Jan Eian, President's Presentation: Club Vision & Goals
It's a new Rotary year and our new club President, Jan Eian, will preside over her first meeting. Don't miss this week's presentation, Jan will be laying out her vision and goals for the year, along with some ideas for new projects and activities.
Announcements and Reminders:
Swallowship is Thursday, July 9, 5:00-6:30 at Biaggi's.
Meals on Wheels is July 6-10 from 11am till noon; pickup meals at Pax Christi.
The Vino Classico Committee is now seeking event sponsors. The Vino fundraiser makes most of our community service projects possible throughout the year. Corporate and individual sponsorships are a great way to show support of this great event, and offer publicity and signage in return for your patronage. See Becky Deelstra for details. The Sponsorship form is also under Download Files on the homepage.
Speaker: Dr. Abul Sharah - Update on International Village Clinic
Dr. Abul Sharah, of Bloomington, gave us an update on his International Village Clinic project in Uttar Pradesh, India’s poorest province. This is a project that Rotary International and individual clubs including Eden Prairie A.M. have supported financially over the years. A non-profit dedicated to bringing curative and preventative health services to villages in northern India, IVC was started more than 15 years ago by Abul, who grew up poor in that area but became educated and spent 27 years in senior engineering and marketing positions in the U.S., for companies such as Honeywell and Eden Prairie’s MTS Systems. He is now retired and devoting his life to the clinic and its work. The real focus of IVC is preventative medicine – prenatal care, nutrition, vaccination, health education, and family planning. Today it has a staff of 60 – including four doctors – on an annual budget of only about $150,000, serving around 200,000 people.
You can find out more about Abul’s work and IVC at www.villageclinic.org.
Announcements
Meals on Wheels deliveries by club members are scheduled for July 6-10.
Consider attending our regular Swallowship meetings; the next one is July 9.
Vino Classico sponsors are needed; please contact Becky Deelstra or Justin Stueve.
Spotlight on John Brown
John Brown noted in his vocational that he grew up in southwest Minneapolis, attended Edina Morningside High School, got his business degree at Mankato State, and went to grad school in upstate New York before starting his career in sales. He eventually returned to Minnesota in building-materials sales, meeting Vicki while in a ski club and marrying her in 1990. They bought a boat and spent many weekends on the river near Hastings. John retired in 2012, at first struggling with how to spend his time (besides golf) before taking on bus-driving duties –or “behavior analyst/transportation specialist” with the Eden Prairie Schools. Rotary has also become one of those activities filling his leisure time.
Happy Fines: We're happy. And we're willing to pay fines for being so.
Roger Jorgensen was happy to be visited by his daughter and son-in-law from Scottsdale, Ariz.
Dan O’Brien was happy we appear to have achieved our Rotary Foundation goals and happy to present Kelly Salwei and Prafulla Vegunta as our newest Paul Harris Fellows
Kevin Kraemer was happy to be embarking on a family trip to Iceland and London
Jenifer Loon was happy to announce husband Doug’s new job as president of the Minnesota Chamber
Mark Lewis (visiting with Corrine) was happy to have visited Minnesota wineries with Jeanne Zetah and her husband Pete Bellus
Jay Simpson was happy to see Matt Crane playing basket-wielding fine collector
Justine Stueve was happy to have made it through another youth baseball season
John Crudele was happy to have enjoyed a wedding and vacation in the Denver area.
Visitors
We had a number of visitors, including Mark and Corrine Lewis, Bill Davis’ daughter, and Bethany Tjornhom attending her fourth meeting as a prospective member.
Eden Prairie AM Rotary Club meets on Tues. mornings from 7:30-8:30 a.m.
at Biaggi's Restaurant, 8251 Flying Cloud Drive, Eden Prairie, MN 55344
(unless location change is noted)
It's a new Rotary year and our new club President, Jan Eian, will preside over her first meeting. Don't miss this week's presentation, Jan will be laying out her vision and goals for the year, along with some ideas for new projects and activities. 
Spotlight on John Brown