We are excited about our upcoming meetings and hope you are too!
– 4/20/24 at 4pm Dave Beito is hosting us at his home for a social to determine which sauce we want to use for the King of Wings competition on 5/1/24 for the Sanford Auxiliary Fundraiser. Family and guests are welcome.
– 4/23/24 at noon at the Legion. Rhonda Stucy is hosting the Close-Up Students from Lincoln High school that we sponsored for their trip to hear about their experience.
– 4/30/24 at noon at the Legion. Rhonda Stucy is hosting a guest Rotarian, Joe Wiegand, a Theodore Roosevelt Reprisor & Goodwill Ambassador.
Please reach out if you have questions, are interested in attending a meeting as a guest, or are interested in being a guest speaker at a future Rotary meeting.
We usually meet on Tuesdays at noon at the Legion for a lunch meeting. However, here are some of our upcoming events outside of Tuesdays that we are excited about!
– 4/20 Saturday @ 4pm – King of Wings (KOW) – Social. Potluck Style Social (BYOB) to pick our Signature Sauce for this year’s KOW fundraiser for Sanford Auxiliary. Guests and spouses are welcome. The more the merrier!
– 5/1 Wednesday @ 5pm – KOW Sanford Auxiliary Fundraiser at the Eagles.
– 6/27 Thursday @ 5pm (begins) – Passing of the gavel – Social at Lions Park. BBQ style picnic (BYOB) and fun for the whole family.
– 8/16 Friday & 8/17 Saturday – Riverfest Beer Garden Fundraiser.
– 8/17 Saturday 9-3 – *NEW* this year – Rotary sponsored Kids Zone Book Swap – Bring one get one for kids. No kid will go without a book even if they don’t bring one to swap. Please donate unused books at one of our Tuesday meetings at the Legion or bring them to Wings Financial for Rhonda.
There will be more to come and we hope everyone enjoys the warming weather!
#ServiceAboveSelf #TRF #Rotary
Thank you Travis Giffen, TRF Public Works Director, for your update on the projects in process and coming up in the area at today’s Rotary meeting. Here’s one of them, https://www.dot.state.mn.us/d2/projects/hwy59-s-trf/
Also, thank you to our Rotarian, Richard Baker, for hosting Travis!
📚 If you have books you aren’t using please donate them. Our rotary chapter is sponsoring a book exchange at Riverfest this year and want to make sure no child goes without a book (even if they don’t have one to exchange). Rhonda Stucy is leading the effort and is excited to accept book donations at Wings Financial or at our Rotary meetings. Please let us know if you have questions.
Last but not least, Happy birthday to our Rotarian, Paul Burnett
We are looking to grow in 2024 and even have scholarships available to new members. So, come check us out at one of our weekly lunches or socials. We would love to have you.
#TRF #trfrotary #Rotary #ServiceAboveSelf
“Welcome to Week 2 of RI’s Month of Maternal and Child Health.
No country has greater instances of maternal death than Nigeria. In 2020, 82,000 pregnant women and new mothers died there, nearly four times the maternal fatalities in India, where the second-most deaths occur. One contributing factor? Sixty percent of births in Nigeria take place outside of a health center or hospital, meaning mothers and expectant mothers are far more vulnerable if complications arise. And they so often do: The top causes of maternal deaths include postpartum hemorrhage, obstructed labor, and eclampsia, when seizures develop from a complication that can cause high blood pressure and organ damage. “Most people view [the deaths] as a punishment from the gods or some kind of witchcraft,” says midwife Ashezi David Alu. “But it’s just a pure act of negligence because of poor management of those complications.” Now a $2 million Programs of Scale grant from The Rotary Foundation is addressing this problem head on. Its goal is to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality by 25 percent in target areas at the end of the three-year program. Known as Together for Healthy Families in Nigeria, the initiative is sponsored by Rotary District 1860 (Germany) in partnership with Districts 9110, 9125, 9141, and 9142 (Nigeria), as well as the Rotary Action Group for Reproductive, Maternal, and Child Health. Unfolding in targeted areas within three Nigerian states and the Federal Capital Territory, the initiative builds on previous work by Rotary members in the country. It’s hoped that, once the program demonstrates its effectiveness, it will be replicated across Nigeria and elsewhere. Critically, Rotary members are partnering with federal and state agencies in implementing the program to ensure the intervention and its benefits last far longer than the three years of the grant cycle. “This project is going to birth more projects,” insists Toyosi Adebambo, the program’s manager
– Submitted by: Christopher W Knapp, District 6000 Foundation Chair
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Good morning, we are excited for our upcoming Rotary speakers/events plus look forward to seeing our Rotarians and guests.
