On April 1, Jim Brimeyer presented the $3000 check from our club to sponsor the St. Louis Park free summer concert series. The proceeds were from the Winter Fun Day.
St. Louis Park Rotary, since 1947, has developed a reputation as one of the friendliest Rotary clubs in the state.
“Mondays Matter,” as past president, Pastor David Landt once stated. Our Monday noontime meetings at the beautiful Westwood Hills Nature Center, located in the northwest corner of St. Louis Park, include a full lunch and a lineup of quality speakers. If you want to learn about things you would never be exposed to, come to our club, meet great professional and civic leaders, and listen to our excellent speakers.
Rotary is a wonderful organization that believes in making the world a better place to live, both locally and worldwide. St. Louis Park Rotary founded the nationally-acclaimed initiative called "Children First." This movement was birthed in our club and we aggressively support it some two decades later. We mentor St. Louis Park high school students and also support STEP (St. Louis Park Emergency Program) to make sure there is food for those in need.
In addition to our humanitarian commitments, we enjoy and benefit from fellowship with people from all walks of life. If you are interested in weekly lunch meetings, featuring great food, great fellowship, great speakers and helping to make our world in St. Louis Park and beyond, a better place, come and check us out.
Bring a lunch or order one ahead of time by contacting us. Arrive as early as 11:45 a.m. most every Monday. The official meeting runs 12:00-1:00pm. We would love to meet you.
Interested in the Rotary Club of St. Louis Park?
Our motto is Service Above Self. A bit about why you should check us out.
- Connect with local professionals interested in making St. Louis Park and the world a better place.
- Learn about important topics through speakers at weekly meetings.
- Help make this a better community through regular service projects.
- Award scholarships to SLP HS graduates.
- Plan Winter Fun Day, a free outdoor event for families in January.
- Support of Rotary International projects for peace, fighting disease, clean water, mothers and children, local economies, education, and polio eradication.
Interested in learning more? Peruse the website, review our membership brochure, follow us on Facebook, come to a meeting, or contact our Membership Chair.
Juue 28 marked the end of the Rotary year. Our final meeting featured the passing of the presidential plaque from Margaret Ganyo to Jim Brimeyer.
We also presented the Gil Braun Community Service award to Bill Gleason.
Bill is the third generation President and CEO of Gleason Printing, a family-owned business started in Minneapolis in 1940 that relocated to St. Louis Park in 1963-64. Gleason Printing is a full-service print shop for commercial mailing, digital, and offset printing, and works with a variety of nonprofits such as higher education, community nonprofits, and government agencies.
Bill has a lengthy list of community involvement that supports his recognition by the Rotary Club of St. Louis Park as the Gil Braun Community Service Award recipient.
Finally, newish member, Liz Crouse, was recognized for diviying in and helping update the club's probylaws
The SLP Rotary Foundation's $3000 commitment secured $22,000 from District 5950 and the SLP Sunrise Rotary to fund no-cost quality early childhood education for local families. The above video is a short presentation about the effort.
The Early Learning Program Supervisor, Erika Scott, wrote the following to our club:
I want to extend a heartfelt thanks for your tremendous support through the Preschool 4 Success program. Your generous donation immediately impacted 61 Early Learning families this spring and summer! We were able to cancel out remaining April and May tuition payments for 33 children who qualify for reduced tuition in addition to forgiving overdue late balances for 14 of these families! We were also able to fund a licensed teacher and para to run a second Summer Learning Preschool Academy program for 14 students entering Kindergarten this fall. This six week program allows children who have little to no preschool experience acclimate to classroom life and develop the social-emotional skills necessary to navigate the Kindergarten day.
What an amazing way for you to engage in outstanding civic service that supports the city of St. Louis Park's youngest and most vulnerable learners. The returns on this investment will echo positively in this community for years to come. We are so grateful to you! Yesterday was the first day of our Summer Learning Preschool Academy. Enjoy some pictures of our happy learners loving school!
This effort was also featured in a recent Sun Sailor article.
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Service Above Self
St Louis Park, MN 55426
United States of America