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Rotary International and the Rotary Club of Fort Morgan strive to create and maintain a safe environment for all youth who participate in Rotary activities. To the best of their ability, Rotarians, Rotarians' partners, and other volunteers must safeguard children and young people with whom they come in contact, and protect them from physical, sexual, and psychological abuse. October 2021.

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431 Main St
Fort Morgan, CO 80701
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It's Christmas Chili & Soup Festival Time!

Mark the date! Fort Morgan Rotary’s Annual Christmas Chili & Soup Festival – Saturday, December 5th

Join us on the first Saturday of December at 11am at Glen Miller Park for one of Fort Morgan’s favorite holiday traditions: the Annual Christmas Chili & Soup Festival hosted by the Rotary Club of Fort Morgan.

For only $5 per person, enjoy:

A wide variety of delicious chili and soups
Wagon rides for the family
Cookie & ornament decorating stations
Hot chocolate to warm up
Redneck reindeer petting
A visit with Santa for the kids!

Chili & Soup Cook-Off

Think your chili or soup is the best? This is your chance to shine! Enter your chili or soup in our cook-off at no cost. Winners will receive cash prizes or awards, plus the coveted title of Best Red or Green Chili or Best Soup.

Plus we award People’s Choice awards in chili, soup, and green chili categories.
📌 Entry Form: Click here to enter

Supporting Our Community

Proceeds from this event help fund Fort Morgan Rotary’s community initiatives, including senior meal delivery gift bags, student recognitions, international exchange programs, and scholarships for youth to attend the Rotary Youth Leadership Camp (RMYRLA.org) – a life-changing leadership training program.

Sponsorship Opportunities

This festival wouldn’t be possible without the support of our sponsors. If you’d like to help make this community event a success, please consider becoming a sponsor.
📌 Sponsor Form: Click here to sponsor

Or email us at fortmorganrotary@gmail.com

📅 Save the date: Saturday, December 5th, 11am for great food, fun activities, and holiday cheer at the Fort Morgan Rotary Christmas Chili & Soup Festival at Glen Miller Park!

Fort Morgan Rotary’s 15th Annual Chili & Soup Festival – Saturday, December 6th

Put It On Your Calendar! Fort Morgan Rotary’s 15th Annual Chili & Soup Festival – Saturday, December 6th

Join us on the first Saturday of December at 11am at Glen Miller Park for one of Fort Morgan’s favorite holiday traditions: the 15th Annual Chili & Soup Festival hosted by the Rotary Club of Fort Morgan.

For only $5 per person, enjoy:

A wide variety of delicious chili and soups
Wagon rides for the family
Cookie & ornament decorating stations
Hot chocolate to warm up
Redneck reindeer petting and a ride on the mechanical reindeer
A visit with Santa for the kids!

Chili & Soup Cook-Off

Think your recipe is the best? This is your chance to shine! Enter your chili or soup in our cook-off at no cost. Winners will receive cash prizes or awards, plus the coveted title of Best Chili, Best Soup, or People’s Choice.
📌 Entry Form: Click here to enter

Supporting Our Community

Proceeds from this event help fund Fort Morgan Rotary’s community initiatives, including student recognitions, international exchange programs, and scholarships for youth to attend the Rotary Youth Leadership Camp (RMYRLA.org) – a life-changing leadership training program.

Sponsorship Opportunities

📅 Save the date: Saturday, December 6th, 11am for great food, fun activities, and holiday cheer at the Fort Morgan Rotary Chili & Soup Festival at Glen Miller Park!

Holy Hibiscus, Batman!

🌺 Fort Morgan Rotary Club Fall Plant Sale – Bring the Tropics to Your Backyard!

Make your garden the envy of the neighborhood with perennial hibiscus—the hardy beauties that thrive in zones 4–9 and flaunt dinner plate-sized blossoms from midsummer to early fall. With regular watering, these stunners return year after year, bursting with color and charm!

Available colors: Deep Pink • Red • Rose

📅 Order by: August 14, 2025
📍 Pick-up: August 18, 2025 at Golden Belt Bank (Lobby)

Single (1) Plant- $15.00 Multiple (2+) plants- $12.50

💳 Easy ways to pay:

Online: Click here to order online
Cash to your friendly neighborhood Rotarian
Check (payable to Rotary Club of Fort Morgan) given to your friendly neighborhood Rotarian

Proceeds support Rotary Club projects that make a difference right here in our community.

