The Area 4 Rotary Club in Brooklyn Center, with the assistance of the Brooklyn Park Rotary Club, supported the launch of the precursor to what became the Maple Grove Rotary Club. The first lunch meetings for the Extension Club were held at the Snyder's drugstore café. As is often the case, it was a struggle to attract 25 potential members. The barrier seemed to be in the time of the meeting. Lunch meetings were shifted to the breakfast hour and a surge of potential membership activity took place. Finally, on May 12, 1990, the Maple Grove Rotary Club held their Charter Night at the Northland Inn. There were 33 Charter Members among the 100+ people in attendance at the dinner. John Mitchell, a long time Rotarian and surprise guest, along with his wife, flew in from Texas. He was the keynote speaker for the evening and father of Diane Confer, our District 5950 Executive Secretary since 1978. Diane was attending the event as a District representative and had not expected to see her parents at this time. Needless to say, the reunion of Diane with her parents, and the creation of the new Maple Grove Rotary Club "family", was an emotional event.