Michelle Kraus and Keith Payne will not be attending our April meetings, so Perin Kerber and Jean Heyduck will be presiding.
Bob Chinnock, mentors and STRIVE students will practice job interviews at the April 4 meeting.
Keith Payne encouraged participation at the evening Bingo game. Gretchen Oppriecht was glad she followed his suggestion. Later that night, she was able to call “BINGO” three times, including the last Cover-All nail-biting game.
Exchange Student Update: none - Viola is away on Spring Break
Finemaster
Erin Kerber took advantage of the many hours George Glaros spent creating our baseball season opener trivia questions. She (and George) developed many hits, but Dan Keyport’s table prevented a grand slam. In a prescient moment Gretchen gave up Happy Dollars and Wayne Ward did also, but he didn’t play Bingo and reap the rewards of kindness.
Bob Chinnock introduced Brenna Bloome, the Director of Operations for the Twin Cities chapter of Minds Matter – an organization dedicated to offering students a combination of individualized mentor support and academic instruction that provides them with the resources, information, and guidance they need to gain admission to, enroll in, and graduate from four-year colleges. Minds Matter is a three-year program that begins in students' sophomore year of high school. This chapter usually has a class of 10 to 13 students across the three grades. Their program is supported by many volunteers that provide the mentoring, academic improvement classes and summer programs. Financial backing from area companies and organizations have kept up Mind Matter’s intensive efforts since 2012.
Students are typically from low-income households, mostly from the Metro area, and are selected from nominations from school counsellors. Academic help focuses on math; writing and critical thinking; test preparation, college applications; and a capstone service-learning project. Volunteer opportunities include career fair speaking, mentoring, academic help and administrative positions.
Note from John Roebke: Invocations can be a faith traditional prayer, or a meditation, or inspirational verse or quote. Brief 20 – 30 seconds. Light-hearted is okay. Option: focus on our Mission of Service Above Self. Need an idea – Google Rotary Invocations. Not a personal talent? Don't wait, tell me NOW, 612-790-7067, john.roebke@live.com. I will be glad to name another. If I forgot that you told me not a talent, please forgive me. Remind me. If not a good DATE, trade with a mate.
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