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Please join us on December 20th for the final meeting of 2021 and ring in the holidays with fellow Rotarians. The annual holiday party will feature holiday musical numbers by the Sioux Falls Chamber Music Collective string quartet. Rotarians and their significant others are invited to attend. Lunch will be served at 11:30 am. A plated lunch will be served to all who RSVP and is complimentary for Downtown Rotarians and their significant other.
RSVP is required. Please RSVP using this link: Rotary Holiday Celebration RSVP









All Rotarians and their guests will be asked to register for the event. Instructions on how to register were emailed and texted to Rotarians. Boxed Lunches will be available for purchase following the event for $8.95.
All programs are recorded and streamed live on Facebook & YouTube. Local media are invited to attend to record the session.
If you do not feel comfortable attending an in-person meeting, we will continue to stream our meetings live on Facebook & YouTube so you can watch them from your home or office. Attendance is optional.
If you do not feel well, or have been exposed to Covid, we ask that you stay home and join us through the live Facebook or YouTube stream.
For additional details regarding the re-gathering plan, please review the email that was sent to all Rotarians on August 20.
Please Note: An inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19 exists in any public place where people are present. COVID-19 is an extremely contagious disease that can lead to severe illness and death. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, senior citizens and guests with underlying medical conditions are especially vulnerable
Rotary International is one of the premier service organizations in the world. The Rotary Club of Downtown Sioux Falls is among the largest 40 clubs in the world.

On January 27th, Mayor Paul TenHaken announced a new mentoring initiative to a over-capacity crowd at the Washington Pavilion Belbas Theater. Nearly 350 business and non-profit leaders were in attendance. The Sioux 52 Mentoring Initiative seeks to unify Sioux Falls area non-profit, business, and faith communities in order to create a universal, significant and long-lasting commitment to mentoring in our city. The goal is to recruit 5,200 mentors by 2026 and for the City of Sioux Falls to become known as the City of Mentoring. Mentoring in our community truly makes a difference and changes lives for the better. Sioux 52 is a collaboration between the City of Sioux Falls, Helpline Center, the Rotary Club of Downtown Sioux Falls, Lawrence & Schiller as well as business leaders and mentoring organizations in the Sioux Falls region. For more information to to become a mentor or business visit Sioux52.org.
In January, we received the results of our RFP with the Augustana Research Institute (ARI). The report in its entirety is available for download using this link: Rotary Mentoring Report. ARI 's Principal Investigator, Dr. Suzanne Smith, and her team created an extremely well executed report allowing us to put our club's next steps together. Here is an Executive Summary of the information.