La Crescent Rotary Club

La Crescent Rotary Club Serve to Change Lives The La Crescent Rotary was chartered in 1982 and the first year membership was 22 persons with Loren Mollett serving as president.

Since that time the club has grown to 30 members and has taken on many projects of a local and international nature. Locally: The La Crescent Rotary initiated a $100,000+ fundraising project in 2002 to provide handicapped accessible playground equipment for the new Old Hickory Park on the north side of La Crescent. The goal was achieved in 2008 with the completion of the project. The club also do

nated $5000 for a new Welcome to La Crescent sign that has been installed at the intersection at the traffic lights. In keeping with the Rotary International Motto of “Service above Self” Rotarians raise funds by participating in the Applefest Parade selling pop and peanuts to the viewers along the parade route. Rotarians team with the local National Honor Society to do highway clean up twice each year. The La Crescent Rotary supports the local food shelf and other pantries by participating in Rotary Lights during the holiday season. By helping with the set up of the Riverside Park and the collection of food, Rotary contributes to meeting the needs of many in the area. Internationally: La Crescent Rotary has had a long standing tradition of hosting high school students from all over the world so that they can learn about our traditions and customs. Over 25 students have been participated in this cultural exchange and there have been eight students sent overseas from the local high school. The tsunami of Southeast Asia led to the Rotary Clubs support of a family in need with the purchase of a new fishing boat. By working with other Rotary Clubs, the La Crescent Rotary raised several thousand dollars for the drilling of two wells in the poverty stricken country of Nicaragua. Additional funds were raised working with school children to help provide water filters for a village in rural Nicaragua. The Club has consistently supported Rotary International with $1000/year and Polio Plus for a similar sum. Polio Plus is working to meet the international goal of the eradication of polio through out the world. These contributions have allowed the club to name over 25 members as Paul Harris Fellows

Last weekend 7 students from our La Crescent Rotary Interact Club had the opportunity to attend RYLA (Rotary Youth Leade...
05/13/2026

Last weekend 7 students from our La Crescent Rotary Interact Club had the opportunity to attend RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards). Over 100 students from Wisconsin and Minnesota attend. Our club sent 3 Sophomore delegates-Emelia, Elizabeth and Lydia. Naomi returned for her third year and served as a Leadership Guru, Ella and Quinn returned for their second year serving as Junior Counselors, and Alayna attended for the first time as a Junior Counselor.
The delegates and staff were so grateful for this experience! I couldn’t be more proud of our students and future leaders. They learn leadership, communication, teambuilding skills not to mention the life-long friendships gained along the way!
Many thanks to all of the work that goes into RYLA and for the support of this community! 

05/10/2026

Happy Birthday to La Crescent Rotarian Teri Wildt! Thanks for a you to for our club and community! ❤️

The Rotary Club would also like to wish all the Mother’s a Happy Mother’s Day! 💐

05/05/2026

Happy Birthday and Cinco de Mayo to La Crescent Rotarian Jeff Wieser! We hope you have a great day celebrating YOU! 🎉

05/05/2026
05/05/2026

Register today! Early bird discount ends June 1st!

The 2025-2026 Rotary theme is Unite For Good. The LaCrescent Interact club did just that today and made 200 sandwiches f...
05/05/2026

The 2025-2026 Rotary theme is Unite For Good. The LaCrescent Interact club did just that today and made 200 sandwiches for WINN (What I Need Now) that serves our unsheltered population. We invited the 8 th grade class to join us. Thank you for stepping up to help make a difference!🤩👏😍

What an inspirational story shared at the La Crescent Rotary meeting this morning! Thank you to Tony Ayala from Bubba’s ...
05/01/2026

What an inspirational story shared at the La Crescent Rotary meeting this morning! Thank you to Tony Ayala from Bubba’s Fund for sharing the story of how a family took heartbreak and made a commitment to getting AED’s into all state certified daycares center.

Do you want to know how you can help the custodians and groundskeepers at your school? Do what Maggie C. did and ask the...
04/30/2026

Do you want to know how you can help the custodians and groundskeepers at your school? Do what Maggie C. did and ask them!
The Rotary Interact Club headed out yesterday after school and managed to fill several bags with leaves and tidyed up some mulch despite a few good wind gusts!
So proud of these student for putting service above self! 🍂💨👏

04/29/2026

RAH has officially entered a team in the Fore Pete’s Sake golf event on May 23 in La Crescent ⛳️ hosted by the La Crescent Rotary Club!

Does your club have a team in yet? If not, now’s the time to step up and sign up!

Scan the QR code for more info or visit: https://givebutter.com/fore-petes-sake-golf-tournament-2026

Let’s see what you’ve got! How low will ya go?!

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La Crescent, MN
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