Welcome to the Rotary Club of Woodbury, Minnesota, U.S.A.  Rotary is a worldwide organization of business, professional, and community leaders united worldwide, who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world.  Clubs are nonpolitical, nonreligious, and open to all cultures, races, and creeds.  As signified by the motto Service Above Self, Rotary’s main objective is service — in the community, in the workplace, and throughout the world.  The Rotary Club of Woodbury serves the community of South Washington County including Woodbury, Cottage Grove, Newport and St. Paul Park. and is part of Rotary District 5960.

Woodbury Rotary is Making a Difference
In Our Community. . .
Participating in Woodbury Days, Adopt-a-Highway, Book Drive for Schools, and sponsoring scholarships for the High Schools and ALC. Our Rotary Centennial project raised $40,000 to build and install the Fishing Pier at Powers Lake, site of the Annual Children’s Fishing Clinic.  Currently we are working to help raise funds to build the Jeff Hanson Miracle League Field.

In Our World...
Through its Polio Plus Fund, Rotary International and its partners, including WHO and UNICEF, has provided over US$500 million since 1985 for efforts to eradicate polio across the world.  Our local Rotary Club of Woodbury has collected, packed and shipped books to Africa, medical supplies to Uganda and Guatemala, and contributed funding to water wells , schools and hospitals in Jinja, Uganda.  Currently, we are working to help drill water wells in Nigeria and Kenya.

In Our Vocations. . .
Sponsored visits to members’ businesses and work sites, organized a visit to the Strategic Air Command via the Air National Guard, to re-fuel B-52 Bombers and visit an Air Flight Simulator. Hosted exchange students from 9 countries, and sponsored 3 local teens as outbound students to Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines.

In Our Club...
Actively provide members to serve on District committees, with two past District Governors currently members. Consistently provide Paul Harris Fellows to Rotary International, with 13 active members recognized. Sponsored clubs in River Falls, WI and Lake Elmo, MN.