🌸 Order now and let your garden bloom big this fall! 🌸

Get Involved in Fort Morgan, Make an Impact!

Looking for ways to give back to your community? The Rotary Club of Fort Morgan invites you to a special event where you can discover exciting opportunities to serve, connect, and make a difference!

📅 Saturday, April 5th
🕙 10:00 AM
📍 Cover 4 Theatre

🔎 Why Attend?

Meet local organizations, clubs, and churches looking for passionate volunteers like you!
Watch an inspiring internationally acclaimed video about the power of community involvement.
Get a personalized connection to an organization that aligns with your interests.

💡 Did You Know? Volunteering isn’t just about giving—it’s about growing! Helping others boosts emotional well-being, reduces stress, and even improves physical health.

Join us and be the change you want to see in Fort Morgan! 💙

#ServiceAboveSelf #RotaryFortMorgan #MakeADifference #GetInvolved

Get Involved In Our Community!

As a follow up to our meeting back in April on how to get involved in our wonderful Fort Morgan community, we have added a document in our files section on our Home page that lists all of the volunteer opportunities available. Click on Fort Morgan Volunteer Opportunities under Home Page Download Files to see how you can give back to our community!

Remember, Vvolunteering isn’t just about giving—it’s about growing!

That's a wrap! 2024 Chili & Soup Festival warmest on record

The 2024 Fort Morgan Rotary Chili and Soup Festival wrapped up Saturday with certainly the warmest temperatures we have experienced during this annual event. Numerous attendees from the large crowd were spotted shedding coats and scarves as the temperatures climbed into the 50's by the close of the event. Children were dancing, goats were prancing, families were riding, cookies were decorated, Graham cracker houses were built and decorated, yummy hot chocolate and cider were dispensed, and of course lots of delicious soup and chili was consumed.

This year's judged category winners, judged by our local celebrity judges Kristin Clifford-Basil, Kevin Lindell, Brent Nation, Gordon Westhoff, and Dusty Johnson, will each receive $100. Congratulation to Christine Yung, who was awarded Best Soup, and Zaiden Holguin, who was awarded Best Chili! Our People's Choice winners, who each received the most votes from the tasting public, were Sue Boyett for the most popular soup and Bryan Solensky for the most popular chili. They will receive $75 each. And the winner of the door prize, which all attendees could enter, was Kevin Rhode.

The Fort Morgan Rotary club would like to thank our Category Sponsors Viaero Wireless and McDonald Toyota of Fort Morgan, Executive Chef sponsor City of Fort Morgan, and Sous Chef sponsors FMS Bank, Golden Belt Bank, Kauffman Pest and Week Control, Dayleen Mitchell, and Jeff & Richelle Schauermann. Our Station Chef sponsors were Medialogic Radio, Morgan County Economic Development Corporation, Fort Morgan Community Hospital Association, Cover 4 Theaters, Brush State Bank, and St Elizabeth Hospital. We also thank Kathy Brasby for providing her goats for our Red Neck Reindeer petting zoo, the Morgan County Extension Office for the use of their gates to pen the goats, Pope Farms for the use of their wagon for the rides, and 21st Century Equipment for the use of a tractor to pull the wagon. We gratefully thank our youth volunteers Kids At Their Best and the Morgan County 4-H club youth for helping us with our many activity stations for the children! And of course, we have to thank Don Enninga for volunteering his Santa skills and Viaero Wireless for providing Santa with a comfortable space to meet with all of his young visitors!

Finally, we thank all who attended to support this fun annual event to raise money for the Fort Morgan Rotary Club's community youth initiatives. Be sure to mark the first Saturday of December 2025 on your calendars for next year's event!

Its Chili & Soup Time!

Our annual Fort Morgan Rotary Chili and Soup Festival is here! We look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow morning starting from 11am - 1pm to enjoy some yummy soup and chili, Santa, red neck reindeer, wagon rides, cookie decorating, ginger bread house building/decorating, and dancing! Tickets are only $5/person and children 10 and under are free!

