Congratulations to Patti Schulte at our demotion lunch.  She was a good sport as we flowered her with compliments and songs celebrating her year.  Our Rotary year is July 1-June 30th and it takes a lot to lead our Rotary board and meetings.  Patti did a fabulous job!  Shari Rigg will be our incoming President on July 1st.  
 
 
The Rotary Club of Missoula (Club Number 1018) meets at noon on Wednesdays at the Missoula Country Club, 3850 Old US Highway 93 S., Missoula, MT 59804. Register for lunch in the Events section below. 
The theme for Rotary International for 2024-2025 best describes what Rotarians do every day -- make magic happen throughout the world in the form of much-needed improvements to the lives of others. 
Club Information
Welcome to Rotary Club of Missoula. Join us for lunch! For membership inquiries, contact Membership Chair Bill Schwanke at bill.schwanke@gmail.com and thanks for your interest in Rotary.  Thank you!
Missoula

Service Above Self

We meet In Person
Wednesdays at 11:45 a.m.
Missoula Country Club
3850 Old U.S. Highway 93 S.
Missoula, MT 59804
United States of America
Our club offers meetings in person and also via Zoom. We meet weekly on Wednesdays at Missoula Country Club, usually with live music and a guest speaker. The last Wednesday of each month is fellowship with no speaker. Parking is free and accessible.
OUR CLUB
YOU AND YOUR GUEST
ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO
JOIN FELLOW ROTARIANS FOR A

Rotary International VIP Gala,
Plus Guest Rotarians from the US and Beyond will be Visiting Missoula


Saturday, June 28, 2025
University of Montana
University Center - UC Meeting Room Foyer
Missoula, Montana
 
Time:  5:00 PM – No Host Bar
Dinner to Follow
Q & A Session with RI Dignitaries
Meeting Presided over by President Patti Schulte, Rotary Club of Missoula

 Sweet Music to fill the Air
During the Coctail Meet and Greet!
 

Space is Limited, so Register as soon as Possible by Clicking on this link

Fellow Rotarian:

In the current fiscal year, the Missoula Rotary Foundation (MRF) has donated just over $8,000 to our three Rotary clubs.

That's $8,000 directly into our local community to benefit programs and services for at-risk and low-income youth, among other projects that the clubs have brought to our grant committee. 

Think of our local foundation like an interest-bearing account that allows our clubs to “do good in the world” and most importantly, in our community.

This year, $3,000 has been donated to the MRF as a match goal for this year's Missoula Gives event in the hopes that members will be inspired to help us continue our efforts. This represents $1,000 per Missoula Rotary club. If each Rotary member in Missoula donated $33.33 to this campaign, we'd make our $3,000 match goal.  

Some will donate more.

Some will donate less.

Some will donate none.

Each according to their ability.

For context - The Rotary Foundation, the charitable arm of Rotary International, was established in 1917 by Rotary International's sixth president, Arch Klumph, as an endowment fund to support Rotary's mission of "doing good in the world".

The initial contribution of $26.50 to the Rotary International Foundation was collected at the international convention that year, and over the last 108 years has grown to over $1 billion dollars.

Our Missoula Rotary Foundation goal might be more modest, but it is no less mighty. 

The big push is from 7pm Thursday, May 1st through 7 pm Friday, May 2nd; however, you can donate right now online. If you would like to donate by check, you can call me or simply mail it to the MRF PO Box with "Missoula Gives" in the memo line. (Funds received up until May 9th will count toward our campaign total.)

Thank you for your support!

Yours In Service,

Margaret Parson

Fundraising Chair - MRF

https://www.missoulagives.org/organizations/missoula-rotary-foundation-2025

**How much your club receives back will depend on the total donated to the MRF in this 2024-2025 fiscal year AND  how much grant money your club requests and receives. And yes, we do strive to be fair to all concerned when processing grant requests!

Speakers
Shari Rigg, President, Rotary Club of Missoula
Jul 09, 2025 11:45 AM
Vision for Rotary 2025-2026
Dave Scott
Jul 16, 2025 11:45 AM
Wildland Firefighting
Judge Dan Wilson
Jul 23, 2025 11:45 AM
A Challenging Federal Case
Rotary Fellowship Luncheon
Jul 30, 2025 11:30 AM
Sharing Friendship
TBD
Aug 06, 2025 11:45 AM
Joel Baird, General Manager, MCAT
Aug 13, 2025 11:45 AM
Missoula Community Access Television: Our Community's Media Resource
Jeff Colby
Aug 20, 2025 11:45 AM
ChemoRiders: A Rotary Journey of Hope
Fellowship with Rotary members
Aug 27, 2025 11:45 AM
No speaker. just fun conversation with friends.
Bob Burns
Sep 03, 2025 11:45 AM
Banking
TBD
Sep 10, 2025 11:45 AM
Douglas H. MacDonald
Sep 17, 2025 11:45 AM
Montana Before History
CDR Mike Molloy, USN
Sep 24, 2025 11:45 AM
The Current Status of the US Navy: Leadership Insights & Recruitment
Upcoming Events
 
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Rotary Club members celebrate the holidays with music, fellowship, and donating 77 pounds of food to Missoula Food Bank

 
Rotary Club of Missoula members know how to give a great holiday party! On December 11, over 60 members and guests gathered to hear holiday carols sung and performed on violin and viola, as well as to bring canned goods and other non-perishable food for donation to the Missoula Food Bank. Club members' donations totaled 77 lbs. of food. 
 
Thanks to members Kathy Schulte, Marilyn Morris, Patti Schulte, Dean Fiedler, Cindy Fulks, Mary Moe, and Victoria Emmons for making the holiday event a success. Special thanks to the Hellgate Chevaliers chorus from Hellgate High School for performing holiday songs, as well as Ali Schultz Levesque and Sara Schultz Levesque for their beautiful music on violin and viola.