We enjoyed the Member Profiles presented by Katie Bang and Bob Sherman. Check out this and next week's "Cogwheel Connections" for what the Cogwheel Editor thought they said.
Katie Bang is one of our newest Rotary members, but has known Rotary her whole life, thanks to her mother (Tracey Galowitz). Initially, Katie was a member of the Woodbury Rotary Club. (Remember last year when Woodbury won the annual cook-off competition with one of her mother's recipes?) After Katie and her husband moved to Stillwater, she wanted to be involved in this community; so she changed clubs to be active in the community she lives in. Katie studied Business Administration and Economics at St. Benedicts and is currently an Assistant Vice President of Trust and Estate Services at Lake Elmo Bank. She enjoys traveling (has visited 18 countries), music, and family time at the cabin.
The Stillwater Area Foundation is now taking applications for its first-ever Sparks! Social Enterprise Camp for high school students.
Sparks! Social Enterprise Camp is open to students living within the school district 834 boundaries who will be juniors or seniors in high school during the 2017-2018 school year. Students attending Stillwater Area High School, private schools, charter schools and home schools are encouraged to apply. Up to 20 students will be accepted into this year’s inaugural camp.
Additional information and applications for Sparks! Social Enterprise Camp are available at local high school counselors’ offices, and at the Stillwater Area Foundation website: stillwaterareafoundation.org. Questions about the camp can be directed to foundation board member Tom Triplett by phone 651-222-0239 or email tom@triplettconsulting.com. Applications must be received by May 1.
About a third of our members have 100% attendance. We know it can be difficult to make it to our meeting every week; you can receive make-ups for meetings in two ways:
1. Attend another Rotary meeting. Whether you are on vacation or in a different part of the Cities, you can attend any club. You will pay for your meal there and receive a make-up slip. Bring that to club, and you will receive a credit on your next bill as well as an attendance make-up.
2. Participate in a Rotary service event such as bell ringing, Hockey Day Rotary tent volunteer, Lake Elmo tutoring, STRIVE program, etc. Come to club and make a note that you volunteered, and you will receive an attendance credit.
This is a great way to showcase what our members are doing and allow you to work toward a 100% attendance pin at the annual picnic in June.
The Annual Club Get-Together and Cook-Off is only a few weeks away. Here are a few things to help you with the event:
If you want to grill something on-site bring your own grill and supplies as there is an outdoor space on the south side of the Event Center.
The building will be open by 4:30 pm which should give you enough time to set up.
There will be tables available for your club to set up.
There are outlets available for electricity if needed; please bring your own extension cords.
The ovens in the kitchen at the Event Center will be available if you need to warm things up.
Plan for approximately 60 people but everyone will be sampling so portions do not need to be very large.
Dishes and silverware will be provided.
The Event Center will make some “sides” that will go best with the BBQ theme. The cost will be minimal at $10 per person.
Recognizing our Valley resources; the Judges will be from the Lakeview and Woodwinds hospitals.
The judging will be “blind” tasting, i.e. they will not know which club produced what food and the Judges will be isolated in the Brides dressing room.
Rotarians Changing the World is the theme for this year's district conference being held April 27 - 29 in St. Paul. Registration Deadline is April 17th.
From the earliest days of the organization, Rotarians were concerned with promoting high ethical standards in their professional lives. One of the world's most widely printed and quoted statements of business ethics is The 4-Way Test, which was created in 1932 by Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor (who later served as RI president) when he was asked to take charge of a company that was facing bankruptcy. This 24-word code of ethics for employees to follow in their business and professional lives became the guide for sales, production, advertising, and all relations with dealers and customers, and the survival of the company is credited to this simple philosophy. Adopted by Rotary in 1943, The 4-Way Test has been translated into more than a hundred languages and published in thousands of ways.
