Shelby's Playground Renovation

Boji Brew Fest

Park Cleanup

Food Drives

Event Volunteers

Club Socials

Welcome to Iowa Great Lakes Rotary!

We Meet Wednesdays at Noon - Join Us!

Please join us this week (11/22) for lunch at the Maser Monarch Lodge!

Plan to join us at the Monarch Maser Lodge at noon on Wednesday for our weekly meeting of the Iowa Great Lakes Rotary club.

This week, we welcome Kyle Norris with Iowa Lakes Community College who will be providing updates on new things at ILCC. As a long-time faculty member, Kyle was chosen to fill the role left by Tom Brotherton, who retired after 18 years as Executive Dean. Norris has been with Iowa Lakes since 2001 and is currently a Biology Professor and Head Athletic trainer. Kyle is excited to be working with faculty, including newly appointed Iowa Lakes president Scott Stokes, towards his goal of advancing career and technical programs at the school.

We hope to see you at the Monarch Lodge on Wednesday at noon!

Quarterly Donation Recipients

Quarterly Donations were selected at our September 27th meeting and the recipients were the Lakeside Lab/Prairie Lakes Conference, Oaxaca Street Children Grassroots/Tessa Reed, and Team Iowa/Stacy Besch. Congratulations on these projects Iowa Great Lakes Rotary is proud to support. Photos above are of the Prairie Lakes Conference (Leo Kofoot presenting to Mary Skopec); Oaxaca Street Children (Kathy Fahy presenting to Tessa Reed); and Team Iowa (Kathy presenting to Stacy Besch.) Congratulations to our recipients and their tremendous endeavors.

Inaugural Mental Health Walk a Success

Iowa Great Lakes Rotary is proud to announce that its first Mental Health Walk held on August 26 raised around $13,000 through registrations, donations and a district grant. The money raised will be used to provide speakers and curriculum in all schools in Dickinson County on age-appropriate behavioral health topics. Planning and collaboration meetings are in process now to make plans for the speaking events, which hopefully will happen within the spring 2024 semester. Thank you to everyone who volunteered or walked at the event!

Congratulations Leo Kofoot - Rotarian of the Year!

Congratulation Iowa Great Lakes Rotarian Leo Kofoot for being named club Rotarian of the Year. District 5970 Governor Don Meyer presented the award to Leo at the local club meeting on Wednesday, June 21. Leo has been a member of the Iowa Great Lakes Rotary since 1986 and is currently the Club Executive Secretary. He has been instrumental in coordinating the annual Rotary Car Drop each winter and in helping with setup for the annual Rotary Boji Brew Fest each fall in addition to keeping the club's records current. Congratulations Leo!

Quarterly Donation Recipients

During the Iowa Great Lakes Rotary quarterly club assembly held on July 5, the club voted to donate to the following three organizations this quarter: Alzheimer's Association, Okoboji Foundation Youth in Philanthropy and Rosecrance Jackson Treatment Center. Accepting on behalf of the Alzheimer's Association was Susan Parriott, MN Chapter Director, and on behalf of te Youth in Philanthropy were: Mindy Gress, Foundation President; Allison Schmitz, YIP Coordinator; and Nora Conover, YIP Student. Cheryl Bruntsma with Rosecrance Jackson also accepted their donation, but the photo isn't available yet at this time.

The donations are part of the Iowa Great Lakes Rotary Club's process for distributing member contributions. Each quarter, club members will take an active part in distributing the money via an in person vote and discussion. We look forward to hearing more about how each of these donations has made an impact and will feature photos from each organization in upcoming newsletters.