Many thanks to our Category sponsors Viaero Wireless and McDonald Toyota Fort Morgan, our Executive Chef sponsor City of Fort Morgan Recreation, our Sous Chef sponsors FMS Bank, Golden Belt Bank, Dayleene Jentzen Mitchell, Jeff & Richelle Schauermann, and Kauffman Pest and Weed Control, and our Station Chef sponsors Medialogic Radio, Cover 4 Theaters, Brush State Bank, St Elizabeth Hospital, Fort Morgan Community Hospital Association, and the Morgan County Economic Development Corporation. We're also grateful to Pope Farms and 21st Century Equipment for working together to provide our wagon rides.

Come join us for some wonderful food, friends, and fun!

It's almost Chili and Soup Festival time!

Even though we're still enjoying a warm October, December is right around the corner and so is our 14th annual Fort Morgan Rotary Chili and Soup Festival on Saturday, December 7th from 11am - 1pm!

This year's festival will be full of good soup and chili and lots of fun activities for the family! Cookie decorating, gingerbread house making, hot chocolate, tractor-pulled wagon rides, and even Santa and his red-neck reindeer. Entertainment will be provided by local groups and of course, lots of good soup and chili. Thanks to our sponsors, we're still able to keep the price of this activity family friendly at only $5/person, with children 9 and under free! Purchase your tickets in advance here.

Are you interested in entering your delicious soup or chili in the festival? You could win up to $200! Click here to enter or learn more.

And of course, if you would like to sponsor this wonderful community tradition, please click here or contact us at fortmorganrotary@gmail.com

FM Rotary Fall Hibiscus Plant Sale

Posted on Jul 30, 2024

Non-green thumbs are no excuse! If you're going to kill your plants - you might as well kill 'em for a good cause!

The Fort Morgan Rotary Club is selling beautiful perennial hibiscus plants to support our community projects. Perennial hibiscus are hardy in zones 4-9. Their large stature and dinner plate sized blossoms make them the talk of your neighborhood from midsummer to early fall as they flaunt their tropical looking blossoms.

The perennial hibiscus plants we are selling are available in White (could be blush white), Deep Pink, and Red. Single one gallon size $15. Buy 2 or more and only pay $12.50 each. Order one of each color! Click here to order before 8/13/24.

Delivery date is slated for 8/19/24. Plants will be delivered to be picked up at the Golden Belt Bank lobby that day. Details will also be sent via email and will be posted on this website and on the Fort Morgan Rotary facebook page.

Open Your Door, Open Your Heart

HOSTING AN EXCHANGE STUDENT IS A CULTURALLY REWARDING EXPERIENCE FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY!

The Fort Morgan Rotary Club is in search of 2024/2025 host families for our exchange student Felipe, a 16-yr old exchange student from Brazil who likes sports, especially soccer, and wants to either go into medicine, technology, or business. Felipe is friendly, adaptable, cheerful, and hard working. Felipe arrives in August and will be attending Fort Morgan High School.

Wouldn’t you like to be a part of sharing Felipe’s hopes and dreams of experiencing life as a student in Colorado?

COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS

I should have kids of the same age at home to be a good host parent. The most important aspect we look for in a potential host family is a caring, orderly, and open household. If your family has these qualities, then yours may be an awesome host family. Although children at home may benefit greatly when a family hosts, it is not necessary for a successful exchange.
I don’t have time. An exchange student is typically very self-sufficient. You won’t need to treat him or her as a visitor to be entertained. The student becomes a member of your family.
I am a single parent. A single parent may host an exchange student of the same gender. Two parents are not necessary for a successful exchange.
I can’t host a student the whole school year. Rotary exchange students stay with 3 host families for only 3-4 months at a time to make it easier for families to host and to gain different experiences with multiple families.

Exchange students bring a variety of new ideas and views of the world to the host family. They may offer to cook a meal typical of the home country. He or she will observe and learn from the family what it means to be part of an American family. The host family will learn things about a foreign culture that can’t be gotten from the typical two-week vacation abroad.

Find out more about hosting! Visit https://rmrye.org/host-parents/ or contact the Fort Morgan Rotary Club (fortmorganrotary@gmail.com) and we’ll be happy to share more information with you about the Rotary Exchange Program and being a host family!

