| Historical Highlights: |
Road clean up twice a year.
First fundraiser was an auction and somehow we had 20 hospital beds to be auctioned off. Another fundraiser that we had for over 10 years was Summerfest. Summerfest was an outdoor party that was well attended by many members of our community. And was a huge moneymaker for our club.
In 2005, we switched our fundraiser to Race For Rotary. This is go kart racing held in a large parking lot in town. We also have a raffle on that day that brings in some extra money.
We have a "Tax Blast" chukkar hunt in April for members and anyone else interested in hunting.
We sell roses as another fundraiser for our club.
Helped fund and worked at Schumacher Field (baseball park in Forest Lake)
Other moneymaker that our club has had Spring Fling, wine tasting party, Rotary members and spouses.
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| Interact Club: |
None-Working on starting one in 2004-2005 |
| Centennial Project: |
Fund and install a fishing pier on Shields Lake and did landscaping |
| Historical Highlights: |
Invite 3 students per month to visit with our club and attend a meeting. Have small certificates to pass out to each student. Send two students every year to Camp RYLA. Engage Boy Scouts and Explorers to help with projects.
Our club bought and stores about 10-15 tents/awnings. We allow the Explorer Post to rent them out in the summer to anyone that needs a shelter for a one or two day event. The Explorer Post charges a fee for rental and comes in and sets up and tears down the tents. The full rental fee goes to the Explorer Post if the organization is a non-profit and if not a non-profit the fee is split between the Explorer Post and our Rotary Club. As of 2005, the Explorer Post no longer needs the support for this fundraiser. Our club is currently looking for a scout troop to take this over or maybe our club will do this as a fundraiser.
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| Youth Exchange: |
Served as hosts to inbound exchange students from New Zealand, South Africa, Denmark, Mexico, France, Tokyo, Sweden and South America and have had 1 outbound student. |
| Group Study Exchange: |
Hosted many GSE teams for day trips. Have had 4 applications turned in from our club and interviewed. One member was an alternate GSE team leader. |
| Ambassadorial/Peace Scholars: |
None |
| Matching Club Project: |
Tapestries of Life, Uganda Well Project & Wells in India |
| Historical Highlights: |
Have a weekly newsletter. Have an evening annual banquet at the end of each Rotary year. Give club recognition for Distinguished Community Service Award. |
| Foundation/Paul Harris Fellows: |
Each year make contributions to Rotary Foundation from members and club for Paul Harris Fellows and Multiple Paul Harris Fellows. Over half of our members are Paul Harris Fellows/Multiple and 5 members are benefactors. Each year we give a Paul Harris Aw |
| District/International Officers: |
One member served as Assistant District Governor in 1999-2000.
DG Clare Lillis 2007-2008 from Forest Lake Rotary. |
| Rotary Awards: |
Presidential Citation Awards. |
