Events

Join us for our meeting at the Main featuring speaker Thomas Schlesinger, Ph.D. who helped found a La Crosse-based non-profit, the Climate Alliance for the Common Good, whose mission is to empower people to fight climate change.

The organization seeks to engage the public on the subject of climate change by helping people make informed decisions on such an important topic.  

Meeting Details:

▪️Tuesday, October 11th from 6-7 pm.
▪️The Main - An Event Space (422 Main Street, La Crosse)
▪️Meeting fee is $10 / food served (free for 1st time guests)
▪️Parking on the surrounding streets, in nearby ramps, or in the State Bank parking lot
▪️You can also join us via Zoom (just send a msg!)

Hope you can join!

Join us for an off-site meeting at Dickinson Funeral Home! More details to come!

Rotary After Hours will have a meal packing team at 8:30am. We need 10-12 volunteers to fill our team. If you are signed up, please be to Logan High School auditorium by 8am on Saturday, Nov 5th for an instructional video! 

Phil Waselik is RAH's team captain and can assist with any questions!

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The 7th Annual iFeed event and are asking for your support. After a two-year meal packing hiatus, iFeed is back and more needed than ever! iFeed will be held on Saturday, November 5, from 8am to Noon at Logan High School, in La Crosse, Wis.

iFeed is a one-day event that works to alleviate hunger in the world and in our own communities. It is organized by seven area high school Interact Clubs and their Rotarian advisors. Interact is the high school equivalent of Rotary that focuses on teaching servant leadership.

iFeed has two parts:

Part 1 involves packing highly nutritious, vitamin-fortified soy-rice meals in assembly line-fashion. This year, these meals will be shipped to Poland for Ukrainian refugees.

Part 2 involves collecting non-perishable food items in the weeks leading up to iFeed and then bringing the collections to Logan High on the day of the event. The food items are then counted, sorted and trucked to the Hunger Task Force where the food will be distributed to Coulee Region food banks.

This year we would like to pack 80,000+ meals and extend the food drive spirit out into more of our communities.

How can YOU and YOUR ORGANIZATION be a part of iFeed?

First, please consider sharing this project with your staff, friends, family or organizations you are a part of!  Organize a food drive at your Rotary Club or business! Contact us and let us know that you are participating so we can keep you in the loop. Then, on November 5, bring your food drive collections to Logan High School.

The Coulee Region Youth Exchange Council will be hosting our annual Cultural Celebration on November 10, 2022! Please join us at The La Crosse Club for a celebation of the Youth Exchange Students in the Coulee Region this year. We have students from Thailand, South Korea, Japan, France, Brazil and Sweden who have partnered with local chefs to prepare a dish from their home country. 

The purpose of the event is to help raise funds to support the sudents in paying for the end of the year trips that are offered as part of their exchange. You'll have opportunities to chat with the students and get to know them a ltitle better. They've also prepared a display board so they can highlight some of their favorite parts of back home. 

It's Friendsgiving Time!

Join us on Friday, November 11th from 5:30-9:00 pm at Driftless Axe for some axe throwing, drinks and food (Famous Dave's Thanksgiving style). More details to come and sign up for food!

Please invite friends or potential members to this fun event!

The Ugly Sweater 5K is coming up on Saturday, December 3rd, 2022, and will be hosted by the Rotary Club of La Crosse—After Hours (RAH)! 

We have been working hard to make our 2022 Ugly Sweater 5k a family-friendly and festive event. Packet pick-up and race-day check-in will be at the Myrick Park Center beginning at 3:00 pm with holiday music and characters. Same-day registration is also available. The race begins at 4:15 pm in Myrick Park and racers will run/walk through the La Crosse marsh trails under sparkly lights. The race ends at Riverside Park at Rotary Lights. An award ceremony will take place in the heated tent at Rotary Lights, and will have plenty of ugly sweaters, holiday lights, and cheer!

Your generosity and continued support of our club’s efforts have allowed us to make an impact both locally and internationally. 

Additional race information can be found at https://www.rotaryafterhours.org/page/ugly-sweater-5k.