13th Annual Fort Morgan Rotary Chili and Soup Festival!

Cold is in the air, which means it is almost time for the Fort Morgan Rotary Chili and Soup Festival!

This year's family-friendly event will take place Saturday, December 2nd, from 11am to 1pm at Beaver Avenue on the south side of Fort Morgan's Glen Miller Park, corner of Beaver and Main. In addition to our soup and chili food fest, we will have fun activities for the family.

Chili & Soup
Cookie Decorating
Ornament Decorating
Gingerbread House Making
Hot Chocolate Bar
Kids Eating Contests
Dance Presentation on the Main Stage
Christmas Choir Singers on the Main Stage

This promises to be a fun-for-all event, so please help us out by spreading the word, directing your friends and family to our web site or Facebook page to purchase tickets, encouraging them to enter as a contestant, or consider being a sponsor. We've also attached

This year's Chili & Soup categories and prizes will include Green Chili and Professional Chili or Soup, so there will be plenty of choices for your palette.

Grand Prizes for Best Chili, Best Green Chili, Best Professional Chili, and Best Soup ($125 each)
People’s Choice Best Chili ($75)
People’s Choice Best Soup ($75)
Spiciest Chili, Best Presentation + Best Table (gift baskets)

We hope you'll plan to join us! Volunteers are needed, so if you would like to help out, please contact us at fortmorganrotary@gmail.com.

Rotary Youth Exchange Host Families Needed!

Please help us get the word out! The Rotary Club of Fort Morgan has been asked to host a female exchange student from Sweden for this coming 2023/24 school year! We are excited about this opportunity even though it doesn't give us much time to prepare. We are in urgent need of identifying 3 host families that are within the Fort Morgan school district (but you don't need to have students attending a Fort Morgan school) to share their home with Emelie for 3-4 months and enjoy this rewarding experience together.

Who can be a host family? Anyone, with or without children at home, that wants to help Rotary exchange students unlock their true potential to:
- Develop lifelong leadership skills
- Learn a new language and culture
- Build lasting friendships with young people from around the world
- Become a global citizen

Would you like to be a host family or do you know a family that would enjoy this rewarding experience? If you do, please send us an email at fortmorganrotary@gmail.com to learn more about this great experience!

FM Rotary Fall Hibiscus Plant Sale

Posted on Jun 08, 2023

Non-green thumbs are no excuse! If you're going to kill your plants - you might as well kill 'em for a good cause!

Delivery date will be determined based on growers notification to our club that the plants are ready. This will be determined in mid to late August with delivery likely before the end of the month. Plants will be delivered to a central pick up location. Details will be sent via email and will be posted on this website and on the Fort Morgan Rotary facebook page.

17 Down - 83 To Go

The Fort Morgan Rotary Club's 100 Trees Project, led by club member Loren Boyett, had its first tree planting ceremony this morning. Attended by members of the City staff, public, and Fort Morgan Rotary Club, we officially turned the spade on the first 17 trees that have been planted so far. With the planting of 14 trees at Optimist Park, 1 at Cox Park, and 2 at the Riverside Park city shops, we are well on the way to our 100 tree goal for planted trees in the city of Fort Morgan. The Rotary Club of Fort Morgan is working with other like-minded individuals and organizations in our community to beautify the city and work towards cleaner air through the planting of 100 trees. Rotary, an international service organization, 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. If you are interested in helping to support this project, you can donate by clicking here.

100 Tree Project

Calling all Tree lovers and oxygen breathers – The Fort Morgan Rotary Club NEEDS YOU. We are leading the charge to get 100 trees planted in public spaces throughout the community. Be a partner in this fresh air campaign and give to a legacy project that will provide oxygen, cooling shade, beauty, and vital wildlife habitat in our city for decades to come. Click HERE to sponsor a whole tree for $400 or sponsor just part of a tree for $10 per foot. Every little bit helps!

Top 5 Reasons To Plan A Tree

#5 YOU CAN’T HANG A TIRE FROM A BUSH.

#4 EVERY BIRD NEEDS ONE.

#3 THEY FILTER AND CLEAN OUR WATER.

#2 THEY PROVIDE SHADE IN THE SUMMER.

#1 BREATHING OXYGEN IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH!