We welcome to Grinnell Rotary anyone interested in helping our community.

Creating Lasting Impact - Planting Trees

Opportunities to network and grow

Clean Water Projects Continued

Preventing Disease

Rotarians make solutions happen!

Community Service

Exploring Science

Teaching the Next Generation

Mason’s Lighthouse Gala, November 7th 2026.

The Grinnell Rotary Club is purchasing a table for this event. For tickets, please contact Bev Arthur at 641-891-0913. Cutoff is Tues evening, October 13 2026

Mason’s Lighthouse Gala

RYLA 2027

Save the Dates & Exciting Updates!

Empowering the Next Generation of Leaders — With Your Help!

📅 Mark Your Calendars!

Iowa RYLA 2027: July 25–30, 2027.

Iowa RYLA Leadership

Greg Probst — Iowa RYLA Board Chair
Marie Pipes — Iowa RYLA 2027 Conference Chair
Anupam Mittra — Iowa RYLA 2027 Conference Chair-Elect

RYLA 2027

Water & Sanitation in the village of Menamu-Vudee, Same District, Tanzania header here

The latest update from Guiliard - October 2026. The Menamu-Vudee project is moving ahead and on target.

Joann Becker, a Grinnell Rotary Club member presented an update to the club regarding Water and Sanitation in the village of Menamu, Same District Tanzania. This is the 10th year that Grinnell Rotary has been involved in water and sanitation projects in Tanzania. In 2019, Dan and Joann Becker traveled to Tanzania to view the water project process.

What separates Rotary International projects over other endeavours is the on-going participation of the local Rotary Clubs before, during and after completion of these water and sanitation projects.

Rotary Club of Same, Tanzania

Homecoming Football Game October 16th

Grinnell Rotary Club volunteers staffing the concession stand.

Grinnell High School Tigers

Scholarship Awards by Grinnell Rotary

The 2025 award winners were:

McKenzie McClelland, Kayne Pavey, Kelci Rubendall, and Alexa Schuler (shown in the picture) Each participant was given a $1000 check.

For 2026, The rules are very simple come to three meetings or a Rotary project and on the fourth meeting you tell what you have learned from Rotary and how you would fit Rotary into your everyday life

Grinnell Rotary Scholarship

Grinnell Community Early Learning Center

At Grinnell Community Early Learning Center, our goal is to provide your child a quality early childhood education. Teachers personally meet the needs of each individual child as well as foster their growth and independence. We are licensed by the Iowa Department of Human Services and partner with the Child and Adult Care Food Program and Grinnell-Newburg School District.

Grinnell Early Learning Center

Mid-Iowa Community Action

Grinnell Rotary Club’s Frank Shults presents a check to Pam Sawrie, Family Development Worker for MICA - Poweshiek.

The Rotary Club recently presented food and donations to MICA from the Kites over Grinnell event.

In November 2025, MICA - Poweshiek County, served 355 Households; amounting to 757 individuals, 397 food boxes and 10,000 pounds given out from the MICA pantry.
MICA received 13,516 pounds of food donations for the month.

MICA - Poweshiek

The Salvation Army

Need Knows No Season
August 2025 Montezuma
Local Salvation Army service extension unit completes special projects in the county as fiscal year ends.
The Poweshiek County Salvation Army Service Extension Unit #261 is based out of Montezuma and is comprised of Chairman Darla Wilson, Bell Ringing Coordinator Bruce Blankenfeld, Treasurer and Co-Welfare Secretary Karen Meek, and Welfare Secretary Annette Deering—all volunteers.
Salvation Army service extension units exist to provide temporary or emergency welfare assistance to individuals and families in the county that they represent throughout the whole year. Service extension units may also apply to the Omaha district office for special projects to be funded—these projects should be addressing needs that cannot be met by any other means.
The budget for providing assistance and special projects consists of the money raised from the Red Kettle (bell ringing) over the Christmas season and any other special funding that the unit may have such as community fund drives, personal giving, trusts, etc.

Salvation Army Grinnell