Eden Prairie AM Rotary Bulletin - June 11, 2018 (Jun 11, 2018)

Duty Roster 6/12/18-6/26/18

	June. 12	June. 19	June. 26
GREETERS	Glenn Olson	DG Installation	Janet Palmer
GREETERS	John Estall	No Meeting	Mark Freiberg
INSPIRATION	Carol Bomben	DG Installation	Paul Bozoian
CHECK-IN	Craig Blixrud	No Meeting	Carol Bomben
CHECK-IN	Christina Bemboom	DG Installation	Dane Boeckermann
BULLETIN	Mark Weber	No Meeting	Mike Kraines
DOOR PRIZE	Glenn Olson	DG Installation	Janet Palmer
VOCATIONAL	Adam Sienkowski	No Meeting	Brad Aho
If you cannot be there, please find a sub and notify Prafulla Vegunta

Notes from June 5, 2018

Posted by Kelly Salwei

AMANDA OTTMAN: AMERICAN REFUGEE COMMITTEE (ARC)

Amanda Ottman is a global connections officer for the American Refugee Committee and has long relationship with Rotary beginning with her experience as a Youth Exchange Student to Argentina in 2000. She has worked with non-profit organizations in MN, Dominican Republic, Spain and Haiti. She served as a Rotary World Peace Fellow, completing her Master’s studies in International Relations in Argentina and interned with Save the Children in Spain.

ARC’s mission is to “...work with its partners and constituencies to provide opportunities and expertise to refugees, displaced people and host communities.” Its vision is that “every person who participates in an ARC program or project will have a better chance to take control of their life and achieve self-sufficiency.”

ARC works in 17 countries including some of the world’s most desperate places. Current projects include training midwives in Sudan and providing 8,000,000 gallons of clean water daily. Many of ARC workers have been through the refugee experience. Amanda shared many pictures and stories of refugee camps rivaling the size of very large cities. Last June ARC assisted in the formation of the first Rotaract Club in a refugee camp in Nakivale, Uganda.

Check out their web site http://arcrelief.org/our-work/ for more information about the organization and the great works being done around the globe.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

6/12 – Board Meeting
6/14 – Swallowship stay tuned for details
6/19 – Irene Kelly inauguration
6/23 to 6/27 RI in Toronto
6/25 to 29 - Meals on Wheels. See John Goergen if you can help.
6/30 – 7/25 Yura Koh, Rotary New Generation college student from North Korea will be visiting this summer. See Dennis Kim if you can provide opportunity to visit your business.

SPOTLIGHT ON JEANNIE ZETAH

Jeanne grew up in Chanhassen. One of eight children, she attended St Huberts Grade School (Chanhassen) and Guardian Angels High School (Chaska). She obtained a teaching degree and worked in St Cloud. Moved from teaching children to Community Education and earned her Masters Degree. She was the Eden Prairie Commercial Education Director for 26 years. Married to Pete Bellus and is in process of relocating to Tuscon where Pete is employed by Raytheon. They have two sons in the Twin Cities and Jeanne has been a member of our club since 2006 but will be moving her membership to Tuscon. Jeanne has a long history of service to our club and District 5950 and encourages everyone to get involved in all that Rotary has to offer.

HAPPY FINES

Jay Simpson – Onward EP obtained beds through Jon Melander and Jay “allegedly” caught a 42” norther pike
Irene Kelly – back from four days visiting her roots on the east coast.
Suzanne Kutina – daughter's graduation party

VISITORS

Anya Falk - Rotary Youth Exchange

Greg Olson - Guest of Speaker

Mike Thomas - Eden Prairie Noon Club

Rekha Claus and Morgan Blixrud - Student Interns