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The Rotary Club of Rochester is a service club of inspired individuals whose contributions improve lives in communities locally and worldwide.
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TRCR

Service Above Self

We meet In Person
Thursdays at 12:00 PM
Even Hotel
101 11th AVE SW
Rochester, MN 55902
United States of America
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(507) 722-1717
Email:
romnrotary@gmail.com
Meetings are held in-person at Even Hotel, 101 11th Ave SW, Rochester, Minnesota, 55902 and virtually via Zoom. Check the online calendar for each week's meeting location.
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Rotary Club of Rochester Calendar
    • April 27:  Rotary Authentic Danish Dinner - a fundraiser for Rotary Exchange Student Thea Grønholt to assist with expenses for the Rotary Exchange Students annual trip to U.S. East coast | Reservations and prepayment are required | INFORMATION
    • May 14:  Rotary Clubs of Rochester "tree planting" prep project | Quarry Hill Nature Center | 4:00-6:00 pm | REGISTER
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    Attend an authentic Danish dinner prepared by Rotary Exchange Student Thea
    Join your fellow Rotarians and guests at a Rotary Danish Dinner - a fundraiser for Rotary Exchange Student Thea Grønholt to assist with expenses for the Rotary Exchange Students annual trip to the East coast of the United States. The dinner will be held on Saturday, April 27 from 5:00-7:00 pm. TRCR Rotarians Vicki Allen and Terry Sorensen are hosting the dinner. Reservations and prepayment are required.
     
    Sign-up for May 14 Rotary 3-Club "Tree Planting" project at Quarry Hill Nature Center
    Sign-up to join your fellow Rochester Rotarians, families, friends, STRIVE students (everyone is welcome) for a 3-club "tree planting" project* at Quarry Hill Nature Center
     
    May 14, 2024 (rain date is May 15) | 4:00-6:00 pm
    6:00 pm - Join us for a pizza social
    Quarry Hill Nature Center - 701 Silver Creek Rd NE - Rochester
    Meet at the pond pavilion – a short walk from the front doors of the nature center
     
    *While not actually planting trees in 2024, this year’s efforts will focus on preparing an area of forest near the Quarry Hill pond for a Spring 2025 planting. Work this year will be focused on removing invasive buckthorn and removing woody branches from diseased ash and box elder trees that have been removed from the area. Wear close-toed shoes and long pants and bring work or garden gloves. All the work tools will be supplied by the City Forestry Dept. and Quarry Hill Nature Center.
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    The next Jeremiah Cook4Kids is Tuesday, May 21 - sign-up now!
    The Jeremiah Program is grateful to have members of The Rotary Club of Rochester help bring families from poverty to prosperity two generations at a time. Cook 4 Kids is an integral part of Jeremiah families’ week – a chance for them to enjoy a meal they don’t have to prepare, witness the generosity of others firsthand, build relationships and comradery with other families, and gain more from the fifth pillar of the Jeremiah program – “Supportive Community.”  Our club's next Cook 4 Kids meal is scheduled for Tuesday, May 21 from 4:15-6:30 p.m. Thank you for volunteering TRCR members!
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    Welcome to new member Lingxin Zhang
    The Rotary Club of Rochester (TRCR) welcomed its newest member, Lingxin Zhang, to Rotary its March 28, 2024, weekly meeting. TRCR member Celeste Hofer introduced Don to the club.
    Ling is originally from the Northeastern part of China where the weather in her hometown is similar to that in Minnesota. She came to the United States for graduate school at Auburn University in Alabama in 2012. After graduation, Ling began her employment in Pharmacogenomics research at Mayo in 2017. She has lived in Rochester for seven years and is currently working as a pharmacist. Ling and her husband have three cats - two boy cats and a girl kitten - which bring them so much joy. She also enjoys traveling and gardening. 
     
    L-R: Celeste Hofer, Lingxin, TRCR President Ashok Patel
    April is Rotary Environment Month
    Rotarians have been shaping conversations about the environment for years. Rotary is committed to supporting activities that strengthen the conservation and protection of natural resources, advance ecological sustainability, and foster harmony between communities and the environment.
    Help find missing Moccasin Flower newsletters
    As our club members make preparations to celebrate The Rotary Club of Rochester's 100th anniversary in 2025, we are looking for missing Moccasin Flower newsletters. If you happen to have hard or soft copies of any newsletter that's missing a link (indicated in black type) on the Moccasin Flower archive page, please forward to Lorie Luedke. Hard copy newsletters will be scanned and returned to you. Thank you for your assistance!
    Join the clean-up crew at White Oaks Park
    A small group of Rotary Club of Rochester members regularly clean White Oaks Park on the third Wednesday of each month during the warmer months, usually beginning at 6:00 p.m. for less than an hour.
     
    This year, thanks to the unusually warm weather, we started in February. A bucket or plastic garbage bag, gloves and good shoes are needed for the clean-up. There is a sign in the park stating that the park has been adopted by the club. If you would like to help keep the park clean and be outdoors, come the next third Wednesday of the month.
     
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    Address: White Oaks Park, 4597 55th St NW, Rochester, MN 55901
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