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Meeting Recap - March 14, 2017
Mary Stewart opened the meeting with the pledge of allegiance and invocation.
 
Janet Ampe from the Rogers Rotary Club was here to promote sponsorships and walkers for “Moving Day”, a walk to support Minnesota’s Parkinson’s community and the National Parkinson’s Foundation.  This year’s walk will be on May 6th at the Hilde Performance Center Park in Plymouth.  If you would like more information about how to sponsor a walker or to join the walk, click here.
 
MaryAnn Bawden brought in ten wine bottles for us to bid on as a fundraiser for the club.  Thanks for your generosity, MaryAnn!
 
Glenna distributed a flyer to help you solicit donations of restaurant gift cards to raffle off at the Gold Plate Dinner.  Contact Glenna for a copy of the flyer if you didn’t get one today.  The gift cards can be a significant part of our fundraising strategy for the dinner, but we need lots of cards to put together packages worth bidding on.  Please do your part!
 
Jason Slama passed out a list of items needed for our “Snack Packs Project”.  At next week’s club meeting we will be assembling the snack packs, which will be delivered to the Ralph Reeder Food shelf.  Contact Jason Slama if you didn’t get a list of needed snacks.
 
Gerry Tietz is just back from the Rotary President Elect Training Session in Ames, Iowa.  It may seem impossible, but Gerry is even more fired up about Rotary than he was before.  Gerry described the experience as “awesome”.  Stay tuned for what Gerry learned about how we can make this club even better than it already is.
 
Bev reminded us that there are still 40 tickets unsold with the deadline almost upon us.  Remember that we must sell all 100 tickets, so let’s all make a special effort to find friends and family to join us so we can have a successful event.
 
Geoff Hollimon thanked everyone who attended the CPY Luncheon last week. Attendance was way up from last year and initial donation totals are way up as well, with donations still coming in.  Mary Stewart echoed Geoff’s comments and provided us with delicious desserts today as a thank you.  The special treats were also a preview of the desserts that Mary will prepare for the Gold Plate Dinner.
 
Mike Neeley reported that he has sold his home and has bought a new one.  Now he’s trying to figure out how to fit the stuff from the really big house into the not so big house!
 
David Hoel’s broken leg has improved to the point where he can safely drive himself around.  What will Dave’s chauffeurs do with all their spare time now that he can get around on his own?
 
Garry Johnson was called away on an emergency when our financial services members made presentations two weeks ago.  We had time today, so Garry was able to give his presentation.  Garry describes himself as a recovering CPA who found his true calling by becoming a Farmers Insurance Agent at the tender age of fifty.  Garry loves helping people and he feels making sure that his clients are protected against financial loss is a great way to help.  Garry provides auto, home, life and liability umbrella coverage, as well as financial services like IRA’s, college savings plans and annuities.  Garry has recently joined Rotary as a way to give back to the community and has taken the reins of our Homeless Student Initiative.
 
Mary Stewart introduced Gedam Azeze, owner of Limu Coffee.  Born in Ethiopia, Gedam came to the U.S., became a U.S. citizen, studied business at Mankato State, and started her own coffee shop business.  Her original business location was in St. Anthony, but a major coffee chain moved in nearby, forcing her out.  But Gedam was not to be defeated, establishing a new location at 500 5th Avenue in New Brighton.  That was 11 years ago and because of her love for coffee and people, Gedam has built a loyal following in her new location.  Gedam has just one employee, a part time college student, so she spends long hours at her business.  In fact, she had to close her doors today just to come and talk to us.
 
According to Gedam, Ethiopia is the birthplace of coffee, and she indicated that Ethiopians have a highly ritualized coffee ceremony, during which the coffee is roasted, ground, sifted brewed and consumed over a two hour period.  In Ethiopia, the importance of coffee can’t be overestimated.  Gedam serves only Ethiopian coffee in her shop, of course.  Stop by the shop and say hi to Gedam. The shop is open Mon-Fri 6AM – 5PM, Sat 8AM – 4PM and Sun 9AM – 3PM.  Check out the Limu Coffee website by clicking here.  Mary, Gedam and John are shown below.
 
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