Tuesdays 7:30 - 8:30 A.M every second and fourth week of the month in the Fireside room at Incarnation Lutheran Church. The third Tuesday of the month we meet at 11:45 AM at Shore 96, 1056 Hwy 96, Shoreview, MN.
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Our Club’s November service project focused on supporting the Kids In Need Foundation. On December 13, 13 club members, their spouses and friends gathered at the Kids In Need new facilities in Little Canada. We were joined by 11 students from the Mounds View High School Volunteer Club. Together we joined forces to help the Foundation fulfill its mission of providing school supplies to children in need and to under-resourced teachers. Over a two hour span our entourage packed neatly 400 boxes of school supplies destined for teachers coping in needy and impoverished classrooms. Each box contained a multitude of school supplies ranging from rolls of scotch tape, glue sticks, note books to pencils and pens.
The Kids in Need Foundation strives to empower under-resource strapped teachers and students by providing them with the school supplies they need to succeed in the classroom. This, in turn, helps create an equitable learning environment in more impoverished communities.
The Foundation is the only national nonprofit focusing on the nation’s most under-resourced schools: those where 70 percent or more of the enrolled students are eligible for free or reduced-cost meals.
Following a winter coat collection drive, club members sorted the coats at Solid Ground.
A Global Grant allowed us to purchase 7 sets of earing and hearing care instruments and supplies for 7 different hospitals in Liberia. At each location, one or more nurses completed the 10-month program at the Starkey Hearing Institute in Zambia and are now certified hearing instrument specialists. This project was made possible by the support of 27 Rotary Clubs, individual Rotarians, a Lions Club and The Rotary Foundation. Several equipment manufacturers provided significant discounts and an audiologist donated thousands of ear tips.
On February 13, 2025, 8 Rotarians joined 19 Mounds View High School's Volunteer Club Students to build 15 Dressers for Bridging. Bridging services 120 clients a week helping them come out of homelessness with furnishings and household goods, including a dresser.
On January 8, 2025, there was a ribbon cutting at Kyle Sorenson's new business, Chiroway Chiropractic in Arden Hills. Club members Brenda Holden, Matt Rossetter, and Glenn Bowers were in attendance to show Rotary's support for this new addition to our community.
The Christmas holiday is now in the rear mirror, but it did not pass without our Club members joining together to make it brighter for those less fortunate in our community. Thanks to 16 of our Club members - and some of the spouses - 57 children of 22 families at Solid Ground woke up to a brighter Christmas morning. Our effort this year was aided by students from the Mounds View High School Volunteer Club which stuffed 6 stockings for the children at Solid Ground. The stockings were stuffed with great care and creativity by all, certainly bringing great joy to children who would otherwise not experience the magical moments and giving spirit of Christmas. One member, as in previous years, donated a huge box of Mrs. Field’s cookies for the Solid Ground staff and families to enjoy. Without a doubt your stocking stuffers brightened the holiday season for the children and their parents who are struggling to escape homelessness and build of a new life of self-sufficiency. In addition, you are truly modeling for them the true spirit of service above self.
The club provided water and American flags to individuals becoming US citizens at a recent naturalization ceremony in Shoreview.
Thanishka Shetty, Fatma Rashed, and Hanz Kevin Espinas reported on their experience at Camp Enterprise.
With fantastic weather, participants were able to enjoy beer, wine and food at the 2024 Taste of the Hops and Vines. Thanks to the beer, wine, soft drink and food vendors for providing their wares. Ticket sales, sponsorships, and the auction resulted in our raising about $10,000. These funds will be used to fund community service projects, scholarships, and international projects.
We sponsored and operated the 14th Taste of Shoreview at the Shoreview Community Center on April 23, 2024. This event was a fundraiser for the free Slice of Shoreview community festival that will be held at the Island Lake Park on July 26 - 28. Over 270 people enjoyed the evening, sampling food and beverages and participating in the various fundraising activities. Over $15,000 was raised.
Rotary Districts 5580, 5950, and 5960 are working together to get a Rotary International license plate in Minnesota. In the House, the bill (HF120) is written by Representative Heather Edelsen, a member of the Rotary Club of Edina. On February 29, PDG Tom Gump (District 5950) and DGN Glenn Bowers (District 5960) testified to the House's Transportation Finance and Policy committee. Pictured (L to R) are Tom Gump. PDG Lloyd Campbell (District 5950), Representative Edelsen, and Glenn Bowers.
Rotarians and Youth Exchange Students from Districts 5580, 5950, and 5960 participated in events at the Minnesota State Capital on February 19, 2024. The purpose of this visit was to create awareness of Rotary amongst our representatives and to promote the creation of a Rotary license plate.
On Monday, February 5, Rotary International announced that Minneapolis will host the organization's annual international convention. We can expect to host more than 15,000 Rotarians from around the world. The event will be held at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Our own Jim DeMay and Mark Stange attended the announcement event. Last year, Glenn Bowers participated in the events with the convention site selection committee.
Reginald Smith Jr. and Anthony Willier, two seniors from Mounds View High School, received STRIVE scholarships from the Shoreview-Arden Hills Rotary Club. Mounds View Principal Rob Reetz, who was the invited speaker at the Rotary meeting, presented the awards to the two students.
STRIVE, which stands for “Students Taking Renewed Interest in the Value of Education,” is a program where the Rotary Club works annually with a high school to motivate junior and senior year students to strive for higher education. These scholarships are awarded to students who may not have excelled academically earlier but have shown marked improvement in their school performance during their junior and senior years. The scholarship money is intended to reimburse them for higher education expenses, which may be used for trade school or two-year or four-year college program.
The City of Shoreview held an event on September 16 to highlight the new Pollinator and Rain Garden at McCullough Park. The garden is the result of a collaboration between the Rotary Club of Arden Hills/Shoreview, Shoreview Parks and Recreation, the Rice Creek Watershed, and the Shoreview Community Foundation. The goal of the event was to bring awareness of this new garden. This project was supported with a District Grant.
Helping To Alleviate Food Insecurity
Second Harvest Food Pack
Club members and friends helped pack 186 boxes of fruit snacks, or 2,232 pounds of food.
Feed My Starving Children Food Packing
Packing snack-packs for students with food insecurity at Ralph Reader Food Shelf
What is Rotary?
Rotary is a global network of 1.2 million neighbors, friends, leaders, and problem-solvers who see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change – across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves.
Solving real problems takes real commitment and vision.
For more than 110 years, Rotary's people of action have used their passion, energy, and intelligence to take action on sustainable projects. From literacy and peace to water and health, we are always working to better our world, and we stay committed to the end.
In 1943, Rotary adopted a simple 24-word code of ethics as a guiding principle.
PRIOR EVENTS
End Human Trafficking: A Community Forum for Al
On April 15, 2021 the Arden Hills/Shorview and New Brighton/Mounds View Rotary Clubs held a community forum to raise awareness about human trafficking. This is not a border problem or an east/west coast problem, this is a problem within our communities that brings tragic consequences to the victims.
Angela Davis from MPR News moderated the virtual event that included a panel of four subject matter experts. The forum was recorded in its entirety and can be viewed by clicking the box below.
You can learn more about human trafficking, available support and resources, or find help through a Safe Harbor Navigator. Click here to access the East Metro Safe Harbor Navigator web page. Click here to email Mary McRoy, the East Metro Navigator.
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