Weekly Meetings: arrive at 11:30 am to order lunch (view menu) and socialize. Meeting (Zoom) begins at noon.
January 22:Weekly Meeting11:30 am-1:00 pm, VFW, Program/Speaker: Outbound Rotary Exchange Students present via Zoom - REGISTER
January 28:TRCR Board Meetingnoon-1:00 pm via Zoom
January 29: Rotation Day at 125 LIVE noon-1:00 pm (no Zoom option) details to come - REGISTER
February 5:Weekly Meeting11:30 am-1:00 pm, VFW, Program/Speaker: Law and Order - What keeps a Judge up at night; US District Judge Marcia Krieger - REGISTER
February 11: TRCR Community Foundation Meeting noon-1:00 via Zoom
February 12:Weekly Meeting11:30 am-1:00 pm, VFW, Program/Speaker: Diabetes - Do you have it? Dr. Quinn Peterson, PhD, Mayo Clinic - REGISTER
February 19: Socializing and topic TBD. 11:30 am-1:00 pm, VFW, No registration needed, lunch available from VFW menu
February 25: TRCR Board Meeting noon-1:00 pm via Zoom
February 26:Weekly Meeting11:30 am-1:00 pm, VFW, Program/Speaker: Fishing in the Neighborhood; Levi Suchla-Fisheries specialist - REGISTER
The Rotary Club of Rochester's next Cook 4 Kids at Jeremiah Program is Tuesday, January 13.
We'll be serving hot soups and salad. The moms prefer pasta-based soups but your favorite soup is welcome (no chili, please). If you sign-up to bring soup, please have enough to serve eight people. At least two vegetarian options are needed. If you can't bring soup, there are other options you can sign-up to donate.
The total number of moms and kids we'll be serving can reach 60, however 45 is more common and kids eat less than adults. We always have “leftovers”, which is great to leave in the refrigerator for families!
You can help by donating to the meal, serving the meal from 4:00-6:00 pm, or both.Please sign-up HERE to help. Thank you!
A statue honoring Amelia Witherstine, the first woman elected to public office in Rochester, was unveiled on December 9 in downtown Rochester’s Central Park. The Rotary Clubs of Rochester and the Rotary Club of Owatonna via Rotary District 5960’s grants program, contributed funds to help have the statue commissioned.
Witherstine was elected to the Rochester School Board in 1911 and later became the board’s first female president. In the early 1920s, she also became the first woman to serve on an Olmsted County jury.
Karen and Merlin Ricklefs, members of The Rotary Club of Rochester, attended the statue unveiling. Karen was elected to the Rochester school board in 1970 and was the second woman to serve as the school board’s president following in the footsteps of Witherstine.
Pictured in the photo, L-R: Elaine Case, Mayor Kim Norton, Jerome Ferson, Joanne Rosener, Amelia Witherstine statue, Allie Good, Gail Baker, Judith O’Fallon. View a photo of Karen and Merlin admiring the statue at the Post-Bulletin.
Congratulations and thank you to Karen and Merlin Ricklefs for their contributions to the Rotary International Foundation as they were each recognized on December 4 with their seventh Paul Harris Fellow both receiving Paul Harris Fellow plus six pins.
A statue honoring Amelia Witherstine, the first woman elected to public office in Rochester, was unveiled on December 9 in downtown Rochester’s Central Park. The Rotary Clubs of Rochester and the Rotary Club of Owatonna via Rotary District 5960’s grants program, contributed funds to help have the statue commissioned.
