Events

Owner:  Dan Stanley

Join us for District Governor Paul Perez's visit at our joint meeting with Lakeville Rotary Club.

This is an important meeting and we encourage all Rotarians to attend. You can also invite family and friends.

*Note - Register yourself and click on ‘save’ before registering your guests. 

All board members expected to attend.

Hey Rotarians! Are you ready for some FUN? Thursday September 5th we will be having an Evening Meeting/ BBQ!!

Lakefront Pavillion 5:30-8:30pm

5:30 Social 

6:15 Brats and Hamburgers served up by Grill Masters Brian Lompart and Doug Gesme

7:00 Short Meeting

Bring your family! Don't let them miss the FUN! 

There will be NO MEETING on WED Sept 4th!

Remember Rotarians Need to Register First and hit Save button and then you can register your guests.

We Need You Registered by August 31st!!! ( or there will be a charge!)

See you at the Park!  Your FUN Committee!

Owner:  Dan Stanley

Owner:  Kyle H.

Open meeting to club members

Join your Rotarian friends and bring a guest for some social time.  Stay for BINGO at 6:00 PM.  It costs approximately $16 to play two hours of Bingo.  

Owner:  Mary H. & Sandy K.
Banquet Room - yes

Dearest Fellow Rotarians-

You have all been waiting so patiently for the invite to become a part of, The One and The Only, Prior Lake Rotary Membership Team.  Well, here is that invite.  Meeting is open to any, and all, Rotarians that are interested in learning more about the work of this team.  

Please join us on Tuesday, September 24th from 6pm-7:30pm at the Selinske's home for our first Membership Team Meeting of the new club year.  Food and Beverages provided.  

 Team Responsibilities: The ROI of Prior Lake Rotary Membership

•       Recruiting
  •    Lead Recruitment of New Members:  Achieve goal of 90 members by 2020.
  •    Engage Members in the recruitment process
  •    Understand current membership demographics and recruit members with  these demographics in mind.
•        Orientation
  •    Lead Mentor Program
  •    New Member Orientations
  •    Induction of New Members
•        Involvement
  •    Engaged Member Policy
  •    Team participation
  •    Anniversary “game” implementation

Hoping to add many new folks to this team - let me (or Guy) know if you have any questions.  

Thank You,

Mary & Guy

Membership Team Directors

Owner:  Mary E.

RI Convention & Update on Club

Open meeting

Owner:  Oksana

Speakers:  James M. Christian & Tom Hendrickson

Global Grant Update

The Prior Lake Rotary Club is pleased to invite you to our Oct. 9th meeting
at the Wilds. Our featured speaker that morning will be Lea B. Olsen.  As a
parent, sports broadcaster and former Minnesota Gopher basketball player,
she has experienced sports culture from every angle.  After graduating from
the U of M with a journalism major, she has worked for NBCSN, ESPN's
national WNBA coverage, is a game analyst for the Lynx and a sideline TV
reporter for the Timberwolves.

As founder of Rethink the Win, Lea champions young athletes as complete
people and focuses on the positive impact of sports beyond the game.  She
has many tips for parents as they help their kids navigate the youth sports
culture.

Owner:  Frank Boyles
Banquet Room - yes

The Prior Lake Rotary Club is pleased to invite you to our Oct. 2nd meeting
at the Wilds. Our featured speaker that morning will be Lea B. Olsen.  As a
parent, sports broadcaster and former Minnesota Gopher basketball player,
she has experienced sports culture from every angle.  After graduating from
the U of M with a journalism major, she has worked for NBCSN, ESPN's
national WNBA coverage, is a game analyst for the Lynx and a sideline TV
reporter for the Timberwolves.

As founder of Rethink the Win, Lea champions young athletes as complete
people and focuses on the positive impact of sports beyond the game.  She
has many tips for parents as they help their kids navigate the youth sports
culture.

Food to be provided: 

Hamburgers and Brats   Sides made by Mary Selinske

We will have bag toss and bonfire if the weather is nice. 

Ping pong table available

Please bring your own beverages. 

Owner:  Kyle H?

Speaker:  John Stillman - representing the Polio Plus committee

Owner:  Jack Haugen & Doug Gesme

Owner:  Jack Haugen

Speaker:  Jack Haugen & Laurie Hartman

See Events.
Notified The Wilds - yes

Banquet Room - yes

Owner:  Eric Pratt

Governor Walz will be speaking on "Civility in Government".  We will be meeting in the banquet room, please register yourself and any guests.  Normal breakfast policy applies.

A reminder that our Wednesday meeting on Dec 11th will be at the Cultural Center. Breakfast will be served and coffee/rolls for those on perspective plans. If you would like to have breakfast you can pay for it and you will need to let me know in advance so, we have enough food for everyone. Email me with your breakfast orders by Dec 4th. Thanks, Joan

Owner:  Frank Boyles

Speakers:  Mayor Kirt Briggs & City Manager, Jason Wedel

Hey what is the city up to now? You hear it at parties, on social media and talking with one another. Here is your opportunity to become aware of current and planned city activities. Time will be allotted for you to ask your burning questions to Mayor Briggs and City Manager Wedel. 

Not  too many decades ago that a girl or woman could not play ice hockey unless she was accepted on a boys team. 

Then a law change opened the door and over ninety high school girls varsity teams were created in Minnesota alone.

With the advent of girl’s hockey in high school college’s upgraded and created their own teams. Now women’s hockey is a national and international phenomenon. 

On December 7  at 3:30 pm two battle tested college women’s hockey teams from the State of Hockey will go head to head as Dakotah Ice Rink in Prior Lake. This marks the first ever Hall of Fame game at Dakotah! Ice Rink.

