Dave Hoel opened the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance and an invocation. President Gerry Tietz welcomed everyone to the last lunch meeting of the year. We were blessed by the presence of several spouses of Rotarians and also by visits from Marv Sorvala and Mary Jo McGuire. John Marg-Patton announced the nomination of Cindy Carlson as his Co-President for the 2018-19 Rotary year. The nomination was unanimously approved by the membership. Cindy Carlson announced that our Harvest Pack food packing project, in conjunction with Irondale, the New Brighton Eagles and the New Brighton Lions, will be held at Irondale from 2-6 PM on January 10th. Everyone should plan to attend for some or all of the event and be sure to invite family and friends to make the event a success. The Twin Cities North Chamber will hold an event to benefit the Ralph Reeder and S.A.C.A. Food Shelves on Wednesday, December20th, from 3:15 to 5:00PM at Risdall Marketing Group, 2685 Long Lake Rd #100 in Roseville. Click here to register. Today’s program was the annual Irondale Choir concert and carol sing-along. Led by Director Jason Etten and accompanied by Steve Firkus on keyboard, the choir presented some numbers from a recent concert and the Diva Dozen and the Guyz Group each performed a song. The choir then led us in several carols. Each choir member introduced themselves and clued us in on their future plans. Our thanks to Jason, Steve and the choir for a wonderful performance and for once again renewing our faith in the next generation. Check out the Irondale Choir website here. On behalf of the club, Dave Hoel presented a $500 check to Jason (see below). |
