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Prior Lake Rotary Club

Doing Good; Serious Fun!

We meet In Person

Wednesdays at 7:00 AM

The Wilds Golf Club

3151 Wilds Ridge Ct NW
Prior Lake, MN 55372
United States of America

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Brightening the Holidays

Over 30 Rotarians and family members came together to pack and deliver food, essential items, and some treats! This was a partnership with Lunds & Byerly Prior Lake, R.O.C.K., and CAP Agency. Shepherd of the Lake Church provided a safe environment to do the packing. The bagged food was delivered to 50 families in need this holiday season. Our #PeopleofAction did much good on this day!

Display Sign

Since constructed in the 2005-2006 Rotary year, Prior Lake Rotary members have continued to keep Gateway Park in downtown Prior Lake maintained. The enhancements to the park have continued as well. This year there were significant changes including the redesign of some of the gardens, the addition of over 400 pollinator plants, and the addition of a sign display. The signs will identify plants by picture and description so people learn about what goes into the pollinator/rain gardens.

2019-2020 Charitable Dollars @ Work

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Rotary Club of Prior Lake Announces their Dollars @ Work

Local Donations and Projects Account for the Majority

Prior Lake, Minn. – On Monday, August 17, 2020, the Rotary Club of Prior Lake released their charitable giving for the Rotary year 2019-2020, which runs from July 1-June 30. The Club, known for their largest fundraiser, the regional event, Prior Lake Rotary’s Lakefront Music Fest, uses the funds raised for the Prior Lake Rotary Foundation to do good in the community and throughout the world. The good is through projects the Club participates in and/or funds, and worthy non-profit organizations the Club contributes to. In total, the charitable giving for the year was $220,767. The chart below breaks down the giving by category. For a full list of the Club’s giving, go to

Besides the monetary giving, Club members donate countless hours to projects such as being mentors for the S.T.R.I.V.E. program at Bridges Area Learning Center, teaching Junior Achievement in Prior Lake-Savage Area elementary schools, performing cleanup and maintenance in City parks and streets, participating in Cooking for Kids, and assisting with Breakfast with Santa, besides planning and operating the Lakefront Music Fest, which alone requires countless member hours. Said 2019-2020 Club President Dan Stanley, "Club members put in thousands of hours throughout the year for our Music Fest, our major fundraiser, so it is very rewarding when we can see those efforts translated into doing good and making a positive impact in our community and beyond."

This year, amid COVID-19, the Prior Lake Rotary Club responded significantly by contributing $27,000 to the following organizations to address food insecurity, child care assistance, and technology: CAP Agency ($5,000), Reaching our Community’s Kids or R.O.C.K. ($5,000), River Valley YMCA ($5,000), and Independent School District 719 through distance learning technology and Kids Company scholarships ($12,000). Community partnerships are vital to Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools. Stated Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools Superintendent Dr. Teri Staloch, “Groups like the Prior Lake Rotary Club have been instrumental in lending their time, talents and financial resources to help ensure all students in our community reach their full potential.”

Beyond the Club, members are extremely generous giving to Rotary International’s programs. For the 7^th year in a row, the Rotary Club of Prior Lake was #1 in the 5960 Rotary District for contributing to PolioPlus, Rotary International’s initiative to end polio. Individual members gave $33,938. And the Club and its members are perennially #1 in the District in total and per capita giving on an individual basis to The Rotary Foundation, the body that is the engine for all the good done worldwide. The total in 2019-2020 was $48,992, and all Club members contributed to the number. The members know it is not the money given, but the difference those monies make with positively impacting our community and communities across the world.