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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 of America

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Cake+Comedy!

Come celebrate Art Works' third birthday with free cake and an art opening downstairs followed by a comedy performance by Ali Sultan upstairs ($30 admission includes one drink ticket).
The party begins at 6:30pm; showtime at 7:30pm.
Note that performance may include adult language and/or controversial topics.

More about Ali Sultan:
* 2018 Best of The Midwest (Gilda’s Laugh Fest)
* Top 5 Comedians to Watch (Growler magazine)
* Acme’s Funniest Person (Acme Comedy Company)
* Funniest Person with a Day Job (House of Comedy)
* Best Local Comic (City Pages)
"Stories with My Muslim Mom" podcast host Ali Sultan saw his first standup comedian when he moved to America from Yemen at the age of 15. Years later, after learning English, Ali began his comedy adventure.
Ali has performed at the world famous Acme Comedy Company, Gotham Comedy Club, The Comic Strip, and is a regular performer at the annual Arab American Comedy Festival. His sketch work has been featured by TPT, PBS, and Funny or Die, and he has created the critically acclaimed People of Comedy showcase.
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE!

5950 Midterm Assembly

FREE EVENT! January 26, 2019
Registration opens at 8:30am
Event will begin at 9:00am
Event will conclude at 1:30pm (lunch provided)

Mid-Year Rally/Update
Highlight Exemplary Programs
Revitalize for remainder of Rotary year

A great event for all Rotarians, Club Leaders, Recently Elected Future Club Leaders, District Leadership Team, District Committees, Assistant Governors.
Minnetonka Community Center
14600 Minnetonka Blvd
Minnetonka MN 55345

Register here!

Rotary International Convention 2019

Jun 01, 2019 - Jun 05, 2019

Events
Capture your moments in Hamburg. Take advantage of the many events and activities planned by Rotary, your Host Organization Committee, and Rotary members.
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House of Friendship
This is where the Rotary world comes together to exchange ideas and project successes.
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Breakout sessions
Breakout sessions are your opportunity to dig deeper into the topics that interest you.
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Preconvention events
Our preconvention events will energize and inspire you, and prepare you for a memorable convention experience.
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Convention program
View highlights of the convention program.
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Rotary Gala Game Show

Make plans to attend Eagan's premiere social event - hosted by the Eagan Noon Rotary Club - the 2019 Eagan Rotary Gala! All the festivities will be taking place at the Eagan Community Center (1501 Central Parkway, Eagan) on Saturday, February 2, beginning at 6 pm. In addition to an evening of fine dining, you’ll want to bid on the exciting array of live and silent auction items that will be featured throughout the evening while also experiencing games shows galore! Tickets are currently on sale and may be purchased for $95 by clicking here or by contacting Scott Swenson at 651-405-2001. Corporate sponsorships are also available - click here for complete details or contact Scott Swenson.

Days for Girls Sewathon

Volunteers will be sewing and assembling kits for Days for Girls International. There are jobs for people who sew and non-sewers too. Please provide your email address if you'd like to volunteer. We'll send you a registration form. You're welcome to come for a few hours or the whole day. We hope to assemble 200 kits!
Saturday, March 9, 2019 at 9 AM – 4 PM
Mt Calvary Lutheran Church, 3930 Rahn Rd, Eagan, MN

Light the Night

Please consider joining us for the 5th annual Light the Night on March 9, 2019 at Crystal Lake Golf Club.

If you have interest in being a sponsor (the Apple Valley American Legion, Digital Strategies, McCormick Computer Resale and Thrivent were our team of generous sponsors this past year) or donating to the event, please contact event chair, Jodi Hanson. This is a night you don’t want to miss, so watch for more details about next year’s celebration!

BUY TICKETS HERE!

Eastern Europe Tour Group

Rick Olson from the Prior Lake Rotary Club visited Kick-Start a few weeks ago to tell us about an upcoming Eastern European travel opportunity.
Follow this link for details.

Ending Human Trafficking

As much as we Rotarians enjoy the fun, friendship, and networking aspects of Rotary, we should always remember that Rotary has the power to enact positive change on a global scale. Rotary has recently undertaken perhaps one of the most difficult challenges in its history - ending human trafficking. This may seem like an impossible task given how ingrained human trafficking is all over the world, the powerful criminal enterprises that profit from it, and cultural obstacles against the empowerment of women, the predominant victims of human trafficking.
What can you do?

Educate yourselves and your club on this issue. Invite speakers to provide more information on this issue to your club
Identify a Club Champion who can serve as an ongoing club advocate for this initiative. Thank you Mary Nell Zellner for stepping up to be Kick-Start's Club Champion!

If you ever think that human trafficking is too big a problem to tackle, remember this Ethiopian proverb: When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.

Each of our local Rotary Clubs is one strand of that spider web; together we can end human trafficking.

Rotary Youth Exchange

Eagan's Rotary Clubs are sponsoring two foreign exchange students at Eagan High School during the 2018-19 school year. There are still opportunities to be a host family. Families of all types are suitable - with or without children, empty nesters, working or retired - but must live in the Eagan High School attendance boundary.
If you or someone you know live within the Eagan High School attendance boundary and would consider hosting a student, please contact Nate Danielson at 612-499-0193 or Mike Ashley at 612-430-4430 for more details.