Dr. Don Draayer

Leadership Roles and Activities in Community and Church Settings

Elder, Deacon, Fund Raiser, Consultant, Secretary, Vice President, President, Trustee, Advisor, Member, Vice Chair, Chair, Captain, Teacher, Supervisor, Author, Speaker, Choir, Usher

58-59   - Vice-president: YMCA Social-Education Committee, Battle Creek, Michigan  

59-60   - Member: YMCA World Service Committee

60-61   - Chairman: YMCA Building for Brotherhood Drive

61-62   - Chairman: Good Citizenship Committee, Yokota Air Base

62-63   - Captain: Teacher Bowling Team

63-64   - Secretary: Toastmasters International

63-64   - Member: Youth Activities Council

64-65   - Member: Red Cross Educational Advisory Committee

64-66   - Choir and Usher: Presbyterian Church, Champaign, Illinois

67-68   - Secretary: Presbyterian Men's Organization, Evanston, Illinois

68-71   - Ruling Elder: Elmhurst Presbyterian Church

68-71   - Chairman: Christian Education Committee and Adult Education Committee

68-71   - Consultant: Chicago-land Functional Unit Member on Christian Education

70-72   - Member: YMCA Indian Guides, Minnetonka, MN

72-76   - Elder: Faith Presbyterian Church, Minnetonka, Minnesota

73-74   - Member: Excelsior Rotary Club

74-75   - Member: Minnetonka YMCA Indian Princesses

77-79   - Member: Faith Presbyterian Church Pastoral Search Committee

78-79   - Consultant: Presbyterian Synod of Lakes and Prairies Project Rochester Medical Ministry  

78-79   - Sunday School Teacher: Faith Presbyterian Church

78-79   - Chairman: Assistant Pastor Search Committee

79-80   - Chairman: Excelsior Rotary Promotion Committee

79-80   - Vice Chairman: Pastor Search Committee

80-81   - Chairman: Rotary Youth Committee

80-81   - Choir Member, Faith Presbyterian Church

80-81   - Supervisor: Presbyterian Church Youth Club

81-82   - Chairman: Presbyterian Selection Committee for Minister

82-83   - Teacher: Presbyterian Church Sunday School, Grades 10-12

82-83   - Member: Music and Worship Committee, Faith Presbyterian Church

82-83   - Co-chair: Christmas Outreach Program to Thirty-three Families   

83-84   - Choir Member: Faith Presbyterian Church

83-84   - Member: Faith Presbyterian Church Youth Committee

83-84   - Member: Board of Directors, West Suburban Chamber of Commerce

84-85   - Ruling Elder: Faith Presbyterian Church

84-85   - Chairman: Strategic Planning Committee (Faith Church)

84-85   - Author: Church Foundation (Faith Church)

85-90   - Ruling Elder: Faith Presbyterian Church

85-88   - President: Board of Trustees, Faith Foundation

86-87   - Ruling Elder: Faith Presbyterian Church

86-87   - President: Board of Trustees, Faith Foundation

86-87   - Chairman: International Understanding Committee, Excelsior Rotary Club

87-88   - Chairman: Excelsior Rotary Club Program Committee

89-90   - Speaker: Minnetonka Baptist Church: Living Out the Faith

89-92   - Member: National Youth Leadership Council

89-90   - Vice President: Excelsior Rotary Club

90-91   - Member: Pastor Nominating Committee, Faith Presbyterian Church

90-91   - Member: Advisory Council, National Youth Leadership Council

90-91   - Vice President: Excelsior Rotary Club

91-92   - President: Excelsior Rotary Club

92-93   - Chair: Annual Fund Drive, Faith Presbyterian Church

92-93   - Chair: Excelsior Rotary Study/Exchange from Mexico

92-94   - Chair, Education Division, United Way (Minneapolis and suburbs)

94-95   - Advisor: Excelsior Rotary Club Board of Directors

94-95   - Fund Raiser: Beacon Hill Retirement Home

94-96   - Advisor: Our Community, Our Youth Initiative

95-96   - Teacher: Sixth Grade Students in Faith Presbyterian Church Youth Club

95-99   -  Advisor: Family Friends of Homeless Youth

95-97   -  Member: Phyllis Wheatley Community Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

95-97   -  Advisor: Our Community, Our Youth, Minnetonka, Minnesota

96-99   -  Advisor: Southwest Christian High School

96-97   -  Chair: Investing with Faith (for Debt Redemption), Faith Presbyterian Church

96-98   -  Advisor: Family Hope Services

96-97   -  Deacon: Faith Presbyterian Church

97-99   -  Moderator: Board of Deacons, Faith Presbyterian Church

97-98   -  Chair: Long Range Planning Chairman, Faith Presbyterian Church

97-98   -  Chair, Rotary Scholarship Program

97-98   -  Facilitator – Vision and Strategic Planning, Faith Presbyterian Church

98-99   -  Moderator: Deacons, Faith Presbyterian Church

98-99   -  Facilitator: Vision and Strategic Planning, Faith Presbyterian Church

98-99   -  Moderator Board of Deacons: Faith Presbyterian Church

00-04   -  Chair: Families Moving Forward (Homeless Program, Minneapolis Churches)

00-04   -  Co-Leader: ALFA Program, Small Groups, Faith Presbyterian Church

00-05   -  Teacher: Four Week Long, Adult Sunday School Classes

03-06   -  Elected Representative: Retired MASA Members on MASA Board of Directors

04-05   -  Recruiter: Faith Connections Committee

04-05   -  Chair: Excelsior Rotary Club Program Committee

04-06   -  Historian, Three Island Lake Association, Marcel, MN.

04-09   -  Seminar Leader, Excelsior Rotary STRIVE Program

05-06   -  Chair: Long Range Planning Task Force for 164 United Cursillo Churches

05-06   -  Chair: Rotary District 5950 Blue Ribbon Panel on Respectful Behaviors for Rotarians

06-07   -  Co-Chair: Jubilee 2007, Faith Church Fund Drive to Pay Off Church Debt

06-07   -  Speaker: “Purpose Driven Life” and “Asset Deployment in Youth”

08-10   -  Secretary: Excelsior Rotary Club Foundation

08-10   -  Trustee: UPonGreen Foundation

08-14   -  Board Chair, The Excelsior Rotary Foundation  

09-10   -  Co-Chair: Hennepin County A-GRAD Oversight Committee

09-13   -  Board Chair, Recycle Across America Foundation

13-14   -  Moderator, Presbyterian Discernment Committee