Author:

Joe Scott

Joe is a retired digital ad agency co-owner, a member of Westbrook Community Church, the Chanhassen Rotary, and is on the board of Eastern Carver County Schools. He has contributed articles to the American Business Journals (parent company of the Mpls. St. Paul Business Journal) and a number of trade publications.

ARTICLES:

• General
  Philanthropy & Service

  Dolly Parton and her 254,519,967 Books

  November 29, 2024
  Joe Scott

  

  When you think of Dolly Parton, what comes to mind?  Her 190 music awards? Her 21 gold or platinum albums and singles? Her 100 million albums sold? Her philanthropic arm, Imagination Library, that has gifted 254,519,967 books to children? That fact probably doesn’t readily come to mind. How did Dolly Parton give away a quarter of a billion books? By partnering with local organizations such as Rotary Clubs from Chanhassen, Chaska, Waconia, Rotary District 5950, and our District 112’s Community Education Department.  Parton started Imagination Library in 1995 to provide books to children living near her home town in eastern Tennessee. It’s a fitting…

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• Chanhassen
  Community, Seniors & 55+

  Chanhassen Rotarians Rally to Rake for Seniors

  October 31, 2024
  Joe Scott

  

  Chanhassen Rotarians at annual leaf raking event For many, autumn is a favorite time of year. Locals can still sleep with the windows open a bit. Sweaters reappear in the closet. Trees are loaded with crimson, gold and magenta leaves. They’re beautiful, until they fall on your lawn. Some residents gather them with rakes and bag them. Some just run them over with a mulching lawnmower. Some hire a service to take care of those pesky leaves.  Some folks aren’t that lucky, which is why the Chanhassen Rotary holds its annual leaf raking event. On Saturday, Oct. 26, 32 Chanhassen Rotarians deployed…

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