1. January Community Service Activities
STAR Gathering 2018
January
Community Service Activities

2. People of Action
Rotary is where neighbors, friends, and problem-solvers share ideas, join leaders, and take action to create lasting change.
Each day, Rotarians pour their passion, integrity and intelligence into completing projects that have a lasting impact. And we keep at it until we deliver real, lasting solutions.
Activities vary from Rotary Club to Rotary Club, but generally focus in one of our key areas – Growing Local Economies, Students and Youth, Promoting Peace, Fighting Disease, Supporting Education, Mothers and Young Children, providing clean water and the elimination of Polio.

3. La Crosse Area Rotary Clubs
Holmen
La Crescent
La Crosse After-Hours
La Crosse Downtown
La Crosse East
La Crosse Valley View
Onalaska
Onalaska Hilltopper

4. Rotary Club of Holmen Area
Meets Wednesday Morning at 7 AM at Holmen Village Hall
Community Activities Include:
Holmen’s Hope Community Dinner
Fundraise for K-9 Dog for Village of Holmen
Boy Scout Building Restoration at Camp Decorah
Deerwood Park Shelter Construction
Bio Sand Water Filters for Peru
Centralized Sanitation and Water System for Peru
Christmas presents to children in Peru
Hosting of Foreign Exchange Student
Kenya Cow Project
Holmen High School Scholarships
Respect Retreat for Holmen High School Students
Sponsor RYLA Leadership Training for High School Youth
Spring Community Clean Up
Adopt a Highway Roadside Clean UP
Sponsor Holmen Street Banners
Free Summer Lunches in the park for Children
Tons of Taters Potato Donation to food pantry

5. Rotary Club of La Crescent
Meets Friday Morning at 7 AM at Corky’s
Community Activities Include:
Highway Clean Up
Apple Blossom Bike tour with proceeds benefiting local charities.
Rotary Books around the world – partnering with a Rotary Club in Madison Wisconsin.

6. Rotary Club of La Crosse – After Hours
Meets 2nd and 4th Tuesday at 6 PM at The Radisson Hotel
Community Activities Include:
Getting our hands dirty atNeighbor’s Day
Learning proper business dinner etiquette from Janie Morgan.
Ushering at the La Crosse Community Theater
Maintaining Trails in Hixon Forest Park
Mentoring Future Leader as facilitators at D6250 RYLA
Placing Memorial Day Flags at Veteran’s Gravestones
Cleaning up our adopted highway
Volunteering for Habitat for Humanity La Crosse area build day.
Setting up Riverfest fencing
Sponsoring the Good Fight Community Center
Sponsoring a foreign exchange student (Eugene from Taiwan and Clara from Italy!)
Raising over $3000 for Youth Exchange at Mini Masters
Helping pack over 72,000 meals at Rotary iFeed
Ringing the bells for the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign
Hosting the Ugly Sweater 5K, with over 480 runners and 120 volunteers – proceeds to support Hixon Forest
All in 2017!!

7. Rotary Club of La Crosse – Downtown
Meets Thursdays for lunch at noon at The Radisson Center
Community Activities Include:
Helped a student obtain a Rotary Global Grant to pursue a Masters degree at the University of London for peace and conflict resolution.
Members are involved in Rotary Fellowships – including International Fellowship of Rotarian Scuba Divers.
Part of Public Radio WHLA 90.3 panel on future of service clubs.
Developed The Brain Game – a book enhancing children’s brain development – that is provided to parent of all newborns born in La Crosse. Book is now available in Spanish and is available for purchase on Amazon.com
Fielded two packing teams for iFeed.
Ushering at the La Crosse Community Theater
Host a Foreign Exchange Student and sponsor outbound exchange students to travel abroad.
Ring the bells for the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign
Deliver meals each week for Meals on Wheels
Sponsored/Support the La Crosse Airport United Service Organization Lounge.
Participate each month at “Come to Supper” event at Our Saviors Lutheran Church that is dedicated to feeding the hungry in La Crosse.
Major sponsor of Rotary Lights
Secured District Grant for Habitat for Humanity Project and provided several teams of volunteers on several build days.
Warm Hearts, Warm Feets project by Humanitarian Committee collected sweatshirts and socks to be distributed by Catholic Charities.
Create and sell Fruit baskets – proceeds support club activities.

8. Rotary Club of La Crosse – East
Meets Monday’s for lunch at noon at Piggy’s Restaurant (Upstairs)
Community Activities Include:
Rotary Lights – Host night at park and Bonfire & Smore’s.
Chad Erickson Memorial Park Clean UP – maintenance
Lobsterfest – Lobster Boil and live music event – proceeds benefit Chad Erickson Memorial Park for an adaptive/accesssible trail through park.(2017 Rotary Award Winner!)
Partner with Global Partners Partnership to raise money for vision screenings, mobile library and other initiatives for people of Matagalpa, Nicaaragua.
Volunteer Bartending at Oktoberfest
Sponsor two teams at iFeed
Deliver meals for Meals on Wheels
Participate in the Big Blue Dragon Boat Festival with Rotary Works Foundation
Rang Bells for the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign.

9. Rotary Club of La Crosse – Valley View
Meets Wednesday’s for breakfast at 7:30 AM at Famous Dave’s
Community Activities Include:
Rotary Lights – sponsor a night.
Deliver Meals on Wheels a number of weeks each year.
Have sponsored an Inbound Youth Exchange students as well as outbound students.
Rockin Ribs – proceeds to help a list of local non profits.
Murder Mystery Dinner – to benefit area non profits.
Support India thru Rotary Grant Projects.

10. Rotary Club of Onalaska
Meets Monday Evenings at 6 PM at the Blue Moon
Community Activities Include:
Road Clean up of Hwy 53 (2x each year)
Sponsor Community Garden – 2 lots – veggies donated to Onalaska Food Basket.
CRUSA Pancake Breakfast – Proceeds support CRUSA player sponsorships.
Annual Wine/Beer Tasting – proceeds support Clearwater Farm and funds 5 scholarships to Onalaska High School Students.

11. Rotary Club of Onalaska - Hilltopper
Meets Wednesday for lunch at noon at the La Crosse Country Club
Community Activities Include:
Rotary Rockin Ribs
Sponsor the Onalaska Interact Club
Host an International Exchange Student
Sponsor Rotary Lights
Participate in iFeed
Volunteer at Place of Grace (3x each year)
Clean Hwy 53 3 times a year thru Adopt a Highway campaign.
Sponsor Hilltopper Spring Gala – Fundraiser for Onalaska School Gardens.
Sponsor a Chicken Q twice a year – proceeds to support Onalaska K-9 Unit.
Volunteer at the Onalaska Community Days

12. That is a lot of doing good!
In 2018 – we are trying to get a better feel for the number of volunteer hours we dedicate to our club’s projects and passions. Watch for more detail soon – but it is likely to be in the 10’s of thousands of hours.
What we See (0:90 seconds)
Be part of the solution – get involved in an existing project, or suggest a new one!