With masks mandated for our in-person breakfast (when not eating or speaking to the group), a supply is available at the meeting, free to attendees.
The Minnesota Department of Health requires that persons receiving a positive test result for COVID-19 notify their recent contacts. For our club, notify Secretary Bob Tholkes at rjtholkes@gmail.com.
Feb. 24/March 3, 2021
No meeting was scheduled for February 24.
On March 3, 18 members, including 12 on Zoom, heard Rotarian Chris Stein of the National Park Service speak on Operation Pollination (OP), a nationwide program promoted by federal agencies and the nonprofit National Heritage Areas to establish a framework for grassroots efforts to provide habitat for the pollinators (butterflies, bees, wasp, beetles, moth, flies) which are needed to provide a significant percentage of the world’s foods, and which have declined by 45% in the last 50 years. Rotary’s Environmental Sustainability Action Group (ESRAG) has adopted OP and encourages Rotary districts and clubs to undertake pollinator projects.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Steve Klaers announced that our STRIVE students will virtually tour Anoka Ramsey Community College today at 11:15. Rotarians are invited! Link up at https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/91816511408
Meeting ID: 918 1651 1408
Passcode: 162886
Kristen Stuenkel volunteered to lead a followup discussion of Operation Pollination during the club’s normal meeting time next week, when a club meeting is not scheduled: Wednesday, March 10, at 7:30 a.m. Contact Kristen at StuenkeK@colheights.k12.mn.us to let her know if you will participate so that the Zoom link can be provided.
REMINDERS
Members may sign up to deliver groceries for SACA on any Saturday in March at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040548a8ab29Ona7f49-saca2. If you will be driving, provide your insurance card and driver’s license for SACA to copy for its records.
The club will meet only on the first and third Wednesdays of the months from December through March.
The Refuge golf course has been reserved for the next Golf Classic, on July 19, 2021. Save the date and line up your foursome!
Speaker on March 17: Rick Olson of Prior Lake Rotary will speak on the Nakivale Refugee Settlement (Uganda) Rotary Global Grant project.
