Programs & Services

 

The Rotary Club of St. Cloud meets each Tuesday from 12-1 p.m. to enjoy lunch and fellowship followed by a speaker highlighting a community-based business, nonprofit, or program. Over the years, the Club has hosted a wide variety of speakers, including state governors and political leaders, artists, authors presidential candidates, university presidents, athletes, financial leaders, civil servants, a former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, medical experts, nearly all of our own members at one time or another, and a wide variety of business CEOs. The weekly Rotary meetings have always been a place to keep informed and to stay involved.

 

The central focus and purpose of Rotary is the four avenues of service:

The Rotary Club of St. Cloud has been instrumental in contributing to many local and international projects over the years including:

 

The Club sponsors two Rotary Parks in the St. Cloud area. A smaller park located on the East Side of town adjacent to Selke Field, and Rotary Park West located in the Goetten's Addition. Both parks bear the Club's name and continue to be maintained in part by the Rotary Club of St. Cloud.

 

In Eastman Park right off lake George, Rotary Club of St. Cloud puts on a concert series every Wednesday during the summer in the evening. Food vendors, drinks, activity booths, and free live music all are incorporated into the event. All the funds raised go toward building a better St. Cloud and surrounding areas.

 

Scholarships of $1,000 are awarded annually by the Rotary Club of St. Cloud to Interact students from local high schools.

 

The club sponsors Rotary foreign exchange students to come to the St. Cloud area and attend a local high school while living with a local Rotary family.