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Prior Lake Rotary Club

Doing Good; Serious Fun!

We meet In Person

Wednesdays at 7:00 AM

The Wilds Golf Club

3151 Wilds Ridge Ct NW
Prior Lake, MN 55372
United States of America

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1st Annual Prior Lake Rotary's MLK Jr. Day

In partnership with Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools, the cities of Credit River, Prior Lake, Savage, and Spring Lake Township, we will be hosting Prior Lake Rotary's 1st Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Breakfast on Monday, January 17, 2022, at 8 a.m. at Prior Lake High School. This will be a free public event held to celebrate and come together as a community to show unity, promote equity, and embrace our differences.

Special guests of the event include Prior Lake City Mayor Kirk Briggs, Savage City Mayor Janet Williams, Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools Superintendent Dr. Teri Staloch, and our keynote speaker Gail Lewis Miller, retired principal, REDI Task Force Member, and DEI Consultant; and Johnea Ruck, President of the PLHS Black Student Union. We will be serving a culturally diverse breakfast. Please feel free to invite your friends and family!

Consistent with Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools' protocols, masks will be required.

Building Beds for Kids

More than 200 beds will be distributed to children in need throughout the south metro, thanks to volunteers who gathered at Northern Tool & Equipment in Burnsville for building events last month, including 20 Prior Lake Rotarians or their family members. The business hosted an estimated 500 volunteers who worked with a goal of building 250 twin beds over a three-day period.

The beds were being made for Sleep in Heavenly Peace, a nonprofit that builds and delivers beds to children ages 3 to 17 who need their own bed. “Most of our beds are delivered in Dakota and Scott County,” said Susan Ryan, a volunteer with the Minnesota Twin Cities South Chapter and Eagan resident.

Sleep in Heavenly Peace is connected with families through requests made on its website. Delivery teams contact a family and schedule the delivery. The bed is assembled on site and includes a mattress. The children also receive donated bedding and a pillow. The organization has no income requirements, Ryan said.

The chapter usually delivers around 50 beds on Christmas Eve to other areas not normally served such as Minneapolis and St. Paul. Two Rotarians, Joan L and Deb S, and their spouses helped with this delivery, which included some of the 11 mattresses the club purchased, with an additional 4 purchased by a Rotarian.

Prior Lake Rotary's Statement on Equity and Inclusion

The Prior Lake Rotary Club embraces diversity, equity and inclusion which is highlighted in our commitment to the 4-way test:

Of the things we think say or do:
Is it the truth?
Is it FAIR to all concerned?
Will it build goodwill and better friendships?
Is it beneficial to all concerned?

Acknowledging that racism and hate exists in our community and in keeping with Rotary International we, as Rotarians, are committed to standing up against racism and hate. Last year, the Prior Lake Rotary Club formed the Equity and Inclusion Committee to help bring awareness and understanding of the need for more work around anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion. Prior Lake Rotarians are committed to demonstrating the 4-way test and bringing individuals and organizations together to work for peace and justice.

We are currently in the planning phase of multiple projects in conjunction with PLHS and the school district to support BIPOC and LGBTQ+ high school students to feel safe, welcome and at home in their school. We also hope to have a community forum featuring a keynote speaker to help us better understand what racism looks like and what actions we can initiate so that all people who live here feel respected.

Go to the link below for a list of all similar programs, initiatives, and speakers current and future.
https://www.priorlakerotary.org/sitepage/about-our-club/prior-lake-rotary-club-2

We welcome anyone who wants to learn more about Rotary and especially the equity and inclusion team to come to a Wednesday meeting at 7AM at The Wilds Golf Club.