City of Farmington, press release:  The Rambling River Center’s 40th Anniversary Celebration is taking place at the center, 325 Oak St., on Thursday, Sept. 22 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

This event will have a hog roast, time capsule, ceremonial bench and tree dedication, pumpkin decoration content and photo booth.

Tickets are on sale for $14 each which will include food, fun and music. Tickets can be picked up from the Rambling River Center during regular business hours or you can call the center to place your order at 651-280-6970. The deadline to buy tickets is Sept. 14.

501 Club

Does anyone have any suggestions or want to host 501 club at the end of the month?

• Oct 28th - The Magic of Rotary - Owatonna Noon Club - 5pm Social, 6pm Dinner, 7pm Magic show. Woohoo!!!  - get your tickets now.
• Oct 15^th – Recharge MN – Northfield EV Expo – family friendly – sponsored by the Rotary Climate Action Team – 
• Oct 6^th – DEI joint event with District 5950 – Fundraiser for the Page Education Foundation consisting of cocktail reception, dinner, and program with the Honorable Justice Alan Page – more information to come – for now…Save the Date
• Sept 30^th  - MappingPrejudice Project, Univ of MN Libraries – 0730-0830 – Webinar – The DEI team from Rochester (made up of members of all 3 Rochester clubs) is hosting Karen . The presentation will last 30-40 minutes and be followed up by 15 minutes of Q and A. Please click the link for more information on this exciting and interesting project. Please click on this link to register in advance.
• Sept 28^th – Effective Leadership – The Anoka club is proud to announce that they are holding an effective leadership workshop with Michael Angelo Caruso as the keynote speaker. Breakfast at 0800 and the workshop from 0830-1130. Get your tickets early. They max out at 150 participants. It will be held at the GreenHaven Golf and Event Center in Anoka. Full write up will come out with the Around the District monthly member newsletter.
• Sept 24^th – Northfield Rotary Bike Tour– Family friendly – 10 – 58 miles, something for everyone.
• Sept 17th - Ride The Ridges Bicycle Premier Bicycle Tour - Winona MN - Family Friendly - 22-110 miles (phew, that's a lot of miles)
• Sep 16^th – All Club Luncheon at the North Star Zone Institute – Radisson Blu – MOA – noon-2pm - The speaker is the RI President for 2023-24 Gordon McNally from Scotland. Tickets are $60. Clubs can reserve a table for 10. Get tickets here.
• Sept 10^th – Taste of White Bear Lake – if this is anything like the Taste of Lakeville, it should not be missed. It is held at the Pine Tree Apple Orchard. Tickets are $40.
• Sept 9^th – NSPMO Clay Shoot Fundraiser – This should be a lot of fun. Come for the day, shoot clay pigeons, eat lunch, and win a raffle prize. Click on the link and sign up as an individual or a team.