4/9/24 Travis Giffen – Public Works Director, hosted by Richard Baker.
4/20/24 Not on Tuesday or at the legion – Social at our fellow Rotarian’s home, Dave Beito, for the King of Wings competition preparation and sauce picking.
4/23/24 Close-Up Students we sponsored hosted by Rhonda Stucy.
4/30/24 Guest Rotarian – Joe Wiegand, Theodore Roosevelt Reprisor & Goodwill Ambassador. Hosted by Rhonda Stucy.
Whether you are already a Rotarian, have been a rotarian, or want to learn more about what being a Rotarian is all about. We would love to have you join us for our meetings.
“It’s Week ONE of RI’s Month of Maternal and Child Health
An estimated 5.9 million children under the age of five die each year because of malnutrition, inadequate health care, and poor sanitation — all of which can be prevented. Rotary provides education, immunizations, birth kits, and mobile health clinics. Women are taught how to prevent mother-to-infant HIV transmission, how to breast-feed, and how to protect themselves and their children from disease.
More than $102 million (USD) has been spent by Rotary International on Global Grants targeting Maternal and Child Health
Haiti has the highest maternal and infant mortality rate of any country in the western hemisphere. Rotary provided a fully equipped medical Jeep to volunteers and midwives to reach mothers and children in remote areas.
Cancer screening: Rotarians provided a mobile cancer screening unit and awareness trainings around Chennai, India, where there is a high mortality rate of women with breast and cervical cancer due to late diagnosis.
Preventing injuries and deaths: Rotary members launched a $3 million, five-year pilot to save lives of mothers and children during home deliveries in Nigeria. Since 2005, they’ve also repaired 1,500 obstetric fistulas — 500 more than their initial goal — restoring dignity and hope to vulnerable mothers.
“If mothers are empowered and healthy, so are their families, leading to an alleviation of poverty and hunger.” Robert Zinser, co-founder of the Rotarian Action Group for Population and Development and retired president for Asia at chemical giant BASF”
– Submitted by: Christopher W Knapp, District 6000 Foundation Chair
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A few more gems from our fun and grateful experience reading to the Challenger Elementary kids on Dr. Seuss’s birthday!
Is that Dr. Seuss himself in one of those pictures?
“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss
#ServiceAboveSelf #DrSeuss #TRF #trfrotary #grateful #Rotary
Thank you to Shane Zutz for bringing us an update on all things DigiKey at our meeting yesterday! We appreciate you being a Rotarian and your willingness to keep us updated on such an impressive company!
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Thank you to the Riverfest committee from the Thief River Falls Chamber of Commerce for presenting at our 3/26/24 Rotary meeting!
Also, happy belated birthday to Richard Laager and CONGRATULATIONS to Dick Sjoberg Sjoberg’s Cable Tv IncSjoberg’s Cable TV on 41 years as a Rotarian! That is beyond impressive and we appreciate your commitment to “Service Above Self” helping people both locally and worldwide for 41 years!
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We are looking forward to our speakers today for our Rotarians and Guests! There have been a lot of updates with the Chamber of Commerce and Riverfest recently so we are excited to hear about them.
3/26/24 3/26/24 Riverfest Committee
4/2/24 Digi-Key update by Shane Zutz
4/9/24 Travis Giffen – Public Works Director, hosted by Richard Baker.
4/20/24 Not on Tuesday or at the legion – Social at our fellow Rotarian’s home, Dave Beito, for the King of Wings competition preparation and sauce picking.
4/23/24 Close-Up Students hosted by Rhonda Stucy.
4/30/24 Guest Rotarian – Joe Wiegand, Theodore Roosevelt Reprisor & Goodwill Ambassador. Hosted by Rhonda Stucy.
Whether you are already a Rotarian, have been a rotarian, or want to learn more about what being a Rotarian is all about. We would love to have you join us for our meetings.
#ServiceAboveSelf #trfrotary #Rotary