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Welcome to the Stillwater Rotary Club

Service Above Self

We meet In Person

Thursdays at 11:45 a.m.

5880 Omaha Ave. N.
Stillwater, MN 55082
United States of America

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Stillwater Rotary Club Motto

Member of the Week

Claire Gromoll - Pastor St. Croix United Church

If you could have dinner with one person living or dead, who would it be? - My Grandma Dort, who died when I was quite young.

The best piece of advice you were ever given? To pace myself, remembering to pause from time to time to smell the roses

When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up? A singer!

Do you have a skill or talent most people don’t know about? I am bilingual in Spanish and English (thanks to my Rotary Youth Exchange year in the Dominican Republic)

Who is your all-time celebrity crush? Jason Bateman

Share a funny story that involves another member of our club? no particular story, but I've enjoyed laughter with many friends within the club

What is your favorite way to start your day? sleeping in and getting up slowly.. that, or a swim at the YMCA when I need to get energized right away

What is an item you have way too many of? rom-com novels

Last Meeting

Posted on Apr 15, 2026

Dr. Chuck Bransford - Retired

Doctor Bransford is a retired doctor from the Stillwater area. He shared with us the history of the clinics and hospitals is Stillwater. Dr. Bransford is writing a book called "Confessions of a Mad Internist.

New Member Application - DJ Hartley

DJ (Donna) Hartley

DJ is the Event Planner for Stepping Stone in Washington County. She worked for Meals on Wheels prior to joining Stepping Stone.

DJ enjoys camping, hiking and reading. She has one son Jeff Busitzky. DJ was a prior member of the Rogers MN Rotary and Coon Rapids Rotary.

Conference of Clubs

Three of our club members attended the Conference of Clubs last weekend. Gretchen Stein, David Wettergren and Bev Driscoll

Global Grants

Planning a District or Global Grant for 2026–27? District 5960 has released the full schedule of required trainings, workshops, and grant deadlines. The always-popular Shark Tank session is set for May 6. Global Grant submissions are due May 15, and District Grants are due May 29, with review dates later that month and in June.

https://www.rotary5960.org/rotary-foundation/grants-team/district-grants/

2026-27 ROTARY DISTRICT 5960

KEY DATES FOR ROTARY FOUNDATION RELATED EVENTS

SHARK TANK
Wednesday, May 6, 2026 – 4pm - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/1jwXEHlsRMWd2JCNa8KPzQ

2026-27 GLOBAL GRANT SUBMISSION DATES
Deadline for project submission: Friday, May 15, 2026
Project review date: Friday, May 29, 2026 - 1:30-3:00 pm - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/fVciSECkStqj2K05YObOmQ

2026-27 DISTRICT GRANT SUBMISSION DATES
Deadline for project submission: Friday, May 29, 2026
Project review date: Friday, June 19, 2026 - 1:30-3:30pm - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsd-CsrjsjGdxBWNB8nAoCLpKksyw8UU-9

Dates to remember

MEETING DATES

April 23rd, April 30th (No Meeting) Club social at Escape Room at 5pm.

Rotary Board Meetings

Rotary members are invited to attend our Board meetings. We meet the second Tuesday of each month at Trinity Lutheran Church in Stillwater. We meet in the lower level. Please reach out to me and I will give you the room details. All members are welcome to attend our meetings. Below are the meeting dates up to June.

May 12th
June 9th

https://www.trinitylc.org/

Service Activities

SERVICE ACTIVITY:

Meal serving at Stepping Stone

Thank you to Patty, Bob, Molly, Bev and Lois for serving dinner at Stepping Stone on April 16th. Thank you Katie for setting this volunteer opportunity up. The residents were all very pleased with the Meatloaf Dinner.

Salvation Army Bell ringing

Thank you, Amanda, Bob, Kim, Steve, Lois, Dave, Scott, Bev, Patty, Jonathan, Tracey and Katie, for taking the time to ring the bell for the Salvation Army on 12/10/25

During our bell ringing shift, we raised $1,088 for the Salvation Army! That’s 3x more than last year – but we had frigid cold and wind last year.

Roadside Clean Up

Thank you, Scott, Amanda, Lois, Patty, Dave P. and Kim for helping with the roadside clean-up on October 15th.

Stuff the Bus

THANK YOU to Patty, Sharon, Tom, Lois, Katie, Amanda, Bev, Clare and Sam (Clare’s son) for packing 40 backpacks for United Way’s Stuff the Bus campaign. They helped ensure that local kids would have all that they need to succeed on the first day of school. Service above self in action!

Relay For Life

We were proud to sponsor this years Relay for Life. Thank you to Clare and Molly for coming out to man our table. Thank you Lois and Amanda for participating in the Relay.

2025 Hank Sampson Memorial Award

Hank Sampson Award Winner

Shout It Out! Stillwater

New Member Application

2026 Stillwater Rotary Grant Application

Rotary Basics

Care close to home

Portable kidney failure treatment will keep patients in Labrador in the remote communities they love

Passport clubs offer ticket to flexibility

Passport clubs keep people in Rotary without weekly meetings over a meal.

Progress report: Partners for a Malaria-Free Zambia

Rotary and partners deploy health workers to confront malaria and more through the five-year-old Partners for a Malaria-Free Zambia program.

Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai to speak at the Rotary Convention in Taipei

Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai to speak at the Rotary Convention in

A Rotarian works to dispel myths about polio vaccines

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