Friday October 25th marks the 39th annual Rotary Rose Day. As the Duluth Rotary Club sells roses to turn 20,000 Roses (1700 dozen) into new clothes for Northland children, sheltering homeless teens, and refurbishing Enger Park. Jerry Thoreson and Gary Melander stopped by the station to share about this year’s sale and giveaway.

These are just a few projects Duluth Rotary Club 25 help fund from their annual Rotary Rose Sale. This day marks their 39th year of selling roses which has raised over $1.4 million in the nearly 40 years or Rotary Rose Day.  

100% of the proceeds of the Rotary Rose Day goes to back into the community to help fund youth programs and grants for local non-profits! Last year, the roses sold provided grants to the Diamiano Center for new clothes for kids, the Life House who shelter homeless teens, mental health access for youth through the Boys and Girls Club, Chester Bowl, YWCA, just to name a few of the grants.

Major projects like funding the refurbishing of the pavilion and lighting of Enger Tower have also been community projects that Rotary Club 25 have underwritten because of the annual Rotary Rose Day.

From 9 am to 6 pm you can pick up a dozen or two for someone you appreciate or love at Super One in West Duluth and Miller Hill location, Mt Royal Fine Foods, and the Holiday Center Downtown.  

Giveaway

They are also doing a giveaway this year. As anyone who buys roses have the possibility of getting what they referred to as “Duluth holiday weekend extraordinaire giveaway.” A number of businesses have contributed towards the prize package. The package includes benefits of a two person two nights at the Pier B Hotel in the middle of Bentley Ville. Two tickets to the Duluth Playhouse, Cedar and Stone Sauna, and other gifts like $50 gift cards to Chili Billys, The Duluth Grill Family, and many more benefits to one lucky purchaser of roses.