PRIMARY RECIPIENT OF THE TASTE of Elk River 2025

H.O.O.D.L.U.M FOUNDATION

 “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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Taste of Elk River 2024 proceeds check

went to CAER Food Shelf

Today our program was about CAER. Heather and her staff talked about CAER being a Super Shelf facility (making healthy choices easy choices) that is providing services in three different languages (English, Spanish, and Russian), as well as programs like financial assistance, kids’ weekend, senior deliveries, free farmers market, and youth outreach. Additionally, they provide emergency bags to the county for those families needing immediate help and waiting for county services to complete, and school supplies and winter outerwear to families in need. CAER services have grown in the past several years and year-to date they have served 1,769 households, provided rent help to 63, and utility help to 76. They are in year three of a five-year strategic plan and just yesterday christened their new garage and expanded parking lot! Debi Rydberg, on behalf of Rotary, was able to present a check to CAER for $8,250 from proceeds of the Taste of Elk River event.

 

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.

One of the many projects we participate in thanks to our community and their ongoing support of our fundraising events like the TASTE of Elk River.

Bowling for Dollars

and Strike Out for Polio 2024

John Osterman and Friends

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you to all that attended or pledged for our annual Strike Out Polio event on October 24th! We had a group of 15 people that attended and this year and there were 3 other bowlers to compete against John O.

John ROCKED it again with a score of 591 over three games!

Thank you John!

We added a new fun twist this year with a poker run. We raised over $100 dollars and had some fun too  After all the donations and pledges, we raised $1,407 for Polio Plus.

Thanks again to all that participated!

Heather Kliewer - Elk River Rotary Club President

Www.ElkRiverMNRotary.org for info to join in the fun.

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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.

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:

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.