PRIMARY RECIPIENT OF THE TASTE of Elk River 2025
H.O.O.D.L.U.M FOUNDATION
$10,000.00
“Helping Out Others During Life’s Unkind Moments.”
Their mission is to provide support and resources to individuals who are in need when life just gets hard. We strive to create a community of support and encouragement, where individuals can find the help they need to get back on their feet.
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ELK RIVER ROTARY
"ADOPTS A HIGHWAY"
Members of the Elk River Rotary has adopted the
Highway 10 cleanup from Downtown
Elk River to Highway 101
We will clean up this section of highway
twice per year. Make our efforts easier by
not being a "little bug".
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Rotarians Deliver Books to
Elementary School Students
Rotarians finished delivering the book Becky and Lin's Apple Orchard Park by Andrew J Shoup today.
The goal of this book is to share the idea of Service Above Self.
When we do something for others:
It creates FRIENDSHIPS. It makes you FEEL GOOD about
yourself and others. It BENEFITS everyone.
The Elk River Rotarians delivered 400 books to 3rd graders at Parker, Lincoln, Twin Lakes, and Meadowvale Elementary Schools.
I'm not sure who has more fun, the Rotarians or the students.
Bowling for Dollars
and Strike Out for Polio 2025
with John Osterman
October 16, 2025 - 3-5 PM
McPete's Sports Bar and Lanes
Big Lake
John bowled a three game series total of 552.
Some pledges were per pin and others a specific amount.
Total pledges amounted to $1823.
The event was for Rotary's Polio Plus so
Rotary International will match the amount raised
making the total $3646.
Thanks to John for his commitment to this important international effort to Strike Out Polio.
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United We Shiver
Fundraiser Saturday February 10th in/on Big Lake.
Elk River Rotary provides hot chocolate and coffee to the visitors. Thanks to all the participants and volunteers. A tremendous community supported event.
MAGNUS VETERANS' FOUNDATION
We are excited to announce that military members and visitors to the Magnus Veterans Foundation (MVF) can now easily move within its 38 acres.
May 5th was the first time the six-passenger electric cart was used to transport more than 50 visitors and veterans for a MVF event. The cart was donated in January 2022 by the Elk River Rotary with support from Rotary District 5960 and many other supporting Rotary clubs.
The MVF, located in Dayton, provides a variety of services to veterans.
We are proud to partner with the Magnus Veterans Foundation to serve to change lives. Rotary rocks!
Rotary District 5960 and 10 Minnesota and Wisconsin Rotary Clubs celebrated donating a six-passenger,
electric, all-season transportation cart to the Magnus Veterans Foundation (MVF) Jan. 12, 2022.
CLICK IMAGE ABOVE TO SEE VIDEO OF PRESENTATION
Rotary District 5960 and 10 Minnesota and Wisconsin Rotary Clubs celebrated donating a six-passenger, electric, all-season transportation cart to the Magnus Veterans Foundation (MVF) Jan. 12, 2022. The MVF, located in Dayton, MN, provides a variety of physical, psychological, social and other health-related services at no cost (free) to veterans. The modified cart is needed to move veterans and guests throughout the 38-acre site. Elk River Rotarians Casey Mahon and Heather Kliewer (sitting in the front seat of photo #1), with the support of President Tove Lichty (second from left) led all aspects of the initiative, which raised more than $11,000 for the purchase and upkeep of the cart.
Rotarians and staff and volunteers of the Magnus Veterans Foundation celebrate the presentation of the cart
Jan. 12, 2022 at the MVF site.
ROTARY WORLDWIDE FOCUS
Rotary members believe that we have a shared responsibility to take action in our world's most persistent issues.
Our clubs work together to:
Promote Peace - Fight Disease - Provide Clean Water, Sanitation and Hygiene - Save Mother's and Children - Support Education - Grow Local Economies -
Protect the environment
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FOUR WAY TEST
The Four-Way Test of the things we think, say or do is a test used by Rotarians world-wide as a moral code for personal and business relationships. The test can be applied to almost any aspect of life. The test was scripted by Herbert J. Taylor an American from Chicago as he set out to save the Club Aluminum Products Distribution Company from bankruptcy. It was later adopted by Rotary International, the global federation of Rotary service clubs.
