Events

Teresa Floberg who is the Treasuer and Michelle Greener, Board President will give us some updates on what's going on and other interesting information. 

Words from Jamie..

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM)!!

The Sexual Assault Program of Northern St. Louis County is honored for the invitation to join the Ely Rotary Club on April 16th to help raise Awareness for Community Members and for Victims/Survivors of Sexual Violence!

Jamie Koppes will be speaking about the agency and the services they provide! Jamie started working as an advocate in 2019, and has since then been committed to providing ongoing direct services and advocacy with victims of Sexual Violence throughout their healing journey! Jamie, has recently taken over the role as Director of the Program and is excited to get more involved in community outreach! After all, we are in this together! 

Lots of amazing work has been done since the start of the non-profit in 1984! We do not forget those before us who have really been the foundation and strength of this work and were brave enough to use their voices! Our job is to make sure we do NOT lose our voices and that we continue to strengthen awareness of advocacy services. It is absolutely vital for bringing awareness to our program for the members of our community! Thank you for having us and being part of the tough conversations! 😊

Jules is the Education Specialist for the International Wolf Center. She graduated from the University of Arizona with a B.S. in Wildlife Conservation. Jules enjoys teaching about wolves and working with the Center's ambassadors.

Description of her presentation below. 

Wolves and humans have a complicated relationship, and where they live together conflict often follows. This program addresses the nature of these conflicts and the role wildlands play in this relationship. By discussing the myths and misinformation that have contributed to fear and misunderstanding of wolves, we will explore ways we can work toward a goal of co-existence.

We will be reading two of the books from the Literacy Program to 3rd grade students, one on Service Above Self and the other on the Four Way Test. If you would like to volunteer to do this please contact Lindsay at Darlingfaye@hotmail.com or by texting/calling at 763-360-9771. 

We will also do a service project with them later in May, more details to come. 

Let's get ready for spring!! 

Florencia is the owner of Zone 3 Gardens, she will be talking about native species, good pollinators for our area and other helpful hints in the garden. 

Jill Swanson is the new Executive Director of ECR, she is also the Key Club Advisor. She will be giving us an update on what ECR is up to.