West St. Paul/Mendota Heights Rotary Club

What We Do

The Club strongly encourages individuals, groups and organizations that rely on charitable donations to submit a donation request to the Board.  The request should be directed to Club President Susan Hommes at shommes@umn.edu.  In order for the Board to adequately learn about the cause for which funds are requested, it is preferred that donation requests be submitted in writing, with an explanation of the reason for the request and a description of the work of the requesting party. The donation request should fit the Rotary “4-Way Test” and fit into one of our avenues of service – Club, Community, International and/or Vocational.  If the request is for an amount under $1,000, it need not be in writing, but instead can be made in person at one of our monthly Board meetings.  A donation request for an amount of $1,000 or more must be in writing, as described above, and a member of the organization or an involved Club member should be present at the Board meeting during which the request is considered.  Requests should be submitted at least fourteen days before the next scheduled Board Meeting (see dates below).  If circumstances require that the submission be made past the fourteen day deadline, please make every effort to get the request to us as soon as possible and explain the circumstances.  The Board will act promptly on all requests.  The Board is free to approve, reject, table or modify all requests.

Board Meetings Are Usually Held on the Fourth Friday of Every Month

In the Rotary Year 2006-2007 we gave away approximately $25,000 to a variety of local, national and international organizations, and thousands to the Rotary Foundation and the its projects, including Polio Eradication.  We also participated in a wide variety of community service projects, including Adopt-A-Highway, National Night Out, Loaves & Fishes, Neighbor's Adopt-A-Family, and many, many others.  We also celebrated Charter Night, sold Roses and held our annual Moonstruck golf tournament.  We had a lot of fun and did a lot of good!

You can find our Club members throughout our community doing good work.  Here are some photos from recent Club events:

                                     →Club members welcome back Minnesota National Guard troops returning from Iraq

←Club President Susan Hommes and Member Nicholle Corcoran share a laugh at our annual "Moonstruck Golf Tournament"

→Club members Dave Hanson and Brian Becker do some Fall clean up at  Dakota  Communities, Inc.'s Victoria house

←Club member Bud Shaver and future member Peter Hommes worked hard at the Dakota Communities house Fall cleanup