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2025 Pyramid City Run Saturday Sept. 13th to benefit Mind Over Mountains -UW Initiative to End Alzheimer's The Pyramid City Run is a 5K fun run on Saturday, September 13th, 2025 with the start and finish in Commons Park. Click here to Register This year we will be focusing our action on Alzheimer's Research and are proud to help Dr. Bill Stork's journey to help find a cure for Alzheimer's began when a family member was affected. It continued after being introduced to the UW Initiative to End Alzheimer's and learning that "vigorous physical and mental activity are life habits that will contribute to painting mental acuity, delaying the onset of dementia and aging well." Dr. Stork will be a guest speaker at the Lake Mills Rotary Club on April 15th, 2025 12pm-1 pm at The Old EMS Building to share more about this initiative and his team's goal. You are welcome to come as a guest to learn more! Please RSVP if you would like to join us for lunch. Read more... event fun run fundraiser pyramid city fun run run	2025 Pyramid City Run Saturday Sept. 13th to benefit Mind Over Mountains -UW Initiative to End Alzheimer's	Jenny McAdow	2025-03-27 05:00:00Z	event,fun run,fundraiser,pyramid city fun run,run
2025 Calendar Raffle Fundraiser You can be a winner! For $50 you can support the Lake Mills Rotary Club and be in a cash drawing every week for 13 weeks. Each week there are 5 prizes given away and each week ALL tickets are eligible to win! Contact a Lake Mills Rotarian if you are interested in supporting the club-and maybe even winning some cash! The first drawing is April 1st! Visit the website to learn more and see a list of sponsors... https://lakemillsrotaryclub.com/Page/rotary-club-of-lake-mills-2025-calendar-raffle Thank you to our generous April sponsors! April 1^st drawing is sponsored by: Farmers and Merchants State Bank/Lake Mills Shine Realty/Adriane Stuebs April 8^th drawing is sponsored by: Topel’s Towing and Repair, Inc. April 15^th drawing is sponsored by: Bank of Lake Mills April 22^nd drawing is sponsored by: Agency Insurance, LLC/Janine Fixmer April 29^th drawing is sponsored by: Edward Jones/Financial Advisor, Aaron Genthe Ryan’s Auto Care	2025 Calendar Raffle Fundraiser	Jenny McAdow	2025-03-25 05:00:00Z
Lake Mills Rotary Club to host 2nd annual Music Festival fundraiser Come out to Lake Mills for a day full of live music, dancing, food & drinks at the Lake Mills Rotary Club's second annual music festival! Learn More Read more... event festival fundraiser music	Lake Mills Rotary Club to host 2nd annual Music Festival fundraiser	Eli Wedel	2023-03-21 05:00:00Z	event,festival,fundraiser,music
Helping people with disabilities make their own music Music has been an important part of leading an ordinary life for students at the Music School for Children With Disabilities in Honor of Paul Harris in Lublin, Poland. Founded by Rotary members, the school serves 20 students with various disabilities, including Down syndrome, autism, and visual impairments. The Rotary Club of Lublin-Centrum-Maria Curie-Sklodowska has provided funding with help from Rotary Foundation Matching Grants and the Henryk Wieniawski Musical Society, which houses the school. After their son Mateusz was born with underdeveloped eyes, Mariusz and Joanna Kania looked for ways to help him be active. When he showed an aptitude for music, they looked for a teacher and were thrilled to find the Paul Harris music school. Read more...	Helping people with disabilities make their own music		2015-05-01 00:00:00Z
Finding Safe Haven For years, Angalia Bianca had slept in abandoned buildings throughout Chicago. She stole. She did drugs. She spent time in and out of jail for forgery, theft, trespassing, and possession of narcotics. But after she landed in prison for the seventh time, something changed -- Bianca knew she wanted a better life. She just didn’t know how to make it happen. After serving her time, Bianca sought help from a local homeless organization, A Safe Haven, and moved to its shelter in the Rogers Park neighborhood. Bianca followed the program closely -- she attended all the required meetings, passed drug tests, and volunteered at every opportunity. Read more...	Finding Safe Haven		2015-05-01 00:00:00Z
Saving lives in Ghana What is it like taking a large team to Africa? It has probably been one of the most rewarding experiences in my life. In mid February, I began leading Rotary members from all over the East Coast of the United States through Ghana. I’ve tried to give the team a warm Ghanaian welcome like I’ve received on my earlier trips. A large trip is a real blessing because each person sees Ghana and our work in a different way. A highlight for the team was greeting the chief of Sagadugu. The team got excited about buying goats and food for children in the villages where I support eight churches. It was good to see the pastors of most of the eight churches, and I had to explain that we were just passing through on our way to Bolgatanga. Read more...	Saving lives in Ghana		2015-05-01 00:00:00Z
India celebrates three years without polio Throughout India and around the world, Rotary clubs are celebrating a major milestone: India has gone three years without a new case of polio. The last reported case was a two-year-old girl in West Bengal on 13 January 2011. To mark this historic triumph, Rotary clubs illuminated landmarks and iconic structures throughout the country with four simple but powerful words, "India is polio free." The three-year achievement sets the stage for polio-free certification of the entire Southeast Asia region by the World Health Organization. The Indian government also plans to convene a polio summit in February to commemorate this victory in the global effort to eradicate polio. Read more...	India celebrates three years without polio		2014-02-26 00:00:00Z