SERVICE ABOVE SELF
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.
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
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!
 
 
QUESTIONS?  Please contact us at mail@waukesharotary.org
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.
 
 

SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY

Carroll University:
Help purchase an outcome assessment tool for Carroll University's Community Counseling Center (provides free high quality mental health counseling and therapy services) to track client progress over time, allowing therapists to measure effectiveness of treatment and tailor interventions to the clients specific needs.   
Chosen, Inc:
Provide families with new and adaptive equipment and award scholarships for therapeutic and developmental activities to help children in foster care or adoption heal, grow, and thrive.   
Community Smiles Dental:
Assist with equipment repairs for the Healthy Smiles for Tots & Teens program, serving more than 3,000 children in Waukesha County each year.    
Food Pantry Serving Waukesha and Jefferson Co.:
Replace 5 food carts used to safely move food throughout the facility. The old ones can tip over easily or are hard to move with food on them.    
Habitat for Humanity of Waukesha Co. 
Support construction of Phase 2 of the Domenica Park Workforce Housing Project, specifically single family homes and duplex units.    
Learning in Retirement:
Help expand educational programs like current events, cooking, healthy living, history, and travel. Help combat loneliness, mental health issues, and physical issues by providing socialization, knowledge of better living, and broadening the horizons of older adults.   
 
ProHealth Care Foundation:
Support automated breast ultrasound screening technology specifically for women with dense breasts (approximately 16, 500 women in 2004) to result in additional women getting an early breast cancer diagnosis. 
Waukesha Free Clinic: 
Support increased staff time to provide free healthcare and prescriptions to those who live, work or attend school in Waukesha County AND have a household income at or below 300% of the federal poverty line ($3,765/individual or $7800/family of 4)  
Waukesha Public Library: 
Provide books for the Waukesha Reads program, which served approximately 5,600 people in 2024 and distributed approximately 1,750 books in various formats.   
Wildlife In Need Center: 
Support educational programming to schools, scout groups, civic organization and seniors to increase awareness and appreciation of Wisconsin wildlife and best practices when encountering wildlife. 
Wisconsin Philharmonic:
Assist with free and reduced cost concert series, mentorship and performance opportunities for young musicians, in-school workshops and music education.    
 
 
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. 
   
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.
 
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
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DISTRICT CONFERENCE
Save the Date: 
APRIL 25-26, 2025
Brookfield, WI
RI CONVENTION 
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June 21 - 25, 2025
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WAUKESHA WEST HIGH SCHOOL INTERACT CLUB