Events

Please join us for a review of our outstanding Rotary year!

Invocation: Judy Freund

Greeters: Paul McGinnis & Ruth Petermann

Please consider this time an opportunity to take action through committee meetings, fundraising, or a project. Our location will not be available during our "off" weeks so please use other locations. 

Please join us for a recap of Taste of the Valley, an update on the upcoming Golf Tournament, and a brief presentation on an event the Environmental Committee is organizing in September.

Greeters: Ethan Anderson & Bill Fehrenbach

Please join us for a presentation on Sleep in Heavenly Peace, an organization that provides beds for children, so no kid sleeps on the floor. Tom Vogler is the owner/operator of Superior Carpet Cleaning. He cleans carpet and furniture, details interior vehicles, and strips and waxes linoleum floors. Tom has provided these services in the St. Croix Valley and beyond for the last 20 years. He started volunteering for SHP in March of 2024, and helped start the Wi-St. Croix Chapter of SHP in Oct 2024. So far, Tom has been on projects for SHP involving 5,810 beds.   

Ways to support Sleep in Heavenly Peace:

• Sponsor a bed build for $5,000: A build is a minimum of 20 beds, complete with mattress, sheets, pillow, and comforter.
• Shop the Walmart mattress wishlist.
• Mail a check to Tom Vogler, 968 Falcon Dr, River Falls, WI. 54022
• Become a monthly donor online: Just $20 per month for a year will provide a bed for a kiddo.
• Register for upcoming volunteer opportunities.
• Provide storage for the new SHP trailer; the team is also looking to wrap the trailer.
• Join the core team and support delivery, organizing volunteers, building, and social networking.
• Provide bedding: Many comforters are made by quilting groups and donated.
• Provide lumber: 2 X 4s, 2 X 6s, and 1 X 4s
• Follow their Facebook Page.

Apply for a bed online at shpbeds.org!

Invocation: Tom Van Pelt

Greeters: John Duntley & Chris Wood

Please join us for a presentation about St. Croix Valley Habitat for Humanity and the Housing Coalition Project. Kristie Smith joined St. Croix Valley Habitat for Humanity in Hudson, Wisconsin as Executive Director in May 2020 and comes to the organization after 30+ years in the marketing/communications and nonprofit community. Her focus is on empowering communities through affordable homeownership in Pierce & St. Croix Counties. Through board and staff development, significant fundraising work, and community support, Smith has seen the nonprofit grow.

She is a passionate affordable housing advocate and is part of the steering committee responsible for The Starter Home Project that includes Momentum West, Derrick Companies, Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, Pillar Bank, See What I Mean Consulting, and The Moes Sell Homes.

Prior to joining SCV Habitat, Kristie spent 20 years in the nonprofit sector, focusing on media, marketing, and event development. She has a bachelor’s degree in mass communication St. Cloud State University and a Master’s degree from University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. A native of Minnesota, Kristie has lived in the Twin Cities region, Chicago, and Bermuda, and has spent many summers in Shell Lake and Hayward, WI where much of her family is from. She has two grown children and lives in Lake Elmo, Minnesota.

Invocation: Annette Cook

Greeters: Paul McGinnis & Tom Van Pelt

The St. Croix River watershed is nearly 8,000 square miles and includes dozens of tributary streams and hundreds of lakes. Where are we making good progress to protect and restore water quality, and what challenges are coming in the future?

Please consider this time an opportunity to take action through committee meetings, fundraising, or a project. Our location will not be available during our "off" weeks so please use other locations.