Hip Hip HurRAH - After Hours is 10 and we threw ourselves a Birthday Bash to celebrate!
Friends new and old, from near and afar came to help celebrate RAH's 10th Birthday Party on June 4th at the La Crescent Event Center. It was a great night of music, drinks, chicken-q, drinks and reminiscing about good memoRAHies. We had over 105 people come to help us celebrate a decade of doing good in the world.
Posters of our major accomplishments over the past decade adorned the room, including:
*Constructing three classrooms at the Patewo Primary School in Uganda, Africa (2014)
*Building the Little Free Library at Hamilton Elementary School (2014)
*Hosting 4 Rotary Youth Exchange Students (Eugene Lin, Clara Amalia Lazzaris, Mikołaj Grzywaczewski and Hagen Bach) (2016-2020)
*Playing mini-golf and raising money for our YE efforts at our annual Mini Masters fundraiser!
*Utilizing over $54k in club funds and a RI Global Grant to partner with Gundersen Global Partners to increase diagnosis and treatment of cervical cancer for women in the Matagalpa Region of Nicaragua. (2016-18)
*Assisted with the maintenance of the Upper Hixon trail system, improving animal and plant life by removing invasive species and fixing up the butterfly garden.
*Purchasing water filters to provide clean water for children attending school in Valladolid, Mexico (2018-20)
*Helping the Rotary Club of La Crosse Downtown and other area Rotary clubs purchase a bus for the girls at Razia Jan's Zabuli Education Center in Afghanistan (2020)
*Helping to purchase a 15-passenger van for The Good Fight Community Center (2020)
*Hosting our annual Ugly Sweater 5k, where we raise money to make all these things possible!
Many thanks to all the area Rotarians, friends and family, from near AND far, that came to help us celebrate!