Welcome September! I cannot believe where the time is going. I wanted to give you a heads-up on some September events.
Books for Africa will be honoring several Rotary Clubs – Woodbury and Roseville are two that come to mind - who have been partners in their efforts at creating libraries in various African countries at the Fall Celebration. If your club has partnered with BFA, be sure to contact them and representatives from your club at the September 17th event.
The annual South African-style braai (barbecue) will be at the BFA warehouse (715 Minnehaha Avenue East Saint Paul, MN 5510) on Saturday, September 17, from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. The event is free. There will be plenty of delicious South African wine and beer and lots of food, and live music from the Marimba Africa band.
Be watching the district website for the final Youth Protection Policy. We will have some more comments on the policy in an upcoming blog.
The Rotary Foundation and its goal of world understanding and peace as well as Polio Plus, has asked that individual clubs support the International Day of Peace on September 21st of each year. Your clubs can each choose how to recognize the International Day of Peace. Simple ways to observe this day are to have a moment of silence, sing a song of peace, or have a special speaker; for more ideas you can go to
www.internationaldayofpeace.org
to see just a few examples of what is being done around the world.
FINALLY - 15 years of Rotaract in the Twin Cities – Congratulations and YEAH! And the club just keeps growing, adding three new members in August. If you are on facebook, be sure to visit their Twin Cities Rotaract facebook page.
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