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Welcome to the
Eagan Kick-Start Rotary Club!

Service Above Self

We meet Thursdays at 7:00 AM
Granite City Food & Brewery

3300 Pilot Knob Rd
Eagan, MN 55121
United States

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One Rotary Summit

Consider registering for this year’s District 5950 One Rotary Summit. Why? Because this is your opportunity to learn why and how Rotary is changing lives in our communities and around the world. You will participate in focused discussions about the great opportunities and benefits of being a Rotarian. If you are a new Rotarian, there will be a special session just for you. You will also have the opportunity to meet some of the Charter Members of our new EcoClub.
Designed For: New Rotarians, Club Presidents, Club Board Members, District Leadership Team, Assistant Governors, & All Rotary Club Members in District 5950
Includes: Light breakfast, snack, and lunch
Questions: Email Tom Gump or call him at (612) 770-8389.

Register here!

Walk to End Alzheimers

The Edina Rotary Club has formed a team for the Walk to End Alzheimers.
The event is Saturday Sep. 15 at Target Field.

Registration at 8am
Ceremony at 9:30am
Walk to immediately follow

If you would like to walk with them, form your own team, walk on your own, or contribute, go here for more details.
They even have a video!

walk18-11317-10847201.mp4

Rotary Youth Exchange

Once again, the two Rotary clubs in Eagan are hosting two foreign exchange students who will attend Eagan High School for the 2018-19 academic year.

A host family is still needed for Yun, a young man from South Korea.

A little about Yun:

He is 15 years old
He has been studying English for nine years
He loves sports, especially soccer and baseball
He loves music
He is a straight A student
He has one older sister
His parents and teachers say he is independent, diligent, responsible, and a delightful young man.

If you or someone you know live within the Eagan High School attendance boundary and would consider hosting Yun, please contact Ryan Murphy at 952-380-8300 for more details.

Year One: The Open Door Volunteering

Kick-Start has just completed our first year of monthly volunteering at The Open Door. Here are the numbers:
Volunteer hours: 180+
Families served: 270
Groceries shopped, weighed, logged, and loaded: Over seven tons(!)
Thank you to all of our volunteers! (some not pictured)

Support the Arts in Eagan (Part 1)

Caponi Art Park hosts the HeART of the PARK fundraiser on Friday Aug. 17 from 5:30-8:30pm.
This first annual fundraiser will run in conjunction with Caponi's final ‘Round the Bend concert of the season featuring Sawtooth Brothers with Stanton West.

There are two types of tickets available:
1. VIP: $65
2. General Admission: $15 (children 12 and under are free)

VIP tickets include designated parking, special seating, dinner and drinks provided by ZZQ Smokehouse and much more! There are a limited number of VIP tickets available! Make sure to get yours now before they run out!

General admission tickets give you all the same great music and access to purchase beer from Bald Man Brewing and food from the evening’s food trucks, O’Cheeze, Northbound Smokehouse and Nothing Bundt Cakes, that you are used to.

Purchase Tickets Here

Support the Arts in Eagan (Part 2)

Remember those bellbottom jeans you thought you'd never wear again? (Well, except for Scott Swenson)
Now here's your chance!

Art Works Eagan hosts Come Together, a 1970s-themed fundraiser on Sat. Aug 25 from 7-10pm.

Proceeds will be earmarked for a long-deferred but urgently-needed roof replacement.

The evening will include:

Refreshments, appetizers, and a cash bar
Artist demonstrations
Dancing to some smooth tunes in the Performance Hall
Photo op in a vintage 70s car
And most importantly, meet other wonderful members of our community that make us great

Costumes not required, but encouraged!

Tickets available here

Be a Mentor

Eagan Kick-Start Rotary tries to pair each new member with a mentor to help them navigate some of the Rotary websites and answer any questions.

We are looking for three right now. If interested, please contact Nate Danielson.

Thanks!

Propel Your Passion!

Take a minute to think about what you are truly passionate about. Then, the next time you are among your Rotary friends, take a look around. The people you see are the horsepower ready and willing to turn your passion into action. Then take a look at the Rotary District 5950 Grants webpage. There awaits a pool of funds to do the same.

Helping to turn your passion into action is why we all meet each week. So develop your idea and harness the club to do what it does best!

Attention New Members!

We like to include an introduction to each new member in the newsletter. Please write up a short little bio/intro (including a photo), and email it to msupina@comcast.net. We will then include a couple each week until we get caught up with all of our new members. Thanks for your attention, and welcome to Eagan Kick-Start Rotary! CLICK HERE for a document that will help you navigate our ClubRunner. Updating your information will help us all stay connected!