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Waukesha

Rotary Club
Established in 1921

CELEBRATING OVER
100 YEARS OF

SERVICE ABOVE SELF

Home Club of D6270 2024/25 District Governor

Pete Bosch

The Mission of the Rotary Club of Waukesha is to bring individuals with high ethical standards together in the spirit of friendship to work together to provide service to our local and international communities.

WELCOME TO ROTARY

CLUB INFORMATION

We Meet on Mondays
12:00 Noon - 1:00 PM
at
The Rotary Building at Frame Park
1150 Baxter Street, Waukesha, Wisconsin
United States of America

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HAVE YOU CONSIDERED JOINING ROTARY?

HAVE YOU CONSIDERED JOINING ROTARY?

Rotary is a service club. Our specialty is providing community service to both local and international communities. This is perhaps the best reason for becoming a Rotarian: the chance to do something for somebody else. Members experience the fulfillment that comes from giving back to the community. It is richly rewarding.

We are Service Above Self!

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QUESTIONS? Please contact us at mail@waukesharotary.org

2025 WAUKESHA BLUESFEST

Waukesha Rotary BluesFest,
“An American Music and Art Festival”

Mark your calendars for our 2025 event, August 8 and 9. Check our BluesFest website for continued updates:
https://www.waukeshabluesfest.com/

Proceeds from Waukesha Rotary BluesFest go back into the community through the Waukesha Rotary Club Charitable Fund, Inc. a recognized 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

2025 PANCAKE FESTIVAL

Waukesha Rotary Pancake Festival 2025

This Event was a giant success!! A very big Thank You to our sponsors: Kwik Trip, Tom's Heating Service, Old National Bank, Aries Industries, Husco International, Inc., Badger Health Care, Oberlin Filter, R&R Insurance, BVB Group at Baird Private Wealth Management, Jackie Rynish-Knapp Real Estate, Network Health, Weldall Manufacturing, Orthopedics Associates of WI., and Century Fence.

WAUKESHA ROTARY CLUB RECEIVES $3,000 GRANT

PARTNERING WITH GIRL SCOUTS SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN FOR 2023/24

The Waukesha Rotary Club applied for and received a $3,000 grant from Rotary District 6270. Grant funds were used to provide materials necessary to refurbish an amphitheater area at the Girl Scouts Southeast Wisconsin Chinook Program Center.

On Saturday September 16, club members volunteered their time and labor to remove the old seating, install new seating, and grade the amphitheater seating area.

The new seating arrangement will provide wheelchair access to those with mobility issues.

RETZER NATURE CENTER PROJECT

DISCOVERY TRAIL AT RETZER PROJECT UPDATE

The paving of the old path was critical to create the foundation and access to the new interactive ‘Exploration Stations” being installed in the second phase. Phase 2 construction will start later this summer to install an entrance archway and signage, a stone outcrop seating wall, and the insect and wood climbing exploration stations.

A fundraising campaign was launched on July 12, 2021 to raise funds for additional educational elements in future years.

For more information about the project, visit www.waukeshacounty.gov/discoverytrail .

2024 GRANT RECIPIENTS

SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY

Adaptive Community Approach Program:

Staff trainings to meet the needs of members with particular disabilities

BSA Potawatomi Area Council:

Recruiting kits designed for children from K5 - 5th grade.

Bryon Riesch Paralysis Foundation:

For charitable grants to help those in Waukesha County suffering from paralysis.

Chosen, Inc:

To provide scholarship funding for programs that provide a therapeutic benefit for children with special needs or those who have experienced trauma.

Christmas Clearing Council:
Support for a database conversion project.

Community Smiles Dental:

To help replace dental equipment used to deliver dental care to patients served at the Waukesha Clinic.

Easter Seals: To provide camperships for low-income children and youth with physical and cognitive disabilities from Waukesha County.	Elmbrook Senior Taxi: To put towards replacing an existing vehicle.	Ethnos 360 Bible Institute: Enhancing the fire safety systems and the building's foundation.
Greater Milwaukee El Sistema: A week-long summer camp that will teach music, theater and art.	Family Promise: Support of their apartment/shelter program.	Food Pantry of Waukesha County: Purchase of a temperature monitoring system for the refrigerators and freezers.

Hebron Housing Services: Operational costs of their emergency shelters.	Lake Area Free Clinic: Medication for patients	ProHealth Care Foundation: NICU and Birthing Center Expansion Project
Seniors on the Go: To obtain a new/used vehicle.	Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Performing Arts: Youth and Family Arts Education	Variety - The Children's Charity of Wisconsin: Provide life-enriching equipment or services for Waukesha youth with disabilities.
Waukesha Public Library: Waukesha Reads Books	The Women's Center: Support of client resources	2024 World Affairs Seminar: 2 Scholarships
Waukesha Parade Memorial: Donation	Guatemala Breastfeeding Room: Renovations and breastpumps

HELP END POLIO NOW

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL'S #1 GOAL:

END POLIO NOW

Because we are Rotary "International," it is important that we work with RI and the clubs around the world to bring the eradication of polio to the finish line. So, if throughout the year, between now and May 1st, 2024, you can send a check to help us fund this project, it would be greatly appreciated. Please put "Polio Fund" in the memo of your check. The check can be made payable to the Waukesha Rotary Club and mailed to our P.O. Box:
Waukesha Rotary Club
P.O. Box 1876
Waukesha, WI 53187

Thank you for playing a part in eradicating this disease from the world – we are truly making history!

"Since becoming a member of the Waukesha Rotary Club, I have been privileged to encounter the warmth and hospitality of this distinguished club. As I set forth on this path alongside my esteemed fellow members, I am deeply honored to contribute to the noble pursuits of this community. I look forward to collaborating with my fellow Rotarians to make impactful contributions toward our common goals."

~ Juliet Martinez, Manager
Waukesha State Bank

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"My time with Rotary has been a real joy. I remain deeply, deeply impressed with so many people gathering weekly, and offering their time and their treasure, with the goal of simply serving others in need. If Rotary will have me, I look forward to many more years of continued service."

~ Mike Thurston, Deputy District Attorney
Waukesha County