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Posted:  March 2010
President Craig Lindstrom is pictured with speaker Brad Distad of Young Life on Tuesday, March 23, 2010.

Posted:  March 2010
President Craig Lindstrom is pictured with visiting Rotarian Stew Erickson on Tuesday, March 9, 2010.  The topic of Stew's presentation was "Rotary Sustainability Challenge."  Get informed, teach children to talk with others, and start now.


Posted:  January 2010
Club President Craig Lindstrom is pictured with speaker John Driscoll, executive director of MN Adult Services for Hazelden.  John spoke at our club meeting on Tuesday, January 12, 2010.

Posted:  December 2009
Chisago Lakes Rotarians John Pechman and Kristine Fuge hold the Rotary geocache that was placed in Chisago City.  The cache is believed to be the first one placed by a Rotary Club.  Geo caching is a treasure hunting game where you use a GPS to hide and seek containers with other participants in the activity. www.geocaching.com

Posted:  December 2009
On Saturday, December 5, 2009, the Chisago Lakes Rotary Club, with the assistance of Santa and the Chisago City and Lindstrom Fire Departments, collected toys for Anonymous Santa and the Family Pathway food shelf.  This event was an overwhelming success.  Over $500 was donated, along with numerous toys and food.  These donations will benefit families from the community who are in need in an effort to make their Christmas brighter.

Posted:  November 2009
Principal Warren Retzlaff of Lakeside Elementary School is pictured with Rotary President Craig Lindstrom and students.  Lakeside, the Middle School, and Chisago Lakes Area High School received book donations from the Chisago Lakes Rotary Club.  Our Rotary Club donates hundreds of dollars in books to local public school libraries annually in honor of the Rotary guest speakers who present at the Rotary’s weekly meetings.  The School District is very grateful for this service club’s donations.

Posted:  October 2009
President Craig Lindstrom is pictured with speaker, LeAnn Vande Kamp, regarding the local Anonymous Santa program.  The Chisago Lakes Rotary Club, along with local fire departments, will be conducting a toy drive in early December for this program.

Posted:  October 2009
Guest Speaker Andrew Kerr, a Development Coordinator for Hands On Disaster Response, is pictured with President-Elect Kristine Fuge at the regular meeting held on Tuesday, October 13, 2009.


Posted:  September 2009
President Craig Lindstrom presented guest speaker Ryha Iliff of the Refuge Network a Certificate of Appreciation for attending and speaking at the club meeting held on Tuesday, September 29, 2009.  The Refuge Network serves victims of domestic violence. 

Posted:  August 2009
Our outbound exchange student Shiloh Gulbranson of Lindstrom returned from Brazil.  She attended one of our Club meetings to give us an update on her trip.  She is pictured here with Club President Craig Lindstrom.  We welcome Shiloh's return to the United States.

Posted:  July 2009
The Chisago Lakes Rotary Club wished our exchange student from Taiwan farewell during our annual lake cruise held in July.  Candy returned home after spending a year in the Chisago Lakes Area while staying with three different host families.  We really enjoyed the privilege of sponsoring Candy and are looking forward to sponsoring another student in the future.

(Pictured from left to right:  President Craig Lindstrom, Candy, and Member Bill Mack exchanging Rotary Flags.) 


Posted August 2009
District Governor Newell Krogmann attended a recent Club meeting held at Panela Gardens.  We were honored by his presentation as our new District Governor.  To learn more about our Governor, 
visit District #5960's website.

(Pictured from left to right:  Member Jim McCarville, President Craig Lindstrom, and District Governor Newell Krogmann)


Posted:  May 2009
The Chisago Lakes Rotary Club participated in the area's clean-up day in May.  In conjunction with Bridging, Inc., Rotary Club members collected unneeded furniture to be donated to help families in need. http://www.bridging.org

Posted:  December 2009
Join us for the 8th Annual Snowmobile Radar Run sponsored by the Chisago Lakes Rotary Club!  This event is scheduled for Sunday, January 31, 2010 on North Center Lake in Center City, Minnesota.  Please view our
Radar Run flyer for more details.  Hope to see you at this fun family event!

Posted:  November 2009
President Craig Lindstrom is pictured with speaker Dr. Schleiss of the University of Minnesota.  Dr. Schleiss was the special speaker at the regular meeting held on November 17, 2009.

Posted:  June 2009
The Chisago Lakes Rotary Club sponsored its 12th Annual 5-person Scramble Golf Tournament in June.  Proceeds from this fundraiser benefitted "Baby Blanket" and various other community projects in the Chisago Lakes Area.  Thanks to our sponsors and everyone that participated in this fun event!  (Click on link below)

Special "Thank You" and Sponsor Recognition



Chisago Lakes Rotary Club - P.O. Box 954 - Lindstrom, MN 55045
Phone: 651-257-9193   Email: karen.anderson@frontiercorp.com

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