Shakopee Rotary Club is pleased to announce that we have received a Global Grant for Light of Hope Water Project in Nakuru, Kenya.  Light of Hope children's home Naivasha is located in Nakuru, Kenya.  Light of Hope provides boarding school that seeks to equip orphaned girls and financially challenged girls with basic life skills while still giving them a home.  The grant supports an underground water tank to harvest rain water in a 200,000 liter tank that would help the children's home and school in meeting clean water needs.  A special thank you to Libby Bergen for over 2 years of work on this grant!  The grant was for $89,000 and construction will begin in the next 2 months.  

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The Shakopee Rotarians were very generous with toys, gifts for teens, and gift cards for gas/groceries for parents.  The CAP Agency was very appreciative of the gifts from the Shakopee Rotary Club, which will be given to persons in the community who are experiencing financial hardship.

 

On November 1 Shakopee Rotary held the Club Auction.  It was hosted by longtime member Lee Hennen and former member Jim Cook, who was a Shakopee Rotarian for over 40 years!  The auction brought in $1300 to support the Shakopee Rotary shelter at Memorial Park.  Thank you to all the donors and bidders.  A special thank you to Jim Cook for returning to Shakopee to help with the auction, he received a very *thank you* gift!

 

      

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Our Rotary Auction is Tuesday, November 1 at our regularly scheduled meeting.  The auction will raise money for special projects, this year the proceeds will cover the cost of rebuilding and refreshing the Rotary Rest Stop Map/structure in Memorial Park.  

• The auction is specific to club members.  We bring and donate items (of value) that are then auctioned off to other members.  (Be present to win - or send $$$ with a friend.)
• Items donated and auctioned off in the past include theme gift baskets, lottery tickets, liquor, restaurant gift cards, home made baked goods, a member-catered meal, and small appliances.
• Members are asked to pay the day of the sale (if possible) - cash or check.
• There is no program that day - the auction is the focus of the meeting.
• The more members in attendance, the more fun had and money raised.  PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE plan to attend!!!

 

Shakopee Rotary Club made a donation to Braden Burger's Eagle Project to create a Gaga Ball Pit at Sun Path Elementary.  The students will be very excited to return to school and see this!  

 

Tim Whitcomb inducted our new Board for the fiscal year 2022-23 which began July 1.  Libby Bergen will be our president again this year, President Elect and International Committee Chair - Kathy Busch, Treasurer  - Miles Lahr, Youth Programs Committee Chair - Sheila McNeill.  Not pictured:  Secretary - Holly Halloran, Membership Chair - Stephen Huber, Public Relations/Social Media Chair - Lisa Rahn.  Thank you to all our volunteers who have taken on these leadership positions for this upcoming year.  

 

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Thank you to our member and executive director, Raul Rehnborg of ValleyFair for taking our club members on a fun outing for our meeting today! We got to ride on the carousel and listen to a great presentation on the history of the park and its contributions to our community. Then we got a walking tour to learn more about the park and particularly see their preparation for the very fun new “ Grand Carnivale” event starting this week running through August. The social responsibility of this corporation is exemplary and our community is lucky to have this asset here. Thanks again Raul for a very fun meeting!