Attendance: Dave Reed, Steve Helwig, Keith White, Paul Christiansen, Caden Lee, Faye and Bob Johnson, Svetlana, Dana Fager, Sarah Starka, Peggy Zalucha, Karla, Steve Salerno, Susan Lampert Smith, Tracy Diehm, Franke Wallitsch, Heidi Kopras, Judy Steinhauer, Doug Kahl, Mark Rooney, Elizabeth Grabe

 

She will be leading the American’s experiences.

Prom was fun, had photos taken including the state capitol. This week grandma and grandpa will be taking care of her and she is looking forward to having some good food since Grandma is an amazing cook.

 

Guests: Janna  Hansen from Neighbors helping Neighbors, Mark Wallitsch, our guest speaker from Second Harvest, Chris Ziemba.

 

Please let Peggy know if you plan on attending our 5th Wednesday event, the Grant Awards Ceremony on 5/29. There will be no noon meeting that day. June 5th will be our next business meeting.

 

Frolic tickets: please continue to work on selling them, and sign up for helping with the burger stand.

 

Bob is happy because it was wet.

Steve happy to see Franke again.

Dave: Past weekend he celebrated his father-in-law’s 90th birthday. 32 direct family members attended.

Mark: happy and sad. 4 big trees near the farmhouse went down, happy they didn’t damage the structures.

Liz: Happy to do the Spring Arts Tour with son Ben; unhappy about Art funding state level ranks 49th in the country for per capita spending on the arts.
 

 

Our Guest Speaker, Chris Ziemba from Second Harvest Food Bank. Some of the takeaways from the presentation are:

Sources of donated food is down 20% from previous years.It’s not just poverty ridden folks who use food pantries, these are working people who do not qualify for programs such as reduced rate school lunches, SNAP, or other forms of assistance.