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Mondays at 12:00pm
Fargo Holiday Inn
(I-29 & 13th Avenue South)
3803 13th Avenue South, Fargo, ND 58103

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The Fargo West Rotary Club conducts 2 major fundraisers each year to support the many local and international projects we fund annually.
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Fargo West Rotary is an active group.  We hold various socials, fundraisers, and committee meetings throughout the year.  Join today and get involved.
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Projects & Fundraisers


Club Projects

The Fargo West Rotary Club participates in many projects – both locally and internationally.

 

Local Projects include:

  • Boy Scouts of America – Northern Lights Council                              

  • Red River Zoo                      

  • United Way of Cass Clay ‘School Supply Drive’             

  • Festival of Trees – Fraser, LTD   

  • ARC of Cass County                                                 

  • Joint Rotary 3rd Grade Dictionary Project                                                                                      

  • Firstlink Season of Hope           

  • Moorhead Speech Team                                          

  • Great Plains Food Bank

  • Festival of Wreaths – Fraser Hall

  • Big Brother/Big Sister – Village Family Service

  • Sundance Riding Therapy

  • Girl Scouts – Dakota Horizon

  • ‘Fill The Dome’ Food Drive      

  • Create ND

  • Dakota Boys Ranch

  • FM Community Bike Works

  • Fargo Youth Court

  • Joint Rotary Miracle Field Baseball Field – Moorhead

  • YWCA Emergency Shelter

  • Joint Rotary Lindenwood Park Universal Playground  

  • Julie Kottsick ALS Awareness

  • RYLA – Rotary Youth Leadership Camp for HS Students

  • MN State Community & Technical College Vocational Scholarships

 

International Projects include:

  • Guatemala School & Water projects

  • India ‘Bricks & Motor’ School addition

  • Haiti ‘Shelter Box’ – purchase 5

  • Tanzania Water project

  • Ecuador Medical Mission donation

  • ‘PolioPlus’ Benefit Concert

  • Sponsor In-bound Rotary Exchange Students

 

 

Fundraisers

The Fargo West Rotary Club conducts 2 major fundraisers each year to support the many local and international projects we fund annually.

 

Fargo West Rotary conducts an annual ‘Peach and Pears Sale’ fundraiser each August selling tree-ripened, juicy Colorado peaches.  Remember the peaches of yesterday?  These peaches are perfect for using to bake pies, cobblers, crisps, smoothies, sundaes, or any other recipe you care to try.  Or, you can eat them fresh!

 

These peaches and pears are make-a-mess juicy, and you can’t buy them in the stores!  All proceeds from this fundraiser are donated to various children, educational, charity and nonprofit organizations in the Fargo-Moorhead area.  Buying our peaches and pears is like making a donation yourself, and you have the best peaches and pears money can buy.

 

Fargo West Rotary also conducts an annual ‘Harley Raffle’ with all proceeds being donated to the Red River Zoo.   The Harley Raffle started in 1999 with a commitment from Fargo West Rotary to build the ‘Takin Ridge’ exhibit which is home to three Sichuan Takin and four East Caucasian Tur.  Currently, there are 38 Takin in ten zoos and only 20 Tur in two zoos.  Both species are endangered in their natural ranges of the Tibetan Plateau and Chechnya.

 

Fargo West Rotary also completed a new ‘Grey Wolf’ exhibit with 5 grey wolves and a Trapper Cabin viewing & educational building.   Now complete, Fargo West Rotary has renewed its commitment again and plans to fund another new ‘Wings of the Orient’ bird exhibit.  To date, Fargo West Rotary has donated over $226,670.08 in support of the Red River Zoo.

 

Culture Corner - Project English

Rotary had a booth featuring Project English on Tuesday, June 29, 2011 at the Fargo Police Picnic. The FPD invited us to have a booth in their Cultural Corner, where many of the New Americans had their own booths. It was a great time with the four Rotary clubs participating.


Steve Shark is shown in the last two photos. David Wrolstad's photo of him pushing a wheelbarrow in India has been used in many Rotary publications. The picture was taken in Rajapalayam, Tamil Nadu, India February, 2010 – working on two classroom additions to the school sponsored by Rotarians. Thanks, David, for your service in India and Guatemala.