More information is on the website. It was also brought up that Mary Jo was re-elected in the primary – congrats Mary Jo!

Stepping Up For Our Community

August 3 - August 9, 2020

Stepping Up for Our Community 3-mile Virtual Run/Walk Benefiting Our Neighbors in Need Your daily exercise can help a good cause, too! Register your 3-mile run/walk to help the Suburban Ramsey Emergency Coalition raise money to support our neighbors in need from the COVID-19 pandemic effects.

Program - Hyon Kim

Meeting video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/daXFXOBN8bQ

Today’s speaker was our own member, Hyon Kim, who has written a book in Korean about the history of her life and the historical events leading up to the Korean War and a lot about the brutality of the war. This achievement has been a labor of love, struggle, courage, forgiveness, and gratitude for Hyon. Her nuclear family was ripped apart during the war. She was basically given up by her family at 4 years old to be sent to the south to live with her aunt. At 17 Hyon was again on her own and joined the military. Her early years were spent in dire poverty as Korea was a very hard place for civilians. Her harrowing statistics were that 4.8 million Koreans died, mostly civilians and 10 million families were separated, many however did re-unite after the war. Hyon was a star of television news and magazine shows in Korea. Her book tells a story that many modern Koreans do not know about their past. Her charm and ability to articulate well the history involved and the tremendous story of the survival of the human spirit make her book a very interesting topic. We are all looking forward to reading the book when it comes out in English. She also was a great ambassador for Minnesota. Such a joy to hear her story and amazing how successful and accomplished she has been in business and civically.

Hyon, we salute you for all the work, research, and emotional fortitude this project took to produce.

We ended the meeting with the 4-Way Test.

Speaker: Emma Mulhern

YouTube Video Link: https://youtu.be/bRHKWHHd0ME

Jenny Hedal introduced the speaker for the meeting, Emma Mulhern. Emma is the past year (’19-’20) president of North Star Rotex. She is a senior at the University of Minnesota studying International Business and Supply Chain Management. Emma became involved with Rotex after spending her high school junior year in Finland through the Rotary Youth Exchange (RYE) program. The purpose of the presentation was to inform our club about RYE and Rotex, where Rotex fits in Rotary and how Rotarians can support Rotex.

North Star Youth Exchange represents districts 5950 and 5960, and was founded in 1961. Through North Star Youth Exchange, each year approximately 90 students get to have exchange experiences in 30 different countries. Of the 90 students, about 50-60 are long-term exchanges and the others are short-term. Long-term exchanges are 10-12 months where 15-19 year olds live with host families and attend local high schools representing their home countries. Short-term exchanges can be family-to-family where two participants spend one month with each family during the summer. There are also international camps for 1-3 weeks with themed international experiences. Participants up to 25 years old can participate depending on the camp.

Emma discussed the application process and how participants are vetted. She indicated there are always more applicants than available exchanges so it can be competitive. Emma talked about her exchange experience in Finland where she played high school hockey in a town of 10,000 people.

North Star Rotex is an organization where participants are former long-term RYE participants. To become a member, RYE participants can either attend an overnight event or wait one year from returning. Rotex is a service organization and a community of people with similar experiences.

Suburban Ramsey Emergency Coalition

Welcome to the ‘Coalition’, a unique partnership of Service Club organizations and Community Foundations.

Roseville Record July 13

President Deb Nygaard called the first Roseville Rotary Club in-person and virtual hybrid meeting to order at 12:15 p.m. and led the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. Ed Studniski offered the invocation. Jenny Hedal was the online greeter today. There were 20 people online and nine Rotarians and guest present in the meeting room. President Nygaard also led us in the Rotary 4-way Test at meeting’s end.

Happy Dollars: Moments of personal gratitude were shared by Brad Kirscher, Gayland Bender, Ed Studniski, Kathy Hughitt, Dave Gilberstadt and Jan Vanderwall.

Speaker-Julie Wearn

Visit Roseville Presentation by Julie Wearn

https://youtu.be/uWuSgL_Z3Dg

Speaker - Patrick Mader

Roseville Rotary welcomed Packy Mader as a guest speaker this week. Packy spoke to the club about his new book, "More Minnesota Gold", The new book includes Minnesota's only 5-time Olympian, world record holders in running and swimming, and how these remarkable athletes "give back" to their sport, school, and community.

David Yorks - The Warren Commission "Fact or Fiction"

David Yorks

The Warren Commission Report: Fact or Fiction

David Yorks is a life-long resident of Lake Minnetonka and a graduate of the University of Minnesota with a History degree and a Masters Degree in American History. He has a fifty-five year interest in the presidency of John F. Kennedy.

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Dr. Ernie Owens

Oct 05, 2020 12:00 PM

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Aldo Sicoli

Oct 12, 2020 12:00 PM

Roseville Area Schools Update

DG Ed Marek

Oct 19, 2020 12:00 PM

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