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!
Welcome to the Shakopee Rotary Club
On June 14 we welcomed new Rotary member Rob Whitcomb! Stephen Huber did the induction. Congratulations Rob!
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.
Master Falconer, and former Rotary member Ben Ohlander brought his Siberian hawk to our July 12 meeting. 
Here are the upcoming meeting dates:
July 12
July 26
August 9
August 23
September 6
September 20
October 4
October 18
November 1
November 15
December 13
December 27 - No meeting
We are excited to welcome our newest members Peter Boosalis with Hometown Bank and Tim Zunker with the Shakopee Chamber of Commerce into our club.
On Tuesday, Shakopee Rotary Club donated $800.00 to Sun Path PTO from our gambling funds. Accepting the check on behalf of Sun Path PTO is Braden Burger whose Scout Project is the design and construction of a Gaga Ball Pit on the grounds of Sun Path Elementary School. Sun Path PTO is the 501(c)(3) organization which made the request on behalf of Braden Burger.
Here are the 2022 Loaves and Fishes dates! If this is a favorite event for you, sign up today by contacting Sheila McNeill.
October 11th 2022
District 5950 will provide funding for at least two Global Grant Scholarships annually.
Criteria
- Funding amount: $30,000, which can be used for one or more years of study.
- Graduate study in a degree program in a country other than the United States, where the institution of study is located in a Rotary District, but is not one of Rotary’s five Peace Centers.
- Cannot use the scholarship to fund studies that have already begun.
- The area of study and the applicant’s planned vocation must be in one of The Rotary Foundation’s seven areas of focus:
For more information, click here
Shakopee Rotarians donated over $800 worth of school supplies to CAP Agency!!
Pictured is Jeff Hansen, CEO of the CAP Agency and Michele Dahl.
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!
More classroom photos from Shakopee Celebrates Reading!
Shakopee Rotary once again sponsored the Shakopee Celebrates Reading event. This week the first graders in the Shakopee School District are receiving a free backpack filled with a book and other goodies – almost 600 students in total! Below are some photos of classrooms receiving their backpacks and free books! Typically, the Shakopee Rotary meets in person for this event but we were thrilled we could still do this virtually with the help of the videos and our great teachers.
Shakopee Rotary recently donated to the following:
- Shakopee Senior Grad Party (SSGP). It’s for a safe & fun activity held locally at Canterbury this year. Our club donated $1000.
- Esperanza-CAP Agency. For their needs including summer programs, food distributions, and mental health support. Our club donated $2500.
- Shakopee Community Education Race for the 2021 Celebration of Children Run/Walk. Proceeds promote academic, social, and personal growth. Our club donated $500.
Thank you Lee Hennen for coordinating another year of our Club participation in donating to Bridging. It’s always great to get our volunteers together to help provide household goods for those in need.
We are deeply saddened to tell you that Joan Lynch passed away on February 28th. Joan was a tireless Rotarian who joined our club in 1992 (over 29 years ago.) She was one of the first women to join Shakopee Rotary and until her death was one of the longest serving members of our club. She spent over 40 years volunteering especially with the school district for which she was inducted into the Shakopee School District "Hall of Fame" in 2014. Joan worked 20 years for the CAP Agency helping local communities and individuals in Scott, Carver and Dakota with social services and supporting those in need. Some of Joan’s Rotary volunteering included STRIVE (a scholarship program for Shakopee High School 12th grade students), Loaves and Fishes, Shakopee Celebrates Reading Program for 1st graders, and Bridging along with constant support of all the Rotary fundraising activities through the years. She also served as Shakopee Rotary Club President 2000-01. Additional information can be found at https://www.mcnearneyfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Joan-Florence-Lynch?obId=20140972#/obituaryInfo
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