The UMN Gophers will face the MSU Mankato Mavericks which will cap off a day chocked full of hockey games involving young girls, high school and college women.

Sport- any sport- teaches participants many important life lessons. Join the Prior Lake Rotary as players and coaches talk about the big game and equally important their experiences and lessons from the sport they love.

Go to the game on December 7 but first join the Prior Lake Rotary on Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 7am and will Buy you breakfast and have you back to your daily regimine by 8:30 am.

Owner:  Frank
Banquet Room - yes

Join the Prior Lake Rotary at 7am on Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at the Wilds Club House.  Normal breakfast policy applies (coffee only members must pay $11 to eat and guests are free).  If you are inviting guests, please reguster them under your name.

As a parent, aunt, uncle or grand parent should you encourage your female loved one to be an athlete at all levels of schooling? Do sports help or hinder proper personality and character development in women?

Not  too many decades ago that a girl or woman could not play ice hockey unless she was accepted on a boys team. 

Then a law change opened the door and over ninety high school girls varsity teams were created in Minnesota alone.

With the advent of girl’s hockey in high school college’s upgraded and created their own teams. Now women’s hockey is a national and international phenomenon. 

On December 7  at 3:30 pm two battle tested college women’s hockey teams from the State of Hockey will go head to head as Dakotah Ice Rink in Prior Lake. This marks the first ever Hall of Fame game at Dakotah! Ice Rink.

The UMN Gophers will face the MSU Mankato Mavericks which will cap off a day chocked full of hockey games involving young girls, high school and college women.

Sport- any sport- teaches participants many important life lessons. Join the Prior Lake Rotary as players and coaches talk about the big game and equally important their experiences and lessons from the sport they love.

Go to the game on December 7 but first join the Prior Lake Rotary on Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 7am and will Buy you breakfast and have you back to your daily regimine by 8:30 am.

Mtg. held at the cultural center. 

Notify The Wilds - yes 

Owner:  Frank Boyles &  Sheldon Bryant
 

Note - you may have already signed up for this, if you did, please sign up again, we'll explain later!  The Rotary Club meeting will be held at the SMSC cultural center, Hocokata Ti.  The program is on the development of the SMSC community and cultural center.  We will have a special one-hour guided tour of the museum right after the club meeting.  We need three things from you:

1.  Register by Dec. 4.
2.  Coffee Only Members:  indicate in the "notes/comment" section of the event registration "breakfast" if you wish to eat breakfast (food provided by SMSC),  The cost is $11, pay at check-in time.  If you choose to only have your coffee, rolls will be provided for you.  
3.  Indicate in the "notes/comment" section of the event registration "tour"  if you wish to take the one-hour guided tour of the museum .  They have room for 15-18 people, first come first serve.  You will receive a free tour voucher if you cannot stay and wish to take the tour at a later date, or, are not one of the first 18 to sign up. 
Please register before December 4th.  

Owner:  Joan Lompart

Notify The Wilds - yes

Notify The Wilds - yes

Owner:  Mary H.

Stephanie Smith, Community Relations Director

Hi all,

With the Holidays coming up soon I wanted to make sure you save the date and RSVP for our Holiday Party! 

Jan 11th at the Legends Golf Club 

5:30-6:30 Social Hour

6:30 Dinner

7-11 Music by Shaw Brothers/Dessert Bar 

Theme is Retro Prom whatever that means for you! 

Meal Choice: Please choose one and note your choice when RSVPing in comments. If you order ssteak please say how you would like it cooked. All meals are gluten free; if you have other food allergies please let me know.

                               Steak and Walleye

                               Ribeye

                          Seared Mahi Mahi

                          Lemon Chicken

Please remember to save your registration and then you can add your spouse or significant other.

Owner: Cindy S. 
Off-site (notify Shannon)

Speaker:  

Owner:  

Thank you for your interest, we hope that you can join us! 

This is the 3rd year that the Rotary Club of Prior Lake has sponsored this Ethics Workshop specifically designed for PLSAS Juniors and Seniors which was developed by University of St. Thomas Professor, Dr. Jason Skirry.  For teh 2019/2020 school year, we are again proud to be partnering with teh students and faculty at MNCAPS.  This workshop will be a one-day "retreat" focused on these areas:

• Importance of identifying and building awareness around your moral character (i.e. Who you are and who you want to be)

• The human psychology including the barriers that can block us from making good decisions

• A fundamental framework for analyzing and thinking through ethical dilemmas

• Practice applying that framework to create transparency into the available courses of action and assist in identifying the best path forward, when faced with an ethical dilemma

Our workshop facilitator: Dr. Jason Skirry. University of St. Thomas Professor  (link to his bio https://business.stthomas.edu/faculty-research/faculty-bios/skirry-jason/index.html)

There is no cost to attend and attendance is limited based on available seating (roughly 75 students).  Breakfast and lunch will be provided by the Prior Lake Rotary Club and our local business partners.  Although school faculty are in support of this workshop, students are expected to make proper arrangements with their other classes to be out of school that day.  Finding transportation to and from the workshop is the responsibility of the students.

Owner:  
Speaker:  Kathy Haubrich
 

 I started Marilyn's TWOcan- free bike rides for Seniors 3 years ago
in memory of my polio-surviving mother who lived with 2 paralyzed legs.
When her world began to shrink, I bought a Danish-made trike to take her
riding. When she passed, I decided to put her trike to good use. I
fundraised for a second bike with a wheelchair platform and have taken both
bikes to senior centers across the metro area for two full seasons already.
We gave over 300 rides last year and have doubled that amount to 600 rides
so far this year. Every other week we are in Prior Lake's beautiful Cleary
Lake Park taking busloads of seniors each on a 3.35 mile ride through the
park.