Burnsville YMCA - Project Grant Presentation
 
The Apple Valley Rotary Scholarship Fund awarded the Burnsville YMCA a $1,500 Rotary Project Grant for their work with students and children through their programs.  The Apple Valley Rotary Club and Apple Valley Rotary Scholarship Foundation are proud to support our local community.
Apple Valley MidWinter Fest
Thanks to everyone who came out to volunteer and celebrate MidWinter Fest.  Apple Valley Rotary was a proud sponsor!  Congrats to our raffle winner, who walked away with the $275 prize!    
DanO Fund Golf Tournament Recap
 
Here's a picture from the DanO Fund Golf Tournament from late last month.
 
The Apple Valley Rotary Foundation is proud to be a platinum sponsor of the DanO Fund, donating $10,000 towards nonprofits that provide mental health services and education. 
 
Donation & Fine Links
 
Here is the link to donate to The Rotary Foundation. Please remember to log in so you, our club, and our district are given appropriate credit for the donation.
 
Here is the link to donate to Apple Valley Rotary Scholarship Foundation. This is our club's foundation.
 
Here is the link to pay happy fines. Please note that this is not how you would get money to either The Rotary Foundation or to Apple Valley Rotary Scholarship Foundation. 
 
Here is the link for Apple Valley High School's Interact Club.

Apple Valley Rotary is a group of engaged community members. We have fun while serving our youth and our local and international communities.

Posted on May 11, 2017

PROJECTS WE'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT: FOOD

Our club cares about food security. We have ongoing projects, as well as annual projects to help feed people that need it in our neighborhood and our world. We raise money, collect, pack, and serve.

Feed My Starving Children

Each year, we participate in Feed My Starving Children. Back in February, we participated in the South Metro Mega-Pack at the old Rainbow Foods. During our two-hour shift, we helped pack 978 boxes containing 211,248 meals - enough to feed 579 kids feed for a whole year. 
 
 

Loaves & Fishes

Every month, a few of us meet at Easter Lutheran Church in Eagan for Loaves & Fishes. With this program, we serve well-balanced meals to hungry members of our community.

 

 

The Food Group

A few times every summer, we head up to the Minneapolis Farmers’ Market to help out with Produce Rescue, organized by The Food Group. Through this program, we visit with the farmers at different stalls to learn whether they have any produce they’d like to donate. Many oblige, providing delicious, fresh produce that they don’t expect to sell before it goes bad. We collect it, sort it, box it, and have it delivered to food shelves in the metro area. Boxing quite literally TONS of food every week, we get a pretty good workout in, too.
 

360 Communities

We support 360 Communities’ area food shelves in a variety of ways. Last year, we partnered with Rosemount Rotary to purchase a giant refrigerator for the Rosemount Family Resource Center. This enables them to provide local families with fresh fruits and vegetables (see Produce Rescue!).
On the first Wednesday of every month, members bring food donations from their cupboards and we “pass the apple” to collect money for food purchases.
 

 

Have ideas for more ways for us to get involved in food security in our community and the world? Let us know!

Posted on Mar 04, 2017

PROJECTS WE'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT: YOUTH

We believe that children are our future. A number of our service projects and many of our donation dollars focus on youth - particularly kids right here in Apple Valley.  
 

Interact Club

In 2015-2016, Apple Valley High School students launched their own Interact Club (think of it as Rotary for high schoolers). Despite being such a new group, they’ve already begun to change the world. Last year they raised money to assemble Wapis. In places without access to clean water, these are used to purify water, without needing to bring it to a boil. They’ve just wrapped up a blanket drive for those in need in our community, and are gearing up with a fundraiser and food drive that will culminate in some of their favorite teachers and Rotarians being attacked by pies. If that wasn’t enough, they’ve grown their group through marketing, designing their own shirts! Below they're being recognized at the State of the City for their dedication to making this world better.
 
 

STRIVE Program

We work with the AVID class at Apple Valley High School through Rotary’s STRIVE program. Rotarians and other community members visit as guest speakers, talking with kids about topics ranging from time management to personal finance. At the end of the year, we award a scholarship to help students continue their education.

Student of the Month

Every month students from the three Apple Valley Middle Schools - Valley, Falcon Ridge, and Scott Highlands - are picked by their teachers and recognized by Apple Valley Rotary. Hearing about their intelligence, kindness, and generosity give us hope.

 

Dictionary Project

Literacy is another passion of ours. With a few other groups, we ensure that all third graders in District 196 get their own Dictionary. Each fall, we visit third grade classrooms, teach excited kids about Rotary, and uncover fun facts. Did you know the longest word in the English language has 189,819 letters?

Book Drive

In 2015-2016, one of our members spearheaded a book donation drive. We collected 4,000 books. In 2016-2017, we got tired of counting after 6,000. These books are distributed throughout our community – to Head Start classrooms, ELL (English Language Learner) classrooms and more. We are proud to live in a place where literacy is so highly valued and are happy to further the cause!
 
 

Cub Scouts

We are the charter organization for Apple Valley’s Cub Scout Pack 227 and love the continued involvement with this great group of future leaders. Together we clean up Redwood Park (and enjoy hot dogs and hamburgers!) and we were honored to be asked to be part of their fundraising efforts for a new trailer. Watch for it soon!

 

Have ideas for more ways for us to get involved with youth in Apple Valley? We’d love to hear them!

Meeting Information
Apple Valley
We meet In Person
Wednesdays at 7:00 AM
In Person (Valleywood Golf Course)
4851 McAndrews Road
Apple Valley, MN 55124-6066
United States of America
We are back to in-person meetings each week at Valleywood Golf Course!
District Site
Bulletins
Venue Map
Speakers
Eric Carlson, Director of AV Parks and Recreation
Sep 27, 2023
Information on Upcoming Parks and Recreation Bond Referendum
Speaker, MN Zoo
Oct 04, 2023
Breakfast and Tour at MN Zoo (Starts at 7:30 AM -- more details to follow)
Mayor Clint Hooppaw and Police Chief Nick Francis
Oct 11, 2023
Implementing the New Minnesota Cannabis Law in AV
Student of the Month - No Outside Speaker
Oct 18, 2023
Honoring Student of the Month + Horse Syndicate
Loren Swanson, Past President of Roseville Rotary
Oct 25, 2023
Update on the Uganda Water Project
OPEN
Nov 01, 2023
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Upcoming Events
Club Executives & Directors
President
Bill Butler
President Elect
Ben Sandahl
Treasurer
Gwen Aaberg
Secretary
Mark Matijasevich
Rotary Foundation
Scott Ramsdale
Community Service
Gloria Myre
Club Service
Tom Lawell
Immediate Past President
Jon Rechtzigel
Club Administration
Clint Hooppaw
Polio Plus
Lindy Engelken
Executive Secretary / Director
Clint Hooppaw
Fundraising Chair
Patrick Selchow
Fundraising Chair
David Tsurusaki
Sergeant-at-Arms
Brian West