Shelby's Playground Renovation

Boji Brew Fest

Park Cleanup

Food Drives

Event Volunteers

Club Socials

Welcome to Iowa Great Lakes Rotary!

We're Meeting in Person - Please Join Us!

Please join us this week (1/26) as we meet at the Dickinson County Museum!

Please plan to join us this week for a special field trip to the Dickinson County Museum, located at 1708 Keokuk Avenue in Spirit Lake. We will start our meeting with the tour this week, followed by lunch and a very brief program about the museum and what it has going on at the moment. Due to their limited space, it will be easier to tour first, then have lunch to keep food and drink away from the exhibits.

For those planning to attend, we are continuing a pay-as-you-go lunch option. This week, we will be having mini pizzas from Godfathers for $5. It will not include a drink though, so please bring your own drink with you to the meeting. To order a pizza, please email Mary Skopec at mary-skopec@uiowa.edu to let her know what kind of pizza you'd like (ham, cheese, combo, pepperoni or sausage) by 10 am Wednesday. You are also welcome to bring your own lunch if you'd like instead.

We look forward to seeing all of you this week at the Dickinson County Museum!

Car Drop Tickets on Sale Now!

The annual Iowa Great Lakes Rotary car drop is back again this year with a new car! Thanks to Boji Towing, the car will be put on the ice later this month in Smith's Bay for all to see. Car Drop tickets are on sale now for $10 each - each ticket is for a specific time which is good for two chances for the car to drop (both a.m. and p.m. times). When the car sinks and the official clock is submerged in water, if the clock stops on your time, you'll be the lucky winner of $1000. Get your tickets today online at IowaGreatLakesRotary.org, at the Dry Dock, The Hutt, McKeens, The Ritz or from any local Rotarian.

Local Organizations Benefit From Iowa Great Lakes Rotary GIving

During our last quarterly club assembly, the club voted to donate to the following organizations: $500 to Hope Rolls, $400 to the Humane Society, $400 to Break the Cycle and $200 to Megan Vierkant/Miss Amazing Iowa. The recipients joined us for our Rotary lunch on Wednesday, November 3 and updated us on their projects. Those joining us were:

Hope Rolls - Dr. Shanna Clabaugh and Maria Mellman

Humane Society - Hailey Huckfelt and Melanie Becker

Break the Cycle - Clint Loveall

Miss Amazing Iowa - Megan Vierkant (wasn't able to attend but accepted later that day)

The donations are part of a new 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.

We have a winner!

Jon Collins of Milford possessed the winning time ticket in the Iowa Great Lakes Rotary annual car drop contest.

The Rotary Car Drop is an annual fundraiser for the Iowa Great Lakes Rotary Club. Tickets are sold for each minute of the day with one ticket including both the a.m. and p.m. time. The winner is determined when the car, which is placed on the ice of Smith’s Bay on West Lake Okoboji, falls through the ice. Once the car is retrieved, the official winning time is confirmed by a clock inside the car and the winner receives $1000 cash prize.

According to the clock mounted in the car, the actual winning time was 4:58 on Friday, March 19. The 4:58 ticket was not sold though, so the winner goes to the next closest time - 4:59. Jon Collins, of Milford possessed the winning ticket sold by Rotarian Brad Jungers.

Bob Kirschbaum from Bob's Towing was on hand to retrieve the car on Sunday, March 21. Kirschbaum annually donates the car his time to assist Iowa Great Lakes Rotary with this endeavor to support community projects. Funds raised by Iowa Great Lakes Rotary are used for community projects, recently including the playground upgrades at Shelby Duis Park and the building of an outdoor Pavilion at Camp Foster YMCA.

Pictured in the photo are Rotarian Leo Kofoot, winner Jon Collins and Rotarian John Battern.