Rogers Rotary

Club receives awards from District 5950

Charlene — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:00:38 +0000

DG Chuck Berg presents Cheryl Helwig with a "Service Above Self" Award at the District Conference. Floyd Ingersoll accepted an honorable mention award for Membership Growth.

District Assembly session recap: Ambassadorial Scholar talks about

Charlene — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:41:26 +0000

Kelvin Choi arrived in the U.S. in 2005 as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar from Hong Kong, an opportunity made possible through Rotarians’ support of The Rotary Foundation. He credits
Rotary for “making my American dream happen.”

During the District Assembly’s opening session, Kelvin offered his interpretation of the 2012-13
Rotary theme, “Peace Through Service.”

World peace, he said, is achieved through the kind of service Rotarian perform. “Service is about putting someone else’s needs above yours.”

Inner peace is also accomplished through our Rotary projects. It is a one-on-one service that touches and connects people.

Kelvin closed by saying “No matter how
big or small (the project)…as long as you provide service, you are promoting world peace.”

Kelvin is now a full member of the Minneapolis University Rotary Club while he pursues his PhD. ”My visits to different Rotary Clubs make me feel that Rotarians are
always concerned about the world issues, and it was my pleasure to be here to assist the exchange of information and ideas from one part of the world to another part.”

Applications open for GSE team to India

Charlene — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:38:36 +0000

District 5950 is seeking four outstanding professionals to visit
Rotary District 3040 in Central India from January 26–February 24, 2013. This large and diverse geographical region includes the cities of Bhopal and Indore. The visit is part of a Group Study Exchange (GSE). For application requirements and GSE Program information go to www.rotary5950.org/news.asp?docID=469.

Rotary Showcase features Rogers STRIVE program!

Charlene — Mon, 07 May 2012 15:10:31 +0000

Thanks to Paul Kelzer, the Rogers Rotary STRIVE program is featured prominently on Rotary Showcase in conjunction with the International Convention. See it at:
http://map.rotary.org/en/project/Pages/project_detail.aspx?guid=ac8b4654-5058-4772-aafc-23222bab3f91

District Assembly session recap: Future Vision details start to emerge

Charlene — Mon, 07 May 2012 15:07:46 +0000

The Rotary Foundation Future Vision is a three-year test of the new grant structure.
In District 5950, Past District Governor Sandy Schley (2009-10) is heading up the transition that takes effect on July 1, 2013. She summarized these Foundation changes:

Future Vision will now fund bigger club/
collaboration projects — using the same pool of dollars but distributing them through fewer grants.
Rotary International (RI) is using the new
Future Vision structure to give districts more control over managing projects.
Future Vision will reduce the administrative burden RI carries from overseeing approximately 10,000 (relatively small) projects around the world. Because each project has an initiating club (like Rogers) and a host club (perhaps Bangladesh),
RI has to monitor all vendor records and project reports until the project is completed and turned over to local residents.
The minimum project will be $30,000 (currently $10,000). A $30,000 project (post matches) means a club/collabora-tion initially funds approx. $8,500. (This
is the level of local investment Brooklyn Park Rotary is asking Area 4 clubs to partner in.)
Right now, 50% of all donations from District 5950 Rotarians are returned three years later to the district. The other 50% stays in RI’s World Fund and is used to match and/or further RI projects.

Club sponsors Great River Family Project breakfast

Charlene — Fri, 04 May 2012 13:14:58 +0000

District Assembly sessions had something for everyone

Charlene — Fri, 04 May 2012 12:19:23 +0000

District training events are always geared toward upcoming club leaders. But that’s each one of you!

Editorial: I love these events. In a 45-minute breakout session…I can “go to Guatemala” on an international service project with Buffalo Rotarians, meet an Ambassadorial Scholar, hear about The Rotary Foundation from a former district governor who went on to serve on the Rotary International board of directors, get a heads up about grant changes coming through Future

Vision, and sit next to the District Gov., DG-Elect, or DG-Nominee. (Each upcoming DG is a very real, very approachable Rotarian.)

The next newsletters will recap some of the breakout sessions and share information that these district leaders wanted relayed to 5950 clubs. Plan to attend the fall training event at the Golden Valley Country Club in September. It’s a free Rotary education.

Kathy Kapsner is new Rotarian

Charlene — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:50:26 +0000

Welcome, new member Kathy Kapsner! Please introduce
yourselves and get to know her!

Rogers Rotary receives chamber’s first nonprofit award

Charlene — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:46:10 +0000

Dave Henningson (left) presented the Non-profit Business Excellence Award to Floyd Ingersoll.

President Floyd Ingersoll accepted the I-94 West Chamber’s Nonprofit Business Excellence Award at the April 19 awards breakfast. The award was sponsored by Henningson & Snoxell, Ltd. Floyd saluted Dave Henningson as a guiding force during the year that Maple Grove Rotary sponsored the fledgling Rogers club. Floyd also showcased the STRIVE program’s success and lasting impact on students’ lives.

Charlene — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:16:20 +0000